WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Reporters Sunday put a life-size cardboard stand-up of Republican U.S. presidential candidate John McCain on the plane that carries Barack Obama's running mate.
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OCALA, Fla., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A 27-year-old man told his wife he had been robbed to avoid revealing he actually had been tricked by a scam artist, police in Florida say.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A New York man says he shares something in common with both major U.S. presidential candidates -- John McCain's name and Barack Obama's looks.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Police in Australia have set what they describe as "very generous limits" for an upcoming auto race weekend -- no more than a case of beer a day for adults.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Recently opened World War II files show the British government used a Scottish estate to hide spy recruits who did not make the grade.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- It was a big week for St. Paul, Minn., Mayor Chris Coleman: his town played host to a national political convention and he hit a hole in one.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Edgar Allan Poe may have wandered in life, but the curator of Baltimore's Poe House says his body will remain where it has been for 160 years -- in Baltimore.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Cindy McCain, wife of presidential candidate John McCain, wore jewelry worth nearly $296,000 to the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, estimators say.
LONDON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A businessman contends his Audi was used for 27 joyrides while left at a London service station for routine maintenance.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Chicago newspaper says it wants its readers to tell it where the hands should be on its "Obama Clock."
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- An Illinois boy with a kidney disease is still waiting for a custom go-kart promised by an Arizona man through the Make-a-Wish Foundation, officials say.
DUNFERMLINE, Scotland, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Chris Morrison of Dunfermline, Scotland, noticed his Labrador retriever rattled when he walked, but had no idea the dog had swallowed 13 golf balls.
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