Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet PRESTON, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty....
Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain....
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes....
Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa. JAMISON CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bottle of wine for more than $46,000 that wasn't what it said on the label....
