ABERDEEN, Scotland, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A 55-year-old retired Scottish bachelor spent four days trapped in a cold men's washroom at an Aberdeen lawn bowling club because no one knew he was missing.
HARTSVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A cave northeast of Nashville customized to be an underground marijuana farm has been sold at auction to a cheese-making company from Wisconsin.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A northwestern Michigan man has learned large wild turkeys can fly after one crashed through a third-story window of his house at high speed.
Woman, 94, quits driving with clean record ... NASA ordered to search for UFO data ... France confirms its hospitality is poor ... Quest for no-parachute jumping evolves ... Watercooler stories from UPI.
Kid hits button, foams airport hanger ... Sacramento works to solve parking problems ... Protection in stores for the holidays ... Jets fans lose breast-baring tradition ... The world as we know it from UPI.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A curious kid just couldn't resist temptation and hit an emergency button that triggered a sea of fire suppression foam at a Philadelphia airport hangar.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Sacramento city officials have set up backward parking spaces and eliminated coin operated meters in an attempt to clear up congested streets.
Nun takes direct approach to stop cursing … Sensor fabric could benefit bra makers … Mountain lion ruins hot tub session … Novelty items defused for British troops ... UPI Quirks in the News.
PHOENIX, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Former Arizona major league pitcher Mark Littell may not stand on the mound any longer, but he's developed a new product for intimate safety.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Numerous security guards and East Rutherford, N. J., police put a damper on the breast-baring "Gate D party" at the most recent New York Jets NFL game.
DETROIT, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A Michigan nun stunned her students by telling them they were no longer allowed to say swear words, then saying the words so they would know what she meant.
WOLLONGONG , Australia, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Researchers at Australia's University of Wollongong said they have developed an "intelligent fabric" that could lead to the production of more comfortable bras.
LONDON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The British Forces Post Office ordered that 650 Christmas crackers -- novelty items that make a popping sound -- be defused before going to the military.
KECKSBURG, Pa., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been ordered to turn over records related to an alleged Pennsylvania UFO sighting in 1965.
DEADWOOD, S.D., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A South Dakota woman eased into her outdoor hot tub and cornered a mountain lion crouching less than a foot from her head.
PARIS, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A French hospitality trade watchdog said many of the country's hotels, cafes and restaurants offer poor hospitality and are run down.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Borrowing technology from flying squirrels, a California man was raising funds so he can leap from a helicopter without a parachute and survive the landing.
New hoodies worry police … Texas inmates alluring to European women … Charity seeks bell ringers … Carolers banned in Philippines' capital … Watercooler stories from UPI.
Pittsburgh merchants love free parking … Pet gifts fly off store shelves … Ticketed parrot focus of Greek legal fight … No more special barbeque for elder Bush … The world as we know it from UPI.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The first auction held in New York since Prohibition came with one eye-popping sale, a 1926 bottle of whiskey that sold for $56,000.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
