NEW YORK (AP) -- Forget slapstick humor, corny gimmicks and skimpy bikinis. This year's Super Bowl ads promise something surprising: maturity. There won't be any close-up tongue kisses in... READ MORE »

BERLIN (AP) -- A herd of dairy cows nearly lifted the roof off their barn in central Germany when methane released by the animals caused an explosion. Police in Hesse state said in a... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A man tried to shoot his friend, then held state troopers at bay for hours after an argument fueled by alcohol and a disagreement over how to discipline a dog that had... READ MORE »

DENVER (AP) -- The federal government is ready to let farmers grow cannabis -- at least the kind that can't get people high. Hemp -- marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin that's used to make... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Twenty-two people have died in the past week in western Pennsylvania from a suspected overdose of a mix of heroin and the powerful narcotic fentanyl, Attorney... READ MORE »

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A northeastern Pennsylvania prison guard charged with sexually assaulting five female inmates has been fired. Lackawanna County prison officials said 49-year-old Joe... READ MORE »

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy set himself on fire at a suburban Denver high school on Monday in an apparent suicide attempt that left him critically injured, authorities said... READ MORE »

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The deer hunter figured sneezing had blown his chance at a deer, but blowing his nose brought a big buck running. Ron Manning of Hinds County said he's hunted deer... READ MORE »

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy allegedly stole a car and a gun and then fired once at a state trooper who stopped him on a Pennsylvania interstate Sunday morning, state police... READ MORE »

COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) -- The gunman who killed two people at a Maryland mall was a teenage skateboarding enthusiast who had no criminal record before he showed up at the shopping center armed... READ MORE »