LADERA RANCH, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A California toy store owner said a package bearing a false return address for his store contained a teddy bear stuffed with marijuana.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A 50-year-old Israeli man who says he likes to get a new wife every two years or so has divorced for the 11th time, court administrators say.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A Florida man who advertised his search for a mate on a billboard said he is now married -- to a woman who had never even seen his ad.
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A veteran Canadian marathon runner near Calgary, Alberta, says his New Year's resolution is to run 250 marathons, or five a week, in 2010.
PERSHORE, England, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A British woman who claims to predict the future by tossing asparagus says the coming year will see Prime Minister Gordon Brown lose his position.
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WILMETTE, Ill., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The admonition "be careful what you wish for" strikes every parent at one time or another, particularly when faced with a 5-year-old lying on the floor of a supermarket kicking and screaming for something sweet.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Some New York high school students testing DNA samples say they may have discovered a previously unknown subspecies of cockroach.
OMAHA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Omaha police said a couple who dug their car out of the snow saw their efforts wasted when a carjacker took advantage of the convenience.
PLYMOUTH, England, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A retired boat builder said he has created Britain's smallest museum in his garden shed with hundreds of maritime history pieces on display.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Scottish environmental groups are applauding railway officials for including artificial animal dens and a "newt fence" as part of a $480 million project.
ROME, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Italy's national statistics bureau said its latest study suggests nearly half of the country's under-40 population still live at home with their parents.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Organizers of Good Riddance Day in New York's Times Square said a prize will be given for the most creative -- and destructive -- goodbye to 2009.
OCKELBO, Sweden, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A Swedish man on track to accept the titles of prince and duke following his upcoming wedding has been named rural Sweden's "Hottest Hick" by a magazine.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Organizers of the Unicycle World Championships, which opened Monday in New Zealand, said 640 one-wheeled wonders from around the world registered for the event.
SUDBURY, England, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- British bingo enthusiasts said they are rallying around the game's lingo after a council banned the traditional call of "two fat ladies."
TONOPAH, Nev., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A Nevada brothel owner said she is hoping to begin offering male prostitutes for female clients by the middle of January.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Police said a series of shopping cart thefts beginning the day after Thanksgiving ended with a New York Toys 'R' Us being left without a single shopping cart.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Florida police said they arrested two men who allegedly caused $12,000 in damage to one of their rental apartments to turn it into an art gallery.
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Officials in a Canadian town said an outdoor sculpture of Vladimir Lenin and a female version of Chairman Mao Zedong is stirring debate.
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