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KABUL, Afghanistan, May 20 (UPI) -- Unsolicited Bibles a U.S. church sent to Afghanistan were confiscated and burned by the military, a Defense Department spokesman said.
GREENVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An estimated 1,100 pigs died Monday morning when a fire broke out at a farm in Darke County, Ohio, fire officials say.
BAGHDAD, July 15 (UPI) -- There are no plans "nor any desire" for a permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq as part of a security deal between the two countries, a U.S. official said.
AMES, Iowa, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. study shows the costs of operating second generation plants that make biofuel from feedstocks such as straw, grasses and wood are declining.
SOMERSET, England, May 28 (UPI) -- A nurse in Somerset, England, was forced to resign after swearing at a patient who complained that she was not doing her job very well.
Many married couples live apart ... Cell phones banned by tour operator ... Junk faxes may be more prevalent ... Celebrities renting out vacation homes ... Watercooler stories from UPI.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Cell phones that annoy people on trains and in restaurants have been banned by a British tour operator on exotic trips worldwide.
ACCOMPONG, Jamaica, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The average Jamaican is more likely to visit London or New York than to penetrate the wild Cockpit Country, home of the untamed mountain Maroons.
New Orleans trumpeter Bunk Johnson was born this date in 1889. He played second fiddle, or in this case, second cornet, to the legendary and unrecorded Buddy Bolden in Bolden's band.
Drummer Cozy Cole was born this day in 1909 in East Orange, N.J. He recorded early in his career with Jelly Roll Morton. Fame came starting in 1938 during his four-year stint with Cab Calloway's orchestra. Cole died in 1981.
