NORTON SHORES, Mich., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Michigan man was arrested for shoe theft after he allegedly trespassed at a school and athletic shoes were found in his car that were way too big for him.
LIVERPOOL, England, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Children at a school in Liverpool, England, researching the Titanic on the Internet came up with a picture of a sex act instead of the ship.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A United Airlines supervisor decided to praise managers for increased discipline of workers -- then accidentally e-mailed the praise to everyone.
DENVER, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Under new U.S. federal requirements for airport security screeners to pat down more people, travelers can simply wear skimpier clothes to avoid the ordeal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A CD for Chicago math teachers to help prepare students for a college entrance exam was good in arithmetic, but failed reading and writing.
LUBECK, Germany, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A bitter dispute has erupted between Germany and Estonia over bragging rights as to which is home to the sweet candy marzipan, a Christmas staple in Europe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A new breed of Santa Claus doesn't have to worry about tears, screaming, or a wet lap at the mall, as personal telephone calls are becoming more popular.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Passengers booked on an Air-India flight from Los Angeles to New Delhi had to endure a delay lasting 45 hours, blamed on a number of factors.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh Public Schools might ban personal appliances from classrooms -- or charge a fee -- in order to cut rising energy costs.
UPTON, Mass., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts store used a belly dancer to bring in male customers as the holiday shopping season heads down the home stretch.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. survey of online shoppers has found that 5 percent of people who recycle gifts by giving them again have had the same item end up back in their hands.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Des Moines, Iowa, have cracked a case involving a cash theft from a convenience store gambling machine based on a man's hunger for doughnuts.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Nebraska fisherman snapped photos to prove his fish tale of the two-mouthed rainbow trout he caught during a weekend fishing trip at Holmes Lake.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- It was no coincidence that record numbers of people played online Texas Hold'em poker on the same day New York City's transit system was shut down by a strike.
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Food giant Kraft Foods has announced existing stocks of Oreo cookies will have to be sold before it rolls out a federally mandated, reduced trans fat version.
CHULA VISTA, Calif., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- An off-duty police officer has seen plenty of "standard pond-issue animals" in a Chula Vista, Calif., park but the alligator he spotted this week is a first.
LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- An asylum-seeking British postal worker has been convicted of masterminding a $35 million checkbook theft and fraud operation in London.
NEWCHURCH, England, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A reward has been offered by a zoo in England for the return of a stolen black-footed penguin chick, as its parents are distraught and have stopped eating.
HASLINGDEN, England, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- An "overenthusiastic" high school student in England has been arrested after causing an evacuation so police could do controlled explosions.
Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic
