LONDON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A jilted girlfriend gained revenge on her boyfriend by e-mailing her friends about his behavior after catching the London lothario with another woman.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Officials at a New York City middle school have pulled three books for sixth-graders that give instructions on French kissing and homosexuality.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- In an incident right out of the movies, a woman went into labor and gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a Mexicana Airlines flight to Chicago Wednesday night.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A New York shopkeeper has begun selling Iraqi dates, which are thought to be the first product from the country to be sold in United States in 25 years.
THESSALONIKI, Greece, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Police in Thessaloniki, Greece, say a reclusive 78-year-old millionaire who lived frugally had been dead in his home about 18 months before being found.
COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Local officials in Columbia, S.C., said other options were available for a mother who called the police on her son for opening a Christmas gift early.
ABERDARE, Wales, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A bald, Welsh-speaking Elvis impersonator in Aberdare, Wales, said he has received death threats from fanatical followers of the music legend.
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WEST ALLIS, Wis., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A plastic baby Jesus figure stolen from a creche has been returned -- and the grateful suburban Milwaukee family says it is a miracle.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Striptease is an art form comparable to ballet and theater, a Norwegian court has ruled, exempting strippers from the country's 25 percent value-added tax.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Ring-ring has become bling-bling as trendy, spendy Juicy Couture, Diane von Furstenberg and Dolce & Gabbana enter the U.S. cell phone market.
BONN, Germany, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Deep Fritz, the world's leading chess computer, soundly beat Russian world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik Wednesday, ending a six-game encounter.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A top British lawyer asked his firm to reimburse him nearly $700 for an encounter with a prostitute, a magazine reports in its annual scandal-mongering issue.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Twenty same-sex couples are joining London's Westminister district council in a champagne reception celebrating the first anniversary of civil partnerships.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- British police were hunting for a Grinch-like thief who stole Christmas presents destined for sick children in Southampton, England.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- One person's liposuction is another person's biodiesel fuel, as a Norwegian businessman wants to use suctioned fat to develop an alternative fuel source.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Two Swedish border officers face disciplinary measures for keeping photos of "exceptionally beautiful" women who go through their checkpoint.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- New York's commuter-railroad agency has paid more than $102,000 over four years to riders whose clothing was ripped by fabric-snagging train armrests.
TEWKESBURY, England, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Scofflaws are taking advantage of a British community's lack of parking enforcement, creating what one shop worker called a parking "free-for-all."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Gay and lesbian travelers rank San Francisco and Key West, Fla., as their prime destinations, a first-of-its-kind travel industry survey said.
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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
