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Herb Peterson has died in his home in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 89. Peterson himself has achieved some sort of fame for inventing the popular breakfast item known as the Egg McMuffin.

A German man filled up his car, paid for the gasoline, but he forgot to take his car back home. The police found the owner of the car from the records and contacted him to get the it back.

A South Carolina couple found a hand written note inside a secret and unknown room, right behind a bookcase in their home. What they found was not a treasure, it was a nightmare.

We have all heard the advice, "Check the kid's candy before they eat it!" This advice should be doctrine when it comes to Halloween candy, the danger is not just from apples and popcorn balls anymore.

A Connecticut home, laden with goblins, pumpkins, police tape and a grim reaper, came under protest because of one ghoulish adornment that some say resembled a hanging black man.

New York City has welcomed 720,000 ladybugs into the city to help protect one of the biggest apartment complexes from aphids and mites. Instead of using chemical insecticides, they are using a natural one to ward off the pests.

The gym teacher told them to walk ahead of the slower group. They did and got lost. Two hours later, after being redirected to the school campus, the students return to a two-day suspension.

A CBS-TV employee is accused of soliciting sex from an 11-year-old girl in exchange for tickets to a Miami Dolphins football game, police said. How sick can you get?

Aparrently for some, the constant diversity in our nation still irks them enough to perform hate crimes. This individual admitted his hate crime and will now face a federal court sentencing

440 Letters ranging in date from 1861 to 1863 found their way to auction after a lengthy court battle with the state of South Carolina and the rightful owner. Although the artifacts sold well, they didn't sell well enough according to the owner.

If you're menstruating, you can carry a purse. If you're not, you can't. Are you? Students at a New York High School protest new No-Backpack Policy after 14 year old girl was questioned about her menstrual cycle.

A birthday celebration in the lunchroom of an East Palmdale high school turned into mayhem when one of the celebrants accidentally dropped a piece of birthday cake. The slipup earned the girl a broken wrist.

1600 retired stainless steel subway cars from NYC are heading to deep waters where they will double as artificial fish habitats. While one source says the environmental impact will be minimal, another says the impact needs to be further studied.

Two boys from a Howell, Michigan elementary school have been charged with criminal sexual conduct on suspicion they forced a 7-year-old boy to perform oral sex on them while riding the school bus.

Has Michael Jackson tied the knot for a third time? There's a report out that the singer has exchanged "I dos" with the nanny of his three children. Is this real or an urban myth in the making?

Toronto Public Health officials used Facebook social network to trace a woman who had handled a rabid bat recently. They were trying to locate her so she could get rabies shots as soon as possible.

Russian Farmers are successfully able to milk the moose after many have failed trying to domesticate these animals for centuries. The secret they employed was to sound like one of the moose’ calves and smell like one of them.

Proposed law will add Massachusetts to the list of states where cell phone usage while driving is illegal. The Transportation Committee is seeking fines for adult violators, while operators under 18 can face fines and loss of license

A man said he learned to rob many homes by watching a Discovery Channel’s TV show “It Takes a Thief”. He was caught and sentenced to 12 years in prison for a series of burglaries in central Kentucky.