Police are keeping an eye on a downtown York parking lot where merchants are complaining about soda cans filled with urine. The merchants say that for the past couple months, they've been finding a discarded can three or four times a week. A catheter is placed in each can opening. The urine inside spills out when the can is placed ...

Argentine ants living on three continents belong to the same colony, the largest of its kind ever known.

'I'm not the best criminal,' admits man who stole a computer from a jail in which he was already serving a different sentence.

A British man started work today in "the best job in the world" - a six-month contract as caretaker of the islands on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

A disabled drunkard nicknamed Santa has been given an Asbo for repeatedly using his wheelchair as a weapon.

The black stuff is set to send a fan into the final frontier as Ireland's iconic stout marks its 250th year.

Manager of mosquito repellent factory in Sri Lanka faces possible jail over letting mosquitoes breed on the company's premises.

Spanish man was so worried about being sacked that he he allegedly hired a Colombian hitman to kill his boss.

A Hampshire man appointed caretaker of an Australian tropical island takes up his new role.

A woman accused of dipping into her ex-husband's bank account without permission blames her dog. Arlington, Wash., police spokeswoman Kristin Banfield said detectives filed court orders to follow the money trail. They learned the money disappearing from the...

Western Michigan University student William K. Bradley was sentenced for larceny in a building. He stole a computer. From the Kalamazoo County jail. Where he already was serving a sentence in a different case. Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Gary Giguere Jr....

An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. LeAnn Baldy, whose house is only yards from Interstate 430, said Monday she noticed...

A boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother. The Johnson City Press reported the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, was charged with stealing $5,000 in medical supplies....

Connecticut police have arrested a teen, accusing him of selling marijuana and packing it in a Chicken McNugget box. Police said the teen and three alleged customers were nabbed after a police officer spotted some suspicious activity over the weekend. Police...

A man who says he was sickened by a box of raisins donated to a food program by Rhode Island's prison system can proceed with a lawsuit against the agency. The state Supreme Court said Tuesday that a lower court judge erred by dismissing a 2006 lawsuit from...

An Arizona man who likes several drinks with his lunch has been arrested three times in the past week for refusing to pay at restaurants where he ate. Jefferson Parish sheriff's records show that a 36-year-old man was booked with defrauding an innkeeper after...

Sleeping in church is bad during the sermon, but even worse when a burglar does it on the job. Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he was found sleeping in a building belonging to the French Corner Church. Tangipahoa Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Dawn...

AP - An Arizona man who likes several drinks with his lunch has been arrested three times in the past week for refusing to pay at restaurants where he ate. Jefferson Parish sheriff's records show that a 36-year-old man was booked with defrauding an innkeeper after he ate at three restaurants, then laughed when asked to pay his bill.

AP - Sleeping in church is bad during the sermon, but even worse when a burglar does it on the job. Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he was found sleeping in a building belonging to the French Corner Church.

Scientists hope hi-tech tags will help reveal why puffin numbers at one of the UK's key colonies has fallen by a third.