PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania officials investigating an alleged online diploma mill put forward a fine candidate for an executive MBA degree -- a cat named Colby Nolan.
HOLMESVILLE, Australia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Holmesville, the Australian hometown of Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins, is climbing the wall trying to thwart thieves stealing signs touting their connection.
Man who shipped himself in crate to prison ... No Tom, Dick or Harry for condom name ... Deputy caught peeing in public elevator ... UPI Quirks in the News.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Norway, the country that invented the paper clip, has come up with a special screw that won't slide off its special screwdriver.
HOWELL, Mich., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Michigan school district looked to eBay to move a barn and make way for a new high school -- but the top bid failed to crack $20.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Hip-hop and R&B dominated the top categories when the Recording Academy announced the nominees Tuesday for the 47th Grammy Awards -- with Kanye West, Ray Charle
HOBART, Ind., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The Internet gambling firm that recently bought a grilled cheese with a Virgin Mary imprint has added an Indiana man's ghost to its collection.
DOVER, N.H., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Police in Dover, N.H., say a man on a riding mower lobbed two Molotov cocktails at his ex-girlfriend's house, but they didn't ignite.
NANAIMO, British Columbia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Canadian who found a purse at a British Columbia bus stop was startled to find a human skull inside. The dark brown handbag with wavy black lines was sitting at a bus stop in downtown Nanaimo, when a passerby found it last week, the Canadian Broadcastin
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Nurses, as they have every year but one since 1999, lead the annual Gallup survey, of people in the United States regarding honesty and ethics.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida sheriff's deputy is appealing his dismissal for peeing in a public elevator, an event caught on a surveillance video.
SOUTH BEND, Ill., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- An Indiana man was killed when his 500-pound pet wildebeest trampled him in the barnyard of his North Liberty home, the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune said Tuesday.
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- South Korea has scrapped plans to create a non-English word for condom over complaints their selection sounded too much like people's names.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A growing number of big U.S. companies are taking steps to force their workers to actually speak with one another instead of e-mailing, USA Today reported.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Texas man who shipped himself in a crate from New York to Dallas last year has been sentenced to prison for violating his probation.
White racists hire black DJ ... Texas town gets offers for Jesus figure ... Test shows U.S. students trailing in math ... Watercooler stories from UPI.
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- China has banned a Nike TV commercial in which U.S. basketball star LeBron James defeats animated Chinese characters, after viewers complained on the Internet.
Steinbeck's home town closes library ... Fan of Nirvana bids for plane trip ... Streisand defends Hollywood values ... The world as we know it from UPI.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A fan of the U.S. band Nirvana has bid $7,300 on eBay for a private plane ride and lunch with former bass player Krist Novoselic.
CHICAGO, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Chicago lawyer Andy Norman says he has been involved in a nationwide fight to "save Christmas from" the American Civil Liberties Union.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A good many ventures went down the tubes when the dot-com boom went bust, but "Happy Tree Friends" -- a series of demented animated comedy shorts -- has found p
Leaky aircraft toilet loses load ... Tennis balls solve school chair problem ... Steinbeck's home town closes library ... Baby Jesus stolen from Nativity ... UPI Quirks in the News.
PORTSMOUTH, England, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A block of ice that fell from an aircraft's leaky toilet smashed through an English family's house and damaged their car.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Members of the British National Party, a notoriously racist group, inadvertently hired a black man as a disc jockey for their Christmas party.
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
