AURORA, Ill., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Three Kane County, Ill., inmates have filed a $2 million lawsuit, claiming the jailhouse food is "distasteful and disgusting."
EDINBURGH , Scotland, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Scottish group specializing in the paranormal is calling for the country's Parliament to pardon the last person in Britain to be convicted of witchcraft.
TROMSO, Norway, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Police in Tromso, Norway, are putting the squeeze on accordion players who peddle their brand of music on city streets.
Manic Monday brings divorce deluge ... Family allegedly beats dad over iPod ... Bush pokes fun at his use of English ... Church members do away with complaining ... UPI Quirks in the News.
KINGSTON, Wash., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A 13-year-old Kingston, Wash., boy allegedly bit and kicked his 46-year-old father in the groin over an iPod, with his mother allegedly joining the fray.
MEDWAY, England, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The town of Medway in north Kent, England, tops the list of national lottery winners with nearly 1 in 6000 odds of buying a winning ticket there.
LONDON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Divorce lawyers call today D-Day -- the Monday after the holiday season when reality sets in hard, and they're deluged with calls.
'Moofing' a sign of the times … New York not getting safer for birds … Chelsea Clinton a rebel -- vegetarian … Wife mulls baby contract for husband … Watercooler stories from UPI.
Snakes chilly but safe after N.Y. crash … Hotel staff tricked by drunken act … Chicken bones led to arrest in burglary … ATM theft not easy for Missouri thieves … The world as we know it from UPI.
ROCK HILL, S.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Weeks after her purse was stolen, a 70-year-old South Carolina woman received its contents -- including irreplaceable photos -- in the mail.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- You may not know what "moofing" is, but the slang for "mobile out of office" is becoming increasingly useful in today's United States workplace.
GLADSTONE, Mo., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Clay County, Mo., have arrested a man on burglary charges based on chicken bones found at the scene of the crime.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A group of thieves in Kansas City, Mo., are likely back at the drawing board after failing miserably in their attempt to steal a cash machine.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A con man pretending to be an intoxicated guest tricked the staff at a New Zealand hotel into giving him a room key that he used to rob an entire family.
DENVER, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Colorado woman who admits to over-thinking things considered preparing for motherhood by having her husband of 19 years sign a baby contract.
CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Chelsea Clinton, whose father was once the U.S. president and whose mother is seeking the same office, rebelled in her youth by becoming a vegetarian.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A fiery traffic accident in Manhattan nearly turned into a scene from an Indiana Jones film when one of the cars turned out to be hauling dozens of snakes.
