Posted: 2:35 PM Police began searching for a suspect after a woman told officers she’d been shot, but what paramedics discovered put a quick stop to the manhunt.

Posted: 2:27 PM An investigation dubbed “Operation Swill” discovered that bars were selling low-quality booze at premium prices.

Posted: 1:14 PM Sathwik Karnik, 12, has won the National Geographic Bee.

Posted: 2:58 PM A big pizza delivery has earned a place in the record books.

Posted: 7:24 PM A python caught in Florida measured nearly 19 feet in length.

Posted: 2:16 PM Firefighters were called in to rescue a bear in a tall pine tree after the animal was knocked out with a tranquilizer dart.

Posted: 1:49 PM The 9-year-old girl daughter of a deployed soldier who threw out the first pitch at a Tampa Rays game could never have anticipated what happened next.

Posted: 1:35 PM A more than two-day ride on a Ferris wheel was enough to win a place in the record books.

Posted: 1:08 PM A thief accidentally dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in as he and another man broke into a car.

Posted: 1:04 PM A first edition copy of a “Harry Potter” book complete with the author’s annotations is going on the auction block for charity.

Posted: 12:02 PM A capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals has returned to Earth after a month in space.

Posted: 2:58 PM A thief who stole an SUV from outside an apartment complex picked the wrong time and wrong place to stop for a snack.

Posted: 2:09 PM A wanted teen who didn’t want to return to jail ended up on thin ice.

Posted: 2:05 PM An anteater that by rights shouldn’t have been pregnant has delivered, leaving its keepers to wonder how.

Posted: 2:01 PM One funeral home offers a hearse with pedals.

Posted: 1:45 PM A mayoral race that ended in a tie was decided by the toss of a coin.

Posted: 1:32 PM A deer caught a ride on a transit bus, but didn’t board in the usual way.

Posted: 6:40 PM Melvyn Wilson has won his fourth lottery prize of at least five figures, boosting his total scratch-off winnings to more than $2 million.

Posted: 3:35 PM One chef is licking his lips in anticipation of the cicada invasion.

Posted: 3:32 PM A university student who passed out in a drinking competition was left in a wheelchair in an ER lobby with a sticky note that said he’d been drinking and needed help.

Posted: 2:24 PM A tiny camera is giving scientists a real bug’s eye view.

Posted: 6:16 PM Thieves who broke into a Texas man’s home made a strategic error when they forced the man into a closet that just happened to be where guns were kept.

Posted: 12:27 PM A man who claimed to be fleeing zombies when he stole an 18-wheeler has pleaded guilty in the theft.

Posted: 12:11 PM A police officer who tried to help a get stuck in a tree ended up stuck in the tree, too.

Posted: 12:08 PM University researchers are eagerly waiting a rare second bloom by a stinky flower.