ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska senator says the U.S. Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post office.
HONOLULU -- The competency hearing of a Maui man accused of spying for China has ended with the prosecutor claiming the defendant is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial.
LONDON -- A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found not guilty in her death.
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later.
PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has been placed on two years of unsupervised probation.
NEW YORK -- A foot model in New York City is suing her upscale apartment building, claiming the co-op board is trying to force her out because she married its former doorman.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
PEORIA, Ariz. -- An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.
AVALON, Calif. -- Birth control for bison? Conservationists are inoculating female bison on Santa Catalina Island with a yearly contraceptive.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A teenage girl accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor listed her hobbies in a YouTube profile as "killing people" and "cutting."
NEW YORK -- A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop.
LOS ANGELES -- Some University of California regents who approved a student fee increase are trapped inside a UCLA building as protesters block the exits.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Intrepid Ohio State University researchers have learned students don't just party in a campus lake during rituals before the annual Michigan game. They also potty there.
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring "Christmas" to the event's name.
LONDON -- Campaigners against eating disorders are criticizing Kate Moss after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on pro-anorexia Web sites.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- The woman who bore twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick is expected on the witness stand at the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of snooping on the surrogate.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Starry eyed children around the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole, but this holiday season they'll not likely to get a response from Santa or his helpers.
NEW YORK -- Prosecutors say the owner of a storied New York City bagel business shortchanged the state out of a lot of dough by cheating on taxes.
PHOENIX -- Phoenix police arrested three Army soldiers after they were pulled over for speeding in a rental car with 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 cash inside.
