BELDEN, Miss (AP) - A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter.
WIEJKOWO, Poland (AP) - More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a European king whose nickname lives on through wireless technology is at the center of an archaeological dispute.
ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. (AP) - It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes.
TOKYO (AP) - People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an "invasive alien species," citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California burglar returned to the scene of the crime this weekend after he forgot his keys inside a doughnut company's corporate office.
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - Boaters and whale watchers off Massachusetts got a surprise over the weekend when a humpback whale breached and landed on the bow of a 19-foot vessel.
MOSCOW (AP) - A chess-playing robot grabbed the finger of its 7-year-old opponent and broke it during last week's Moscow Chess Open tournament, Russian media reported Monday.
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Some came in wool fisherman's sweaters, and other contestants had sportsmen's attire. But it was the cream-colored sweater of attorney Jon Auvil that caught the eye of judges who awarded him the title for most resembling author and former Key West resident Ernest Hemingway.
HONOLULU (AP) - Police in Hawaii were investigating after a man's left hand was severed by a sword at a Waikiki 7-Eleven.
HINESBURG, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont family's chicken is back home after hitching a ride in the undercarriage of their pickup truck and ending up 13 miles away in the state's largest city late last month - a journey that included speeds of 65 miles per hour on an interstate.
