NEW YORK A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California. (More)

CLEVELAND, Tenn. A man was arrested after pulling marijuana from his pocket at a security check at a court. The man was visiting the courts section of the Bradley County Justice Center on Monday when he was asked to empty his pockets into a plastic bowl, a standard procedure. (More)

SNELLVILLE, Ga. So much for spaghetti suppers: The First Baptist Church of Snellville is fueling its membership drive with a sign in front of its sprawling campus proclaiming "Free Gasoline." (More)

BARNSTABLE, Mass. Police in Massachusetts say churchgoers in a Cape Cod town tackled a would-be robber who tried to steal a collection box during a service. (More)

NAPERVILLE, Ill. A suburban Chicago man has reclaimed the Guinness world record for time spent on a stationary bicycle. (More)

IRVING, N.Y. Police say a tuxedo-clad western New York man was drunk when he took a riding lawn mower out for an early morning spin. (More)

DES MOINES, Iowa A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms. (More)

DALLAS A Southwest Airlines passenger who refused to get off his cell phone during a flight found Dallas police waiting for him Monday. (More)

WEST JORDAN, Utah Tom McLelland was both proud papa and happy grad during commencement at an Ohio law school. (More)

CHICAGO Dozens of students from the University of Chicago returned Sunday from a four-day multistate trek dubbed the world's largest scavenger hunt after trying to find Barack Obama's haircut and a car horn that plays "La Cucaracha," among other things. (More)

TEANECK, N.J. A 46-year-old combat medic and a 29-year-old man will be serving together in the same National Guard unit in Iraq. Nothing unusual - except they're mother and son. (More)

CALUMET, Mich. Police in this Upper Peninsula town had forgotten about the $1 parking ticket written on Sept. 1, 1976. But the woman who had found it on her windshield hadn't. (More)

CARLETON, Mich. A Michigan school has a million thanks to give to a fourth-grader. (More)

MONUMENT, Colo. The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building. (More)

OMAHA, Neb. The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago. (More)

OMAHA, Neb. The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago. (More)

ROCK ISLAND, Tenn. One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket. (More)

ALTA, Iowa A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play. (More)

SALT LAKE CITY Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states - Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. (More)

BERLIN A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length. (More)

ELWOOD, Ind. Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student. (More)

ALTON, Ill. Sandy Baumberger says she never expected to see her wallet again when it was stolen 35 years ago. (More)

PLATTE CITY, Mo. A burglar who authorities say used the obituary pages to select his targets was convicted of 10 counts Friday. (More)

NORRISTOWN, Pa. Likening them to a "plague of locusts," a judge has banned four women from Pennsylvania malls after they pleaded guilty to stealing. (More)

DALLAS Jenny, recognized as the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity, celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats at her wooded home in the Dallas Zoo. (More)