READING, Pa. (AP) -- An eastern Pennsylvania police officer fired after mistakenly killing a fellow officer during a shootout nearly a decade ago will be eligible for a $36,000 annual... READ MORE »

BERLIN (AP) -- An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany. Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find... READ MORE »

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Hundreds of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of unsanitary practices showed up at a health clinic Saturday, looking to find out whether they were exposed to... READ MORE »

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A single-page FBI memo relaying a vague and unconfirmed report of flying saucers found in New Mexico in 1950 has become the most popular file in the bureau's... READ MORE »

IGNACIO, Colo. (AP) -- Authorities say the remains of five people unearthed at a Colorado school where construction is under way could be from a burial plot. The remains were discovered... READ MORE »

HOMER CITY, Pa. (AP) -- A proposal to make vodka, rum and whiskey at a microdistillery in a small western Pennsylvania city is running up against concerns over the effect of the liquor on... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who was hailed as a hero for jumping onto subway tracks to rescue a man who walked off a platform deflected the praise... READ MORE »

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (AP) -- Police in one western Pennsylvania township have been on the lookout for an ostrich-like bird known as a rhea that recently escaped from its farm. Beaver County... READ MORE »

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Police say a pair of eyeballs found in a medical box in a Kansas City gas station's trash bin aren't human. Police spokesman Steve Young said Thursday that the... READ MORE »

COUPEVILLE, Wash. (AP) -- Twenty properties on a scenic island hillside were damaged by the massive landslide in Washington state that displaced 200,000 cubic yards of earth, or about 40,... READ MORE »