DES MOINES, Iowa -- Her husband just signed a smoking ban into law in April. Now Iowa first lady Mari Culver admits she already broke it.
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- A former Texas teacher has been arrested and accused of sending nude pictures of herself to a 14-year-old boy.
DES MOINES -- Des Moines, Iowa's pink menace is no more.
WARSAW, Poland -- Researchers believe they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that of hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL -- A Florida man is accused of tossing a sandwich at his girlfriend as they cruised down an interstate, knocking off her glasses and nearly causing her to lose control of the car.
LOGAN -- A central Ohio couple who don't use electric power has been awarded $54,000 in a lawsuit accusing American Electric Power of inappropriately seeking part of their property to build a power line.
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Investigators in Ireland say the co-pilot of an Air Canada flight had a mental breakdown on a flight last winter and a flight attendant stepped in to help land the plane.
LAS VEGAS, NV -- A convicted Nevada killer could receive a second chance at freedom thanks to a juror who apparently fell in love with him.
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- If you happened to be driving through Idaho Falls, Idaho on Tuesday, you might have noticed an effort by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
DALLAS, TX -- The man walked into the Dallas Animal Shelter Tuesday looking for his lost cat.
CAIRO,Egypt -- Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri is criticizing Barack Obama in a new message, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The Indian navy says it's scored a success against pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- Authorities say a southern Ohio teen died after he took an arrow to the chest while a friend was showing off a bow he had recently purchased.
TOKYO -- A 16-year-old Japanese girl is making a pitch to become a baseball star.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighborhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a 7-hour freedom flight.
LAS VEGAS -- The legal age for gamblers has been 21 since legalized gambling began in Nevada.
NORTH RIDGEVILLE -- In 10 days, Laura Chapek, her husband, their son and his cousin are set to take a dream Disney trip: a three-day cruise and six days at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
SEATTLE -- A cat in Seattle has put itself in a pretty dizzying situation. The feline has climbed to the top of a utility pole and simply will not or cannot get itself back on the ground.
NEW YORK -- Even a make-believe psychic couldn't spot the scam when an actor disrupted a scene for "Medium" involving Patricia Arquette, who stars as psychic Allison DuBois in the NBC drama.
