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A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant alleged Wednesday the theme park would not allow her to appear in front of customers while wearing her head scarf.

A Kentucky family has sued Wal-Mart, saying they found a dead mouse in a milk container the family had been drinking from for three days.

Police in the Washington state city of Bremerton say a pit bull reported as a menacing dog was just protecting its owner who had suffered a heart attack and died on a sidewalk while the two were out walking.

A Massachusetts man is accused of going to extremes to get out of a court case by faking his own death, complete with death certificate.

Bedbugs have attacked a popular movie theater in Times Square as New York battles the persistent pests.

Thanks a lot, Mom.

Joyce Kim needed a sign to remind her to pray.

How about a whisky to go? Scientists said they have developed biofuel for cars from waste produced in distilling Scotch whisky. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University produced a type of fuel called butanol using "pot ale" - the liquid residue from copper stills - and "draff," or leftover grain.

Police said a homeless man lived unnoticed in the basement of a New Jersey library for nearly two weeks. Police said a custodian saw Charles Jones Jr. peeking out a basement window of the Ocean Township library in Monmouth County on Friday night.

Preserved for nearly 150 years, perhaps by its own obscurity, a short-lived Confederate prison camp began yielding treasures from the Civil War almost as soon as archeologists began searching for it in southeastern Georgia.

A city shaped like a giraffe? A rhino-shaped town? Even one that looks from above like a pineapple? Southern Sudan is planning all three.

An 11-year-old California boy has quite a story to tell as the new school year begins.

A driver who tried to change his sweaty clothes while driving through a Milwaukee suburb was stopped by police but let off with a warning.

Police in a North Carolina city arrested a man on suspicion of breaking into a restaurant, but not before the suspect filled his belly.

Another teenage lesbian is suing a rural Mississippi school district, this time over a policy banning young women from wearing tuxedos in senior yearbook portraits.

A woman in Washington state says she took a $20 bill out of an ATM and ended up in the middle of a fraud investigation.

A Pennsylvania school district has agreed to pay $10,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union and a teacher who was suspended after someone posted a Facebook photo of her with a male stripper.

JetBlue is bringing back its popular All-You-Can-Jet pass that allows anyone to travel to an unlimited number of cities over a one-month period.

A woman's boyfriend says he lives with his sister. But why can't his new girlfriend visit?

For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.