NEWPORT, Wales, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A British lottery winner is learning that living in public housing near friends is more important than a five-bedroom mansion.
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LONDON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Classic rhymes about tigers, daffodils and a rat-catcher are being pushed aside by lighter fare in British classrooms, the country's education watchdog said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Larger cars, more dependable schedules and better communication from employees are among the changes New Yorkers say they would like to make to the subway.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may want to rethink his ride after his 2001 Lexus was boosted for the second time in about a year.
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The impregnation of an elephant in a U.S. zoo with semen from an elephant at a Canadian zoo is still on, despite a group's saying the semen is bad.
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- If jail time or fines don't deter littering, perhaps marching around the streets decked out in a sandwich board will, officials in one Ohio village say.
MARSKE BY-THE-SEA, England, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A British driving instructor who secreted a carrot in his pants to give female students the idea he was sexually aroused was sentenced to 18 months in jail.
PATNA , India, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A judge in India has put out a call for two Hindu gods to "appear before the court personally" to help find an answer to a property dispute.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A West Virginia woman was critically injured when a gun went off while she was trying to retrieve something from under a bed.
BOSTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A statue of Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight champion known as the Brockton Blockbuster, will go to his native city in Massachusetts.
ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Salvation Army bell ringer working outside an Indiana Wal-Mart allegedly used his break to steal Christmas tree ornaments from the store.
RAYMOND, N.H., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain played hard ball politics while campaigning in New Hampshire when Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling joined him.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The toll-free hotline number released Thursday during U.S. President George Bush's news conference about mortgage relief was wrong.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Lawyers are among the worst behaved Christmas celebration guests, the British magazine Legal Business found in its 2007 Christmas Quiz.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The drummer for the British rock band The Police has apologized for remarks implying the president of Argentina is more attractive than the leader of Chile.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Police say thieves who took nine guns from a Jacksonville Beach, Fla., home used a large doggie door to enter the residence.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies in Marion County, Fla., were investigating a kindergarten student who allegedly claimed to have brought a bomb into his school.
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
