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Business Picks Up At LA Kid’s Arcade
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A budding 9-year-old entrepreneur says business is still good at the handmade, low-tech game arcade he set up in his dad’s Los Angeles body shop. Caine Monroy was seeing a steady stream of players at his Boyle Heights establishment, which was the subject of a short film “Caine’s Arcade” that went […]
U.S. Teens To Spend $1,078 Each For Prom
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — The U.S. economy may appear sluggish, but a survey indicated each teen will spend an average of $1,078 on the prom, a 34 percent boost from $807 spent in 2011. “Prom season spending is spiraling out of control as teens continuously try to one-up each other,” Jason Alderman, senior director of […]
Girl, 4, Has IQ Of 159
WINCHESTER, England, April 12 (UPI) — International high-IQ society Mensa said it has accepted a 4-year-old British girl whose IQ is only 1 point less than that of physicist Stephen Hawking. John Stevenage, chief executive of British Mensa, said the organization was proud to welcome Heidi Hankins of Winchester, England, into its ranks after she […]
KFC Apologizes For Thai Tsunami Post
BANGKOK (UPI) — Fried chicken chain KFC apologized for a post on its Thai Facebook page advising residents to purchase chicken prior to a possible tsunami. An earthquake Wednesday off the coast of Aceh set off warning systems across the country and authorities moved people away from coastal areas to prepare for a possible tsunami. […]
Firefighters Rescue Ducklings From Drain
SEATTLE (UPI) — A trio of Seattle firefighters said they rescued 13 ducklings that apparently fell down a storm drain while walking with their mother. The firefighters responded Tuesday morning to a report of ducklings trapped in the 116th Avenue Southeast storm drain, and they reached into the drain and pulled the baby birds to […]
Suspect Repeatedly ‘Pocket Dials’ 911
RENTON, Wash. (UPI) — Authorities in Washington state said an unlucky car theft suspect was arrested after a series of accidental “pocket dial” calls to 911. Police said a dispatcher answered what appeared to be a 911 “pocket dial” March 14 and listened to a group of men having a conversation that appeared to be […]
Escaped Cow Spared Slaughterhouse
HACKENSACK, N.J. (UPI) — New Jersey animal control officers said a 750-pound cow that escaped from a slaughterhouse and fled for more than an hour will be spared a return trip. John De Cando, chief animal control officer for the city of Hackensack, said the black-and-white cow bolted from a slaughterhouse on River Street without […]
Truck Driver Delivers Third Roadside Baby
DALLAS, (UPI) — A truck driver whose mother was a midwife said a baby he helped deliver on the side of a Texas interstate was his third on-the-job delivery. Michael Hawthorne, a driver for Vineland, N.J., company NFI Industries, said he pulled over to check his load on a secluded stretch of road about 75 […]
Boy, 9, Rescued From Chimney
SALT LAKE CITY, (UPI) — Firefighters in Salt Lake City said they rescued a 9-year-old boy who became stuck while apparently trying to lower himself down the chimney of his home. The firefighters said they were called to the California Avenue home around 6 p.m. Monday by the boy’s mother, who told them she had […]
Premature Baby Born At More Than 12 Pounds
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (UPI) — The mother of a 12-pound, 3-ounce baby born in Michigan said the gargantuan infant was four-weeks premature when she was born via Caesarian section. Crista Hebel, 26, of Traverse City, who gave birth Sunday to baby Ayara Hebel at Munson Medical Center, said she decided on a Caesarian section after […]
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