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ATLANTA, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- An Atlanta bus driver was suspended for insisting his passengers join him in a prayer, his employer says.

SALEM, Ore., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- An Oregon man who listed a bag of pot among the items stolen from his truck wound up with a drunken-driving citation and, presumably, a hangover.

DETROIT, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A married Detroit man says he can't be accused of bigamy because he didn't say "I do" in a marriage ceremony to a second woman.

WESTON, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A man and woman working in tandem stole a $3,500 commemorative bottle of whiskey from a liquor store in Weston, Fla., police said.

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BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida man has been charged with faking the trapping of a 14-foot Burmese python he had actually purchased from a dealer.

SWANSEA, Wales, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- An alleged burglar wanted by Welsh authorities sent a newspaper a picture of himself because he didn't like the mug shot it published.

POOLE, England, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A British woman whose family was spied on by a local council using defense laws is taking officials to court.

NORTH TAWTON, England, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The facade of a British church featured in a popular TV series and many of the churchyard's gravestones were vandalized by a trio of teenagers, police say.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Tennessee said a woman arrested and charged for a second time with abusing the 911 system was calling because a man refused to marry her.

WAXHAW, N.C., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Parents and teachers at a North Carolina school are protesting a history lesson that involved African-American students pretending to be slaves.

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A sex toy study being conducted by Duke University in North Carolina is being criticized by a religious leader.

YPSILANTI, Mich., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Michigan said a pumpkin thrown from an overpass broke through a man's windshield and struck him on the head.

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