Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Odd News

Mazda6: Lowborn car sure cleans up nicely

latimes.com
May. 29, 2009
The Grand Touring package gives it the luxury of a Lexus without the snotty attitude. I was born into desperate peonage in eastern North Carolina, and then things went downhill. My parents assembled our house out of twigs, leaves and dryer lint.
Related Stories from UPI.com

'Lint Lady' pulls art from the dryer

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A Virginia Beach, Va., woman known as the Lint Lady said her hobby of turning dryer lint into works of art has translated into a profitable business.

Failure to clean dryer lint causes fires

QUINCY, Mass., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Failing to clean out the lint from clothes dryers results in an average of 14 deaths and 15,500 dryer fires annually, the U.S. Fire Administration says.
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
Most Popular
Stories Photos People Comments
Featured Photos
1 of 25
President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
View Caption
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch