BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Michelle Lesco is petite, but the 115-pound competitive eater still managed to gobble down more than 28 hot dogs -- and buns -- to win an eating contest in... READ MORE »
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Police in Ohio say a 4-year-old girl has drowned in a pool during a party, apparently while guests were singing "Happy Birthday" to another child.
Columbus police say... READ MORE »
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A cook at a New Mexico facility that trains state corrections employees faces battery charges after authorities say she secretly licked sandwiches then served them... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, just days after reaching a deal that many... READ MORE »
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Allegheny Parks have something of a popularity problem, leading visitors to park on the grass -- and incur $300 parking tickets.
The tickets can reach $370 when court... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A southeastern Pennsylvania man stole more than $350,000 worth of human skin over several years. charges say.
Gary Dudek, 54, Wallingford, worked until September as a... READ MORE »
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan was freed Saturday by the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Obama administration... READ MORE »
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections to the practice did not trump the... READ MORE »
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A cook at a New Mexico facility that trains state corrections employees faces battery charges after authorities say she secretly licked sandwiches then served them... READ MORE »
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) -- An Ohio wholesaler won't be cited after agreeing to destroy a ton of spoiled food found in a delivery truck bound for six Asian restaurants in western Pennsylvania... READ MORE »