The Pew Environment Group is cautioning in a report that the actual global catch of sharks might be up to four times higher than official U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization statistics.

There was a big upset at the annual International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in southwestern Michigan.

A Texas man is facing animal cruelty charges after his dog died, allegedly from being left in a hot car.

A 4-year-old boy is dead after a large tombstone toppled onto him while he and his family were visiting a historic cemetery in a Utah ski resort town.

A Massachusetts man who pledged to make the last mortgage payment on his home with pennies has fulfilled that promise.

A Phoenix mother has been arrested after authorities say she put beer in her 2-year-old son's sippy cup.

A Utah mayor has put all 18 inches of his handlebar mustache up for a vote.

Lifeguard Tomas Lopez helped save a drowning man and got fired for it.

A woman accused of leaving the scene of a minor traffic crash in western Arkansas told police she did it because she didn't want her ice cream to melt.

Sheriff's deputies say a western Pennsylvania county jail inmate wearing an orange-and-white striped uniform tried to hail a taxi to escape from a hospital where he was taken for medical treatment.

A new digital tool to test academic and behavioral skills will target students starting in kindergarten.

Forget magazine drives and candy sales. A cash-strapped high school near Philadelphia hopes to raise money by auctioning itself on eBay.

Archaeologists have struck gold at a dig near the town of Goshen about 35 miles south of Provo: the largest Fremont Indian structure ever excavated.

Some research suggests fire burns hotter and more quickly in beetle-affected areas.

Bathroom fresheners are serving to "refresh" men's memories about getting designated drivers.

Ohio homeowner Dan Lintz says he was doing yard work when a black bear rang his doorbell.

Some San Diego-area residents say they heard a loud boom and felt the ground shake, but there are no reports of earthquake.

Residents of Bethel, Alaska, know from cable TV ads what the major fast-food chains offer: chicken at KFC, burgers at McDonald's and tacos at Taco Bell. They just haven't been able to get any of it.

Police in Maryland say a man has been charged with assault for using a slingshot to fire glass marbles at a speed camera van.

A New Mexico woman was arrested and spent a night in jail for not returning the book "Twilight" and two-DVD set "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" back to the library on time.

A JetBlue Airways pilot who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about religion and terrorists has pleaded not guilty to interfering with a flight crew.

Bond has been revoked for a Texas man who police say killed and starting eating his housemate's dog after chasing a neighbor on his hands and knees while growling.

A Florida medical examiner says only marijuana was found in the system of a Florida man shot while chewing another man's face.

Austrian police did not need sniffing dogs to locate this suspected heist - 9.5 tons of garlic.

A lot of people gripe when they get high summertime electric bills. But Kristin Harriger's bill was nearly $1.4 million.