LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A British property developer has banned cats and dogs on an estate 1 mile from a heathland that is home to several endangered bird species, officials said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Swedish cellphone users were busy on Christmas Eve, sending more than 76 million text message greetings to set a record, phone company officials said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A female judge in Alabama, concerned about court security cutbacks, says she is keeping both a gun and pepper spray next to her gavel.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Facebook is using gastronomy to lure top tech workers its way in a battle of perks that's been waged since the 1950s, U.S. corporate culture experts say.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A former Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard says he was ordained in San Diego so he could serve the nation's largest black denomination.
SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Florida Keys family says it had a "white Christmas" after winning a contest to have 20 tons of crushed ice deposited on their beach.
OAMISHIRASATO, Japan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of dead anchovies have created a nasty stink on the Kujukuri-hama coast of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, officials said.
KINGSTHORPE, England, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A British thief whose repeat crimes caused a store to tighten security on its Marmite was convicted of shoplifting and sentenced to 12 months probation.
DURHAM, N.H., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Students who engage heavily in social networking do just as well academically as students who are less interested in keeping in touch, U.S. researcher say.
FRANKLIN, Tenn., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A pair of Waffle House waitresses in Tennessee said four men who ordered only coffee left them a $400 Christmas gift to share.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Police said a suspected serial burglar was arrested in New York after he used an Xbox taken during one of his alleged crimes to play games online.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- An Illinois zoo said its second annual fundraiser involving jewelry made from reindeer droppings raised $20,884 during the holiday season.
AVON, Colo., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A Colorado church said its annual live nativity scene was nearly ruined when a pair of donkeys, apparently startled by a snow plow, made a run for freedom.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Louisville Zoo officials said one of the Kentucky animal park's gorillas, Mia Mojo, is pregnant and due to give birth in 2010.
CARTHAGE, Mo., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The Missouri Highway Patrol said a trooper found about 20 pounds of marijuana in wrapped Christmas gifts and luggage inside a vehicle.
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GREAT FALLS, Minn., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A Texas woman who lost her $6,000 wedding ring while working at her mother's Montana massage booth said a humble stranger returned the jewel.
DALLAS, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A Dallas man who set up a man-seeking Christmas scene in his female friends' yard with a 16-foot-tall ship said the prank was the latest in a long tradition.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- An anonymous Vietnam veteran donated a Disney honeymoon to a stranded serviceman who missed his Orlando, Fla., wedding, the bride said.
Frenchman Arnaud Clement hits a shot during his French Open mens first round match against Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. at Roland Garros in Paris on May 28, 2012. Clement defeated Bogomolov when the match was retired at 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 5-4. UPI/David Silpa
