HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) -- Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August - a lot of weight.
TAMPA, FL -- A Florida postal carrier is recovering after being bitten by a snake hidden inside a mailbox.
DALLAS, TX -- Dozens of football fans say they were lured into Dallas parking lots before Saturday's big game pitting Texas and Oklahoma University, only to find their cars towed when they returned.
VERO BEACH, FL (AP) -- A McDonald's cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana.
ORLANDO, FL -- Softball players in central Florida turned into heroes after rescuing a pilot whose single engine plane crashed near their field in Kissimmee.
AUSTIN, TX -- A T-Shirt depicting one high school mascot beheading another is stirring up controversy ahead of the rivalry football game between Austin's LBJ and Reagan High Schools.
CHARLESTON, SC -- It's open season on alligators in South Carolina.
BOSTON, MA -- A turkey is at the center of a controversy for students at Harvard University.
NEWRY, ME -- Couples from across the country gathered in Maine over the weekend to crown a new National Wife-Carrying champion.
LOS ANGELES -- Two off-duty firefighters sprang into action when an SUV crashed into a gas pump at a service station in Agoura Hills, California over the weekend.
ALBANY, NY -- A thief was caught on tape stealing from a New York church, and church members fear he may strike again.