Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:43 PM
CHICAGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Some Chicago vendors said they are selling controversial "Horry Kow" T-shirts, despite efforts by the Chicago Cubs to ban the offensive merchandise.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Florida deputy bitten by gator ... Parakeet eggs lure man into live wire ... Woman with large cyst told to lose weight ... Cows stampede on California highway ... UPI Quirks in the News.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:13 PM
ALTOONA, Pa., May 16 (UPI) -- A bank has filed suit against an Altoona, Pa., man after he spent part of a $280,276.76 deposit mistakenly put into his account.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 4:40 PM
SYDNEY, May 16 (UPI) -- First-grade students and parents alike at Australia's Narraweena Primary School want their teacher back -- even if she did pose in the nude.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 4:07 PM
CONCORD , Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- The California Highway Patrol said 10 cows wandered into traffic after they escaped from a trailer on Highway 4, near the interchange with Interstate 680.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM
PLANTATION, Fla., May 16 (UPI) -- A Plantation, Fla., man has been hospitalized after he touched a live electric wire while attempting to retrieve a nest of parakeet eggs from a substation.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 3:53 PM
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- New York's school system is instructing teachers on how to integrate cell phones into lessons -- despite a citywide ban on mobile phones in schools.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM
DELTONA, Fla., May 16 (UPI) -- The Volusia County, Fla., Sheriff's Office said a deputy responding to a call about an alligator in a parking lot was bitten by the reptile.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 3:30 PM
SAUGATUCK, Mich., May 16 (UPI) -- A man accused of robbing a Michigan bank 17 years ago in a style reminiscent of the surfer film "Point Break" has been arrested, investigators say.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 3:24 PM
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- New York Yankees All-Star Jason Giambi said he often wears a tiger-stripe thong to help him out of slumps -- and he has loaned it out to teammates.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 3:18 PM
KARLSKRONA, Sweden, May 16 (UPI) -- A Swedish doctor who overlooked a nearly 18-pound cyst on one of his female patients recommended she lose weight instead, the woman alleged.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:44 PM
SYDNEY, May 16 (UPI) -- Female drivers are being sought by a bus operator in the Australian city of Sydney for their "gentler" driving abilities, transport officials say.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:37 PM
ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 16 (UPI) -- A Scottish man with an expensive heroin habit has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for claiming child care benefits for 36 children.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 1:46 PM
BERLIN, May 16 (UPI) -- The East German automobile brand Trabant should be represented at the Beijing Olympic Games if the notorious clunker can make it, a noted traveler says.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:58 PM
FRIBOURG, Switzerland, May 16 (UPI) -- The Swiss town of Fribourg decided to create an urban golf course to allow locals and tourists enjoy a unique experience, tourist officials say.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 6:30 AM
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Published: May 16, 2008 at 6:00 AM
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Graduating Arts and Sciences senior Erin Forman of Boca Raton, Florida, passes the time before commencement ceremonies to blow bubbles at Washington University in St. Louis on May 16, 2008. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
GRADUATION DAY AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS