Germany: Bieber's monkey going nowhere
German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber's monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be ...

Mont. man reunited with bird he lost in a divorce
A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor ...

Pup named Huckleberry crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'
If at first you don't succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again. Just ask 4-year-old pup Huckleberry, who was crowned Monday as this year's ...
Kan. woman meets circus tiger in bathroom
A central Kansas woman likely won't remember her first circus for the clowns or performances — it'll be the tiger in the bathroom. The big cat had ...

Group kicks off planting of ancient tree clones
A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world's ...
Vietnam police seize 53 king cobras from car
Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver. Officer Dang Van Hanh said Monday the live snakes ...

Gunfire erupts at Colo. pot event, 2 wounded
Authorities are hunting for suspects after shooting broke out during a massive marijuana celebration in Denver, leaving two people with gunshot wounds

Shooting at Colo. pot holiday gathering injures 2
Gunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two people and scattering a crowd of thousands who had gathered for the first 4/20 ...

Wash. bar owner allowing pot use faces crackdown
Jeff Call knew he was pushing the envelope when he started letting people use marijuana at his rum-and-pizza joint in Tacoma. But he didn't quite know ...

SeaWorld makes a splash on NYSE as stock gains
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made a splash Friday in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The owner of theme parks famous for water ...

3 years later: oil spill cleanup, study carries on
At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil ...

WHO: China bird flu not spreading easily in humans
There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though there may be sporadic cases of the virus spreading to ...

How Chinese bird flu infects humans still mystery
Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when ...

Holder: Marijuana's effect on children a factor
How it affects children will be one factor the Justice Department weighs as it determines how to respond to the legalization of marijuana in ...

For Wash. government bean-counter, a pot education
Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the ...

Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish
Scientists have decoded the DNA of a celebrated "living fossil" fish, gaining new insights into how today's mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds ...
EU: Test show no safety issues with horsemeat
More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there ...

Correction: Afghanistan-Opium story
In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium.

South Africa: Elephant handler trampled to death
A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park's owner said Tuesday.

Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef
A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than ...

Legal pot draws tourists to Colo., Wash., for 4/20
Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, ...

Reptiles, insects, otter die in Scotland zoo fire
A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the ...

Despite tensions, NKorea readies for festivities
As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its ...

Lithuanian woman shares home with 3 puma cubs
A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a ...