NEW YORK (AP) -- Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in "Capote" and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many... READ MORE »
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) -- Groundhog Day coincides with the Super Bowl for the first time, but Punxsutawney Phil's peeps don't expect the big game to steal his early morning spotlight.... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 24-year-old man was shot while trying to retrieve his girlfriend's stolen purse in North Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported (http://bit.ly/1fIG0Iy )... READ MORE »
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Scarlett Johansson gives SodaStream some sex appeal in a controversial spot, Kia revives actor Laurence Fishburne's "Matrix" character Morpheus in its commercial.... READ MORE »
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Even in death, Christopher Rivera Amaro almost looked ready to box, leaning against the corner of a simulated ring.
Mourners who came to his wake in San Juan... READ MORE »
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) -- Salmon did the trick.
The initial suspicion was that a homeless person stayed in Clovis' public library past closing time and triggered the alarm system's motion... READ MORE »
PHOENIX (AP) -- An Arizona animal shelter has a rather large cat on its hands.
The Maricopa County Animal Care and Control recently received a 36-pound cat at one of its shelters in the... READ MORE »
GREENVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Eight children and their mother were killed in an early morning house fire in western Kentucky on Thursday, with only the injured father and an 11-year-old girl... READ MORE »
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators have seized more than $21.6 million in knockoff souvenir football jerseys, caps and other merchandise, shut down illegal websites and made dozens of arrests... READ MORE »
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- An Amish man is serving two years of probation after police say his vehicle reached speeds of up to 120 mph last summer in a rural area outside Harrisburg. His... READ MORE »
