NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The very rich in the United States, those with a net worth of $10 million or more, plan to give themselves a very nice Christmas.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- For those who have everything, a charity is offering for Christmas the gift of a tank -- left over from the civil war in Sierra Leone -- for about $1,700.
SAN MARCOS, Calif., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Jewelry may be one of the buys of the Christmas season, with many discounts being offered, and most jewelry prices don't reflect increased prices for gold.
HONG KONG, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A spa in Hong Kong offers a treatment that involves smearing a stomach with Chinese herbs, dousing it with alcohol and setting it afire -- to lose weight.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Felony charges against a Colorado woman for allowing her teenage daughter and friends to have penis-shaped party favors have been dropped.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- More companies in Britain are choosing to go with holiday-neutral, as opposed to Christmas-themed, decorations so as not to offend non-Christians.
OXFORD, England, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Full-time live-in tutors, popular with upper-middle class households in Edwardian Britain, are becoming popular again -- even at $78,000 a year.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The double life of New York City exotic dancer Catherine Woods may have shocked her family, but many exotic dancers hide their work from their families.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A horse's head made of lilac plastic that has false eyelashes and hair that changes color has become Britain's surprise blockbuster Christmas toy.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A New York City kindergarten teacher says teaching primary school is good preparation for fatherhood and more men should be teachers. David Kong taught kindergarten at Public School 126 in Chinatown last year and said that men would be pleasantly surprise
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- City dwellers, epically those in New York City, have a huge number of people to tip, and the number seems to be increasing, says an expert on tipping.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- With Chicago in its first major cold spell of the winter, a utility company scared some of its customers by sending them mistaken shut-off notices.
BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts wants the city of Boston to reconsider thwarting the sale of t-shirts that say "Stop Snitching." Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen M. O'Toole had planned to send employees in
BERLIN, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A German man is fighting his employers' decision to fire him for violating a voluntary no-smoking policy that rewarded him for giving up cigarettes. Sandro Beier was terminated by Laserline after a private detective the company hired caught him smoking in
LYONS, France, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The head of a French cheese association has devised a plan she hopes will stem declining sales -- promote cheese in a calendar with half-naked women.
HEFEI, China, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Personal telegrams are becoming a thing of the past in China with the last "etiquette telegram" delivered this week. China Telecom Corporation Limited and China Network Communications Corp. announced they would end what they called "etiquette telegram ser
ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Santa Claus and the children who line up to sit on his lap are being shielded from the Victoria's Secret Christmas display at a Virginia mall.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Iowa officials fear that some former public employees may have thought checks for returned pension contributions were junk mail.
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A general view of Iran's ninth parliament session is shown during the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian parliament in Tehran, Iran on May 27,2012. The new Iranian parliament is dominated by conservatives. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian
