Having just turned 10, a Sussex spaniel called Stump became the oldest best in show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club, ending his retirement last week and taking the big prize Tuesday night. Cher is now considered the front-runner for Miss America.

A man who reached into his pocket to pay for lunch at a hospital cafeteria in Lafayette accidentally shot himself with the gun in his pocket. The man was then signed to a three-year contract by the New York Giants.

A Michigan zoo is hosting an exotic, erotic afternoon on Valentine's Day, when consenting adults will get an unabashed look at how wild animals make babies. Most people call it a typical Saturday at the zoo.

A western Michigan man says a stranger has returned his class ring about 40 years after he last saw it. The woman also brought the man his 40-year old son, which coincidentally, was removed from the same place as the class ring.

The lawyer for a former Bay Area police officer charged with killing an unarmed man says a judge's gag order should be lifted so he can defend his client against a barrage of negative publicity. It marks the first time the words 'Bay Area' and 'gag' were in the same sentence and not appear in 'The Advocate.'

Authorities said a man was behind bars for using a tire iron to attack his brother over a pair of jeans. In all fairness, the jeans belonged to the man's wife and were found in his brother's bedroom.

North Texas authorities seized 22 dogs found crammed inside a station wagon with their owner. Further investigation found that eight of the dogs are octuplets and all were conceived via fertilization.

Former eBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman, one of the highest profile Republican technology executives in Silicon Valley, has formed a committee to explore running for governor of California in 2010, the first official step of a campaign. The second step will be starring in 'Pumping Iron 2.'

Jessica Simpson forgot her lyrics, mumbled through songs, and fought back tears during a performance Thursday. Attendees called it a typical Ashlee Simpson concert.