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Births Increase 9 Months After Snowstorm
ATLANTA, Oct. 13 (UPI) — Major hospitals in the Atlanta area are seeing an uptick in births, nine months after a major ice and snowstorm effectively shut down the Georgia city. Doctors at Emory University Hospital Midtown, Northside Hospital and Piedmont Hospital all said early October births are up from the same time last year […]
Louisiana Drivers Get Incorrect Refund Checks
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 13 (UPI) — Louisiana officials said 26,000 drivers who were incorrectly charged $3 fees were sent refund checks, but many of the checks were mistakenly made out for $300. The state Office of Motor Vehicles said the drivers were erroneously charged $3 late fees when renewing their license tags during the […]
Surfer Rides On Back Of Shark
SEASIDE, Ore., Oct. 13 (UPI) — An Oregon surfer who was knocked off his board by a 10- to 12-foot shark said he wound up riding for a few seconds on the large beast’s back. Doug Niblack, whose story was backed up by witnesses, said he was surfing Monday at “the cove” in Seaside when […]
Rioters Who Confess Get Free Spa Day
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 13 (UPI) — A spa chain in Vancouver, Canada, is offering $50 “Calm Down” vouchers to anyone who took part in hockey riots last June who surrenders to police. The chain of seven Eccotique spa outlets launched advertising Thursday in which rioters were invited to visit a spa and describe their […]
Tree House Threatened By Zoning Board
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 12 (UPI) — A Virginia man says zoning rules might force him to destroy the $1,400 tree house he built for his sons. Mark Grapin, of Falls Church, says he called Fairfax County to get the OK before building, but the zoning board later said he needed a zoning variance for […]
Police Help Family Lost In Corn Maze
DANVERS, Mass., Oct. 12 (UPI) — Police in Massachusetts said an officer and a K9 unit were dispatched to assist a family after they became lost in a corn maze. Danvers police said they received a call about 6:35 p.m. Monday from a family that got lost in the seven acre corn maze at Conners’ […]
Police: Woman Sought Pot On Craigslist
ROSWELL, N.M., Oct. 12 (UPI) — Police in New Mexico said they arrested a woman accused of posting a Craigslist ad saying she was looking to purchase marijuana. Roswell Police said Anamicka Dave, 29, put a posting on the Web site explaining she was new to the area and looking to purchase marijuana, KOB-TV, Albuquerque, […]
Drug Seller Wrong-Number Texts Deputy
NEBO, N.C., Oct. 12 (UPI) — Authorities in North Carolina said they arrested a woman whose wrong-number text about a drug deal was received by a sheriff’s deputy. The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy P.V. Alkire received a text message Thursday night from a number he did not recognize from a sender who identified […]
Michigan Fan Proposes At OSU Stadium
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 12 (UPI) — An Ohio man who has been a lifelong University of Michigan fan said he braved enemy territory to propose to his girlfriend inside Ohio State’s stadium. Johnny Wakefield, who said he inherited his love of the Wolverines from his Detroit native parents, said he paid $150 to rent Ohio […]
Threats Prevent Arkansas Turkey Drop
YELLVILLE, Ark., Oct. 11 (UPI) — A traditional Arkansas turkey drop was aborted this year following threats from an animal rights group and the Federal Aviation Administration, observers said. Fans gathering in downtown Yellville were in high anticipation at the 66th annual Turkey Trot festival Saturday as an unknown aviator dubbed The Phantom Pilot circled […]
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