• Fake realtor rented out unknowing owner's NY home

  A Long Island, N.Y., family thought they got a good deal when they found a rental house for $1,000 a month - until the owner showed up and asked what they were doing there.

• Man wins $200K in Powerball twice in same year

  For a Kansas City man, 2008 has been a great year when it comes to playing the Missouri Lottery. Arthur Watkins, 53, has won slightly more than $400,000 in two Powerball drawings within a four-month period.

• Cops nab pair in same vehicle for drunken driving

  Fargo police said two men were arrested for drunken driving in the same vehicle. Police Lt. Pat Claus said an officer pulled over a 23-year-old man early Thursday morning. Claus said while that man was taking a sobriety test, a 24-year-old passenger got behind the wheel and tried to drive off.

• Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce

  A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

• Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment

  When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.

• Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest

  West Hartford police said they charged a 51-year-old woman with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real estate agent.
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  Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for his birthday

  There's no doubt what Vladimir Putin's favorite birthday present is this year - a rare Ussuri tiger cub.

• What happens after you flush? RI offers new tour

  Ever wonder what happens after you yank the chain on the old commode? Rhode Island is offering tours of several wastewater treatment facilities during what its dubbed the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month."

• Dog dies after saving man in Trinidad from fire

  A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad & Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up because the dog kept barking and tugging at his pants. Marcano said he smelled the smoke and was shocked to find his house on fire.

• Woman allegedly pours hot water on husband's groin

  Authorities say a woman has been arrested in west Florida after pouring scalding hot water on her husband's groin. Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a 52-year-old woman on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm.

• Judge sentences rap music fan to Bach, Beethoven

  A defendant had a hard time facing the music. Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

• Have mummy, will travel: Mexican corpses on tour

  First they jet-setted to Monterrey in specially designed glass cases. Crowds lined the streets to watch them pass. Only in Mexico, where a fascination with death dates back to pre-Hispanic times, could mummified corpses receive the same welcome as a celebrity.

• Who-dunnit: Owl found on animal hospital doorstep

  Who? Who? Who left an owl outside a suburban New York animal hospital? Technician Joe Marchionni got a surprise when he arrived at the Tuckahoe Animal Hospital: an injured owl was huddled in the doorway.

• Leaping dolphin gives Fla. boaters cuts, bruises

  A woman is recovering in Florida after a dolphin hit her when it leaped aboard the boat she was in.

• Burned! Washington state woman shot by stove

  A woman in Washington state says her cast-iron stove shot her in the leg. Cory Davis tells the Peninsula Daily News that she had just stoked the heating stove in her home Sunday when she heard a loud bang and was struck in her left calf.

• Strong-arm robber in Mich. ends up $30 in the hole

  Police said a strong-arm robber got locked in a chokehold by his intended victim and ended up $30 in the hole. Police in the Detroit suburb of Warren said the robber approached a 36-year-old man and demanded money on Tuesday night.

• Ice chunk falls through roof, hits woman in bed

  A woman was slightly injured on Wednesday after a six-pound chunk of ice fell from the sky through her roof as she slept. The source of the ice wasn't immediately known, but experts said it might have fallen from an airplane or rocket.
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  A built-in deal: Free house, if you'll haul it off

  Is the credit crunch keeping you from getting a home loan? Well, here's a little beauty you can have for free.

• Correction: Shot By Stove story

  In an Oct. 8 story about a woman struck by ammunition that fired accidentally from her stove, The Associated Press, relying on a report by the Peninsula Daily News, reported erroneously that the fragment came from a 22-gauge shotgun shell. The woman, Cory Davis, told the AP on Thursday the ammunition was for a .22-caliber rifle.