Quirks
Alcoholic Ice Pops Headed To Phoenix
PHOENIX, Dec. 7 (UPI) — The company behind the SnoBar alcoholic frozen treats says its products are headed to Arizona liquor stores. Daniela Galarza, spokeswoman for SnoBar, said the products will not be sold in regular stores, but will be in Phoenix-area Total Wine liquor stores by the end of the week, KPHO-TV, Phoenix, reported […]
Rome Mayor Takes Down 'Eyesore' Tree
ROME, Dec. 7 (UPI) — The mayor of Rome said he has given the order to remove a giant papier-mache Christmas tree dubbed “a true eyesore” from the city’s center. Mayor Gianni Alemanno said he decided to do away with the tree, which was erected Tuesday and immediately criticized by the main opposition party as […]
Surfing Madonna May Get New Home
ENCINITAS, Calif., Dec. 7 (UPI) — The California artist behind the Surfing Madonna mosaic has received approval to move the work to a new outdoor location. Mark Patterson, who created the mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe on a surfboard with the message, “Save the Ocean,” on a railway underpass in Encinitas, received permission from […]
Man Arrested For Beer Bottle Chucking
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 6 (UPI) — Police in Florida said they arrested two men who threw beer containers from atop a parking garage, once while an officer was on the sidewalk below. Gainesville police said an officer was flagged down about 12:15 a.m. Sunday by a witness who said two men were throwing beer containers […]
Teacher Sorry For Revealing Santa Secret
NANUET, N.Y., Dec. 5 (UPI) — A teacher in New York state has apologized for breaking the news to her second-graders that there is no Santa Claus, the White Plains Journal reports. The newspaper said Leatrice Ann Eng of Pear River, who teaches at Nanuet’s George W. Miller Elementary School issued her apology Wednesday, the […]
Robber Learns Hard Way Victim No Pushover
CHICAGO, Dec. 6 (UPI) — An alleged armed robber picked the wrong victim, Chicago police say, getting into a tussle that left him wounded, bruised and in cuffs. Anthony Miranda, 24, faces charges including discharging a weapon during a robbery, after allegedly approaching a 33-year-old man sitting in a car and asking for a light […]
Michigan Woman Sues Over Smelly Car
NEW BALTIMORE, Mich., Dec. 6 (UPI) — A Michigan woman may not have expected that new-car smell when she bought a used vehicle but says she certainly didn’t expect the odor of a dead body. In a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, Margarita Salais of New Baltimore alleges the dealership’s staff sold her […]
Terrorists Sold Neo-Nazi Monopoly Game
BERLIN, Dec. 6 (UPI) — German authorities said members of a terrorist group believed to be behind at least 10 deaths sold a neo-Nazi version of the board game Monopoly to raise funds. The Verfassungsschutz, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, said extreme-right terrorist cell members Uwe Mundlos, Uwe Bohnhardt and Beate Zschape began selling copies of […]
'Muppets' Called 'Anti-Corporate'
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) — Fox Business Network host Eric Bolling and guest Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center decried “The Muppets” for its “anti-corporate message.” Bolling argued on his “Follow the Money” program that the latest installment of the franchise bears an “anti-corporate message” in having the titular characters working to […]
TSA: Pistol Design On Purse Not Allowed
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) — Airport security agents say a replica gun is a replica gun, even if it was just a design on a Florida teenager’s purse. The Transportation Security Administration says its agents acted appropriately when they ordered 17-year-old Vanessa Gibbs to check her designer purse at the Norfolk, Va., airport because […]
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