Teens' artificial trees will store CO2By MARA ROSE WILLIAMS, Kansas City Star
When is a tree that acts like a tree not a tree at all? Parks the butt of Courthouse pranksBY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle
A few folks at the courthouse have been poking fun at Sedgwick County Commissioner Kelly Parks' recent remarks that he had turned some "stuff" over to the FBI. Trucker, 70, wins PowerballBY JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press
TOPEKA — Donald Damon was surprised when his daughter told him he had won the lottery. He was even more surprised when lottery officials told him how much. 'Gold' rings stolen from Ohio shop just brassThe Associated Press
An Ohio jeweler says thieves who smashed their way into his store and got away with rings are in for a surprise when they try to sell them. Henry Triplett of Henry's Jewelers in Toledo says what appeared to be thousands of dollars in gold rings in his display cases were actually rings made of brass and worth barely 25 cents apiece. Cat's demise prompts rumors of Thatcher's deathThe Associated Press
When Canada's transport minister decided to name his cat Thatcher, he likely never thought it would cause quite the stir it did during a gala dinner earlier this week. During a tribute to Canada's military in Toronto, some 1,700 luminaries, including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, were in the middle of dinner Tuesday night when smart phones throughout the room began to buzz with the news: "Lady Thatcher has passed away." LA police arrest 74-year-old tagging suspectThe Associated Press
A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said. Deputies spotted the septuagenarian John Scott putting stickers on a stairwell at a downtown Metro Center subway station. The black-and-orange bumper stickers ask, "Who is John Scott?" and have been seen stuck on buses in Baldwin Hills and areas on the Westside of the city. Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continentThe Associated Press
A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago. Urn with veteran's ashes stolen from van in DCThe Associated Press
An urn containing the ashes of a decorated Korean War veteran has been stolen from a van the soldier's family rented to attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The Chavez Diet: Venezuelans urged to lose weightThe Associated Press
Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. Man convicted of robbing mom to pay parking ticketThe Associated Press
A 27-year-old Anchorage man has been convicted of robbing his mother at gunpoint because she didn't give him money to help pay a $430 parking ticket. The Anchorage district attorney said Friday that Cheng Saelee was also convicted of illegally contacting his mother from jail and trying to get her to drop the charges.
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