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GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 8 (UPI) -- The smell of a suspected natural gas leak in Great Falls, Mont., Wednesday was traced to discarded scratch-and-sniff cards, a gas company manager said.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 8 (UPI) -- Authorities in Winnipeg, Manitoba, said a 5-foot python was rescued from a dumpster after a pedestrian heard the animal moving around in the trash.
CHADWICK BEACH ISLAND, N.J., May 8 (UPI) -- A pair of New Jersey women whose cat escaped after they evacuated their home after superstorm Sandy said the cat showed up six months later.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 8 (UPI) -- Officials in Kansas City, Mo., said a puppy was found locked in a sport utility vehicle that had been impounded three weeks earlier.
LAND O' LAKES, Wis., May 8 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin librarian won at least $1 million in the Frito-Lay "Do Us A Flavor" contest by suggesting Cheesy Garlic Bread flavored potato chips.
LOS ANGELES, May 8 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts teen said he thinks his Twitter campaign helped him get accepted to the University of California, Los Angeles, but school officials disagreed.
WATERTOWN, Mass., May 8 (UPI) -- Massachusetts transit officials said police have returned $1,100 in cash to a man who left it behind on a bus.
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 8 (UPI) -- Some residents of a Massachusetts city said they are upset a business owner is being forced to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary from a traffic island.
PAISLEY, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- A Florida woman said the interior of her car was "destroyed" by a bear that somehow managed to lock itself inside the vehicle.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a stolen boat was recovered when a federal agent spotted it being towed by a pickup truck on Interstate 95 in Florida.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said they arrested a man who stole a red Camaro and eluded police with four flat tires for nearly three hours.
DELTONA, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said they arrested a nude man accused of knocking on a stranger's door and running through neighboring yards.
CHICAGO, May 8 (UPI) -- Chicago's O'Hare International Airport says a herd of goats owned by a restaurant will be brought in to clear vegetation.
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Arias Is Found Guilty of Murder in Arizona
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Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool