NEW YORK Diamonds in the rough? Try a $20,000 pair of the glinting gems in a reeking truckload of trash. (More)

EMMETSBURG, Iowa Where's the pork? (More)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. It's an Arkansas bird story that at first might be hard to swallow. A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study and examination, Arkansas wildlife officials said Friday. If confirmed, officials say it could prove to be an incredibly rare find - a set of conjoined twins among birds. (More)

CASCO TOWNSHIP, Mich. Blessed are the boxer shorts. (More)

HONOLULU Getting the rotting corpse of a dead sperm whale off Oahu's North Shore was only the start of the problem. (More)

SYDNEY, Australia An elderly woman was attacked by a large kangaroo on a farm in Australia and was lucky to be alive after a pet dog leapt to her aid, her son said Saturday. (More)

PITTSBURGH Jim Smith says he's never met a Jim Smith he didn't like. And he's met more than most people. That's because the 71-year-old is in Pittsburgh for the four-day Jim Smith Society Fun Fest which runs through Sunday, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Friday. (More)

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. An upstate New York man says he's still upbeat despite losing the same leg twice. Scott Listemann told the Poughkeepsie Journal that he laughs about losing his foot and lower leg "both the first time and the second time." (More)

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. Cookeville police said they arrested a man after observing him doing a 400-yard wheelie on his motorcycle. The man, 29, was charged with reckless driving. (More)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused. (More)

BOSTON A toll worker on the Massachusetts Turnpike is figuring out what to do with a $100 bill a driver handed him. Gary Bonarrigo said a woman gave him the money in a greeting card Wednesday evening. The card said "share" with a drawing of a star. (More)

HALLOWELL, Maine A man who was drowning in a Maine river is recovering after someone reeled him in with a fishing rod. (More)

SUGAR LAND, Texas A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway. (More)

FORT RILEY, Kan. A parachutist went off course Thursday at the start of a military review and dropped feet-first into the 1st Infantry Division's band, injuring three players. (More)

SAN FRANCISCO A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot. (More)

OCALA, Fla. An Ocala man who's been paying $800 a month in rent just learned he's actually been paying a phony landlord. Authorities said Carl Kopsho was at a gas station in January, telling his friends he was looking for a place to live when a stranger approached and offered to help. (More)

BELOIT, Wis. An Illinois woman and her son-in-law have discovered thousands of dollars hidden after a 2004 bank robbery in Wisconsin. (More)

MIAMI A Miami man who held up a McDonald's at gunpoint in 1994 is now promoting the restaurant's signature sandwich in song. Tamien Bain is among five finalists in the fast food chain's contest for a new jingle promoting the Big Mac. (More)

GORHAM, Maine Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now. When she was removing clothes from the washing machine at her Maine farmhouse Wednesday, the clothes moved. She told WMTW-TV, "I jumped back" and saw a snake. She quickly shut the lid and called for help. (More)

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. Fire investigators said a fire that destroyed a Mendota Heights home last week was caused by a flowerpot. Fire Chief John Maczko said a flowerpot on the home's deck spontaneously combusted. (More)

DENTON, Texas Police said they will not file charges against a clerk whose parents and husband were charged with robbing the pizza restaurant where she worked, officials said. Police said the clerk didn't know they planned to rob the Pizza Patron Friday night. (More)

SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. A woman searching for crabs has found something more valuable under a Long Beach Island bridge: a 50-year-old wedding band. (More)

A naked Kennewick, Wash., man reportedly coming off a meth high trashed his mother's home and had to be shocked several times with a Taser to be subdued, police said today. (More)

ELEVA, Wis. Carlene and Duane Schultz decided to use Brett Favre's image in their corn maze after he announced his retirement in the spring. And even though Favre's desire to be released from the Packers has created controversy, Carlene Schultz thinks people will be open to going through the maze when it opens Sept. 1. (More)

MANHATTAN, Kan. Police said they caught a would-be thief red-handed, literally, outside a bank. Riley County Police and Pottawatomie County deputies responding to an alarm at Community First Bank early Thursday found a 19-year-old man bleeding from cuts to his hands and arms. (More)