A Texas man was been arrested after police said he used counterfeit money to purchase fake OxyContin pills from an undercover officer.

• Police say drunk woman picked up kids from school
• Fla. men charged with throwing beer can at police

The Carter County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Department is trying to serve an 80-year-old warrant for the arrest of a man who wrote a $30 bad check, although unsure if he is alive.

The mayor of Los Alamitos in Orange County said he will resign and didn't mean to offend anyone when he forwarded an e-mail picture of watermelons on the White House lawn.

A Las Vegas casino cafe is rewarding patrons who can put away a 2-foot, 6-pound burrito with a most logical prize -- free unlimited rides on a roller coaster.

• Lagasse replaces pan woman used to fend off attack

Authorities say a man running late for a flight flashed a fake police badge to airline workers and claimed to be an air marshal so they would let him in. That's where his troubled began.

An Indianapolis couple beat the odds when they claimed their second $50,000 Lucky 5 Hoosier lottery prize.

A jury in Los Angeles awarded nearly $7 million to a 56-year-old woman who said she was unknowingly infected with herpes by the 77-year-old founder of a hair-care company.

• Placentas found in Illinois sewage system

Police and medical examiners in Kansas City who thought a man died of natural causes changed their minds after funeral-home workers found bullet holes in his head.

A Louisiana woman is accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and $175 cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child.

• Neb. motorcyclist nabbed after chase at 145 mph
• Fla. teens try to swallow pot during traffic stop

Police say an Indiana teenager who soaked her hair in gasoline to try to kill head lice was severely burned when the gas fumes ignited and set her head ablaze.

• New charges against Ohio man in corpse abuse case
• Mich. man pleads no contest to vacuum sex act

A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured in Denver has gotten a reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket.

A former N.J. beauty pageant winner and her mother are accused of passing counterfeit $50 bills at two stores near the Jersey shore.

Police didn't have to travel far to find a man accused of robbing three banks in southern New Jersey. That's because 61-year-old Lawrence Dove Sr. lives next door to a police station.