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CHALFORD HILL, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British lobbying group has criticized a fire department for spending six hours on the rescue of a pet duck trapped in a pond's overflow pipe.

WOOLSTON, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British woman said she was followed home by an off-duty police officer who overheard her yelling at her children and later received a warning.

SUNDERLAND, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British couple are appealing their conviction for breaching a noise abatement notice related to their loud lovemaking sessions.

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The San Diego high school class that inspired the 1982 film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" returned for a reunion with differing opinions on the film's realism.

HENDERSON, Nev., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials and locals in Henderson, Nev., said a Google Maps error incorrectly identifies the area where their town should be as "Rochester."

HOLLAND, Mich., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Michigan said a 79-year-old man suffered cuts, abrasions and burns when he attempted to destroy old fireworks in a backyard fire pit.

MEMPHIS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Memphis inventor of a popular bed bug tracker said the idea came to her while examining the underside of a dog food bowl.

MAPLE VALLEY, Wash., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Washington state man celebrated his 80th birthday with his favorite activity, a game of pickup basketball with men decades younger than him.

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials at the University of California-Berkeley said volunteer students and staff rolled a record-setting 330-foot California sushi roll.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British researcher said his study indicates using swear words increases a person's tolerance for pain.

PALM BAY, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a graffiti artist left an apology -- not for the crime of vandalism, but for an artistic infraction: "Ran out of purple."

EAST LAKE, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said sheriff's deputies investigating a suspected home intruder discovered a deer thrashing around the inside of a house.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A New York supermarket clerk is suing a deli owner for $5 million because of a bite he allegedly received from the defendant's cat, the clerk's lawyer said.

CURITIBA, Brazil, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Stunned relatives tried to jump out a window when a man presumed dead showed up at his own funeral in southern Brazil, officials said.

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