PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Hey, China: Are you ready for some American football? The China American Football League plans to begin in the world's most populous country in 2015. The announcement... READ MORE »

CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) -- The Colorado mountain town of Montezuma is suing its 61 registered voters in an effort to sort out the results of an April election that the lawsuit says was filled... READ MORE »

PINE GROVE MILLS, Pa. (AP) -- A small Pennsylvania police force is being confused with another by the same name that's involved in violent clashes with protesters in Missouri. The Ferguson... READ MORE »

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 »