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Iranian Company To Ship Toy Drone To Obama
A non-profit company in Iran said it plans to send U.S. President Barack Obama miniature toy drones as a gift. The company, Aaye Art Group, said it is honoring Obama’s request that Iran return a U.S. unmanned aircraft that crashed in the Islamic republic last year, only the aircraft will be a miniature.
Man Released From Prison Without Pants
VANERSBORG, Sweden, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A Swedish man who completed a two-month prison sentence walked out of prison without pants or shoes after he was denied money to buy new clothes. The man, referred to only as Percy in media reports, told officials at the Brinkeberg prison in Vanersborg he had outgrown the pants […]
Florida Employees Paid To Get Drunk
SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 20 (UPI) — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement revealed it paid 15 employees to get drunk to test the accuracy of the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath test. The FDLE revealed to a panel of judges in Sarasota County in December that it spent $330 on alcohol, mixers and Doritos for 15 employees […]
Sega's Toylets Controlled By Urine
TOKYO, Jan. 20 (UPI) — Tokyo video game company Sega said bars in Japan are installing urination-based video game consoles in their bathrooms. Sega said the Toylet consoles are installed on urinals and players can choose from a number of games controlled by the strength and direction of their urine stream, The Daily Telegraph reported […]
French Official Plans 'Napoleonland'
PARIS, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A French official said he is hoping “Napoleonland,” his idea for a Napoleon Bonaparte theme park, will one day be a rival to Disneyland. Yves Jego, a member of the National Assembly and former secretary of state for overseas, said he is trying to raise $278 million to build the […]
Expert: New York Accent On The Wane
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A language expert said many of the defining characteristics of the New York accent are fading as stigma surrounding the accent increases. Kara Becker, an assistant professor of linguistics at Oregon’s Reed College who obtained her Ph.D. in linguistics from New York University, said New Yorkers feel pressured to […]
Judge Orders Jury Round-Up From Street
LONDON, Ontario, Jan. 19 (UPI) — A Canadian judge invoked a rare legal option by ordering police to round up jurors from the street outside a London, Ontario, courthouse. A trial for three men charged with assault, threats and forcible confinement fell one short of the 12 required jurors Monday afternoon after 130 people had […]
Suspected Drunken Driver Hogtied
FARMINGTON, N.M., Jan. 19 (UPI) — A suspected drunken driver who narrowly avoided several head-on crashes in New Mexico wound up tackled and hogtied by a citizen before help arrived, police say. San Juan County Sheriff’s Sgt. Al Jamison said witnesses saw Justin Canuto, 22, nearly cause several crashes Sunday night and followed him into […]
Magazine Arrives In Mail 25 Years Late
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 19 (UPI) — Marc Smit of Coral Gables, Fla., says he often complains the mail’s late, but never as late as the Ms. magazine that arrived Tuesday — dated February 1976. “I looked at the date, 1976, and I go, ‘Whoa, talk about a late delivery,’” Smit told WPLG-TV, Miami. The […]
Ex-Con Thanks, Praises Tearful Judge
TORONTO, Jan. 19 (UPI) — A Canadian judge was brought to tears when a man he sentenced seven years ago returned to court to thank him for turning his life around. Maxwell Beech, 37, sought out his former lawyer Tuesday at a courthouse in Brampton, northwest of Toronto, and asked if he could speak to […]
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