January 8, 2015 Weighing nearly 15 pounds, Washington newborn bests siblings for size A hospital in Washington says a woman gave birth this month a baby weighing nearly 15 pounds.
January 8, 2015 Owner reclaims sheep wearing red-and-green holiday sweater found wandering in Omaha A sheep wearing a festive red-and-green sweater who was found wandering around Omaha has been reunited with his owner.
January 8, 2015 Some students late or stranded after batteries stolen from school buses in Georgia Thieves have given students in metro Atlanta a new excuse for missing class: The battery was stolen from my school bus.
January 8, 2015 US authorities say Detroit-area postal employee said she stole mail out of boredom Federal authorities say a Detroit-area postal employee accused of stealing as many as 2,000 pieces of mail said she did so out of boredom.
January 8, 2015 Flag stolen in 1976 mailed back to New Hampshire A bicentennial American flag that was stolen nearly 40 years ago from a park has been returned by a remorseful thief.
January 8, 2015 Deer breaks through New Jersey home's 2 front doors, ransacks bathroom as resident calls cops Police say a deer burst through the front doors of a New Jersey home, darted through the residence and ransacked the master bathroom.
January 8, 2015 Woman banned from bingo hall asks New Mexico attorney general to help her get back in the game A 70-year-old New Mexico woman banned from a bingo hall is fighting to get back in the game.
January 8, 2015 5,000-pound footbridge stolen in suburban Detroit, owner says dad built it decades ago A Michigan man says his family's 5,000-pound footbridge has been stolen from his property in suburban Detroit.
January 8, 2015 Rhode Island brothers get home confinement in theft of 200,000 gallons of cooking oil Two brothers in their 70s have been sentenced to home confinement and probation for conspiring to sell 200,000 gallons of used cooking oil stolen from restaurants in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to a processing plant in New Hampshire.
January 8, 2015 12 years after losing coin toss in election tie, independent wins seat by drawing long straw Twelve years after losing a coin toss in a tied election for alderman in coastal Mississippi, independent Charles Piazza won a tie by drawing the longer of two straws.
