An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep.

He's not president yet, but Sen. Barack Obama already has given some thought to White House decor

A softball player who died after being punched in the back of the head by a rival team member was a victim of homicide, a pathologist ruled Thursday.

Police in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff are looking for the gunman who robbed a man on Monday night, then gave him a hug before fleeing.

He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog.

One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains - a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years.

A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck.