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Motorists have reported a sharp-dressed pig running loose on a highway just outside of Pittsburgh. State troopers also spotted the animal but failed to catch it before it scurried off into the woods. The pig is wearing a scarf. The sightings were reported between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday ... Read More!

The judge overseeing the John Edwards campaign corruption trial sent the jury home Wednesday after eight days of talks without a verdict and released the four alternate jurors, who have garnered attention for their matching shirts but have not participated in the deliberations. U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles ... Read More!

A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre, vicious attack faces a bigger threat from infection than from the injuries themselves, according to experts on facial reconstruction. He will require months of treatment to rebuild his features and be permanently disfigured. Though gruesome, such severe facial ... Read More!

Police say the man believed to have opened fire at a Seattle cafe, killing three people, apparently shot himself. Authorities say a man fitting the description of the suspect dozens of officers were seeking was located Wednesday afternoon in the southwest portion of the city. His condition was unclear. Police ... Read More!

The Food and Drug Administration is warning you to watch out for fake version of Adderall sold over the internet. The ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) drug is in high demand, due to the short supply of active ingredients and apparently someone's decided to take advantage of that. The FDA ... Read More!

The defense has begun to make its case in the perjury trial for ex- Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens.  But people in the courtroom say it was more like a testimonial dinner than a trial. Clemens lawyers put two witnesses on the stand who talked about the baseball pitchers work ethic ... Read More!

Calling his actions "thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish," a former Rutgers University student openly apologized for the first time for using a webcam to spy on a romantic liaison between a man and a roommate who later killed himself. Dharun Ravi, 20, who had been criticized by a judge ... Read More!

Mitt Romney has clinched the Republican nomination for president with a win in the Texas primary. The Associated Press delegate count shows that Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination during Tuesday's primary. Early returns show Romney posting a big win in Texas. It's a triumph of ... Read More!

Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday at a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his management company. He was 89. Watson, who was blind from age 1, recently had ... Read More!

President Barack Obama is honoring a diverse group of political and cultural icons, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, astronaut John Glenn and rock legend Bob Dylan, with the Medal of Freedom at the White House. The president noted that the awards ceremony Tuesday led to a "packed house, ... Read More!