STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Protests from women soldiers prompted Swedish military leaders to amputate the penis of a heraldic lion on the Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms.
LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tax officials have egg on their faces for failing to distinguish teacakes from biscuits -- potentially costing the British treasury $7 million.
PORT LINCOLN, Australia, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Sorry Charlie, but organizers of the Port Lincoln Tunarama festival in South Australia will be using faux, not frozen, tuna at next year's tuna toss
LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Many women already know what a British study reported Friday -- juggling job and family means moms work an equivalent of an extra 120 hours a year.
OTTAWA, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- That ruddy complexion on some parents' faces in Ottawa wasn't from chilly temps or warm holiday feelings -- it was from blue-language in letters from Santa.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Two U.S. research companies created lists of Christmas songs ranging from favorites -- "White Christmas" -- to hated -- the dogs that bark out "Jingle Bells."
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NOVI, Mich., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. product warning label on a small tractor intoning "Danger: Avoid Death" has won an annual wacky warning label contest.
TORQUAY, Australia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A second witness has surfaced to support the tale of an Australian man who claims to have seen a shark attack a kangaroo.
WOODSTOCK, Ill., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A school superintendent in Illinois says an elementary school's holiday program has been postponed because of a head lice outbreak.
DRESDEN, Germany, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A German chef has sparked controversy in Dresden, Germany, by claiming the city's signature Christmas cake, the Dresdner stollen, was invented elsewhere.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Two Chicago aldermen are calling for fines of up to $1,000 and jail sentences of up to six months for people who feed the city's pigeons.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Five women in Youngstown, Ohio, have purchased billboard space for a message about saying "Merry Christmas" that purports to be from Jesus himself.
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English comedian and actor Ricky Gervais attends the "Arqiva British Academy Television Awards" at The Royal Festival Hall in London on May 27, 2012. UPI/Paul Treadway
