ESCONDIDO, CALIF. -- An Escondido, California mother of 12 children is making news after she goes back to school to become a neonatal intensive-care-unit nurse.  

SEMINOLE, FL (AP) -- Authorities say a 77-year-old central Florida man used a wrench to fight off a 22-year-old woman during an attempted robbery. 

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, PA -- A Pennsylvania Middle School principal is back on the job after being busted in an undercover sex-sting. 

EUCLID, OH -- What is a 23-cent pizza worth? One man paid for it with a night in jail. The man was arrested after breaking in at the Papa John's in Euclid, Ohio during a 23-cent pizza promotion that quickly turned ugly. 

ATLANTA, GA -- There is a bizarre crime wave affecting cities across the country. Thieves are targeting manhole covers and there could be an international connection driving the thefts.  

AVON, CT -- Charges may be filed against a school bus driver after a child fell from a moving bus window in Avon, Connecticut.  

COOKEVILLE, TN -- A 12-year-old Cookeville, Tennessee boy is in intensive care after an accident that happened while he was riding his bike. Byran Cochran suffered an injury that doctors don't see every day.  

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Marine biologists are being called in to help the United States Coast Guard deal with a whale carcass that is stuck under a San Francisco pier.  

NEW ORLEANS -- Animal shelter workers got quite a surprise last week in Louisiana. One of their dogs gave birth to a bright green puppy.  

LEIGHTON, AL -- Security cameras were rolling when tornado tore through Leighton, Alabama on Thursday 

MIAMI (AP) -- About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.  

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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- 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.  

ROCK ISLAND, Tenn. (AP) -- 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.  

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.  

BERLIN (AP) -- A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. 

ALTA, Iowa (AP) -- 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 

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. 

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

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

PALATKA, FL -- Palatka police are looking for a man who robbed a store clerk of his shorts. 

FERNANDINA BEACH, FL --  New video shows first responders trying to save a man's life at a fiery crash scene in Fernandina Beach.
 

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- The driver of a 1997 Honda Civic that struck and killed a dog near Cloquet is suing the dog's owners for damage done to his vehicle. 

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) -- Maybe Cleveland Cavaliers fans can hope for cheap gas if an oil company insults All-Star LeBron James.  

POMPANO BEACH, FL (AP) -- Power has been restored to 20,000 people in north Broward County, after an iguana caused a short circuit.