Iowa woman accused of blackmailing TLC show
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- An Iowa woman has been charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000.

NEW YORK -- New York City's sanitation commissioner says he expects to see about 40 tons of paper showered on the New York Giants during their Super Bowl victory parade up the Canyon of...
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- An Iowa woman has been charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000.
LOS ANGELES -- Tourists and Los Angeles natives alike were treated to a show starring Catwoman Thursday afternoon.
WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- People use all sorts of ways to try to predict the winner of the Super Bowl: comparing regular season records, judging who looked stronger in the post-season run-up to the big game, or watching the betting lines from Las Vegas oddsmakers.
UNDATED -- Is it art or just ugly? A pair of female legs in retro stockings are “stepping out” into controversy in one New York town.
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico City police say they have arrested a would-be bandit who role his skateboard to bank robbery attempts.
A squirrel's fondness for painting is winning him fans.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte, N.C., man says 30 pairs of Nike Air Jordan sneakers still in their boxes that he's been collecting since middle school have been heisted.
PAULDING, Ohio -- A dog pound in northwest Ohio has said goodbye to a guest more appropriate for a barnyard.
MADISON, Wis. -- Authorities in southern Wisconsin are facing a tongue twister thanks to the arrest of Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A one-cent copper coin minted in 1793, the first year that the United States produced its own coins, has fetched $1 million at a Florida auction.
SOUTH RUSSELL, Ohio -- Wally the Walmart horse is looking for a new home.
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A Michigan pastor has opened a tattoo parlor inside his church.
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Jan. 4 birthdays have been running in one Ohio family for four generations.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- A spud-hauling truck has rolled onto its side in Idaho, dropping its cargo like a hot potato.
BEEBE, Ark. -- Authorities in a central Arkansas town say about 100 blackbirds died on New Year's Eve after being spooked by fireworks, far less than the thousands that perished there a year ago.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee National Guardsman had his Christmas Eve interrupted by news that a vehicle had smashed through his house -- in the exact same spot another one did nearly two years ago.
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Marine experts have released an endangered turtle into the Gulf of Mexico three years after the creature became stranded in Europe.