Odd News

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police officers say there's one line they've heard so many times from drivers it's a joke -- "I've only had two beers."

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The governors of California and Texas have a friendly bet on the outcome of next week's Rose Bowl game.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Boston University professor has examined Supreme Court transcripts and concluded that the conservative Antonin Scalia is the funniest justice.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- While many U.S. adults wish for better finances in the new year, a British economist says money is not the path to happiness.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 10-inch goldfish plucked from an ornamental pond by a heron surprised a British man when it appeared in his fireplace -- while a fire was blazing.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Drunkenness, rowdiness and anti-social behavior may be why seven out of 10 people in Britain say they planned to greet the new year at home.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Most Britons don't know that one of their country's famed musicians, Edward Elgar, was English, or much more about classical music.

Today is Saturday, Dec. 31, the 365th and last day of 2005.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Japanese consul in Edinburgh was thrown out of a pub after his son and a friend fell asleep.

RUSSELL, Ky., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A lawsuit against a Kentucky school district over a Confederate flag prom dress is set for trial in August.

Family told to pick up dad's ashes ... S. Carolina dumps mini-bottles ... U.S. planned Canada invasion -- in 1930 ... Fla. teen goes to Iraq to see democracy ... UPI Quirks in the News.

LIVERPOOL, England, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The widow and son of an old canal boatman say they have been ordered to move his ashes from the commodore's garden at a boat club.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Jokes aside, the United States does indeed have a bold war plan for attacking Canada -- only thing is, it's almost 76 years old.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- South Carolina, the last state in the country to allow liquor to be sold in bars and restaurants only in mini-bottles, is giving up the practice.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Farris Hassan just wanted to see Iraq's struggle for democracy firsthand, so the Florida teenager hopped a plane and went.