Posted: 9:25 AM Aiden and Donavyn didn't wait until New Year's Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins.
Posted: 6:58 AM A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has just received a calendar to help ring in the new year -- except the year is 1950.
Posted: 3:55 PM Visitors to parts of Everglades National Park are getting tarps and bungee cords to make their vehicles less delectable to vultures.
Posted: 7:16 AM Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language.
Posted: 7:03 AM A New Year's Eve possum drop that attracts thousands of people to a tiny western North Carolina town will go on this year, with one big change: It won't involve a live possum.
Posted: 6:54 AM Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.
Posted: 5:11 PM Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.
Posted: 7:27 AM Officials in Denver want people to know this is only a test.
Posted: 7:43 AM A man in Los Angeles has collected 10,000 items from TV shows, including "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
Posted: 8:02 AM Image of Marilyn Monroe on display outside Times Square Subway Station.
Posted: 7:01 AM The University of Chicago has determined the source of a mystery package that the school received addressed to movie adventurer Indiana Jones.
Posted: 6:41 AM A Santa Fe woman has parlayed her sister's $1 investment in an old ammunition box into a $5,500 payout.
Posted: 7:17 AM University of Chicago officials are puzzled by a mystery piece of mail seemingly linked to the Indiana Jones movie series.
Posted: 8:17 AM Some well-known male chefs are getting behind a New Jersey girl's call for Hasbro to make a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven.
Posted: 7:50 AM TV viewing could soon sound a little calmer. The CALM Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect on Thursday.
Posted: 8:44 AM An Arizona woman who knew she couldn't compete head on with her neighbor's elaborate Christmas light display is attracting attention for her response.
Posted: 6:41 AM A suburban Chicago restaurant has given away about 10,000 Twinkies.
Posted: 7:05 AM Oh, to be one of 110 select Canadians! They'll find in their mailboxes a bottle of pizza-scented perfume before Christmas, courtesy of Pizza Hut Canada.
Posted: 7:48 AM Vienna's transport authority says a city bus driver checking a bag left behind by a passenger had the surprise of his life -- (euro) 390,000 (more than $500,000) in neatly stacked 500-euro bills.
Posted: 7:48 AM A mall in Maine has sacked Santa Claus after children and parents complained he was rude, grumpy and wouldn't even let one child sit on his lap.
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Posted: 7:32 AM Spectators who came to watch horses at a western Pennsylvania racetrack got a surprise this week when three deer got onto the course first and beat the horses to racing.
Posted: 7:10 AM A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off.
Posted: 9:45 AM An 8-year-old Georgia girl says it "really, really hurt" when a dolphin snatched her hand in its mouth while she fed the animal as part of an attraction at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla.
Posted: 8:36 AM University officials say a New Mexico college graduate, apparently feeling guilty over a student prank years ago, has sent a box of toilet paper to repay the school for loot taken from a dormitory.
Posted: 4:57 PM Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., says he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday.
