MANALAPAN, Fla., May 2 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a man caught having sex on a public beach said he had been skinny-dipping with a woman and "one thing led to another."
NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- Some New Yorkers said they were outraged to learn the city's new bike share program will not allow any riders weighing more than 260 pounds.
UPPSALA, Sweden, May 2 (UPI) -- Swedish officials said a school's "disciplinary contract" violates the law but the school's principal said the contract promotes "distraction-free" learning.
LONDON, May 2 (UPI) -- A British TV program hired digital artists to give modern makeovers to historical figures including Queen Elizabeth 1, King Henry VIII and William Shakespeare.
CARNDONAGH, Ireland, May 2 (UPI) -- A pair of students filming a college project said they captured footage of a Loch Ness Monster-like creature in Ireland.
LONDON, May 2 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron has abandoned plans to force cigarette manufacturers to sell their products in nondescript packaging.
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 2 (UPI) -- British aviation authorities confirmed a jet carrying about 200 passengers nearly collided with a UFO above Scotland.
BELLINGHAM, England, May 2 (UPI) -- A British woman who says she has felt permanently airsick since taking an airplane to Turkey eight years ago has been diagnosed with disembarkment syndrome.
DARLINGTON, England, May 2 (UPI) -- The British Office of Rail Regulation said the most deserted train station in Britain had only 14 passengers last year, down from 18 the previous year.
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, May 2 (UPI) -- An armless man in western Canada says he will do whatever it takes to fight a ticket for failing to wear a seatbelt.
OCALA, Fla., May 1 (UPI) -- Florida police said a 21-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly stealing a skateboard and a watch from a 14-year-old boy.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 1 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said they arrested a man accused of calling 911 about 80 times because he wanted "Kool-Aid, burgers and weed" brought to his home.
MINDEN, Ontario, May 1 (UPI) -- Police in Canada said they rescued an Ontario woman who walked into a mud hole while walking her dog and ended up stuck for nearly 12 hours.
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, May 1 (UPI) -- Security workers for the president of Turkmenistan forced spectators to delete footage of the official falling from a horse, but video was leaked to the media.
PARIS, May 1 (UPI) -- French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault wrote a letter to government ministers instructing them to stop using English terms in official communications.
BERLIN, May 1 (UPI) -- A worker at a German regional forestry service said demand is high each year for birch trees, used by young men seeking to woo women May 1.
LONDON, May 1 (UPI) -- A group of experts convened by the British government recommended hotels reduce the size of their buffet plates to cut down on food waste.
LONDON, May 1 (UPI) -- A luxury hotel in London is celebrating the coming royal baby of Prince William and his wife Kate by opening a $3,468-per-night baby-friendly suite.
ANDOVER, England, May 1 (UPI) -- A British great-grandmother is asking officials to move a lamppost blocking the driveway she had put in 10 days after the post was installed.
HASTINGS, England, May 1 (UPI) -- A British court upheld an eviction order for an allotment owner who decided to stop growing vegetables in favor of planting fruit trees.
LONDON, May 1 (UPI) -- Britain's National Trust said it has updated its list of "50 things to do before you are 11 3/4" using recommendations from children.
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) -- A New York real estate company is offering a 15 percent raise to employees who get the company's logo tattooed on their bodies.
Sarah Jessica Parker arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
