WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Those with a fetish for leather and motorcycles will in Washington the weekend before President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, convention organizers say.
HILLSBORO, Texas, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The son of 1950s rock 'n' roll pioneer J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson says he intends to auction his father's casket, which is on display in Texas, on eBay.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in Arizona said Indy Car racer Danica Patrick was pulled over for the activity she usually gets paid for -- speeding.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A former city commissioner in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said someone stole his bike after he left it to check on two drivers involved in a traffic collision.
ILKESTON, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Tesco supermarket in Ilkeston, England, is already selling Easter products more than four months before the holiday, shoppers said.
FRINTON, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A British man said his wife's guide dog ripped up more than $350 worth of banknotes that had been collected for charity.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A British research scientist said a leap second would be tacked on to the end of 2008 to correct for eccentricities in the Earth's rotation.
LIFTON, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The British owner of an escaped 84-pound beaver said trees believed to have been felled by the animal have been found 20 miles away from its former home.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Michigan university has released its 34th annual list of words and phrases ripe for banishment from the English language, including "green" and "maverick."
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A mixed-race couple in Britain for the second time find themselves parents of twin girls -- one born with light skin and one with dark skin.
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Dayton, Ohio, man was expected to recover from injuries suffered when his fiancee hit him with her car while searching for a dropped cell phone.
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TROUTDALE , Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Authorities in Oregon said a nude man who attacked an elderly woman in her home fled after the victim squeezed his crotch.
DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Election judge Shirley Graham said she was surprised to learn her absentee ballot was blocked from being added to the U.S. Senate recount in Minnesota.
DETROIT, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A trio of Detroit cab drivers say they took it pretty well after being stiffed by a passenger who asked them to drive him to Washington.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A car connoisseur from Seattle learned too late that a 1919 Turcat-Mery he purchased in France is considered a national treasure.
HOUSTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A would-be treasure hunter believes he has found a sunken boat carrying a fortune in gold on a ranch in South Texas and argues it is in a navigable waterway.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A member of a New York health club says in a lawsuit that the exercise club is liable for a clash last year between two people during a spin class.
OCONOMOWOC, Wis., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin man who helped establish a shuttle program to keep drunken drivers off the road is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, documents show.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Inspired by the 25-foot Snowzilla, the organizer of the Fur Rendezvous festival in Anchorage, Alaska, is planning to build his own giant snowman.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic
