Updated: 11:52 AM A webcam set up to monitor a San Diego seal colony around the clock has captured two women harassing the animals.

Updated: 1:14 PM A Southern California woman who never knew her father is about to receive his Purple Heart, Silver Star and other military medals he earned before he died in World War II.

Updated: 3:00 PM The Luiseño language is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to the efforts of tribal leaders on the Pechanga Indian reservation in Southern California.

Posted: 1:26 PM A racing yacht named after one of the world's fastest cars has sailed into San Francisco Bay in what organizers say is the fastest passage of a single-hulled sailing vessel from New York to San Francisco.

Posted: 11:28 AM Police in the Cayman Islands say a woman drove off an intruder by biting him. It cost her a tooth, though.

Posted: 10:52 AM Silly rabbits.

Updated: 4:00 PM Warnings about zombies may seem amusing, but officials say they're dead serious about figuring out who hacked into public warning systems in the United States to broadcast such messages.

Posted: 3:44 AM Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are helping search for alien life forms. But they aren't looking into space. They're studying rocks here on Earth.

Posted: 6:35 AM Police in Connecticut say a city man bit off his cousin's ear lobe and swallowed it during a fight over loud music.

Posted: 8:40 PM Apparently people just can't let go... of their smart phones.

Posted: 4:22 AM JERUSALEM (AP) - The head of a liberal Jewish women's group says Israeli police have detained 10 women, including the sister of American comic Sarah Silverman, as they tried to pray at a Jerusalem holy site.

Updated: 12:42 PM An 82-year-old Washington man says he was a little sore but otherwise OK after tackling and helping police catch a felon one-third his age.

Posted: 5:16 PM Hunters are spending a portion of the weekend fanning out across a remote county in far Northern California as they compete in a controversial contest to see who can kill the most coyotes.

Updated: 4:39 PM Salmon have long been known to use their sense of smell to find their home river when it comes time to spawn, but how do they get close enough to smell the river?

Updated: 1:50 PM A Miami woman has apologized for flipping off a judge, who then dropped contempt charges and vacated her 30-day jail term.

Posted: 12:05 PM Authorities in Ohio say a pocket-dialing prowler got himself arrested after his cellphone turned informant. Twice.

Posted: 3:28 PM A Miami woman has been jailed on contempt charges after flipping off a judge during a drug possession hearing.

Posted: 1:32 PM An asteroid the size of a small football field is heading right toward Earth.

Posted: 9:32 AM A long overdue book has finally been returned to the New York Public Library - 55 years late.

Updated: 8:54 AM John and Ann Betar of Connecticut have been married so long they're getting national recognition.

Updated: 12:41 AM The classic Monopoly game is set for its most significant change in decades after fans of the game designed nearly 80 years ago voted to add a new token to replace the shoe, wheelbarrow or iron after they received the least support in an online contest.

Posted: 12:46 PM A Labrador retriever named Kentucky is being credited with helping authorities find the body of its owner, who died hiking in a nature preserve in northern New Jersey.

Posted: 11:33 AM PARIS (AP) - If it isn't already daunting enough to pack for a trip to fashionable Paris, female visitors, beware: It's illegal to wear pants.

Posted: 3:13 PM Postal inspectors intercepted a large package of methamphetamine hidden inside papayas.

Posted: 12:41 PM Has Britain's lost king been found?