Woman wins $2.4M in her first trip to Vegas
HONOLULU (AP) -- A 24-year-old woman, on her first trip to Las Vegas, is worrying less about the nation's economy. That's because Jessica Agbunag won $2.4 million on Wednesday at a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the California Hotel and Casino....
Octogenarian charged with dealing pain pills
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Law enforcement authorities arrested an 81-year-old man who illegally sold powerful prescription pain relievers. The arrest followed a raid on a home Monday by the Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement....
Warrant, cocaine lead to job seeker's arrest
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- A mid-Michigan man who'd been looking for work found trouble after an arrest warrant popped up during a background check at a police station. Police also found cocaine in his pocket. The company the man was applying to required a police background check....
Dog hits controls, drives van into coffee house
ST. JAMES, N.Y. (AP) -- A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee house. Suffolk County police said no one was injured in the incident, which damaged the glass window and some patio furniture at Cool Beanz coffee shop in St. James....
Man accused of getting SUV stuck on edge of cliff
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A 21-year-old man was accused of getting his vehicle stuck on the edge of the Rimrocks in Billings with a passenger passed out inside. The man was charged with felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor driving under the influence....
Mass. cops puzzled by butcher-quality meat chunks
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Police are trying to figure out who keeps leaving chunks of meat on the town common, and why. Police said residents have been finding butcher-quality cuts of meat on the common for about five weeks. In the most recent incident, a resident discovered a large piece of raw, unwrapped meat, along with what appeared to be a liver and some bones on Tuesday....
NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate
LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) -- A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama....
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