The drug this guy needed was caffeine.
Cops roused a man who was sleeping in his SUV at a Utah truck stop and found eight pounds of cocaine and 12 pounds of pot inside, officials said.
Jesus Udave, 24, allegedly gave cops permission to search his car after giving conflicting stories about where he was headed.
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Here’s snail mail at its slowest.
Vida Forsberg, 83, of Hastings, Neb., recently received a letter mailed to her 32 years ago.
Carolyn Knudsen dashed off a thank-you note to Forsberg in 1980 for the latter’s service as president of the local church council.
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The San Francisco Planning Commission has a sweet spot for soda.
The panel gave permission for a vintage Coca-Cola sign to stay on the outside wall of a home.
The 15-by-7 sign was painted in 1930 before it was covered with asbestos siding in the 1950s and rediscovered in 1991.
Opponents claim that it dangerously promotes a sugary drink to kids at a nearby elementary school.
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Who needs the dollar when you can have Wyoming bucks?
Cowboy State lawmakers have voted to launch a task force charged with doomsday planning in case of a US economic meltdown.
One plan being eyed would have Wyoming issue its own currency.
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All you need to do is write a check to own a piece of American literary history.
Ernest Hemingway’s boyhood home in Oak Park, Ill., is on sale for $525,000.
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation purchased the house in 2001 with plans to build a cultural center inside, but funding fell through.
The author lived in the slate-blue, three-story stucco home through high school. His mom, Grace, was the last Hemingway to live there, leaving in 1936.