Catholic Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, just appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Monday apologized for his drunken driving arrest.Cordileone, 56, was arrested at a checkpoint early Saturday in San Diego while driving his mother home after having dinner with friends, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.Police officer Mark McCullough said the cleric was taken into custody at 12:26 a.m. and released from jail shortly before noon after posting $2,500 bail. He is to be a

A 55-year-old farmer from Bardanga village in Nepal was bitten by a venomous snake. Most people would rush to the hospital, but Mohamed Salmo Miya ran after his attacker and got revenge before rushing to get medical treatment, according to news source.“I was very angry after the snake bit into me. Then I followed the snake, grabbed it and bit it to death,” Miya stated. “I could have killed it with a stick but I was mad with anger and wanted to take revenge. I killed it with my teeth.”Miya has re

A Washington man says he ordered a flat-screen television through Amazon.com and instead received a military-style assault rifle.Seth Horvitz, 38, a musician from San Francisco who moved to Washington a year ago, told The Washington Post he was alone getting ready for a dinner party at his Brookland apartment when he heard a knock at the door. A UPS man had left a package outside.He had ordered the TV set for $324 from a third-party seller through Amazon. He told the Post he thought the package

A 16-year-old Texan was given a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to stabbing his mother‘s boyfriend to death early this year.The teen, whose name has not been released, apologized for his actions before being sentenced Tuesday by District Juvenile Court Judge Laura Parker, the San Antonio News-Express reported."I know what I did was wrong,” he said.The teen was arrested Feb. 15, shortly after he fatally stabbed his mother’s boyfriend, Neo Gomez, in the chest.Before the stabbing, the teen‘s

A 58-year-old Florida man accused of letting his 88-year-old mother lie in her own feces for three days has pleaded not guilty to elder abuse charges.Michael Nolan entered the plea in court Tuesday, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.Nolan was arrested June 5 for the May 2 incident in which he allegedly let his mother lie in her own feces for three days before he called for help, an Okaloos

A 29-year-old mother was in custody after police in Kansas City, Mo., found her emaciated 10-year-old daughter locked in a closet, authorities said.The woman was arrested Friday and her boyfriend also was detained, The Kansas City Star reported.The girl, who was found alone in a closet that smelled of human waste, appeared to way about a third of what a normal 10-year-old would weight, police said

In less than a month after famous fat cat Meow died in Santa Fe, two New York cats have stepped in to a fatter-cat fight.Meow, a 39-pound cat who made appearances on "Today" and "Anderson Cooper" died in early May after suffering respiratory distress and then pulmonary failure, the New York Post reported at that time.On Saturday, a Manhattan shelter cat named SpongeBob was featured in the NY Post

A New York man has sued his ex-fiancee -- who twice broke off their engagement -- for nearly $50,000 in rent and wedding deposits he said she owes him.Steven Silverstein filed the suit Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court. He said even though Kendra Platt-Lee returned a $32,000 engagement ring, she still owes him, including half of the $54,367.87 she withdrew from their joint bank account, the New Y