Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Trump offers 'official' birth certificate NEW YORK, March 29 (UPI) -- Real estate magnate and U.S. reality television host Donald Trump Tuesday produced a grainy microfilm reproduction of his New York City birth certificate. Advertisement The image of his New York birth certification was released to ABC News a day after political pundits noted the birth document "the Donald" produced Monday from a hospital in Queens was apparently less than official. Trump made news this month when he questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States, apparently joining the so-called birther argument that Obama may not legally be eligible to hold the presidency. Trump, who has said he is considering a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, repeated his doubts about Obama's birthplace last week during an appearance on "The View" and was challenged by View co-host Whoopie Goldberg. Politico said a Trump aide told ABC a birth certificate and a certificate of birth are not the same -- even though the wording on both documents may be the same. Advertisement Trump told Fox News he's "really concerned" Obama hasn't released his birth certificate, although Obama's certificate of live birth in Hawaii was posted on his campaign's Web site in 2008, as well as birth announcements published in newspapers, The Christian Science Monitor said. The Monitor jokingly noted Trump's mother was born in Scotland and that his corporate jet plane is registered in the Bahamas. "Have you ever met Trump? No you haven't," the newspaper said. "You've seen him as an assemblage of glowing pixels on a screen. That proves nothing. Homer Simpson is made up of pixels too." Messy wrestling frowned on in Florida LEESBURG, Fla., March 29 (UPI) -- The mayor of Leesburg, Fla., say there's no room for Jell-O or pudding wrestling matches in his town. Some city officials expressed a desire to ban the messy grappling events after hearing Bikefest vendors intended to sell alcohol at matches during the annual motorcyclists gathering, but the City Council took no action at its meeting Monday night, WFTV-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported. "We have had some odd events take place in the past. It's simply not the kind of event we want to have at the Leesburg Bikefest," Mayor David Knowles said. Advertisement "It may be an adult event, but it's not an X-rated adult event." The City Council discussed the proposed ban on wrestling in gelatin and pudding, but didn't take a vote, WFTV said. Bikefest starts a week from Friday. Children chase down Florida purse thief DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 29 (UPI) -- Florida police say a woman accused of stealing a purse was arrested and charged with grand theft after two children of the purse's owner chased her down. Angel Baldwin, 12, and his sister Carina Baldwin, 10, allegedly witnessed Ashley Turner steal their mother's purse near the Daytona Beach pier Sunday, police said. The siblings took off after Turner, chasing her across the beach. "I kept saying give me my mom's purse back, and she kept saying 'I have no idea what you're talking about,'" Angel Baldwin told Orlando's WFTV. There were also two men with Turner, police said. "He said you are lucky you are a little kid or I would mess you up," Angel said one of the men told him. The children kept running and Carina chased Turner into the bathroom of a nearby store, where the suspect left the purse and ran. Police caught up with Turner and arrested her, but said they didn't have enough evidence to charge the two men seen with Turner. Advertisement "I'm very proud of them, but I did have a stern talk with them never to do this again ... . Next time you call for help!" said the children's mother Angela Baldwin. Unhappy returns! Thief steals tax files ORLANDO, Fla., March 29 (UPI) -- Police in Orlando, Fla., are investigating an auto break-in in which the thief or thieves reportedly made off with $1 million worth of items, authorities said. It wasn't the Bose speakers or the checkbook or credit cards or phones or computer hardware that Griff Griffith identified as the big-ticket item pinched from his Dodge Charger -- it was the electronic tax files Griffith says were worth $1 million alone, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday. The police report indicated the total value of the stolen items was $1,011,554. Griffith, 52, of Oregon told police the thief punched out the lock and stole the items while he was at Orlando's Mall at Millenia during the weekend. Because he uses a keyless remote to enter his vehicle, he said he didn't notice anything awry until he left the mall.
