Authorities say two people in their 70s were found buried under mounds of trash in their home on Chicago's South Side. 

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It wasn't quite man-bites-dog, but there were men and there were dogs and there was biting. 

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Two women have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle crystal methamphetamine inside a Bible to a Walker man jailed in the Livingston Parish Detention Center. 

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A deck of cards and a bit of luck helped decide who will likely be the next sheriff of Nebraska's Morrill County. The nine of hearts Milo Cardenas drew Monday beat Travis Petersen's six of spades, giving Cardenas the Republican nomination for sheriff. Since no Democrats ran for sheriff, Cardenas is likely to win in November's election.

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Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody. 

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Two gospel singers are facing multiple charges after authorities say they played uplifting music for several Georgia churches, then stole some $100,000 worth of speakers, microphones and other equipment.

• Police: 'pilgrims' didn't pray, they smuggled

Officials said a customer who struck a gun-toting man on the head with two beer bottles foiled a robbery at a truck stop off Interstate 95 in Virginia.

• Police: Pa. pair forced man into boxers over drugs

A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty to impersonating an FBI agent after fooling her former neighbors in northern Virginia into taking jobs as her assistant.

Dramatic video footage has emerged of a father saving his infant son by clutching steadfastly to him as a car strikes the man.

It's been a wild night at a Skid Row shelter in Los Angeles. The Union Rescue Mission offered a dinner Monday night of tacos made from wild elk, deer, sheep, pig, black bear and antelope.

• Moth-munching bird finds perch at Twins ballpark

Police in Lincoln, Neb., said they suspect they've captured the "toilet paper bandit," who concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper during a robbery.

• Minnesota city stops giving free doggie bags

Forget brunch. Sports promoters in Lima, Peru, are honoring its mothers by inviting them to slip on gloves and head protectors and try to punch each others' lights out.

A Colorado man who claimed he was trying to defend himself from a mugger when he shot himself in the groin has been convicted of illegal discharge of a firearm.

Truck on fire? Forget calling 911. Craig Brown of Carlton just drove a few more blocks to the McMinnville (Ore.) fire station.

Four years ago, a Tampa area high school freshman told his Spanish teacher he'd wear the same pair of sneakers every day until graduation.