NEW YORK (AP) — It was dawn in the cellblocks of Dannemora, time for a round of bed checks on the convicted killers, rapists and other criminals held behind the stark 19th-century walls.... READ MORE »

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Marshalltown man jailed on federal drug charges had hidden methamphetamine inside his prosthetic leg. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (... READ MORE »

TOKYO (AP) — Tama the stationmaster, Japan's feline star of a struggling local railway, was mourned by company officials and fans and elevated into a goddess at a funeral Sunday. The calico... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — Now that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, religious conservatives are focusing on preserving their right to object. Their concerns are for the thousands of faith-based... READ MORE »

PLAINVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A small plane crashed into a house Sunday evening, killing three people on board, police said, but residents managed to flee as fire engulfed the home. The... READ MORE »

CHICAGO (AP) — A former employee returned to a food-delivery business where he once worked and set it on fire, badly injuring one of its staff members. Police say the enraged man in his 40s... READ MORE »

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Ramsey County sheriff's deputy is on leave after he was accused of picking up his police dog by the collar, throwing the animal to the ground and repeatedly hitting... READ MORE »

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Carson City woman decided to sing and dance a thank you to McDonald's a year after the fast food restaurant opened on Winnie Street. The Nevada Appeal reports (... READ MORE »

ELKMONT, Ala. (AP) — A north Alabama teenager has been arrested after authorities say he killed six of his mother's chickens in a bizarre threat after asking her to fix his relationship... READ MORE »

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Seven baby ducks have been reunited with their mother after being rescued by workers who discovered that the animals had fallen into a drain pipe outside a finance... READ MORE »