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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Southern California man faces charges he counterfeited registration tags for license plates.

MADRID, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Porsche 911 owned by a soccer player with a Spanish premier league team was damaged by a parking valet who used it for a short -- and expensive -- joyride.

LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- London's top sommeliers underwent blind taste tests of water, and ranked tap water third among a number of rivals that cost up to $100 a bottle.

MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A floppy rubber sandal left behind was used as evidence to arrest a Melbourne, Fla., man who police allege crashed his truck into a house and fled.

Sweden rejects female road sign … 20 million sexless marriages … Sinful snacks banned from school parties … Border agents stop tree ‘elf’… Watercooler stories from UPI.

Surprised 92-year-old reads own obit … Deer gets trapped in basement … Woman sits in blazing car …IVF gorilla celebrates 1st birthday … The world as we know it from UPI.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 17, 2007.

NASHVILLE, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Archaeologists and historians dug in a Nashville yard for four hours before calling off a hunt for the body of a man President Andrew Jackson killed in a duel.

BANGOR, Maine, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Some people like to see their name in the newspaper, but Anne E. Hathaway of Bangor, Maine, was more surprised than pleased to find her own obituary in print.

PHILADEPHIA, Pa., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- No people -- only toys -- were hurt when a Philadelphia Toys "R" Us caught fire just 10 days before Christmas.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- For $10,000 per year, busy New York Jews can keep a rabbi on call to meet with them anywhere and almost any time.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The age-old tradition of bringing cupcakes to school for holiday parties is becoming the latest casualty of the drive for better nutrition in schools.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A woman got quite a surprise when she went to check on her Michigan vacation home and found a young deer trapped inside.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A distracted driver in Chicago was unaware her car was on fire as she sat inside it talking on the phone.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- About 20 million U.S. marriages are believed to be sexless, according to a new survey.