January 8, 2015 Checked out in 1992, a cookbook is discreetly returned to Kansas library More than two decades after a cookbook was checked out of a Kansas library, it's just now been returned.
January 8, 2015 Lebanese airline says Iraq denied landing for its plane over minister's son missing flight Lebanon's national airline says Iraqi authorities denied permission for its plane to land in Baghdad after a son of an Iraqi minister missed the flight.
January 8, 2015 Gilda's LaughFest organizers: 1,675 in Grand Rapids wore sunglasses for new Guinness record There appears to be another arcane world record in Grand Rapids, this time for the most people wearing sunglasses at night.
January 8, 2015 Granddaddy of a snowman towers 50 feet over onlookers at central Minnesota farm A farmer in central Minnesota has created a towering tribute to winter's excess.
January 8, 2015 Philly reporter gets blasted with wall of snow from passing plow while covering storm story A Philadelphia television news reporter covering the aftermath of a snowstorm in New Jersey has gotten pelted by snow from a passing plow.
January 8, 2015 Grand Rapids to strike 'unconstitutional,' 'unenforceable' ban on willfully annoying actions It's soon expected to be OK to be willfully annoying in Grand Rapids.
January 8, 2015 Workers at Mississippi funeral home find man alive in body bag after he'd been pronounced dead Workers at a Mississippi funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag.
January 8, 2015 Police: Ga. woman accused of posing as Waffle House manager tries to return cash, is arrested Atlanta police say a woman in a Waffle House uniform accused of pretending to be a company manager and stealing about $100 later returned to the restaurant to give the cash back.
January 8, 2015 Mass. man busted for speeding tells police he was rushing to collect a $50,000 lottery prize A Massachusetts man busted for speeding had a pretty good excuse when he was pulled over: He had just won a big lottery prize and was on his way to collect his cash.
January 8, 2015 Cops: Man fled crash scene because he 'didn't want to deal with his girlfriend yelling at him' Police in New Jersey say a man told officers he fled the scene of an auto accident because he "didn't want to deal with his girlfriend yelling at him." They say David Scarpa was having an argument with his girlfriend Sunday night when he backed into a utility pole in Cumberland County.