William Topaz McGonagall's lack of talent was matched only by his delusion and ego.

Brian Gegner received a 180-day sentence for contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor.

Critics charge that Alabama is, in effect, paying law enforcement to skimp on food.

He was carrying a lighter with him which he managed to smuggle past security. It is this same lighter that he used to set fire to the extra paper tissues he had secured before boarding.

He would promise people that he would invest their money for them and bring them good profits, but he would take the money and disappear," an official close to the case said in comments carried by AFP.

The environment-friendly bra was designed to conserve energy and is capable and designed to generate enough power to charge a cellular phone or Ipod.

The nine remaining members of a Russian doomsday cult awaiting the end of the world abandoned their cave Friday .

Ahwatukee woman faces misdemeanor charges.

Lawmakers on Friday adopted a widely contested standardization of Portuguese that will require hundreds of words to be spelled the Brazilian way.

Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days - he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas.

The Street View feature of the Google Maps service could prompt a privacy controversy in the European Union, the EU data protection chief says.

A top Bush administration official said Saudi Arabia has rejected the U.S. president's request to increase the kingdom's oil production to offset gas prices.

U.S. officials said they are monitoring nuclear plants in China's damaged earthquake zone for evidence of leaked radioactive materials.

In contrast, British boys even registered a 2 percent decline in crime rates for the same period. However, despite the emerging trends, the bulk of offenders were still young men.

John Tyler Hammons, who is majoring in political science and public administration, beat three-time former mayor Hershel McBride, 70, by garnering 3,703 votes over his rival's 1,616 votes based on unofficial results.

Also known as crazy ants for moving in various directions instead of marching in an orderly line like other ants, the hairy reddish-brown insects usually start entering homes in May and remain there to cause havoc until September.