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JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An Alaska legislator has a goal -- outlawing false campaign advertising in the state.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in a Florida city are trying to find out who has been vandalizing and stealing manatee sculptures.

WOOD DALE, Ill., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A driver angered over a traffic ticket from a suburban Chicago police department now faces a felony charge for scattering 2-inch nails in the police station dri

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- One of the largest purveyors of fast food in the United States has a deal for those who eat its high-calorie offerings -- a free gym membership.

ALBUQUERQUE, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An Albuquerque man says he sees Christ's face on a small hunk of marble and he's already got a $100,000 opening bid on eBay.

ROME, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi admits he has had a hair transplant and says it makes him feel 25 years younger.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's military establishment is apparently so low on ammunition it lacks enough to train its soldiers, the Telegraph said Friday.

Couple weds 65 years after first meeting ... Americans focus on weight loss ... Rocky, Rambo popular dog names ... 94-year-old lottery winner wants all now ... Watercooler stories from UPI.

British New Year fun expensive and gory ... Canada's funding of clowns questioned ... Woman keeps lottery win secret until death ... Mother wins surprise while taking ride ... The world as we know it from UPI.

MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Boris Yeltsin, after becoming Russia's president, once struck and killed a man while driving drunk, his one-time bodyguard alleges.

Today is Friday, Dec. 31, the 366th and last day of 2004.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The roster of entertainment-industry notables who died in 2004 included acting icon Marlon Brando, musical genius Ray Charles, "Superman" Christopher Reeve, com

EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A suitcase and plastic bag left at a bank in Edmonton, Canada, set off a bomb scare but was found to contain only war medals. Police said an elderly woman entered the Canadian Western Bank, put down the packages, told a bystander that police would know wh

TROY, Ohio, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- An Ohio couple finally tied knot -- more than 65 years after they first met.