HOLON, Israel, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Israeli police officers on scooters, in patrol cars and on foot gave chase when a pony was reported galloping in the streets of Holon, authorities said.
BOOT RANCH, Fla., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Workers at a Florida grocery store said a deer that ran into the store for some last-minute Christmas shopping was released back into the wild.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. tech experts say Santa Claus has been keeping up with trends, communicating with kids via Twitter, text messages and Google Maps.
NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A Kentucky parolee told a judge he robbed an Indiana bank because he had been influenced by a serial robber he had seen on the news.
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COMMACK, N.Y., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A New York state woman said she wants her 10-year-old daughter's school to apologize for suspending the girl for bringing peppermint oil to class.
THOMSON, Ga., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Police in Georgia said they arrested a man who bungled his revenge scheme against an ex-girlfriend by tossing a Molotov cocktail into the wrong house.
HOUSTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport said a flight to Ohio was delayed by a group of otters that escaped from cages in the cargo hold.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies in Florida said a carjacker used a cellphone left in a stolen vehicle to call the owner and offer to sell it back.
KERRVILLE, Texas, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A woman in Texas who has made numerous unnecessary 911 calls was arrested for using the emergency line because her husband wouldn't eat, police said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he was lost in the moment Thursday when he briefly voted "no" for the healthcare bill he led through the U.S. Senate.
PICKERING, Ontario, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A 10-month-old billing dispute between a Toronto-area woman and a trash bin rental company got personal when her driveway was blocked with a full garbage bin.
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SPRING HILL, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Florida woman said her cat is recovering after it ran away, was hit by a car and spent days dragging itself home with two broken hind legs.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Airline Virgin America said it has postponed plans to fly a group of Chihuahuas in need of homes from San Francisco to New York until next year.
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A California woman is imploring thieves to return of a 300-pound fiberglass hippopotamus taken from her yard.
MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- An Indiana fifth-grader is in hot water with his grandparents for taking $10,331 from a safe and attempting to distribute it to classmates, authorities said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A New York court set phasers to disappointment for a "Star Trek" fan whose lawsuit against an auction house alleged the sale of "bogus" memorabilia.
SMITHFIELD, R.I., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A chef at a Rhode Island sportsman's club said he has earned the nickname "Roadkill" due to his signature dish -- venison from the side of the road.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Authorities in New York said they arrested a man who attempted to smuggle 16 rare Arowana fish into the country after a trip to Malaysia.
