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Injury faker caught on tape, arrested

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A New York City woman has been arrested for allegedly faking an injury after a light pole knocked down by a truck missed her, police said.

Sherin Brown, 23, was walking on a Brooklyn borough street Friday when an out-of-control truck hit the pole, which fell but did not hit Brown, the New York Post reported Sunday.

As police responded to the accident scene, a surveillance camera allegedly caught Brown, unharmed, lying down on the ground near the felled light fixture and telling responding officers she was injured, the newspaper said.

Taken to a hospital for examination, she was arrested after police viewed the surveillance tape.

Brown faces a Class A misdemeanor charge for falsely reporting an emergency, the Post said.

It's Shakespeare -- in Klingon

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- In the United States, where many people can't speak English properly, a Washington acting troupe says it will perform Shakespeare in Klingon.

During its annual benefit Sept. 25, the Washington Shakespeare Company in Arlington, Va., will perform selections from "Hamlet" and "Much Ado About Nothing" in both English and the language invented for Klingon characters of the Star Trek films, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

The effort was inspired by a line spoken by English actor David Warner in "Star Trek VI," in which his Klingon character declares, "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon."

The company will speak the verse in both English and Klingon with the lines in iambic pentameter. A group in Pennsylvania calling itself the Klingon Language Institute is responsible for the translations, the Post said.

"It kind of fits into our company identity, of trying to breathe some fresh air into the classics, of doing something really, really different with them," the company's artistic director, Christopher Henley, said. "It seems a way to say that we're not as reverent as other companies in town."

Government to sell White House replica

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Federal regulators are selling a 13,000-square-foot replica of the White House in Lawrenceville, Ga., that includes a drive-through window.

The southern White House wannabe, formerly a bank, is being sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which takes over failed banks, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday.

Real estate agent David Walmsley of Robert S. Jordan Co., said, "It's probably not for everyone, but I don't think we'll have a shortage of interest in the site."

It may be a step down from the actual White House, he admitted. "There's no bowling alley; there's no Lincoln bedroom," Walmsley said.

The former bank sits in a commercial district, which means it will likely attract a business that "wants to project a patriotic image," he said.

Country roots nurture 77-year partnership

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A nonagenarian Texan couple, Elsie and Lloyd Hill, credit their 77-year marriage to "a lot of understanding, lot of love and a lot of prayers."

The couple, who met at Elsie Bell's 15th birthday dance in 1932 in Arkansas, celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary Friday at their San Antonio home, the Express-News reported. They are both now 94.

When they wed in 1933, gas was 10 cents a gallon and "King Kong" reigned at the box office.

Their marriage spanned the Great Depression, wartime service, long separations during Lloyd's 22-year military career, deaths of loved ones and decades of technological transformation.

They grew up on farms without electricity or refrigerators. When fall came, they killed a hog, salted the meat and ate pork all winter.

"The funny thing is how happy we were at that time," Elsie Hill said. "Everybody was living the same way."

Their family of three children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren will hold a party in their honor Sept. 5.