Pa. police arrest wanted man who went to buy cigarettes in gorilla suit to win bet.

Officials were trying to find a way to quell the violence and reassure frightened parents after a fight involving two high school students apparently led to a shooting on a primary-school lawn that killed one of them, police said. Three other teens were wounded and three more were in custody.

A nationwide search was under way Friday for a 6-year-old boy kidnapped by two men posing as police officers who tied up his mother and her boyfriend, police said.

Vermont man practicing a quick draw with a handgun shoots himself in the leg.

After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room - a converted storage area under a staircase - where she was left alone for three hours.

The man convicted of killing a Vermont college student after a chance encounter in Burlington has been sentenced to a mandatory life term with no chance for parole.

An investigation into a medical helicopter crash that killed a desperately ill 1-year-old girl and three crew members will include whether a radio tower's lights were on when the aircraft clipped the structure's wire and went down in a suburban Chicago field, authorities said.

Mom allegedly takes daughter to fight another girl, then intervenes when she starts losing.

Fenway Park fell silent, and the Boston Red Sox were on the verge of going down without a whimper. Then baseball's comeback kings did it again.

Conn. man charged with moving ambulance at emergency scene, saying it blocked his car.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is set to appear on this week's broadcast of "Saturday Night Live," the entertainment show that has featured a popular parody of the Alaska governor by former cast member Tina Fey.

Minn. man ticketed after showing political preference with dog feces.

The curtain officially went up on Katie Holmes' Broadway debut Thursday as the revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" made its much anticipated premiere.

Michigan businessman gets shock after receiving a electric bill for $136,524.

After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room - a converted storage area under a staircase - where she was left alone for three hours.

Palin lookalike strippers to strut in swimwear, debate at pageant for Inauguration Day trip.

An investigation into a medical helicopter crash that killed a desperately ill 1-year-old girl and three crew members will include whether a radio tower's lights were on when the aircraft clipped the structure's wire and went down in a suburban Chicago field, authorities said.

Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn't close in on John McCain's comfortable lead. The Republican didn't flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave George W. Bush the White House.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican Sen. John McCain likes fellow conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does not think much of Clarence Thomas.

Man at Pa. restaurant eats a 15-pound burger with 5.2 pounds of toppings in 4 hours, 39 minutes.

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is back on the witness stand, telling jurors his side of the story about the home remodeling project that led to corruption charges.

Suspected robber uses stolen cell phone; nabbed when family member calls and gets victim.

Wall Street declined in erratic trading Friday after the government said new home construction dropped by more than expected last month to the lowest pace since early 1991. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 250 points shortly after the open before paring its losses.

A bomb planted near a Baghdad mosque killed three Shiite worshippers as they were leaving Friday prayers, officials said, as Iraqi mosques used the Muslim week's holy day to address recent attacks against Christians.

The government's drastic economic rescue efforts will eventually pay off, President Bush insisted Friday, offering calming words to anxious Americans but no suggestion of a quick revival as Wall Street braced for another wild day.