GOLD COAST, Australia, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- One-year-old twin wild polar bears -- brothers who were orphaned after their mother threatened a Canadian village -- will be allowed to remain together.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- An alleged madam says a telephone company executive took sexual favors as payment for installing a telephone at her Norwegian "massage institute."
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The word "Benjamin," meaning a $100-bill or large sum of money, is one of the new words in the British 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A recent power struggle between two of Hollywood's most powerful publicists offered outsiders a rare glimpse behind the entertainment industry curtain -- and a
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EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The mission of 45 bell ringers for Volunteers of America in Everett, Wash., was thwarted when someone made off with their 12-passenger van.
TEXAS CITY, Texas, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Doctors at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston were able to reattach a woman's finger and thumb after her boyfriend severed them with a machete.
CROMER, England, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A British farmer found himself in the Cromer pokey when his porkers parked their snouts around the neighbors' crops and gardens, the Sun reported.
LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry has gone back to 1614 to determine mincemeat pies are supposed to have meat in them, The Times of London reports.
TUNIS, Tunisia, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tunisian astrologer Hassan al-Sharibi Tuesday predicted the capture of Osama bin Laden and the death of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein next year.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A Minnesota presidential elector mistakenly wrote the name of vice presidential candidate John Edwards on his presidential ballot instead of John Kerry.
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A man intentionally drove his car off the sixth floor of a parking garage at a shopping mall but there were no serious injuries, South Miami Police said.
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LANZHOU, GANSU, China, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Police are searching for clues as to what prompted 700 people to report an unidentified flying object in northwest China Saturday, state media reported Tuesday. Witnesses in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, described a strange shining object that swept
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A pressure cooker containing collard greens exploded and blew out the front windows of Toledo, Ohio, soul food restaurant during the weekend.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A Washington weekend pompom competition ended in a brawl resulting in one girl being injured by a trophy and one woman charged with assault.
MILLAU, France, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The world's tallest road bridge -- 1,125-feet high at its tallest point -- is to be inaugurated Friday in Millau, France, by President Jacques Chirac.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Using a 'If you can't beat them, join them' strategy, Canada's federal prison system is considering providing tattooing lessons and tools to its convicts.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies in Grand Haven, Mich., had warned surfers to stay off Lake Michigan piers because of high winds and two-story high waves.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- "Sideways," a fictional account of a premarital road trip, took the most nominations with seven, but the announcement of this year's Golden Globe Award nominees
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LONDON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A British Army captain has been denied a passport because his military career kept him out of the country too long, Sky News reported Monday.
English comedian and actor Ricky Gervais attends the "Arqiva British Academy Television Awards" at The Royal Festival Hall in London on May 27, 2012. UPI/Paul Treadway
