NEW YORK -- A government spokeswoman says an engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff today from New York's Kennedy Airport.
LONDON -- The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.
VALLEJO, Calif. -- The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.
MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay.
LANCASTER, Ohio -- Police say when a woman refused to date an Ohio man, he got upset and smashed her mother's grave marker with a sledge hammer.
LAS VEGAS -- Court records identify a 19-year-old Las Vegas woman as the leader of a burglary ring suspected of a series of break-ins at celebrities' homes in Los Angeles.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- An Army veteran has pleaded guilty to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.
WARWICK, R.I. -- Actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.
LONDON -- The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.
DURHAM, NC -- A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.
PASADENA, Calif. -- Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has been named grand marshal of the 121st Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena.
LAS VEGAS -- Elvis is returning to Las Vegas and he's going to be surrounded by acrobats flying through the air.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia and smuggling the cigarettes to New York.
PITTSBURGH -- For just this weekend, a Pittsburgh neighborhood that's lain dormant in boxes and under plastic coverings for nearly a decade is coming back to life.
ROCHESTER, NY -- Bounce it, kick it, catch it. Chase, throw or smack it. The ball, arguably the most popular plaything of all time, has finally earned a place inside a glass case at the National Toy Hall of Fame in New York.
LOS ANGELES -- No Doubt is suing a video game maker for putting words in band members' mouths.
MISSOULA, MT -- A University of Montana student who kicked a field goal to win a $10,000 prize likely won't get the money because he hadn't been away from the sport long enough.
ENID, OK -- An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal -- a really big one.
LIMAVILLE -- Elections officials say poll workers made a mistake and provided the wrong ballot to all 42 people who voted Tuesday in a small town in northeast Ohio.
NEW YORK -- John "Junior" Gotti's mother unleashed a profanity-laced tirade at her son's New York racketeering trial after a judge dismissed two jurors.
