WATERVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 8 (UPI) --
An Ohio strip club said it raised nearly $1,000 during a "Lap dances for Haiti" charity event.
Bosses at Marilyn's on Monroe, which does not actually allow lap dances, said all the money from the club's $10 cover charge Sunday would go to Hope, or ISOH/IMPACT, a charity based in Waterville, Ohio, that is participating in Haitian earthquake relief efforts, the Toledo Blade reported Monday.
LEIGH-ON-SEA, England, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Police in a British town said they were searching for a one-armed man accused of stealing a single cufflink from a jewelry shop.
CUMBRIA, England, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A British couple said a broadband service quoted them a $70,427.98 installation price because all of the company's equipment is being used.
SYDNEY, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- An Australian sword-swallower said he set a world record by shoving 18 sharp swords down his gullet.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Neighbors of a Southern California home destroyed by a falling tree have several theories about what caused the leaking oak to fall.
BEREA, Ky., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A Kentucky KFC is offing free chicken for the return of a $1,200 bronze bust of KFC founder Colonel Sanders stolen from in front of the fast-food eatery.
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RIVERTON, Wyo., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Police in Wyoming said a shoplifting suspect chose the wrong building for his impromptu hiding place -- a nearby police station.
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A Florida graduate who lost his 1989 class ring when it fell from a cruise ship 21 years ago said an Ohio woman called to say she found the ring.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Former sex worker Kristin Davis, dubbed the "Manhattan Madam," said she intends to run as a Libertarian in the race for governor of New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Jane Gilsenan has lived in three centuries, seen 19 U.S. presidents, is New York's oldest resident, and one of the oldest people in the world, authorities say.
NEWPORT, Ky., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A Kentucky-Ohio Special Olympics fundraiser said it had teams with names like "The Frozen Zombies" plunging into an outdoor pool of sub-freezing temperatures.
