Posted: 11:34 AM A Wisconsin couple says fire clucks, not fire trucks, helped them escape a blaze at their home.

Posted: 10:24 AM An animal rights group will pay Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus $9.3 million to settle its part of a lawsuit stemming from claims the circus abused its elephants.

Posted: 4:41 PM Moment captured on closed circuit television cameras

Updated: 4:29 PM Finding a lost wedding ring along a snowy highway is hard enough. But a Good Samaritan in Northern California also has to track down the man it belongs to.

Posted: 12:32 PM A college student in South Carolina set out to determine how to help turtles safely cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse of the dark side of human nature.

Posted: 11:14 AM A wildlife official says an endangered whale has died after getting stranded on a beach in a coastal enclave of New York City.

Posted: 10:41 AM A New Year's Eve possum drop that attracts thousands of people to a tiny western North Carolina town will go on this year, with one big change: It won't involve a live possum.

Posted: 9:16 AM In 2012, Florida was a state where a lifeguard got fired for saving a life, a woman got arrested for riding a manatee and a man repeatedly used 911 as a phone sex service.

Posted: 8:47 AM Vermont State Police say a man faces a drunken driving charge after driving onto the lawn of the historic home in Dorset once owned by the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Updated: 9:20 PM District says it has no plans to expand the program to lower grades

Posted: 1:42 PM Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.

Posted: 8:42 PM A fight between two blackjack dealers at the casino lead to a stabbing Friday night

Posted: 7:50 PM The KAKE News room took many calls asking about the phenomenon visible Saturday night

Updated: 3:25 PM Court rules dentist was within legal rights to fire longtime employee he found "irresistible” and a threat to his marriage.

Updated: 5:31 PM Alabama woman says she fell asleep and didn't notice as tornado ripped part of her roof off.

Posted: 9:42 AM The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding a man no damages from a doctor who cut off a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to be a circumcision.

Posted: 2:39 PM 34 year-old man was arrested for forcible touching in Times Square

Posted: 2:24 PM 35 year-old thre trash can, high chair and assaulted McDonalds Employee

Posted: 1:57 PM The 26 foot-long Right Whale washed up near Palm Coast, 65 miles south of Jacksonville

Posted: 3:21 PM In a decision signed last week, an arbitrator found that Sheena Monnin's comments were false, harmful and malicious. Monnin was Miss Pennsylvania USA.

Posted: 11:13 AM An Iowa couple who won a $202 million Powerball jackpot in September is donating $3 million to their son's high school for a new football stadium -- but the gift comes with a catch.

Posted: 3:32 PM Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make one that appeals to all kids.

Posted: 11:48 AM University of Chicago officials are puzzled by a mystery piece of mail seemingly linked to the Indiana Jones movie series.

Posted: 6:32 PM The $7.4 million in gold coins will go to a cousin who is the only living heir

Posted: 1:10 PM A Santa Fe woman has parlayed her sister's $1 investment in an old ammunition box into a $5,500 payout.