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Brazilian man interrupts own funeral

ALAGOINHAS, Brazil, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A Brazilian family said they did not realize a body had been misidentified as a family member until the "dead" man interrupted his own funeral.

The family of Gilberto Araujo, 41, of Alagoinhas, said they had not seen the car washer for four months when they misidentified the body of a similar-looking man as their family member Sunday, G1 reported Tuesday.

Araujo said he learned about Monday's funeral plans from an acquaintance and called a friend who was attending the service, but the mourners refused to believe he was still alive until he showed up in person and interrupted the ceremony.

Araujo's brother said the family does not see him very often and he is often found living in different places, so they had no reason to believe the body was not Araujo.

The body has been returned to police, who are trying to determine the dead man's true identity.

Deer jumps into motel room, wakes couple

LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Police in Pennsylvania said a deer jumped through a window into a motel room and shocked a sleeping couple.

Law enforcement officers were called to the Econo Lodge in Lancaster around 11:45 p.m. Saturday after a report of a deer in a motel room, WGAL-TV, Lancaster, reported Tuesday.

The officers said they arrived to find the deer, which was bleeding from broken glass in the shattered window, bouncing off the walls of the room. They said the animal jumped back out the window, was struck by a vehicle and disappeared into a corn field.

Police said the couple had locked themselves in the bathroom and were not injured.

Shortchanged robber comes back for cash

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Police in New York state said they arrested a bank robber who returned to the scene of the crime because he didn't get enough cash.

Syracuse police said Arthur Bundrage, 28, entered the Alliance Bank around 9 a.m. Monday and demanded a teller hand over $20,000 cash, The (Syracuse) Post-Standard reported Tuesday.

Investigators said the teller initially refused the demands, but eventually handed over an undisclosed amount of cash.

However, the amount was less than the $20,000 demanded by Bundrage, and he returned to the bank while officers were on the scene investigating the theft. He was taken into custody without incident and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.

Poll: Voters chose Obama for burger buddy

DENVER, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Denver fast food chain Smashburger said its poll indicates U.S. adults would rather have a burger with President Barack Obama than Mitt Romney.

Smashburger said the online poll of 2,094 adults, conducted Oct. 11-15 by Harris Interactive, found 59 percent of respondents would rather have a burger with the Democratic president than the Republican challenger, with 64 percent of voters between the ages of 18 and 34 choosing Obama and 54 percent of voters more than 55 giving the same response.

The survey also asked respondents with which former president they would most like to enjoy a burger and 22 percent chose Bill Clinton while 15 percent picked Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy and Ronald Regan each received burger date interest from 14 percent of respondents and Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt each received 5 percent. Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush were each picked by 4 percent of respondents as ideal presidential burger buddies.