HELPER, Utah (AP) -- The new mayor of the Utah city of Helper got a little help from Lady Luck for his job. Ed Chavez Jr. and Councilman Kirk Mascaro each received two votes from the... READ MORE »

RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- A 20-year-old Racine man who's accused of engaging in lewd behavior in a library has been banned from "all the libraries on the face of the earth." Tyree S. Carter is... READ MORE »

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Riders on a New York City-bound bus from New Jersey are reporting an invasion of cockroaches. A passenger on a Manhattan-bound bus from Atlantic City tells WABC... READ MORE »

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan minor league baseball team plans to offer its fans an oink-tastic treat this summer. Those who come to see the West Michigan Whitecaps play will... READ MORE »

PINE BANK, Pa. (AP) -- The federal Mine Safety Health Administration says Consol Energy crews are continuing to drill bore holes to help pinpoint and battle a fire in an underground coal... READ MORE »

BEADFORD -- Zippo's German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi... READ MORE »

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly... READ MORE »

GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last summer is a version of... READ MORE »

HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) -- A man neighbors called a loner coolly walked into an upstate barbershop, asked the owner if he remembered him and then abruptly opened fire with a shotgun, killing... READ MORE »

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Brazilian newspaper O Globo is reporting that a doctor in Sao Paulo was arrested after being caught in the act of using fake fingers made of silicone and... READ MORE »