Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date....

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....

Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city

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....

Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots

Charlie Trotter accused of selling bogus $46K wine

NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Some New Jersey bus commuters apparently have gotten an unexpected tour of the New York metro area they'd rather forget....

Lawsuit: Man allowed to curse on NY ticket payment
LIBERTY, N.Y. (AP) -- A 22-year-old Connecticut man who wrote obscenities and "Tyranny" on his speeding ticket payment claims in a federal lawsuit that his free speech rights were violated when he was arrested....

No joke: Jester wanted at Austrian hotel
VIENNA (AP) -- Wanted: A jester. Wallflowers need not apply....

NY librarian back on job after storm-forced firing
ROUND LAKE, N.Y. (AP) -- A librarian in a small upstate New York village is back on the job two weeks after she was fired for closing the library 40 minutes early amid a tornado warning....