NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A medical researcher at Tulane University in New Orleans has broken the world record for dribbling a basketball while running over a 24-hour period.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Barely 24 hours after the world learned Saddam Hussein had been captured, people were being offered a heavily bearded doll of the defeated dictator.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Between 1930 and 1960 Steuben Glass brought modernity and glamour to American crystal glass that previously were to be found only European glass, especially the engraved crystal produced by Orrefors in Sweden.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Aaron Patterson, released in January after spending nearly 17 years on Illinois' Death Row, has filed petitions to run for state representative.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors have released 300 pages of invoices that show how Tyco boss Dennis Kozlowski spent shareholders' money, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- An Australian fertility clinic is advertising for Canadian sperm donors at the University of Calgary, Alberta ,in exchange for a trip down under.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- About 20 people suffered minor injuries Monday night when a bus crashed into an adult video store in San Francisco's Mission District.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A German artist who creates art from wind turbines is considering suing ScottishPower for copying his copyrighted idea, an Edinburgh newspaper said Tuesday.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Kansas family is mourning the loss of a 6-year-old, hand nurtured Austrian pine Christmas tree from the front of their property.
BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Community leaders in Buffalo, N.Y., are launching a nationwide campaign Tuesday to collect and consume uneaten holiday fruitcakes.
LONDON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Senior British politicians are considering dropping the reference to "empire" in its honors and awards system, the Times of London said Tuesday.
LUCKNOW, India, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Roasted rats in spicey sauces and mice meat kebabs headed a gourmet menu in Lucknow, India, to celebrate ancient tribal eating habits in Uttar Pradesh.
EXETER, England, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A burglar has been jailed in Exeter, England, after stealing a complete fitted kitchen, including the sink, from a house and installing it in his own home.
TORONTO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A petite Toronto lawyer is nursing a swollen cheek Tuesday after her client grew impatient with waiting in court and flattened her with his fist.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A Saudi woman says she wants to earn a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the world's tallest candles.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Veterans of the Israeli secret service have come up with an invention for urban combat -- the gun that shoots around corners.
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Benh Zeitlin arrives at the award photocall after receiving the "Camera D'Or" prize for the film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" during the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 27, 2012. UPI/David Silpa
