Valentines seek Loveland postmark
It's a busy time for the Sweetheart City, where volunteers gather each year to staff a re-mailing program that lets people around the world send Valentine's Day cards with a Loveland postmark.
( Associated Press, 02/06/2003 06:09 AM PST)

Palm Springs builds 'bridge of thighs'
Venice, Italy, has the Bridge of Sighs. Now Palm Springs has the "bridge of thighs."
( CHELSEA J. CARTER, Associated Press, 02/05/2003 06:31 AM PST)

An eagle watches over cafeteria -- a lard one
With wings stretched wide, an eagle made of lard watched over the food line in the Northern Lights College cafeteria.
( Associated Press, 02/04/2003 09:23 AM PST)

Bush budget: Aliens may be out there
Proof that life exists outside the boundaries of Earth continues to elude scientists, but President Bush's budget suggests that "space aliens" may be out there.
( Associated Press, 02/03/2003 01:46 PM PST)

Cows fatten up on potato chips, pretzels
If the black cattle at the Herr family farm seem eager at the trough, they have good reason. No mundane meal of corn and hay here. This feed is spiced with a snack food-lover's smorgasbord: potato chips, cheese curls and pretzels.
( JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press, 02/03/2003 01:42 PM PST)

Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter
Don't put those sweaters away yet. As an anxious crowd shivered in 33-degree temperatures early Sunday, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow on Gobbler's Knob, suggesting another six weeks of wintry weather.
( JUDY LIN, Associated Press, 02/03/2003 01:41 PM PST)

Couple sue McDonald's over tough bagel
A couple is suing the franchisee of a McDonald's restaurant, claiming an improperly prepared bagel damaged the husband's teeth and their marriage.
( Associated Press, 02/03/2003 01:39 PM PST)

106-year-old summoned to start school
Ingeborg Bertea Thuen was delighted when local authorities offered her free bus rides to the school she's supposed to attend as a first-grader this fall.
( Associated Press, 01/31/2003 03:45 PM PST)

Missing mouse causes flight cancellations
A missing mouse forced a Swiss airline to cancel two flights between Zurich and New York.
( Associated Press, 01/31/2003 03:40 PM PST)

Swedish paternity settled after 55 years
Making a baby doesn't take long. Proving you didn't can take half a century. The Supreme Court of Sweden last week said 79-year-old Ragnar Johansson is not the father of a 55-year-old woman, overturning a lower court decision from 1949.
( KARL RITTER, Associated Press, 01/31/2003 03:35 PM PST)