MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created a new loan program to help small farmers, including growers who want to take advantage of the soaring interest in locally produced … more

CHICAGO — Authorities at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have held up a shipment of 18 human heads sent from Rome and bound for a facility in the U.S. where they would be used in anatomical … more

SPEARFISH — Authorities say a 23-year-old Spearfish man was found dead over the weekend a short distance from his abandoned vehicle. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says the man’s … more

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly seven years — he spoke. But what Thomas said is not clear, other than he … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Davis School District has returned a library book about a lesbian couple raising children to its shelves amid a suit from the American Civil Liberties Union. Officials with the … more

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco lawmaker plans to introduce legislation asking voters to rename the city’s airport after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk. A charter amendment sponsored by … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Events on the fifth day of 2013 General Session of the Wyoming Legislature, Mon, Jan. 14: EDUCATION SHAKE-UP: The Wyoming Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill to strip … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For a sixth year, the Wyoming Film Office is running the Wyoming Short Film Contest.The annual contest asks moviemakers to submit films of 15 minutes or less featuring the … more

CASPER, Wyo. — A person believed to be responsible for making an online threat of mass violence in Casper, Wyo. has been arrested in Oklahoma.The Casper Star-Tribune reports that federal … more

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Being chained as a 10-year-old for more than two weeks in a coffin-size box in a suburban New York dungeon was, Katie Beers says 20 years later, "the best thing that happened … more