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Browns Fan Takes Machete To Team Flag
CLEVELAND (UPI) — A fan who posted a YouTube video of himself using a machete to chop up a Cleveland Browns flag is among many who say they are fed up with the team’s management. The fans say they are upset at the Browns’ inability to make a deal for the right to draft Heisman […]
Clay Pigeons Bear Political Faces
CENTRALIA, Wash. (UPI) — Two Washington state men are selling clay pigeons with the faces of public figures, including President Barack Obama, for politically frustrated skeet shooters. Dan Klug and Dan Rich, co-creators of Bastard Blasters of Centralia, said they created the clay pigeons to be collectors’ items, but they have received orders from some […]
Ohio Statehouse Bare Feet Ban Upheld
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) — An Ohio legislative panel blocked an effort to bar a forthcoming Statehouse ban on visitors with bare feet. The Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review voted 8-2 against a motion by state Sen. Michael Skindell, D-Lakewood, to invalidate the rule, which was passed by the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board […]
Properties Could Move From South To North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) — Dozens of homeowners and businesses along the border between North and South Carolina said they were shocked to hear they might be moving states. The homeowners and businesses said they recently received letters saying they might be a part of North Carolina, instead of the southern state, once a $1 million […]
School Takes Down Gallery Of Test Failures
ABINGDON, England (UPI) — A British high school said posting the photos of students who failed a practice version of an academic qualification test was a “misguided” measure. Chris Harris, head teacher at the Larkmead School of Abingdon, England, said posting the gallery of about 30 11th grade students who failed their mock General Certificate […]
Man’s Trunks Deemed Too Long For Swimming
BOURNEMOUTH, England (UPI) — A British man who took his stepdaughter to a public pool said he was barred from swimming because his swim trunks were too long. Andy Toms, 45, said he took his stepdaughter, Annie, 11, and one of her friends to the pool at the Littledown leisure center in Bournemouth, England, and […]
Rhode Island Has Second Powerball Jackpot In Month
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (UPI) — Rhode Island, one of the country’s smallest states, has produced two Powerball jackpot winners in a month, the multistate lottery announced Thursday. The only winning ticket for the Wednesday night drawing was sold at Quickets, a convenience store in Smithfield, The Providence (R.I.) Journal reported. The winner was one of five […]
Philly’s Tweeting Detective To Return
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — A Philadelphia police detective has been given permission to resume using Twitter to communicate with the public, a department spokeswoman says. Joseph Murray, known to his followers as @TheFuzz9143, was told to stop using his police title on Twitter and other social media about two months ago, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. […]
Indiana Lawmakers Pick State Rifle
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana Legislature voted to name a gun kept at President William Henry Harrison’s home as the official state rifle. The Grouseland rifle, named for Harrison’s Grouseland home in Vincennes, was approved by a 78-2 vote Tuesday in the House after earlier being approved 48-2 by the Senate, the Indianapolis Star reported […]
Debbie Harry Mistaken For Lindsay Lohan
NEW YORK (UPI) — Photographers outside a New York hotel mistook 66-year-old Blondie singer Debbie Harry for 25-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan, observers said. The photographers swarmed around Harry Sunday morning outside the Mercer Hotel, where Lohan had been seen earlier in the week, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday. One of the photographers told […]
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