Posted: 06/10/2013 - A Texas couple has fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Maine to watch the state Legislature at work. Seriously.

Posted: 06/10/2013 - Airport officials say they wanted to inspect the huge walking stick before allowing Mayhew, who is more than 7 feet tall, on the plane.

Posted: 06/10/2013 - Kabang, who lost half her face after jumping in front of a motorcycle to save the lives of two girls, received a rousing welcome Monday in Zamboanga, a city in the southern Philippines.

Posted: 06/10/2013 - Commuters on a train line in northern Stockholm were met with an unusual sight this week: male train drivers and conductors wearing skirts to work.

Posted: 06/10/2013 - The suburban Chicago mom was heading to the hospital to give birth. She got as far as the hospital's driveway, but her daughter just wasn't going to wait any longer to come into the world.

Posted: 06/07/2013 - A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was suspicious. When he heard two women were spotted near a Lancaster, Calif., intersection, and one of them was holding an alligator, he didn't buy it.

Posted: 06/07/2013 - A Pennsylvania doctor on a guided fishing trip in southwestern Montana went home with an amazing tale of hauling in a 25-pound lunker — a baby moose she helped rescue from a rushing river.

Posted: 06/06/2013 - An aspiring half-marathon runner in Minnesota attributed her unbearable back pain to a two-hour training session. A day later, she was cradling a newborn.

Posted: 06/05/2013 - Authorities say a burglar's decision to knock back a couple of beers during a break-in at an upstate New York home led to his arrest.

Posted: 06/05/2013 - A 7-foot alligator found in an Ohio man's basement is malnourished, has bone disease from a lack of sun for 15 years and was being taunted by teenagers on a regular basis, authorities said Tuesday.

Posted: 06/05/2013 - The oldest licensed driver in New Zealand, and one of the oldest in the world, has been driving for 88 of his 105 years and has no plans to give it up.

Posted: 06/05/2013 - Guards patrolling a prison colony in Russia's north saw a feline on the fence and it seemed to be carrying something. On a closer look, they found a few cellphones and chargers taped to the cat's belly.

Posted: 06/04/2013 - Parents of children who bully may be ticketed by police and fined in municipal court under a new local law in Monona.

Posted: 06/03/2013 - A tweak to state laws in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to conform with current EU regulations has caused an unexpected casualty: the longest word in the German language.

Posted: 06/03/2013 - So, you have your resume in order and all your references set, you're ready to head out there and find your next job. Not so fast says one website. They want one more thing: You have to be attractive.

Posted: 06/03/2013 - Police say 36-year-old Andrea Mobley and 38-year-old Jennifer Morrow face petty theft charges after stealing bathing suits and beef jerky during a trip to Wal-Mart on Wednesday.