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Texas high school forced to settle valedictorian controversy after policy confusion

The controversy over Ben Bolt, Texas' valedictorian has been settled. The debate centered around some final semester college courses and whether those are allowed to count toward a student's final GPA.

Police seek vandal that cut more than 100 tires overnight

 More than 100 tires were slashed on cars throughout Randolph, Massachusetts during the night of May 29. Investigators said the vandalism happened sometime after 2:30 in the morning.

How your checking account stacks up

When it comes to checking accounts, not all banks are created equal.

The startup factory behind the hit game 'Dots'

The failed-startup story is familiar by now.

Florida zoo is home to newborn endangered Indian rhinoceros

Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa has a newborn worth seeing.

Bidders hoping to secure a massive hairball removed from a Florida man's pet tiger

Representatives from Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museums want to get their hands on the four pound hairball that was taken out of a tiger's stomach in Clearwater, Florida. They were even willing to pay for it.

Family of girl desperate for transplant says she can't wait for policy to change

The parents of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who's been waiting more than a year for a lung transplant says the girl has essentially been "left to die."

Deadly MERS-CoV virus spreads to Italy

The sometimes deadly MERS-CoV virus has spread to Italy, the World Health Organization said in statements this weekend.

Three storm chasers killed in Oklahoma

A group of men who devoted their lives to hunting powerful storms died in the middle of the chase.

Newly confident consumers are driving up the price of homes, but will higher interest rates slow sales?

Mortgage rates are on their way up for the first time in years. Still, the rising rates come amid all kinds of other good economic news. New surveys find Americans as optimistic now as they were before the recession.

A Memphis family files lawsuit against Burger King after fight over ice cream cone

A Memphis family claims all they wanted was a new ice cream cone, but all they got was a beat down.

Accused shoplifter tries to escape grocery store by climbing into the ceiling

An accused shoplifter's attempted escape didn't work out like she'd hoped.

Ninety-year-old Indiana woman finds late boyfriend's World War II diary in museum display

A flood of memories come back to many of us over Memorial Day. That has certainly been the case for a 90-year-old Mooresville, Indiana woman who recently had the surprise of her life.

'Redneck Resort' offers mud-stained fun

 A Tennessee man has turned his rural property into a small slice of hillbilly heaven.

Alaska Airlines passengers tackle man after he attempts to open plane's exit door during flight

Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Portland had to restrain a man with shoestrings and a seat belt extensions after he attempted to open an emergency exit, witnesses said.