January 13, 2015 Illinois man's missing high school ring returned to him after 65 years Diedrich, 82, now has his class of 1949 ring from J. Sterling Morton High School in Cicero thanks to a Waukesha, Wis., man who returned it to him after finding it with a metal detector in a lake near his home.
January 13, 2015 Illinois man's missing high school ring found in Wisconsin lake, 65 years after vanishing If finding a high school ring doesn't seem like a big deal consider this: Until a few days ago, the last time Dick Diedrich saw his ring he was living in suburban Chicago with his parents and Harry Truman was in the White House.
January 13, 2015 Massachusetts scratch-off lottery ticket recovered from trash wins couple $1 million A Massachusetts couple have won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket that they dug out of the trash after inadvertently throwing it away.
January 13, 2015 Woman fined $500 for cursing after she was picked for jury, judge also tosses her from case A Pennsylvania woman has been fined $500 for cursing because she was frustrated with being picked to serve on a jury.
January 13, 2015 Swarm of bees delay US Airways Express flight from North Carolina Anderson said a beekeeper was summoned to the tug to remove the bees.
January 13, 2015 Smelling of rotting flesh, rare corpse flower to bloom in UC Santa Barbara greenhouse An Indonesian flower famous for its foul odor is expected to unfurl its putrid blossom within the next week at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
January 13, 2015 Man who allegedly stole Bay Area transit bus drove 100 miles before being arrested Authorities say a shirtless man who allegedly stole a transit bus from a San Francisco terminal drove it 100 miles before being arrested.
January 13, 2015 Mermaid gets the hook: Pool says Fla. woman can't swim with custom-made plastic fin A Florida woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail.
January 13, 2015 Butter sculpture of Abraham Lincoln to share spotlight with Iowa State Fair's world-famous cow A butter sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln will share the dairy-centric spotlight this year with the world-famous butter cow at the Iowa State Fair.
January 13, 2015 Los Angeles man, 24, arrested on after running through San Francisco Zoo exhibits Police say a man hoping to dodge the $15 entrance fee at the San Francisco Zoo led security officers on a wild chase as he dashed through animal exhibits.
