NETCONG, N.J., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man who had a good night at the casino and a stressful next day when he lost his wallet said it was found and returned by a recycling collector.
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Gray squirrels gobbling up outdoor LED Christmas lights are confounding officials in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Texas woman said she celebrated the airport reunions and goodbyes of her long distance relationship by surprising her boyfriend with an airport wedding.
SEMINOLE, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- John "Jack" Essenburg of Holland, Mich., said he and his wife, Ella, reached their 76th wedding anniversary thanks to two words: "Yes, dear."
GAVLE, Sweden, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Officials in a Swedish city said arsonists carried on an illegal tradition by setting the city's straw Christmas goat on fire.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- I never got truly excited about the Christmas season until I started a family, and then I had a nice long run of genuine enthusiasm.
PHOENIX, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A group of people calling themselves Secret Santas have handed out tens of thousands of dollars in $100 bills around Phoenix in recent days, organizers said.
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WARREN, Mich., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Michigan said a man with a 5-inch knife lodged in his chest walked into a restaurant, called 911, ordered coffee and sat down to wait for paramedics.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Virginia world record holder said he is working on expanding the world's longest gum wrapper chain and campaigning for Guinness' top stunt of the decade.
MOREHEAD, Ky., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Kentucky police said they arrested a father-son duo of alleged lizard thieves who investigators said tried to sell the reptile to a pawn shop for liquor money.
BOSTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Boston city officials have expressed outrage at scalpers selling originally free tickets for ice skating at Fenway Park for exorbitant prices online.
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ten people at an Ohio laundromat said a pair of anonymous good Samaritans dropped by and gave them each a Christmas card containing $100.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in Ohio said a woman narrowly evaded injury Tuesday morning when lumber and concrete reinforcing rod fell from a truck and smashed through her car.
ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Georgia said a customer angry about not being able to return items to a beauty shop smashed more than $1,000 worth of perfume bottles.
BOSTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Boston mother said her frustration at her 14-year-old son's late night video game playing led her to call police emergency for help in speaking to him.
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman in Saskatchewan says she's distressed an eighth Christmas will pass with no word from her globe-trotting wooden nutcracker named Pepe.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Indianapolis said they arrested a 19-year-old woman for public intoxication, possession of alcohol by a minor and battery of Santa Claus.
LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A London scientist has authored a paper arguing angels as classically depicted, mostly-human forms with wings, would be unable to fly.
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine got a string of celebrity calls Tuesday to his radio show, headlined by Barry from D.C., better known as President Barack Obama.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Florida transportation officials said pranksters hacked two programmable traffic signs in Gainesville with hoax messages about a zombie attack.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, joined by Rose Mary Sabo-Brown participate in a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC, on May 28, 2012. UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar/Pool
