UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.

KENT, Wash., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Election officials in Washington state said a school board primary resulted in write-in votes for Mickey Mouse, Jesus, Captain Hook and Darth Vader.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Team Work Trading animal masks and pendants due to risk of lead exposure.

LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. voice actor Wayne Allwine, who played the iconic character Mickey Mouse for decades, has died of complications from diabetes, the Walt Disney Company said.

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo., March 14 (UPI) -- Artist Ernest Trova, known for his "Falling Man" creation, has died in Richmond Heights, Mo., at the age of 82, his son Ernest says.

ANAHEIM, Calif., March 9 (UPI) -- A woman in Orange County, Calif., said she was treated like a queen when she visited Disneyland for her 107th birthday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Where are the future markets for private security contractors? In recent years, thanks to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, their clients have been primarily governments or contractors doing reconstruction work. By definition, such clients are officious and bureaucratic but are organizationally and culturally familiar, if only because most security contractors once served in those very same governments' military establishments. For many contractors it is just another day working for Uncle Sam, albeit with better pay and less Mickey Mouse rigmarole to contend with.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Officials in Duval County, Fla., said 736 write-in ballots were cast in the presidential election for Hillary Clinton, Steven Colbert and other non-candidates.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.