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PORT ANGELES, Wash., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Washington state surrounded an apartment building after a 911 call about a man brandishing a rifle, which turned out to be a realistic fake.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Christmas and New Year holidays are the hardest time to be single, harder even than Valentine's Day, a poll of a U.S. Catholic online community says.

RIMROCK, Ariz., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Arizona said they arrested a man who allegedly cut his girlfriend's finger with a sword while holding her and his mother hostage.

NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in New Hampshire said they arrested a former auto dealership employee for allegedly tampering with the business' computer to alter prices.

SPRING VALLEY, Wis., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Experts said animal tracks discovered in Wisconsin could belong to a cougar seen wandering recently in Minnesota.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Iowa said they are on the lookout for a man with giant screwdrivers believed to be behind a number of vending machine thefts.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture said it ordered the state Capitol to shut down its cafeteria due to a rodent infestation and other violations.

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ATLANTA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Atlanta said a bank robber explained to a teller that he was behind on mortgage payments and wished the worker a "Merry Christmas."

FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Two friends who discovered a newborn girl in front of a Virginia townhouse when they were teenagers said the girl contacted them 20 years later.

LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in London released images of 10 alleged "hugger muggers" targeting Christmas shoppers and party-goers in the Westminster area.

KILKENNY, Ireland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Irish historians said the remains of St. Nicholas of Myra, the 4th century inspiration for Santa Claus, are believed to be buried in the city of Kilkenny.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A New Zealand church said its controversial Christmas season billboard depicting Joseph in bed with Mary was defaced with brown paint.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Officials with a Swedish bank said they are "really sorry" about a Web address for a porn site that appeared in the institution's children's magazine.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Swedish lawmaker has apologized for shedding clothing and making sexual advances toward a colleague while drunk at a parliament Christmas party.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Michigan's Plymouth Ice Festival was picked by a California-based tourism Web site to top its list of "Five Great Ice Festivals Around the World."

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