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Couple Renew Vows For 70th Anniversary
MONTVILLE, Conn., Jan. 3 (UPI) — A Connecticut couple celebrating their 70th anniversary said they are marking the occasion by renewing their vows. Richard Schlink, 92, and his wife, Mary, 88, of Montville, said they are celebrating their 70th anniversary Tuesday with all 10 of their children and they will renew their vows at St. […]
Car Trashed In Futile Search For Drugs
POMPTON LAKES, N.J., Dec. 30 (UPI) — A New Jersey man whose car was impounded by police who suspected drugs were hidden inside said officers did $12,636.42 worth of damage. Darren Richardson, 28, of Wanaque, said police called in a sniffer dog when he was pulled over by Pompton Lakes officers Sept. 23 and an […]
Montreal Nixes Topless Breakfast Servers
MONTREAL, Dec. 30 (UPI) — After 11 years of serving breakfast by topless waitresses in see-through skirts, a restaurant has been ordered by the city of Montreal to require clothing. The owner of the Restaurant Les Princesses d’Hochelaga, Raynald Morissette, told CTV News he has spent some $200,000 in legal fees since 2004 fighting the […]
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 […]
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