• Crime buff creates NYC mob app

  December 11, 2010
  A New York crime buff has provided a guide to decades of Mafia history in the city with a Mafia Maps phone application.

• 'Brenda Starr' comic strip to end on Jan 2., conclude 70-year run

  December 9, 2010
  Writer Mary Schmich and artist June Brigman say they are ending their work on "Brenda Starr," their seven-day-a-week comic strip about an intrepid reporter.

• Drunken man arrested at class reunion

  December 1, 2010
  Police in Pennsylvania said they arrested a highly intoxicated man at his 20-year class reunion after he allegedly assaulted bartenders and a state trooper.
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  Mia Michaels leaving 'So You Think You Can Dance,' Mary may return

  November 23, 2010
  So You Think You Can Dance will be losing one familiar face and possibly regaining another next season.

• Santa spud launched 17 miles into space

  November 22, 2010
  A British teacher said her elementary school class launched a potato 17 miles into space before it returned to Earth after a 140-minute expedition.

• Man rejects fruit jar suit settlement

  November 18, 2010
  A Michigan man rejected a $150,000 settlement offer for his suit alleging he was injured by a jar of fruit that exploded while he was opening it.

• 'Weeping' statue removed from yard

  November 8, 2010
  A Canadian woman's Virgin Mary statue, which is rumored to weep oil at night, has been relocated to an area church after local officials ordered it moved.

• Nancy O'Dell to take over for Mary Hart on 'Entertainment Tonight'

  November 8, 2010
  U.S. television personality Nancy O'Dell says she is "honored" that she was hired to take over the anchor position on "Entertainment Tonight" from Mary Hart.

• 'Weeping' statue owner bans public

  November 5, 2010
  A Canadian woman whose Virgin Mary statue is purported to weep oil at night said she will no longer allow the public to visit her home.

• Library books returned after 60 years

  November 4, 2010
  The Boston Public Library said it received a pair of books in the mail that were due Sept. 21, 1950.

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