PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Portland police were told there was a chicken -- and it was attempting to cross the road. In fact, the citizen who called the police non-emergency line on Monday... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Gov. Tom Corbett and other Pennsylvania politicians have signed a statement calling on the Discovery Channel to drop "Amish Mafia." The statement says "Amish Mafia... READ MORE »

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with... READ MORE »

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) -- Police patrol cars are usually Fords or Chryslers, not Maseratis. So when a patrolman in Braintree, Massachusetts, spotted a Maserati resembling a police cruiser... READ MORE »

WESTPORT, Wash. (AP) -- Detectives know something about the burglar who recently broke into a grocery store in Westport and took 50 bottles of alcohol and all the tobacco products except... READ MORE »

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) -- Officers in South Carolina spent hours searching for a mountain lion on the loose from a pet store -- but police now say the threat was based on a false report. Police... READ MORE »

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging himself with a belt at his San Francisco Bay Area home, sheriff's officials said Tuesday. Marin County Sheriff's Lt.... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Mourners gathered to remember 46-year-old Constance Murray, who was found strangled in a park last week. The funeral was held Monday, a day after authorities... READ MORE »

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- A sideshow at the Boulder County Fair advertising "Little Liz, the World's Smallest Woman" has been shut down after complaints. The show featuring a woman from... READ MORE »

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- A 78-year-old Florida woman tried to fly on an international trip from Detroit Metropolitan Airport with almost $41,000 in cash hidden inside her girdle, bra and... READ MORE »