BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a man bringing in his trash can from the street found a human skull in the front yard of his home and called police.........»»

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- A car built by Google that drives itself around city streets had a brush with the law for driving too slowly.........»»

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- A California police officer made a traffic stop, but wrote no ticket. There was no driver to give it to.........»»

SEATTLE (AP) -- A Seattle elementary school is thanking a garbageman for finding nearly $12,000 in checks in the trash.........»»

A Missouri man was arrested on the weekend after allegedly starting a brawl at the 7th annual Ozark Mountain Monopoly Tournament. A Missouri man was arrested on the weekend after allegedly starting a brawl at the 7th annual Ozark Mountain Monopoly Tour.....»»

SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) -- The name change of North America's tallest mountain is rippling down to a fast-food chain.........»»

The biggest wildlife overpass in the United States may help save Southern California's mountain lions. An enormous, grassy bridge over a 10-lane section of the 101 highway is intended to give these animals a safe way to cross between the Santa Monica Moun.....»»

VICTORVILLE, Calif. -- A mountain lion showed its climbing prowess by scaling a 35-foot utility pole in the California desert. VICTORVILLE, Calif. -- A mountain lion showed its climbing prowess by scaling a 35-foot utility pole in the California desert.....»»

CLARK FORK, Idaho (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service has temporarily closed a northern Idaho hiking trail over concerns about aggressive mountain goats after one animal bit a hiker and others reportedly tried to head-butt or charge visitors.........»»

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump may do his share of trash talking. U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump may do his share of trash talking......»»

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A state senator who named his son McKinley after North America's tallest mountain peak isn't too pleased with the president's decision to change its name back to Denali.........»»

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Another large mountain-lion type of an animal has been spotted in metro Milwaukee, where similar reported animal sightings have captivated residents in recent weeks, authorities said on Thursday......»»

GENEVA (Reuters) - The remains of two young Japanese climbers missing on the Matterhorn mountain since a 1970 snow storm in the Swiss Alps have been identified through DNA testing of their relatives, police said on Thursday......»»

ROME, Ga. (AP) -- A north Georgia man has recovered $10,000 worth of lottery tickets he had thrown away in the trash.........»»

A court-ordered cleanup crew hauled away more than 42,000 pounds of trash from a woman's home last week in the Kaimuki neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii.  Neighbors say they’ve been complaining to city officials about the property -- which .....»»

Summer in the city can be rough. But we've never seen anything like Beirut, where a malodorous mix of political paralysis and festering garbage has residents in a rage. Beirutis are furious that their government failed to avoid a crisis ignited by the lo.....»»

Switzerland has made an a-moo-zing effort to help its bovine population. A recent heat wave in the country’s Jura mountains, resulted in some very thirsty cows, but the Swiss military has come to their aid by transporting thousands of gallons o.....»»

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Monroy bought a mini pig for her family and fed it what the breeder instructed: a half-cup of food in the morning and a half-cup at night. But the piglet named Hammond started raiding the pantry and digging through the trash. .....»»

Mysterious Mountain On Pluto"s Moon Has Scientists "Stumped".....»»

HONOLULU (AP) - The state land board on Friday will consider an emergency rule restricting access to a mountain considered sacred by many Native Hawaiians after officials say a handful of people protesting construction of a giant telescope there made thre.....»»