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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.
Feds shut down online drug market Silk Road, arrest owner
By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com | Blog
Silk road: FBI shuts down online drug marketplace, arrests founder "Dread Pirate Roberts."
Poll: 12% believe the government assassinated John Lennon and Tupac Shakur
By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com | Blog
Tupac and John Lennon were assassinated by the government, according to 12 percent of American voters.
By United Press International
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.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch