Residents with droopy pants or skirts could face hefty fines and community service after Tupelo officials approved a ban against the popular style.

A California woman accused of killing her infant son by breastfeeding him after she used methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

A psychiatrist testifying for prosecutors says there is no way that an antidepressant drug could have made a Missouri teenager kill a 9-year-old neighbor girl.

Bones were unearthed 26 years ago from cemeteries created for slaves before the Civil War.

An alleged arsonist with distinctive crossed eyes is now behind bars after police recognized him on surveillance videos. 

A spoof video showing a woman reportedly suffering from "Lazy Cow" syndrome has become an Internet hit after garnering more than 180,000 views on YouTube.

A British couple who won $16 million (£10 million) in the lottery are still claiming disability benefits six years later.

It was a satirical story about an "$8 billion Abortionplex" opening in Kansas. But U.S. Rep. John Fleming, or someone on his staff, appeared to take it seriously in a Facebook post.

Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church.

A Missouri teenager who pleaded guilty to killing a 9-year-old girl wrote in her journal that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience.

A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.

A man who gained notoriety for claiming he can live in a $340,000 suburban Dallas house for $16 has been ordered to vacate the home by next Monday.

Call center workers in Norway are protesting against a system that triggers an alarm if they spend too much time away from their desks for "personal activities" like using the bathroom.

Police in Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier for use in drinks at fancy bars.

A man in a Spanish village has been left with most likely will be his biggest regret of his life after all the residents shared a lottery win except him.

A woman who appeared to not have any teeth has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank to buy some fake ones.

Unless she wins her appeal, a 45-year-old Mississippi woman will serve a year in jail for going to Alabama to buy a box of Sudafed.

Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous.

A Pennsylvania man who secretly taped 54 women and girls undressing in a tanning salon while he hid in the ceiling has been ordered to spend at least seven years in prison.

A southern New Jersey financial officer accused of advertising child pornography for others to download has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A second teacher has been pulled from a classroom at Miramonte Elementary School and the number of molestation complaints to the district has increased since a teacher was charged this week with photographing children for sexual thrills.

The central Pennsylvania couple that lost seven of their eight children in a devastating farmhouse fire is expecting their 10th child.

Authorities say a Transportation Security Administration agent has stolen $5,000 from a passenger as he was going through security at a New York City airport.

An Oklahoma teenager has become a YouTube sensation because of her ability to say any word backwards.

A Mexican teacher is denying she locked a 7-year-old child inside a classroom for hours as punishment.

A Floridian charged with hacking a Connecticut homeless man to death with an ax and eating some body parts has been ordered to remain in custody in lieu of $1 million bond.

A shipwreck hunter says he has found the wreck of a World War II merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod with a load of platinum now valued at $3 billion - perhaps the richest hoard ever discovered at the bottom of the sea.

The federal government is trying to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.

A student from Kansas got a surprise when she opened a textbook on terrorism.

A rabbit in Sweden is showing that it can round up a flock of sheep just as good as any sheep dog.

Some new sandals have been created so wearers can feel like they're walking barefoot in the park everywhere they go.

A woman's speeding got her a warning from an Ohio state trooper but wasn't enough to keep her grandchild from being born in her car.

Police in southwestern Pennsylvania say a woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and said she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.

Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old Oakland boy as an adult in the killings of his adoptive mother and father.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo says there's nothing funny about a commercial featuring suit-and-tie wearing chimpanzees scheduled to air Sunday during the Super Bowl.

Authorities have evacuated a West Virginia hotel after one guest was found dead and at least four others fell sick from suspected carbon monoxide exposure.

Authorities say a 14-year-old Utah boy who accidentally killed himself with a miniature cannon died after suffering severe head trauma from the powerful blast, not from being hit with a projectile.

A new study finds that massive pythons are eating large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals.

Two Canadian students have posted a video online showing a Lego toy they send into space themselves using homemade equipment.

An Iowa woman has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces - without the aid of surgery.

Authorities have arrested a man they say stabbed to death two women, wounded a man and barricaded himself naked in a Los Angeles County home.

A 19-year-old University of Utah student has died after falling about 30 feet from a Park City ski resort's chairlift.

A mother is blasting the one-year jail sentence given to a former Massachusetts dentist who used paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in her son's root canal.

Yo quiero Taco Bell breakfast burrito!

A Southwest Airlines employee has died from injuries in a crash between a baggage cart and a passenger shuttle at Dulles International Airport.

Cyrano the cat weighs more than 20 pounds, so amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question.

They nursed an otter back to health. Now a Terrebonne Parish couple is fighting to get him back. Video

A Florida teenager called 911 last week to ask police to place her in a children’s shelter because she “heard her mother having sex.”

An embarrassing misspelling of "school" is gone from the street outside a New York City school building.

A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly hacking to death a Connecticut man and eating the victim's eye and part of his brain, police said Wednesday.