A man is refused entry on to a bus in Dorset because he is carrying a £3.75 tin of fence paint.

A Roman Catholic priest from northeastern Pennsylvania is facing drug possession charges after police say he was caught buying cocaine in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police said Friday that 50-year-old James B. Shimsky, a priest in the Diocese of Scranton, was arrested last month.

A three-legged pitbull mix that played in a game of doggie baseball has won "Best in Show" at a talent competition held by one of New York City's largest animal shelters.

Police in northwestern Pennsylvania suspect a scam in which people are asked to donate money to disabled firefighters was nipped in the bud when the con artist called a wrong number: that of the local fire chief. Crescent Hose Co. fire Chief Dave Meehl said the caller said he was "collecting money for disabled firefighters. Right off the bat, he ...

US singer Courtney Love tells 300 students at the Oxford Union of her passion for quantum physics and Greek myths.

State police said a western Pennsylvania woman faked a report that she was a hit-and-run victim because she was afraid she'd get fired for being late to work. Courtni Roberts, 20, faces a preliminary hearing March 31 on a charge of making false reports to police on Feb. 5.

Two central Kentucky men were rewarded with an arrest after police said one of them implicated himself while trying to collect money offered for information about the case. Powell County Sheriff Danny Rogers told the Lexington Herald-Leader that 20-year-old man tried to cash in on a reward posted by the owner of McKinney's Food Mart in Clay City after a ...

Nothing says "I love you" like a half-mile wide heart made out of manure. A southern Minnesota man created the Valentine's Day gift for his wife of 37 years in their farm field about 12 miles southwest of Albert Lea. Bruce Andersland told the Alberta Lea Tribune that he started the project with his tractor and manure spreader Wednesday and ...

An archaeologist is being sought to fill a position on the remote islands group of St Kilda.