INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The founder of an Indianapolis medical facility said Monday that a former unpaid student intern who claimed Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning used a banned substance in 2011 didn’t even work at the clinic until two years later, long after the NFL star was undergoing treatment. Dr…. Read More

A French prosecutor says choosy thieves returned a delivery of police armbands they say they inadvertently stole while targeting luxury goods. Vienne prosecutor Matthiew Bourrette told the Dauphine Libere newspaper that five masked thieves robbed a delivery center in Saint-Quentin-Fallavie on Dec. 22, making off with a shipment of Louis… Read More

For more than 100 years, the cloistered nuns known as the Pink Sisters have worked in shifts to ensure nonstop prayer in Philadelphia’s Chapel of Divine Love. Now, to address their shrinking numbers and ensure their prayers continue for another century, the Roman Catholic Holy Spirit Adoration sisters have begun… Read More

Two Pennsylvania women say the pre-Christmas discovery that they’re sisters is nothing short of a holiday miracle. The Progress in Clearfield reports 78-year-old Barbara Smith, of Pottsville, and 77-year-old Sandra Fitzgerald, of Apollo, met for the first time on Sunday. They hugged, shared stories and laughed. Fitzgerald’s son-in-law was studying… Read More

Meadowlark Lemon, a basketball legend who spent more than two decades touring with the Harlem Globetrotters, died yesterday at the age of 83. Famed for his patented half-court hook shot, Lemon became one of the most recognizable faces in basketball and was an inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall… Read More

Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days. But there’s one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Online retailers say cow dung patties are selling like hot cakes. The patties — cow poop mixed with hay and dried in the sun,… Read More

Looks like Old Saint Nick wasn’t the only one using the chimney this Christmas. KPNX-TV in Phoenix reports that firefighters were called to a home Christmas morning to help free a cat trapped in a chimney. Adrienne Gill says her daughter, who is visiting from California, brought her new pet cat… Read More

Anyone can dial a wrong number, but it’s not often done from outer space. British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted an apology on Christmas Day from the International Space Station after calling a wrong number. He wrote “I’d like to apologize to the lady I just called by mistake saying ‘Hello,… Read More

Marriage may not be forever — but it sure looks like divorce is. And should those irreconcilable differences suddenly become reconcilable, don’t go looking to get un-divorced in New Hampshire. The state’s Supreme Court this month upheld a lower court ruling refusing to vacate a New Castle couple’s 2014 divorce… Read More

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has reached $1 billion at the box office, achieving the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The Walt Disney Co. said “The Force Awakens” crossed the billion-dollar mark Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was… Read More