WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- French has been spoken in Louisiana for more than 300 years -- in fact, Louisiana and Hawaii are the only two officially bilingual states -- but for how much lo
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- "Farm Aid," the long-running fund-raising telethon on behalf of America's family farms, is changing its ways this year -- chucking the traditional day-long cabl
Judge turns in gender blender case
British wheel speaks French
The private loo as public art
Ban on mistresses shakes Thai parliament
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BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Visitors to a giant 180-foot Ferris wheel in the heart of England have been stunned to hear a commentary -- in French.
SUSSEX, England, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A British prison guard is fighting to get his job back after being fired for making an insensitive remark about terror leader Osama bin Laden.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- What was first is now last, and he now she -- almost -- in a New York court ruling on a confusing blending of changing names and a nearly same-sex marriage.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A New York disc jockey has earned the "Bah, humbug" award in the minds of the city's parents for telling their kids that Santa Claus is really "Mom and Dad."
BANGKOK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A threat to cancel their right to keep mistresses and visit massage parlors and brothels could cause a rebellion by Thailand's members of parliament.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A black housecat in an Israeli town is forbidden from running loose outside because of terrified, superstitious neighbors, the BBC reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, England, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Those who feel answering the call of nature can be an artistic event should head for London's Tate Britain gallery.
PARIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Couturier Karl Lagerfeld is the latest celebrity to join the company of Elvis, Gandhi, Einstein, Lara Croft and Marilyn Monroe at the Grevin Museum in Paris.
LONDON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A timely Christmas auction will take place on Dec. 23 for the most expensive necklace ever on sale at Harrods, London's exclusive department store.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma congressman is so upset over a subway ad for legalized marijuana he wants to cut the federal government's annual payment to the Metro system.
While some people don't marry without checking their horoscopes first, Suman Malhotra called off her marriage to her childhood sweetheart because their "genetic horoscopes" didn't match.
TOKYO, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The Nippon Television Network reportedly staged part of a news show, using purchased lobsters and pretending they had been caught during a fishing trip.
GOP wants to kick FDR off the dime ... Baby strollers may promote obesity ... Drinking problem and gas don't mix ... Concorde's got one expensive nose cone ... UPI Quirks in the News.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- With the nation facing an obesity crisis, health experts are now reportedly accusing the baby stroller industry of contributing to pediatric obesity.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A group of Republican congressmen is campaigning to replace Franklin Delano Roosevelt's image on the dime with that of Ronald Reagan.
DAVIE, Fla., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Police are looking for a Florida woman who blew up a gas pump when the attendant refused to sell her alcohol early Tuesday.
Italy offers money for more babies ... Pollution affecting Indian cops' manhood ... Psychologist claims psychological excuse ... Virginia has first adultery case in memory ... UPI Quirks in the News.
Tickets to college graduation are free but one has sold for more than $100 on eBay. This graduation includes Fox's "American Idol's" second-place winner Clay Aiken.
Andie MacDowell (L) and her daughter Sarah Margareth Qualley arrive on the red carpet before the screening of the film "Therese Desqueyroux" during the closing ceremony of the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 27, 2012. UPI/David Silpa
