A triple-dog dare: Boy's tongue stuck on pole

In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole.

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Apple's Jobs backtracks on health, takes leave

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said he is taking a medical leave - just a week after he tried to assure investors and employees his recent weight loss was caused by a hormone deficiency.

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Missing pilot-financier found in Florida

An Indiana investment adviser suspected of faking his death in an airplane crash as his personal and financial worlds crumbled around him was found late Tuesday in northern Florida.

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Palin attacks media over 'very scary' reporting

Sarah Palin, still smarting over coverage of her vice presidential run, calls the media's reporting on her family "very scary".

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Gotti neighbor allegedly dissolved in acid

It's been one of the last mysteries from John Gotti's gangland career: What happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son - and then vanished?

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Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate

Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report.

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Boy, 6, misses bus so he tries driving to school

Having missed his bus, a 6-year-old Virginia boy tried to drive to school in his family's sedan - and crashed.

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Contractor Indicted in Crane Collapse

A contractor has been indicted on homicide charges in a crane collapse in midtown Manhattan that killed seven people last year, the district attorney said Monday.

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Ritzy Rainbow Room Can't Afford to Serve Food

The legendary Rainbow Room is the latest victim of the current economic crisis - saying it will close its restaurant, the Rainbow Grill, a company official told NBCNewYork.

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Richardson withdraws as Commerce nominee

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract.

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Israeli ground forces launch Gaza invasion

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U.S. to split by 2010? Russian analyst thinks so

For seriously predicting that the United States will break into six parts in June or July of 2010, Igor Panarin has suddenly become a Russian state-media celebrity.

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Black renters raise tensions in Bay Area

As more and more black renters began moving into mostly white Antioch, Calif., a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.

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Atlantic City wants more carriers for airport

As Atlantic City struggles with the recession and plunging casino revenue, an effort is under way to lure more airline carriers to start service to and from Atlantic City Airport.

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Sarah Palin's daughter gives birth to son

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol has given birth to a son, People magazine reported Monday.

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Police: Man shot over noise during movie

A man enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a movie theater on Christmas night shot the father of the family in the arm, police said.

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Armed gang holds up freight train in Mexico

A gang of about 20 men armed with assault rifles robbed a train in the western Mexican state of Michoacan and carted off some of its freight, the state prosecutor's office said Saturday.

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Viagra helps CIA win friends in Afghanistan

While the CIA has a long history of buying information with cash, the Taliban insurgency has prompted the use of novel incentives and creative bargaining - including Viagra - to gain support.

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Man melting snow with blowtorch ignites home

Fire officials in New Bedford, Mass., say a man using a blowtorch to melt ice on his back porch ended up setting his house on fire, causing up to $30,000 in damage.

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Alaska pulls plug on Snowzilla the snowman

Snowzilla is no more. Municipal officials in Anchorage have given a cease-and-desist order to builders of the giant snowman that made appearances the last three years in an east Anchorage neighborhood.

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Crazy dog lady? Woman adopts 27 hounds

A California woman went to a dog pound looking to replace her late, loved pooch - and ended up coming home with 27 dogs that were facing euthanasia. But she didn't expect her emotional decision to lead to trouble with the law.

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U.S. judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf

A judge ordered a Muslim woman arrested Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint.

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3-year-old Hitler can't get name on cake

The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, whose request for a birthday cake with the child's full name on it was rejected by a New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance.

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