Quirks
Kahne Apologizes For Breastfeeding Tweets
MOORESVILLE, N.C., Dec. 30 (UPI) — NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne has apologized for Twitter postings in which he criticized a mother for breastfeeding a baby at a North Carolina grocery store. The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday Kahne, who lives in Mooresville, N.C., deleted some of the comments for which he had been criticized and […]
Man Writes Songs Day After Day After Day
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 30 (UPI) — Forgive Terry Eason of St. Paul, Minn., if he skips singing “Auld Lang Syne” Saturday; if all goes as planned, he will have written a year’s worth of songs. Eason began his New Year’s resolution on, well, Jan. 1, 2011, and after experiencing an “aha” moment attending the […]
Display iPhone Swears At 12-Year-Old
COVENTRY, England, Dec. 30 (UPI) — A British mother said she was shocked when an iPhone 4S at a Tesco store told her 12-year-old son to “shut up” with a four-letter profanity. Kim Le Quesne said her son was testing out the phone’s Siri system, which answers spoken questions, at the Tesco store in Coventry, […]
Year-Old Cheeseburger Unchanged With Time
WINDSOR, Ontario, Dec. 29 (UPI) — A McDonald’s plain cheeseburger turned 1 year old Thursday on the kitchen counter of a Canadian nutritionist who says it looks much as it did hot off the grill. Melanie Hesketh, who works at the Lifetime Wellness Center in Windsor, Ontario, told the Windsor Star she bought the cheeseburger […]
A Poll You Can Make (Match)Book On
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Dec. 29 (UPI) — Here’s a poll Republican presidential candidates may want to make book on — the unscientific matchbook poll at Federal Cigar in Portsmouth, N.H. The cigar shop has been conducting its matchbook polls for at least 30 years and claims 80 percent of its winners also won in more the […]
Man, 99, Seeks Divorce Over Old Affair
ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) — A 99-year-old Italian man filing for divorce from his 96-year-old wife said he found letters from an affair she had 50 years ago. The Rome man, a Sardinia native who has been married to his wife for 77 years, came across letters she sent to a former lover during the […]
New Yorkers Shred Bad 2011 Memories
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) — More than 250 New Yorkers gathered in Times Square to destroy bad memories of 2011 during the fifth annual Good Riddance Day. The event, sponsored by Cintas, the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, drew dozens of people seeking to smash objects and shred papers reminding them of the […]
Seattle 'Locavore' Traps, Cooks Squirrels
SEATTLE, Dec. 29 (UPI) — A Seattle “locavore” has gone very local, eating squirrels she traps in her front yard. Melany Vorass, a former environmental analyst for the state of Washington, told the Seattle Times she knows some people may find her eating habits strange. Like other locavores, she believes in eating habits with a […]
Customers Complain About Possible Swearing Dolls
FORT SMITH, Ark., Dec. 28 (UPI) — Many consumers including an Arkansas attorney have said a talking baby doll sold at Toys R Us appears to use foul language. Attorney Joey McCutchen and others who have purchased the “You & Me Interactive Play & Giggle Triplet Dolls” from Toys R Us stores across the country […]
Arlen Specter Takes Stage At Comedy Club
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (UPI) — Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter took to the stage at a Philadelphia comedy club to lob jokes at targets including Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. Specter, 81, a longtime Pennsylvania Republican who became a Democrat late in his career, delivered jabs at politicians from both parties as well […]
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