Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date....

Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet
PRESTON, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty....

Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain....

Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes....

Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.
JAMISON CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days....

Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots
BOSTON (AP) -- Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home....

Charlie Trotter accused of selling bogus $46K wine
CHICAGO (AP) -- Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bottle of wine for more than $46,000 that wasn't what it said on the label....

NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Some New Jersey bus commuters apparently have gotten an unexpected tour of the New York metro area they'd rather forget....

Lawsuit: Man allowed to curse on NY ticket payment
LIBERTY, N.Y. (AP) -- A 22-year-old Connecticut man who wrote obscenities and "Tyranny" on his speeding ticket payment claims in a federal lawsuit that his free speech rights were violated when he was arrested....

No joke: Jester wanted at Austrian hotel
VIENNA (AP) -- Wanted: A jester. Wallflowers need not apply....