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Are we overprogramming our children? I thought of it, although certainly not for the first time, after reading an article last week in the Times of London about a schoolmistress' plea to parents to let their children just be children.
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CHALFORD HILL, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British lobbying group has criticized a fire department for spending six hours on the rescue of a pet duck trapped in a pond's overflow pipe.
WOOLSTON, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British woman said she was followed home by an off-duty police officer who overheard her yelling at her children and later received a warning.
SUNDERLAND, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British couple are appealing their conviction for breaching a noise abatement notice related to their loud lovemaking sessions.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The San Diego high school class that inspired the 1982 film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" returned for a reunion with differing opinions on the film's realism.
HENDERSON, Nev., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials and locals in Henderson, Nev., said a Google Maps error incorrectly identifies the area where their town should be as "Rochester."
HOLLAND, Mich., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Michigan said a 79-year-old man suffered cuts, abrasions and burns when he attempted to destroy old fireworks in a backyard fire pit.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Memphis inventor of a popular bed bug tracker said the idea came to her while examining the underside of a dog food bowl.
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Washington state man celebrated his 80th birthday with his favorite activity, a game of pickup basketball with men decades younger than him.
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials at the University of California-Berkeley said volunteer students and staff rolled a record-setting 330-foot California sushi roll.
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British researcher said his study indicates using swear words increases a person's tolerance for pain.
PALM BAY, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a graffiti artist left an apology -- not for the crime of vandalism, but for an artistic infraction: "Ran out of purple."
EAST LAKE, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said sheriff's deputies investigating a suspected home intruder discovered a deer thrashing around the inside of a house.
NYC man wants $5 million for cat bite … Atlanta bus driver suspended, led prayers … Accused bigamist says he didn't say 'I do' … Black students told to act like slaves … Watercooler stories from UPI.
'Dead' man attends own funeral … Mayor, 92, wins fifth term … Oregon man has pot stolen, gets arrested … Rare bottle of whiskey stolen … The world as we know it from UPI.