Feb 8 - By Associated Press
A piece of one of Martha Washington's dresses is for sale.
Feb 8 - By Associated Press
One Pennsylvania college student's attempt to boost his failing grades didn't get him an A for effort. It got him probation.
Feb 8 - By Associated Press
A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges.

Feb 7 - By Associated Press
A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949.
Feb 7 - By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press
Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000.
Feb 7 - By Associated Press
People aren't quite done piling on New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker for a dropped fourth-quarter pass that helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl.
Feb 7 - By Lisa Cornwell
An Ohio structure containing remnants of a two-story building where the Wright brothers rented space for their first bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished despite residents' efforts to preserve it.
Feb 6 - By Associated Press
A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.
Feb 5 - By Associated Press
Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.

Feb 5 - By Mike Corder, Associated Press
As I lace up my ice skates while sitting on the banks of the Zijlroade river Thursday, grizzled men old enough to be my father glide past me, leaning into the bone-chilling wind and effortlessly propelling themselves across the frozen surface.
Feb 5 - By Associated Press
A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement.

Feb 3 - By Associated Press
Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.
Feb 3 - By Associated Press
A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to.
Feb 3 - By Associated Press
A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.
Feb 2 - By Associated Press
A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.
Feb 2 - By Associated Press
A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list.
Feb 2 - By Louise Nordstrom, Associated Press
Champis the bunny doesn't only hop — he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.