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Puppy Was In Impounded SUV For Three Weeks In Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., (UPI) –  Officials in Kansas City, Mo., said a puppy was found locked in a sport utility vehicle that had been impounded three weeks earlier. Danny Rotert, spokesman for Kansas City municipal government, said the abandoned Chevrolet Suburban was impounded April 8 when it was found abandoned and blocking traffic on an […]

Woman Wins Frito-Lay Contest With Cheesy Garlic Bread Flavor

LAND O’ LAKES, Wis., (UPI) –  A Wisconsin librarian won at least $1 million in the Frito-Lay “Do Us A Flavor” contest by suggesting Cheesy Garlic Bread flavored potato chips. Frito-Lay said Karen Weber-Mendham, 45, of Land O’ Lakes, will receive either $1 million or 1 percent of the flavor’s net sales this year, whichever […]

Teen Thinks Twitter Helped UCLA Admission

LOS ANGELES, (UPI) –  A Massachusetts teen said he thinks his Twitter campaign helped him get accepted to the University of California, Los Angeles, but school officials disagreed. Bernie Zak, 18, of Brookline said UCLA told him in April he had been placed on a wait list and would hear a final decision by June […]

City Orders Virgin Mary Statue Removed

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., (UPI) –  Some residents of a Massachusetts city said they are upset a business owner is being forced to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary from a traffic island. Antonio Liquori, owner of Liquori’s Pizza in West Springfield, said he adopted the traffic island as part of a city program to […]

Police: Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Body Has Been Buried

BOSTON, (UPI) –  Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with Boston police who believed he was one of the Boston Marathon bombers, has been buried, police said Thursday. His body had languished in a funeral home after multiple cities refused to accept it, the Boston Herald reported. Worcester, Mass., police Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said a […]

Afghanistan Ready To Allow U.S. Bases

KABUL, Afghanistan, (UPI) –  Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he won’t allow the United States to retain military bases in his country without receiving concessions. The two governments are attempting to hammer out a deal that would allow the United States to keep a limited troop presence in Afghanistan after more than 11 years […]

Teen Charged With Homicide For Allegedly Punching Soccer Ref

MURRAY, Utah, (UPI) –  A juvenile court in Utah charged a 17-year-old boy with third-degree felony homicide by assault after he allegedly fatally punched a soccer referee in the head. Ricardo Portillo, 46, died Saturday night at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray after spending a week in a coma allegedly brought on by the […]

Pope Francis To Nuns: Don’t Be ‘Old Maids’

VATICAN CITY, (UPI) –  Pope Francis told a gathering of hundreds of nun leaders from around the world the job of a nun is to be a spiritual mother, not an “old maid.” The Argentine pontiff, addressing some 800 leaders of female religious orders in Rome for the meeting of the International Union of Superiors […]

Moms Licking A Pacifier ‘Clean’ May Boost Baby’s Immunity

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (UPI) — Mothers who lick a child’s dropped pacifier “clean” had children with less risk of allergies, a small preliminary study by Swedish researchers found. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy of Gothenburg University in Sweden tracked 174 babies and their parents for several years and tested them for allergies, eczema and asthma. They […]

Finland Is The Best Place In The World To Be A Mom, U.S. Ranks 30

WESTPORT, Conn. (UPI) — The best country in the world to be a mother is Finland, the United States is No. 30, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is last, a non-profit group says. Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers report releases Tuesday said a baby’s birthday is the most dangerous day […]