A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say could keep fireworks going long into the night.

It seems there's a penalty for trying to conserve water in Sacramento. A couple who stopped watering their front lawn last month has been cited for creating a public nuisance and is facing a $746 fine.

Bert Lebreck says he was standing in his garage when he saw a blinding flash of light, followed by a deafening explosion.

The surge then sent him flying across the garage, slamming him against the back wall. Outside, a tree was blown to pieces.

PULASKI, Va. (AP) -- The Pulaski County Courthouse is almost free of fleas that hitched a ride on an opossum found dead between the floorboards.

BERLIN (AP) -- A farmer in Germany has learned a harsh lesson about the dangers of smoking. While he ducked into a convenience store to buy cigarettes, his parked tractor and its load of 25 tons of potatoes went rolling down ...

NOWTHEN, Minn. (AP) -- Residents of Nowthen know it's a funny name, but they're proud to officially become a city.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage.

STUART, Fla. (AP) -- Police say a man took off his clothes, broke into a home and fled in shorts belonging to the female resident.

A convenience store became an unwilling drive-in when a 74-year-old woman plowed her car through the front window and then tried to buy a six-pack of Budweiser, police and the owner said.

In a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, a bride who married on a beach in Cuba has dumped her husband for a bartender she met at the wedding reception.

Asbury Park - Madam Marie Costello, who had told fortunes since the 1930s and became famous in rock music history for her presence and predictions on the Asbury Park boardwalk, died Friday, her great-granddaughter, Sally ...

A woman staying at a Las Cruces hotel last week told police that recent plastic surgery on her breasts was damaged when her chest was struck by a plastic apple thrown by someone in the hotel's swimming pool.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that is a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of gallons of water and close the facility.