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San Diego police say the 57-year-old got into an argument with an acquaintance early Thursday near some elevators at the trolley station for the Fashion Valley shopping mall.

Portland police arrested two brothers following an armed robbery near the east end of the St.

An American zoologist has been attacked by a 10ft-long alligator as he tried to capture it from beside a highway.

A young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by saying "Let's do this." Her father recounted the conversation in an update on his Facebook page Friday.

Police in southwest Idaho say a man chose briefs over boxers to wear on his head as he held up a coffee shop and stole a safe.

When you're getting to go about your in the morning have you ever stopped and wondered where and when did shoes come from? Even if you haven't, the origins of shoes is a rather interesting one.

No matter where you travel in Asia, you are likely to come across some pretty funny sign translations.

This family photo shows Patrick Gonzalez, 12, with an image of San Antonio Spurs' Matt Bonner shaved into his head, May 15, 2012.

I'm pretty sure Kevin Na's 16 on the ninth hole at the Texas Open will now be forgotten, thanks to Angelo Spagnolo who 25 years ago shot a 66 on the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass .

Just because it's not a commandment doesn't mean it's not in The Bible. Fundamentalists hold the most extreme and literal interpretations of The Bible and are quick to point you to a Bible passage to prove that something like homosexuality is abominable and condemns you to hell...

A Vallejo family expressed outrage Thursday that police shot and killed one of their dogs after it ran toward an officer coming to their home to take a report.

Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say they are holding a man who is accused of swallowing a $20,000 diamond as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence.It has been nearly a week since Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is alleged to have switched a diamond at Precision Jewellers and swallowed the real one.Matthews has been held at ... (more)

Utah wildlife officials say a moose went on a jaunt through neighborhoods north of Logan and triggered a police chase.

When FBI officials raided the house of a man suspected of possessing child pornography, they found him standing over his hard drive having stabbed it to death with a samurai sword... or so he thought.

For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A 911 call released on Wednesday reveals that neighbors of a Florida mother refused to let her children in their house before the mother called for them to come home, where she fatally shot all four before killing herself.

Alex Okafor, Kenny Vaccaro, Brent Matthews, present players of the Texas Longhorns, and Eryon Barnett, a former player, were charged with failure to obey after they refused to leave a pizza parlor last Sunday night.

If you happen to be one of the biggest names in Hollywood, it wouldn't be a surprise for you to give a lavish gift to someone you love.

Ram Porat was arrested when American Airlines staff found him on a plane at the Nashville airport in the middle of the night.

Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light.