PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Administrators at a Roman Catholic high school suffered a sharp and swift backlash this week after firing a well-liked teacher who sought to marry his same-sex partner... READ MORE »

MILAN (AP) -- A provocatively adorned outdoor Christmas tree in central Milan was just too naughty for city officials, who have ordered it denuded of its racy red sex toys. The city said... READ MORE »

SCRANTON (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman allegedly beat her father-in-law with a cane after she accused him of stealing her dentures. The Scranton Times-Tribune reports Friday that 36-year-... READ MORE »

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- A suburban Denver student shot at least one other student at a high school Friday before he apparently turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Arapahoe... READ MORE »

SHAMOKIN, Pa. (AP) -- Investigators in northeastern Pennsylvania believe that a cigarette thrown in a trash can is to blame for sparking a three-alarm fire that destroyed five homes and... READ MORE »

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial says he suffers from schizophrenia and hallucinated and saw angels while gesturing incoherently just 3 feet... READ MORE »

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana newlywed pleaded guilty Thursday to killing her husband of eight days by pushing him from a cliff in Glacier National Park while they argued about her... READ MORE »

MEYERSDALE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say two couples and a fifth person have been charged with more than $9,000 damage to homes and vehicles caused by six cases of eggs in southwestern... READ MORE »

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The sign-language interpreter on stage at Nelson Mandela's globally broadcast memorial service was a faker who was just waving his arms around meaninglessly, advocates... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The parents of a Marine sergeant who died while stationed in Greece say that they discovered weeks after his funeral that his body had been sent home without a heart... READ MORE »