UPI Almanac for Friday, Oct. 30, 2009.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Students at the College of William & Mary in Virginia have elected a transgender student their homecoming queen for the first time, a school official said.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The armed man who stood outside the New Hampshire school where President Obama held a town hall has ties to a right-wing group, an Internet search indicates.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Since the beginning of the year, some 240 incidents of Somalia-based piracy on the high seas have taken place, up from 114 over the same period in 2008. Some 300 seafarers are currently prisoners on their seajacked ships pending ransom payments. The only real solution to end piracy is a military one, a lesson that was learned in the 18th and 19th centuries, and evidently forgotten in the 21st.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Mailbox kitty adopted by postal employee … Men allegedly bulldozed trees, bridge … Clerk: No weapon, no robbery … W&M mascot ideas: Phoenix, asparagus … Watercooler stories from UPI.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 22 (UPI) -- Officials at Virginia's College of William and Mary say the 375 submissions for a new school mascot include a mythical phoenix, a wren and a stalk of asparagus.