Offenders in Ala. town can choose jail or church
BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Authorities say non-violent offenders in southern Alabama will have a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church every Sunday for a year.

A six-foot tall fiberglass rooster is back on his perch in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.
BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Authorities say non-violent offenders in southern Alabama will have a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church every Sunday for a year.
A Palm Bay, Florida family says 10 skunks have moved in and are now living in their kitchen walls.
Turns out a panda born at Atlanta's zoo and returned to China for breeding will end up being a dad, not a mom as originally thought.
STAFFORD, Va. -- High school students wearing "Free Banana Man" T-shirts to protest a classmate's suspension for sprinting around a football field in a banana costume are drawing support from the ACLU.
MASON, Ohio -- A possible plane crash reported near an Ohio interstate turned out to be only a prop on the grounds of a water park.
AVALON, Pa. -- Police in a Pittsburgh suburb say a man's bright blue eyes helped a convenience store clerk identify him as a would-be robbery.
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Police have charged a man in western Pennsylvania with driving drunk twice in the same night -- the second time about 15 minutes after they released him into the custody of a friend.
YUMA, Ariz. -- A runaway steer stopped traffic on a major highway, hurtled over a brick wall and damaged two police vehicles during a Tuesday morning chase that had four Arizona law enforcement agencies scrambling.
BOULDER, Colo. -- A dog-sitter's shortcut led to criminal charges for a Colorado woman who ran a Chihuahua alongside her car at 10 to 15 mph.
LINCOLN, Neb. -- An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station for a casino and asking authorities for blackjack chips.
As Ada, Ohio celebrates its' 25th Annual Harvest and Herb Festival, one recent addition to the fun, is getting lots of attention.
NEW YORK -- A couple of urban chickens have gone home to roost at an upstate animal farm.
TEHACHAPI, Calif. -- Most people have been on a plane with a few jackasses before. But 10 dozen donkeys on one flight?
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Health officials say a dead bat found in the Halloween section of an Olympia, Wash., fabric store has tested positive for rabies.
GREENFIELD, Iowa -- An Iowa couple have discovered an eerie presence in their pear tree, just in time for the approaching Halloween season.
TOLUCA, Mexico -- For years, three tiny squirrel monkeys led a life of luxury on a 16-acre ranch surrounded by extravagant gardens and barns built for purebred horses.
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Rhode Island police say two suspects picked the wrong pizza delivery guy to rob: an undercover police officer.
Ryan Boyle, a retired Marine living in North Port, Florida has a unique family heirloom.
NEW YORK -- Chris Walton has been working on her fingernails for 18 years. And it's finally paying off.