2. A tractor-trailer stuck on tracks in west Texas was struck by a train that dragged it by half-mile before coming to a stop. The driver of the rig got out just minutes before the train struck in midland. No one was hurt. 

3. In a new report, Ohio officials suggested it is possible Cleveland kidnapper Arial Castro may have died of autoerotic asphyxiation, not suicide as originally thought. A report from the Ohio Department Rehabilitation and Correction also says Castro did not leave a suicide note and multiple levels of assessment did not find a tendency toward suicide. 

4. And instead of a dog, volunteer fire fighters in Tuscaloosa, Alabama have a spotted Dalmatian chicken as their mascot. She is the 3rd generation. Her grandfather named Allen Junior, previously helped the department raised nearly 10,000 dollars.