JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Knocked off his board by an attacking shark, three-time world champion Mick Fanning punched the creature before escaping unharmed during the televised finals of a world... READ MORE »

Under oath in a hotel — away from the TV cameras and the soapbox where he did his public moralizing — Bill Cosby sketched a very different image of America's Dad: a philanderer who plied... READ MORE »

MIAMI (AP) — The family of man killed by a drunken driver while walking to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting say they forgive his killer. The family told the Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/... READ MORE »

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore health officials say a raccoon that was thrown out of a car in the city has tested positive for rabies. The health department said in a statement Friday that it's... READ MORE »

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The management of a Raleigh apartment complex has banned an elementary school bookmobile from coming to the property, citing a company policy that forbids events not... READ MORE »

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — At nearly every gas station in North Carolina, you can pay at the pump. Thanks to the N.C. Education Lottery, motorists can now play at the pump as well. A new service... READ MORE »

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — An air traffic controller at Springdale Municipal Airport has been arrested for public intoxication after being found passed out while on the job in the airport... READ MORE »

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — While police cruisers often can see adolescents in their back seats, officers in Oregon City picked up some strange kids. KPTV-TV reports (http://is.gd/teiodA) that... READ MORE »

BAKERTON, W.Va. (AP) — A dog trapped in a water-filled West Virginia cave for nearly two weeks was thin and dehydrated but energetic when rescuers found her. Baker, a 1-year-old pit-bull... READ MORE »

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A Jackson County jury has found a father guilty of asking someone to beat up his baby sitter after she made comments that caused him to temporarily lose custody of his... READ MORE »