NORTHWOOD, N.H., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A New Hampshire woman said two urns containing her husband's ashes were lost in the mail when she tried to send them to her late spouse's daughter.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- University of Chicago researchers said those who believe themselves to be under a "jinx" are most comforted by rituals involving "avoidant actions."
JENKINTOWN, Pa., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania couple said they are fighting a littering citation from the city of Philadelphia stemming from a catalog bearing their address.
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Montana man who pieced together the five $100 bills eaten by his golden retriever said he was reimbursed by the federal government five months later.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- New York police said Gen. David Petraeus' office was evacuated due to the presence of a grenade that turned out to be a fake mailed by a friend.
VALENCIA, Spain, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Officials in a Spanish city said an Arab sheik escaped punishment for his illegally parked car because it didn't have European plates and was too large to tow.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Taiwan's Next Media Animation responded to an employee's quitting dance video with a dance video advertising the company's job opening.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Performers in a Las Vegas topless dance show said they were shocked when breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure declined a portion of ticket sales.
GREENHILLS, Ohio, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The owners of an Ohio ice cream store said they took a six-foot cone off their roof due to threats of fines, but they are hoping to eventually put it back up.
PORT SALERNO, Fla., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said they captured a 10-foot Burmese python believed to have eaten at least two cats in a Port Salerno neighborhood.
ANDOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Police in New Jersey said they arrested a man accused of mistakenly sending a text message to a police officer seeking a buyer for marijuana.
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Silk road: FBI shuts down online drug marketplace, arrests founder "Dread Pirate Roberts."
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Tupac and John Lennon were assassinated by the government, according to 12 percent of American voters.
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UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Keepers were able to watch the birth of the first tiger cub in 17 years at the London Zoo through remote cameras.
