Pa. smokehouse fire 'best-smelling in long time'

The Associated Press|Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years.Read more

Bulldog adopts 6 wild boar piglets in Germany

By DAVID RISING| Associated Press|Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Germany Six Little Pigs

BERLIN — Forget the three little pigs hiding from the big bad wolf. These six little pigs have found a new friend in a maternal French bulldog named Baby.Read more

Valentine's gift blamed for Calif. power outage

The Associated Press|Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A Valentine's Day gift is being blamed for a power outage in Southern California.Read more

Fugitive runs out of gas, calls sheriff for help

The Associated Press|Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

EVANSTON, Wyo. — A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance.Read more

Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack

The Associated Press|Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

AMBRIDGE, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.Read more

Police: Man wore 'Scream' mask in Miss. robberies

The Associated Press|Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

MERIDIAN, Miss. — Police have arrested an Indianapolis man in connection with two convenience store robberies in Mississippi where the thief wore a mask like the one used by the villain in the 1990s slasher flick "Scream."Read more

Dad plays porn instead of 'Smurfs' at kid's party

The Associated Press|Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

TREMONTON, Utah — Police aren't filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of "The Smurfs" at his child's birthday party.Read more

Retirement ends Ohio family's long-running service

The Associated Press|Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

HAMILTON, Ohio — Members of Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman's family have held public safety jobs serving their southwestern Ohio city for 87 years straight, but that run will end with his retirement next month.Read more

Ky school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax

The Associated Press|Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

AUGUSTA, Ky. — Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.Read more

VW beetle police car pulls over pickup driver

The Associated Press|Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle - at about 20 mph. The beetle won.Read more