Posted: 5:13 AM Pluto may have been kicked out of the planet club, but it has gained yet another companion.

Posted: 5:11 AM Biologists fear a war for survival between the aggressive Asian carp newcomers and native species important to people who catch fish for a living or fun.

Posted: 4:20 AM A yoga instructor, Alice Van Ness, said she got fired after she glared at a Facebook employee who texted during a class in June.

Posted: 5:17 AM A Washington state woman says she was attacked and bitten by raccoons after her dog chased several of the animals up a tree.

Posted: 4:55 PM Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva was making an escape of a sort as he hopped on a bicycle and pedaled furiously, clocking up several miles (kilometers) before jumping off.

Posted: 5:47 AM AT&T Inc. says it's dropping its legal fight against a Massachusetts businessman whose company was on the hook for a fraudulent million-dollar phone bill.

Posted: 5:43 AM An Oregon man has been arrested after airport authorities saw him trying to hide his gun in a planter box so he could retrieve it upon his return.

Posted: 9:28 AM A new species of shark fossil has been named after a staff member at East Tennessee State University.

Posted: 4:17 AM Gordon's small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, and he hopes to reach the 3 million mile mark by next year. He only has 34,000 miles to go.

Posted: 4:48 PM Washington police say 21-year-old Benjamin Sickles was arrested early Thursday after he allegedly broke into a Subway restaurant and stole several bags of snacks.

Posted: 4:46 PM Thomas Daigle dropped off about 62,000 pennies weighing 800 pounds in two boxes for the final payment on the Milford home he and his wife, Sandra, bought in 1977.

Posted: 1:16 PM A man has been ordered to pay more than $32,000 in back child support after being lured back to Pennsylvania with the promise of a bogus role in a Jennifer Aniston movie.

Posted: 1:49 PM The San Jose, Calif., man known as "Jaws" scarfed down 68 hot dogs and buns to win Wednesday in Brooklyn. He takes home $10,000 and a mustard-yellow champion's belt.

Posted: 12:59 PM Spanish police recovered on Wednesday a priceless 12th-century religious manuscript known as the Codex Calixtinus, which was stolen from a cathedral last year.

Posted: 10:26 AM He was born "David," signed documents "David" and titled his 1834 autobiography "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee." It's David Crockett State Park near Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

Posted: 5:31 AM Having sired hundreds of offspring, Diego has been central to bringing the Espanola Island type of tortoise back from near extinction, rangers at Galapagos National Park say.

Posted: 5:03 AM A Southern California couple have passed the halfway mark in their quest to visit Disneyland every day this year.

Posted: 5:00 AM Sheriff's deputies say a western Pennsylvania county jail inmate wearing an orange-and-white striped uniform tried to hail a taxi to escape from a hospital where he was taken for medical treatment.

Posted: 4:59 AM A man from East Providence has claimed more than $180,000 in lottery winnings, a day after his son won $1,000 in a different game.

Updated: 8:54 AM Johnson City police have charged a man who tried to evade them on a scooter.

Updated: 6:54 AM A viral Youtube video is proving that the heat can cause more than just sweat in some parts of the country.

Posted: 6:23 AM Physicists say they have all but proven that the "God particle" exists.

Posted: 6:10 AM Michigan hopes to keep drunks off the road with the help from a special message in men's bathrooms featuring an attention-getting woman's voice.

Updated: 6:08 AM A $2.2 million expedition is hoping to finally solve one of America's most enduring mysteries: What exactly happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart?

Posted: 3:25 PM Michigan hopes to keep drunks off the road with the help from a special message in men's bathrooms featuring an attention-getting woman's voice.