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A goat that has been wandering around the eastern Missouri town of Mexico has gained enough attention to have his own Facebook page.

A 70-year-old yard sale shopper is facing charges after police say things got a bit out of hand at a yard sale.

After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way.

Authorities at Bangkok's international airport found a baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden alongside a stuffed toy tiger in the suitcase of a woman flying from Thailand to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said Friday.

Flint police said a city resident has taken "finders, keepers" to a whole new level, by taking in a missing dog that belonged to a neighbor couple and demanding $150 for its return. When the wife learned Thursday the neighbor might have her tan Pomeranian named "Cookie," she confronted the person and was told how much it would cost to get the pooch back.

Passengers on a British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong were mistakenly told to prepare for a crash landing, causing panic onboard.

Police in New York say a woman had a sneezing fit that caused her to drive off a road, crash into several trees and plow through a fence. Authorities said 62-year-old Mary Jane Amelio was driving Thursday morning in New Hartford, near Utica, when she began to sneeze.

An Alabama teenager is trying to make something beautiful out of the oil disaster in the Gulf.

A teenage daughter can bring out the protective side in any father. But a Florida man is accused of taking his parental concern too far.

Western Canadian beef producers have found a novel way of putting the "bar" in barbecue.

Pianist Liu Wei sits quietly to compose himself before plunging into the music. Then he takes off a sock.

Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandson, says he wishes he hadn't apologized for telling lies about the former Alaska governor because he's "never lied about anything."

The Empire State Building's owner lost his bid to stop a new skyscraper from rising in the neighborhood when the New York City Council approved zoning and land use changes Wednesday that pave the way for the 1,190-foot tower.

A Vermont man is the third member of his family to win the lottery, striking it rich with a $12.5 million ticket he bought in New Hampshire.

A wife wonders why her husband can't resist the temptation of cigarettes.

A camera mounted to a police helicopter in Ohio fell off mid-flight, striking at least three vehicles in a parking lot.

One of the world's tiniest frogs - barely larger than a pea - has been found living in and around carnivorous plants on Borneo island, one of the scientists who made the accidental discovery said Thursday.

A New Hampshire man recently learned the hard way that taking out the trash can be a bear of a job.

Joe Paquette Jr. says he walked some 400 miles from his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the Motor City because he's a die-hard fan of the Detroit Lions.

A 56-year-old chimpanzee has surprised officials at a zoo in northeast Kansas by giving birth.