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Joseph Ali says onlookers thought he was drunk when he dove into the nighttime waters around a Southern California pier.

A woman survived nearly three nights in bitter interior Alaska cold by burning her snowmobile and huddling with her small dog, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.

Police say a drunken panhandler charged with harassing the customers of a western Pennsylvania business falsely claimed to be a state trooper - but was found out when he claimed to work at a nonexistent barracks.

A 15-year-old from Glastonbury, Conn., is facing charges after police say he ordered Salvia online from using his mother's credit card.

Give thanks, oenophiles: An "elaborate" Thanksgiving Day wine heist has met its end, after Seattle police on Tuesday recovered most if not all of the 2,500 stolen bottles, valued at $648,000.

A stuffed white leopard worth $250,000 was among items seized in a burglary of a Southern California mansion that was up for sale where more than a dozen teens and adults held an impromptu rave party last month, officials said on Wednesday.

This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a few items that authorities have recovered from a huge haul of high-end swag that thieves snagged during a party at an empty mansion - including armor, shields and a stuffed snow leopard worth $250,000.

Eighteen thousand arena seats. Sixteen thousand first-class hotel rooms. Three hundred fifty air-conditioned buses.

It is not the season for holiday cheer in at least one South Carolina home. According to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office , deputies had to be called out to the home after a fight over decorating 'O Deputies report that a fight allegedly ensued after a woman came home from work only to find out that two of her family members had decorated ... (more)

It wasn't the kind of rescue Yuma firefighters usually handle. This one involved a cat with its head stuck in a dog food can.

Investigators say no other person entered the bathroom with enough time to glue the seats.

The Geminid Meteor Shower begins Thursday, but residents of Tucson, Ariz., got a preview Wednesday night as a meteor streaked through the sky and exploded .

Joseph Ali, 27, cradles an 18-pound lobster he caught by hand near the Huntington Beach Pier on Dec. 10, 2013.

Throughout the year, some events provide a bit of respite from the daily grind and remind us that human nature and failings are qualities shared worldwide.

This Nov. 7, 2013 file photo provided by The City of Wasilla Department of Public Works shows a cardboard cutout of Sarah Palin in the 1999 Ford Expedition she used when she was mayor of Wasilla, outside City Hall in Wasilla, Ak.

A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to being the "lookout" in a 79-year-old Willmar woman's stabbing death, according to the Kandiyohi County Court.

A New Jersey man is apparently is a very sound sleeper, or has a very high tolerance for pain.

We're guessing the chances of this happening rank somewhere between one in a million and one in a gazillion: Krystine Rivera was jogging in northern Virginia around 6pm on Thursday when the 27-year-old was hit by a ... flying deer.

We're guessing the chances of this happening rank somewhere between one in a million and one in a gazillion: Krystine Rivera was jogging in northern Virginia around 6pm on Thursday when the 27-year-old was hit by a ... flying deer.

In this Jan. 9, 2013 photo provided by the University of Florida, the male Periplaneta japonica is shown.