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ORANGE, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Officials in Orange, Calif., say it will cost up to $19,000 to fix a fountain broken during Chapman University students' unofficial Undie Run event.

MERRIMACK , N.H., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A New Hampshire couple said they refused to let an ice storm and a power outage at their reception hall postpone the wedding they had spent a year planning.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Florida father said his daughter was accused of selling drugs at school after she shared some Halls Defense Vitamin C cough drops with friends.

BREA, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Southern California man says he took on city hall and the federal government to exile Salvation Army bell ringers from his local post office.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A 59-year-old woman in Green Township, Ohio, says she is extremely relieved to have her three-legged cat, Hope, back home after seven weeks.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A middle school student in Charlotte, N.C., returned to his school after a spelling bee to find a congratulatory sign filled with misspellings, his dad says.

READING, Pa., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania police said they arrested two men suspected of stealing a brass angel statue, cutting it up and selling the pieces as scrap.

SEATTLE, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Seattle restaurant says a ship that has been parked at the Port of Seattle since October is ruining what was once a view attractive to customers.

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Police said a man who demanded money from a San Antonio McDonald's cashier got only laughs -- the employee did not realize it was a robbery.

NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An Ohio police chief said photos of local sex offenders are adorning his department's Christmas tree as a way of identifying them to the public.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A California family has started the campaign of their preferred candidate to replace Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- a deaf 14-year-old border collie.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A New York Santa Claus said the city sent him a summons for double-parking while handing out gifts to children.

NEWTON, Mass., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An Iraq war veteran serving as a Massachusetts firefighter says he has been ordered to repaint the red, white and blue helmet he wore to "show my patriotism.".

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. fast-food chain Burger King has made the jump from taste to scent with a fragrance marketed as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat."

DELANO, Nev., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Nevada woman who returned from a California trip with 27 dogs scheduled to die said she found new homes for 20 of them in just one day.