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Teacher sells ad space on tests … Search on for pair of escaped emus … Boeing jumbo jet becomes hostel … Capitol visitors will be seen, not smelled … UPI Quirks in the News.
NORAD gears up for Santa Claus tracking
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command says it is again preparing to track Santa Claus live from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.
Lewinsky comparison grounds for libel
ROME, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Comparing a woman to Monica Lewinsky is an egregious enough offense to be grounds for libel, Italy's high court says.
Capitol visitors will be seen, not smelled
Capitol visitors will be seen, not smelled
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The new U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is a gift for tourists needing relief from the weather and offers respite for lawmakers' noses, a congressional leader says.
Teacher sells ad space on tests
RANCHO BERNARDO, Calif., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A Southern California calculus teacher says he's selling ad space on his test papers to make up for a cut in his supply budget.
Boeing jumbo jet becomes hostel
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A Stockholm hotel owner has transformed an old Boeing 747 into a hostel for use near Arlanda airport.
Dead tree returns as holiday elf
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A Downers Grove, Ill., man says he dresses a dead tree in his yard with costumes of the season to make people smile.
'Change' judged top word of 2008
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- "Change" was the English word used most often in the world's media and on the Internet in 2008, and Barack Obama was the top name, U.S. researchers say.
Search on for pair of escaped emus
HARROW, Ontario, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The Canadian owner of two escaped and mischievous emus in rural southwestern Ontario is hoping the big birds will return home as temperatures get colder.
Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
Complaints follow semi-nude Hitler ads ... Bull named Britain's biggest ... Store: Tree-in-a-Box takes only 2 minutes ... Police say teen swallowed stolen earrings ... The world as we know it from UPI.
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300-pound safe stolen from shopping mall ... Men pose nude for library calendar ... Sperm donor fathers 46 children ... Prison: Visitor's false leg had tear gas ... Watercooler stories from UPI.
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UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008.
Complaints follow semi-nude Hitler ads
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Belgian TV network has been criticized after advertisements for a travel-themed show depicted the host as a scantily clad Adolf Hitler.
Bull named Britain's biggest
ALSTONE, England, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A steer in Alstone, England, has been named Britain's heaviest bull after weighing in at more than 3,500 pounds during a charity weight-guessing contest.
Store: Tree-in-a-Box takes only 2 minutes
LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Christmas-themed British online store says a $140 "ultimate lazy tree" it sells can be set up and decorated in only 2 minutes.
Police say teen swallowed stolen earrings
NAPLES, Fla., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Police accuse a Florida teenager of stealing a pair of earrings from a JCPenney store and attempting to hide the evidence by swallowing it.
300-pound safe stolen from shopping mall
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Richmond, Va., say employees of a KB Toys store inside a shopping mall arrived for work to find a 300-pound safe had been stolen.
Men pose nude for library calendar
BARRE, Mass., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The creators of a calendar featuring nude men from Barre, Mass., said 80 locals -- some as old as 90 -- posed to raise money for the local library.
Sperm donor fathers 46 children
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Dutchman known as Europe's most committed sperm donor says he's fathered 46 children and is willing to keep at it.
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