Joe Costarella smashes his trash can during the first annual "Good Riddance Day" at the Times Square Visitors Center in New York on December 28, 2007. The public was invited to discard their old junk and bad memories from the year, such as photos of old lovers and bad tax returns. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
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LOS ANGELES, June 27 (UPI) -- Kermit Love, a former costume designer who helped create some of the most memorable non-human characters on TV's "Sesame Street," has died in New York.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 27 (UPI) -- British companies operating in Zimbabwe have been warned they might be kicked out of the African country if Robert Mugabe loses the presidency.
CINCINNATI, June 27 (UPI) -- Participants in a closed-door meeting with John McCain said the likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee would consider an anti-abortion rights running mate.
LOS ANGELES, June 27 (UPI) -- Dr. Jan Adams, the Los Angeles plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother shortly before she died, has been arrested for drunken driving, police said.
REDMOND, Wash., June 27 (UPI) -- Friday is the last day at work at Microsoft for Bill Gates, one of the must iconic success stories in the history of the U.S. business world.
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, June 27 (UPI) -- The former commander of the 82nd Training Group at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas has been sentenced to prison, fined and discharged for a series of crimes.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, June 27 (UPI) -- North Korean officials Friday destroyed a cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear facility as part of the country's pledge to end its nuclear weapons program.
MIAMI, June 27 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking at a climate change conference in Florida, said advocates of offshore drilling are "blowing smoke."
HENLEY, England, June 26 (UPI) -- The British Labor Party suffered a crushing defeat Thursday in a parliamentary by-election, running fifth behind the Greens and the British National Party.
DOVER, Del., June 26 (UPI) -- The world's largest brewer, InBev, launched a legal salvo in Delaware Thursday in an attempt to take over U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch, court papers said.