Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too.Read More

Noted dog breeders charged over animals found in squalor

KINGWOOD, N.J. (AP) — The owners of a once-renowned New Jersey dog kennel where authorities say nearly 200 terriers and dachshunds were living in squalorRead More

Boy, 5, dies after being shot and dropped off at hospital

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound after two adults abandoned him at a hospital in southeast Wisconsin.Read More

Overdoses killed parents found in motel with dehydrated baby

WHITEHALL, Mich. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a couple whose bodies were found along with their dehydrated 6-month-old baby at a motel in westernRead More

Reynolds Wrap hiring barbecue lover to eat ribs across country for $10,000

Getting paid to travel across the United States with the task of eating ribs may sound like a fantasy for barbecue lovers, but a seasonalRead More

Explosion levels New Jersey home, injuring lone occupant

RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) — An explosion leveled a home in New Jersey on Monday, injuring the lone occupant, who was pulled from the burning rubbleRead More

Couple want officers fired who pointed guns over shoplifting

PHOENIX (AP) — A man and his pregnant fiancée said Monday that they want Phoenix to fire the officers who pointed guns and yelled profanitiesRead More

US-Iran move closer to a flashpoint as tensions spike

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Iran edged toward a flashpoint Monday as Tehran announced it was breaking compliance with the accord that keeps itRead More

Police: Bodies of mom, son found where boy’s father cut wood

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The bodies of an Oregon mother and her 3-year-old son have been found more than a month after they vanished, hiddenRead More

Scientists take a peek behind those sad puppy dog eyes

NEW YORK (AP) — What’s behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pupsRead More