• Carole King to be presented with Gershwin Prize for song

  May 17, 2013
  James Taylor will headline a concert at the White House next week, when the Library of Congress honors Carole King with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

• Police confuse Buckeye logo with pot icon

  February 16, 2013
  A Texas woman said police in Tennessee detained her because they thought the Ohio State University Buckeye logo on her car was a "marijuana sticker."

• Police: Suspects pocket-dialed victim

  December 26, 2012
  Police in Florida said two sisters were arrested after inadvertently pocket dialing the hotel they had allegedly just robbed.

• Easter egg hunt ends in violence

  April 9, 2012
  Memphis police said an Easter egg hunt ended with a brawl between two families and a woman's arrest for taking a hammer to a man's head.
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  'American Idol' reveals 10 remaining Top 24 semifinalists and "twist"

  February 24, 2012
  American Idol has formally announced its Top 24 eleventh-season semifinalists and revealed a special twist in which the competition will feature a thirteenth male semifinalist.

• Pink potty raises breast cancer funds

  July 14, 2011
  A North Carolina support group for breast cancer survivors is using a pink portable toilet with a picket fence and fake windows to raise awareness and funds.

• Calif. light bulb is 110 years old

  June 16, 2011
  Livermore, Calif., is preparing the 110th birthday celebration of the nation's longest-burning light bulb.

• Grandson finds long-lost wedding ring

  October 14, 2010
  A Montana woman said her grandson found the wedding ring she lost in her garden eight years ago and surprised her with it for her birthday.

• Prosecutors fight name change request

  September 21, 2010
  Prosecutors in Georgia said they are opposing a man's efforts to change his name to "Saint Jody Almighty Bedrock."

• "Ghost whisperer" James Van Praagh's show disrupted by fight

  September 19, 2010
  A fight disrupted a talk by popular spiritual author James Van Praagh at a Connecticut theater, police said Sunday.

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