Nov 19 - By Associated Press
ABC says the final season of "Lost" will begin in February with a night devoted to the drama.
Nov 12 - By Associated Press
A young Ohio pastor didn't lose his nerve about asking his girlfriend to marry him — even after he accidentally dropped the diamond engagement ring overboard during their hot-air balloon ride.

Nov 1 - By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Writer
Even though it was 65 years ago, Al Tortolano clearly recalls the one thought, the only thought, that ran through his mind as his military unit was surrounded by German soldiers during World War II.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter's school for show and tell.
Oct 26 - By Associated Press
A Central California burglary suspect is behind bars after investigators say he dropped his cell phone outside a home that had been broken into.
Oct 13 - By Associated Press
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a Texas mayor who says he accidentally deposited a $26,000 city check intended for a vendor into a personal account.
Sep 16 - By Associated Press
A cat named Clyde was reunited with his owner on Wednesday after a mysterious three-year odyssey in which the long-haired Himalayan strayed 2,400 miles into the Australian Outback.
Sep 14 - By Associated Press
Philadelphia police said a man out buying drugs flagged down officers after he couldn't find the car he'd parked with his 6-year-old stepson inside. The man, 31, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person.
Sep 8 - By Associated Press
Delaware State Police said a thief has been caught red-handed — and that hand happened to be wearing a watch stolen from a trooper nearly two years ago. Police said a trooper noticed a Chevrolet Blazer parked close to his own car outside a Wilmington restaurant Sunday. The Blazer drove away, and the trooper found his car had been burglarized and his wife's wallet stolen.

Sep 4 - By Associated Press
A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.
Aug 17 - By Associated Press
A musician is reunited with his 18th-century violin after he mistakenly left in a New York City cab.

Aug 16 - By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press Writer
He was once the toast of the town, a charming, urbane Afghan tribal leader voicing Jeffersonian ideals in perfect English, gliding effortlessly through the halls of power in Washington and the baking tents of the Afghan desert.

Aug 5 - By Tracie Cone, Associated Press Writer
Somewhere after Amelia Earhart in the annals of aviators who have flown into oblivion is the Webb Family: Ruby and Carroll and their son William, a budding pilot with just 70 hours in the cockpit.
Jul 28 - By Associated Press
Officials say a Swedish couple looking for the pristine waters of the popular island of Capri ended some 400 miles (660 kilometers) away in the northern industrial town of Carpi after misspelling the destination on their car's GPS.

Jul 22 - By Jason Straziuso, Associated Press Writer
Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days of hiking with Marines through southern Afghanistan's 115-degree heat had exhausted him. This was not what he signed up for.
Jun 29 - By Associated Press
Bill Fulton doesn't remember losing his wallet, but getting it back more than 60 years later helped him remember the past.
Jun 24 - By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer
Mexico vowed to keep looking for a mysterious island that could extend its offshore oil claims after university researchers said they couldn't find it.

Jun 23 - By Associated Press
A "sweetheart" of a dog now in a California shelter may be really, really far from home. His microchip says the knee-high, light tan Saluki came from Saudi Arabia.

Jun 16 - By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Writer
The parents of two young girls who were each placed on wrong flights while flying alone over the weekend are demanding that Continental Airlines make sure such mix-ups don't happen again.
Jun 9 - By Associated Press
Ripping an ATM from its concrete base isn't easy. Losing it seems even harder. Thieves at an Alabama bank managed to do both. Phenix City Police Chief Ray Smith said the thieves used a stolen backhoe, a pickup truck and a flatbed trailer to pull off the job at a Wachovia branch in the eastern Alabama city early Monday.
Jun 3 - By Dr. Gail Saltz, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
This Mother’s Day was another disappointment. I, of course, purchased gifts for both my mother and mother-in-law. By 2 p.m. on Mother’s Day, I still had not received a card or gift, and I knew yet again that my husband had done nothing.
May 26 - By Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer
When a cancer patient from Singapore traveled to the United States last year, he discovered an unusual side effect of his medication: missing fingerprints.

May 13 - By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
Jack wanted an explosion and he got his explosion, on the explosive season-ender of "Lost."
Apr 30 - By Associated Press
County officials in Mississippi are digging for a time capsule ahead of their weekend bicentennial celebration.

Apr 28 - By Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer
"Lost" marks its 100th episode Wednesday, an achievement its producers consider as surreal as the TV drama's mind-bending plots. Executive producer Damon Lindelof, one of the series' creators, recalled meeting with ABC executives four years ago to pitch the idea of plane crash survivors stranded on an island of mystery and danger.