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Mayor Candidate Claims Voodoo Curse
NORTH MIAMI, Fla., (UPI) — A Florida woman running for mayor says someone is targeting her using sorcery rituals from the Haitian voodoo religion. Anna Pierre, one of eight candidates running for mayor of North Miami, said she has found evidence on her office doorstep including chicken feathers, food scraps and candles during the past […]
Student Paper At UVA Spreads Rumor About Dorm Room Searches On Twitter
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., (UPI) — The University of Virginia’s student newspaper tweeted a false warning about randomized dorm searches that sent the campus into a tizzy. Students on Twitter began using the hash tag #UVAdormsearch Monday after the paper’s initial tweet. Others emptied or hid their prohibited bottles of booze, The Washington Post said. The dean […]
Confusing Thatcher Hash Tag On Twitter Leads To Concerns About Cher
LONDON, (UPI) — The Twitter hash tag that was created after Margaret Thatcher’s death caused widespread confusion among the users of the social network. Many read the hash tag, #nowthatchersdead, as “now that Cher is dead” instead of the intended “now Thatcher is dead,” the London Evening Standard reported. Tweeters then mistakenly spread the news […]
NYC Bills Man Struck By Police Car
NEW YORK, (UPI) — A New York man knocked off his bicycle by an unmarked police car said he is being billed $1,263.01 for damage to the vehicle. Justin Johnsen, 31, who required stitches for the deep cuts he incurred in the Nov. 5 incident in Brooklyn, said he received the “preposterous” bill from the […]
Long-Lost Siblings Former Coworkers
AURORA, Colo., (UPI) — A pair of Colorado siblings who were reunited with help from Facebook said they were shocked to find they were former coworkers. Richie Baumgardner and Birdie Evans, who were separated when Richie was 6 and Birdie was 1, said they spent years trying to locate each other and their two other […]
Montana Lawmakers Approve ‘Roadkill Bill’
HELENA, Mont., (UPI) — Montana lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow residents to salvage meat from wild animals accidentally killed on the state’s roadways, officials said. The Montana state Senate approved HB 247, or the “roadkill bill,” in March and it is now awaiting review by Gov. Steve Bullock, the Los Angeles Times […]
Man Arrested For Two Failed Robberies
WASHINGTON, (UPI) — A Washington, D.C., man was arrested and charged for allegedly trying to rob two banks with a note that confused the tellers, officials said. The alleged attempted robberies took place on Monday at two downtown Washington banks, The Washington Post reported. At the the SunTrust bank, the suspect, whose name was not […]
Mom, Son Vie For Illinois Town Presidency
DIXMOOR, Ill., (UPI) — An Illinois woman says she and her adult son haven’t said much to each other since they both began running for the presidency of their small community. Wendy and Randall Casey live in the same house in Dixmoor but seem to be avoiding one another as they drum up votes in […]
Channel Mistakenly Airs Mandela Obituary
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (UPI) — A South African TV station apologized for accidentally broadcasting an obituary for hospitalized former leader Nelson Mandela. A spokesman for Universal Networks, owned by U.S. company NBCUniversal, apologized after viewers of the Universal Channel were repeatedly shown clips with the words “Remembering Madiba 1918-2013,” using Mandela’s Xhosa clan name, […]
Girl Suspended From School For Body Odor
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn., (UPI) — An 8-year-old girl in Tennessee has been suspended from school 24 times because of body odor, school officials say. The second grader’s mother says she does not understand what has caused the problem, WJHL-TV, Johnson City, reported Tuesday. “They just say it’s a foul odor,” the mother said. “She takes a […]
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