SPRINGFIELD, Ore., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A 25-year-old bartender in Oregon says she lucked out this week when one of two Keno tickets a patron gave her as a tip paid off to the tune of $17,500.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- WestJet airline employees at the Vancouver International Airport in Canada were searching for a missing cat that fell out of its carrier, officials said.
JOENKOEPING, Sweden, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Police in a Swedish town find themselves in the unlikely position of adoption agents for 28 poodles seized from a boarding house in poor conditions.
MOSCOW, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Russian couple called for help with a reverse-Goldilocks situation after a bear broke into their home and ate a not-too-hot pot of borscht, police said.
BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Oregon said they arrested a woman who led police on a 27-mile chase in a vehicle with only three working tires.
HUDSON, N.Y., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A long-lost Faberge figurine once belonging to a Russian royal was discovered in a New York state attic and is headed to auction.
CEDAR CITY, Utah, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Utah wildlife officials said a black bear cub had to be rescued from the water when it jumped off a boat while fleeing capture.
APOPKA, Fla., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of a garbage can designed to keep black bears from feeding on trash.
ALBUQUERQUE, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Fans of AMC's concluded TV series "Breaking Bad" mourned the loss of their favorite program with a paid obituary in the Albuquerque Journal.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Swedish man accused of drunken driving was cleared by an appeals court after arguing he had been in the midst of a sleepwalking episode.
LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A British man admitted in court to calling in a bomb hoax on his wedding day so his bride wouldn't discover his failure to book the venue.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Petco, headquartered in San Diego, is celebrating Halloween by encouraging pet owners to include their "fur kids" in any zombie survival plan.
TORONTO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- An 89-year-old Toronto woman on trial for refusing to fill out her census form said she objects to its connection to weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
MULBERRY, Fla., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Two Florida high school students said they were disqualified from running for homecoming king and queen for handing out free condoms.
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man says he has devised a trap made from readily available materials and containing no chemicals that catches stink bugs by the thousands.
DALLAS, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A researcher in Dallas released video and data this week she says proves Bigfoot exists -- and is a hybrid descended from humans and a closely related species.
FORT EDWARD, N.Y., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A mobile home, 16-feet by 70-feet, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and central air parked in New York was last seen moving toward Vermont, police say.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool
