Airports rarely get along with their neighbors, but in Phoenix it's not just the usual jet noise that's causing tension. It's dust and pro football.

Do-it-yourself defense is increasingly common in courtrooms.

A citizen in Charleston, West Virginia, is raising a racket over the designation of a singles-only municipal tennis court.

Prairie dogs in Lubbock, Texas, won a death row pardon this fall when state and local authorities backed off a plan to slaughter some 50,000 of the furry rodents by igniting propane in their burrows.

The award didn't come with a dinner, money or even a handshake. And it wasn't exactly what you'd describe as an honor. Yet winning the national "Pickled Skunk Brain" award did bring Monroe County, Indiana, its 15 minutes of...well, recognition.