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Croc Dundee to tax authorities: 'Come and get me' 03:21 PM EST
"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion.
Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off 03:06 PM EST
Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.
Reaction to the death of former Sen. Jesse Helms 02:11 PM EST
Reaction to the death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:
Unclear future for 10 men on Nebraska's death row 01:36 PM EST
For more than 10 years, John Lotter has faced death in Nebraska's electric chair for the grisly 1993 triple murder that spawned the movie "Boys Don't Cry."
Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles 12:46 PM EST
More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway.
Correction: Leona Helmsley story 12:31 PM EST
In a July 2 story about the estate of Leona Helmsley, The Associated Press, relying on an article in The New York Times, erroneously reported that Helmsley's grandchildren received $6 million each from her will. It was a combined total of $6 million.
Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic 10:26 AM EST
Tropical Storm Bertha is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.
Auction house seeks to sell Rosa Parks collection 07:26 AM EST
Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York.
Prosecutors: Deception ran deep in Vt. kidnapping 03:31 AM EST
A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping.
Passport records open to abuse 03:01 AM EST
A State Department passport record system that holds personal data on more than 120 million Americans is wide open to abuse and unable to prevent or detect unauthorized access, investigators said Thursday.