BROOKFIELD -- An Norhteast Ohio woman who had her 97-year-old mother and 200 animals taken from her filthy home has been prohibited from having pets for five years.
NEW YORK -- A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip.
COLUMBUS -- Police in Ohio say a man accused of striking children in the head with his fist and keys at a Wal-Mart store told them he did it for the thrill.
CINCINNATI -- The head of the Cincinnati school board imposed a TV blackout of this week's meeting after a raucous session at the last one.
CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joan Synenberg sentenced Steven McClairn to eight years in prison Thursday for putting his 7-year-old daughter in a clothes dryer and turning it on to punish her.
NORWOOD, Ohio -- The biggest headache for a driver who crashed his sports car into a wall along an Ohio highway could be the repair bill.
Just when you think you've seen it all, a new invention gives "inhaling your food" an entirely new meaning.
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media.
NEW YORK -- Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.
LOS ANGELES -- It's a Hollywood cliffhanger, in more ways than one.
LONDON -- It's a victory for Pink Floyd, in the effort by the rock band to keep its songs from being sold individually instead of as part of one of the group's concept records.
ROME -- A Rome high school has incurred the ire of the Catholic Church after its decision to install condom-vending machines for students.
JACKSON, Miss. -- The prom's off at a northern Mississippi school after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend.
WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town. An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Federal prosecutors have filed charges against the owner of a California restaurant and its sushi chef that marine mammal activists say served illegal whale meat.
LOS ANGELES -- A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area with many children.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Russian-speaking immigrant who police say may have been practicing dentistry without a license for years in Oregon has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man believed to be a patient.
CONWAY TOWNSHIP, MI -- Late-night host-in-exile Conan O'Brien's decision to follow an unsuspecting Michigan woman on Twitter has turned her life upside down.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name. It would be an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.
