STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- More than 700 Penn State students are ready to pull two straight all-nighters, without ever sitting down. The Penn State Dance Marathon, best known as "Thon,"... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A judge has dismissed all charges against a sex offender accused of offering a 12-year-old boy candy at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center. Sherwood Stevenson's lawyer... READ MORE »

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Police took an important step toward solving the mystery surrounding the killing of a Las Vegas mother outside her home, arresting a teenage neighbor who had a history... READ MORE »

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) -- The cold might not bother Disney's Queen Elsa, but it's wreaking enough havoc in Kentucky that a police department announced a joke warrant for the popular "Frozen"... READ MORE »

PHOENIX (AP) -- A watch collector spotted a rare Swiss timepiece in a Phoenix secondhand store, bought it on sale for $5.99 and then sold it for $35,000. Zach Norris said he went to a... READ MORE »

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) -- Police say a 55-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who died after accidentally shooting herself in the head in January was adjusting a handgun in her bra holster... READ MORE »

WILKES-BARRE (AP) -- A jury on Wednesday spared the life of a man convicted of strangling a pharmacist and his girlfriend in 2002 and burying their bodies in his yard, granting a defense... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In recent months, the stage seemed set for American consumers to do what they've traditionally done best: Spend money -- and drive the economy. The lowest gas prices in... READ MORE »

SPARTA, N.J. (AP) -- A man poured water onto a freezing road to try to fool police officers into thinking the cause of his drunken car crash was black ice, authorities said. Bryan Byers... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast, a cable company already notorious for its poor customer service, was left scrambling to apologize recently after some of its customers received bills that had... READ MORE »