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Duke of Westminster fights for phone booth
ACHFARY, Scotland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Duke of Westminster, Britain's biggest landowner, says it's vital to save a pay phone located outside his remote estate in Scotland.
Lost cows create udder chaos in Britain
LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A British minister has been forced to admit in Parliament his department lost track of nearly 21,000 head of cattle.
Racers compete in big floating pumpkins
WINDSOR, Nova Scotia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Canadian Thanksgiving Sunday was marked in Nova Scotia with a regatta of giant, floating half-pumpkins racing with paddle-power and motors for glory.
Britain crowns new crossword champion
LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A financial controller at the London Stock Exchange took less than 18 minutes to find the words to become Britain's new crossword puzzle champion.
Thirteen digits one too few on debt clock
Thirteen digits one too few on debt clock
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The growing U.S. debt is too big for the National Debt Clock in New York to handle, prompting debt-watchers to get creative to accommodate the 14-digit debt.
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Firefighters deliver baby in elevator
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A pregnant woman in Florida shopped until her baby started to drop, authorities say.
Bankers commission nude portraits
LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- British banking titans aren't letting the financial crisis limit their demand for nude paintings of their wives adorned by newsprint collages, an artist says.
Man facing fine for helping skunk
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A Salt Lake City man says he shouldn't be fined by city authorities for moving a trap containing a skunk into the shade to protect the animal.
Bush interrupted by ad for musical
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A New York TV station says it was just coincidence a speech by President George W. Bush about the economy was overlapped by an ad with a timely literary phrase.
Great pumpkin tops 1,568 pounds
WARREN, R.I., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A 1,568-pound pampered pumpkin was bumped from contention in the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin contest because it leaked.
New Web site locates NYC toilets
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A New York City Web site allows those who need to make an emergency bathroom stop avoid catastrophe by using their cell phone, its creators say.
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Biggest hardwood tree found in Tasmania
HOBART, Australia, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Foresters in Tasmania have discovered a 300-foot-high eucalyptus believed to be the second-highest tree in the world and the tallest hardwood.
Should Mary Queen of Scots be returned?
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Mary Queen of Scots may have been rejected by her subjects while she was alive but now a member of the Scottish parliament wants her body returned.
Hard-working pizzamaker has tax trouble
STORA MELLOSA, Sweden, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The owner of a pizzeria in central Sweden who works seven days a week and never takes a holiday has finally convinced tax authorities he does so without help.
First-graders attend lesbian wedding
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A group of San Francisco first-graders took a field trip to City Hall to attend the marriage of their lesbian teacher.
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    Report: Lopez & Anthony renew their vows
    Report: Lopez & Anthony renew their vows
    LAS VEGAS, Oct. 13 (UPI) --
    Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, who have been married for four years and are the parents of twins, reportedly renewed their wedding vows in Las Vegas Sunday.
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    Financial news props up oil prices Monday
    Financial news props up oil prices Monday
    NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) --
    Crude oil prices climbed on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday as European leaders contemplated a massive bank rescue plan.
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