Quirks
Father Leaves Baby In Shopping Cart
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1 (UPI) — Police say a Kentucky father accidentally left his 6-month-old baby in a shopping cart after a trip to the supermarket. The incident happened about 4 p.m. Tuesday at a Kroger grocery store in Jessamine County, WLEX-TV, Lexington, reported. The baby was left in the shopping cart for about 3 […]
Bronx Student Revamps Subway Poem
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) — A New York man operating in the dark of night swapped out an old poem with a pessimistic theme in the Times Square subway station for one with a positive tone. The gloomy poem loomed over transit users for 20 years, the New York Daily News reported. The original […]
Belarus Bars Public Breathing Exercise
BARANOVICHI, Belarus, Dec. 1 (UPI) — Belarussian officials prohibited a local businessman from holding a breathing exercise in a central square, saying it would violate laws on public rallies. Nikolai Chernous asked City Hall to permit him to hold a 2-hour breathing exercise near the Lenin memorial in downtown Baranovichi, The Moscow Times reported Wednesday. […]
Teens Set Off Deer Urine Bombs In Store
FORT PAYNE, Ala., Dec. 1 (UPI) — Two DeKalb County, Ala., teens were arrested for allegedly setting off deer urine bombs in a Walmart store, causing more than $11,000 in damage, police say. A release from the Fort Payne Police Department said Clint Taylor Bailey, 18, of Fort Payne, and Christopher Lamar Weathers, 18, of […]
U.S. Offers $50,000 In 'Shredder Challenge'
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 29 (UPI) — The research arm of the U.S. military is offering a $50,000 prize to the person who presents the best way to piece together shredded documents. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said participants in the “shredder challenge,” which began in October and ends Dec. 4, are asked to find […]
Christmas Photos Come With Gun Backdrops
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 29 (UPI) — An Arizona gun club is giving families the chance to take Christmas card photos with Santa Claus in front of firearms-themed backdrops. The Scottsdale Gun Club said families can come in during the Santa and Machine Guns event, scheduled for Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and […]
Election Tie Broken With Number Drawing
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 (UPI) — A Pennsylvania township resolved a tie from the recent board of supervisors election by having the candidates pick envelopes containing numbers. Democrat Joseph Claar was chosen to serve a six-year term as a Greenfield Township supervisor Monday when he picked an envelope containing a lower number than the envelope […]
Police: Woman Stabbed With Ornament
SOUTHINGTON, Conn., Nov. 30 (UPI) — Police in Connecticut said a woman accused of stealing items from a Christmas Craft Fair allegedly used an ornament to stab a woman who was blocking her escape. Investigators said Ruth Wagner, 55, of Southington, allegedly stole several items from the city’s Christmas Craft Fair and began fleeing when […]
Suit Donated With $13,000 In Pockets
MOLINE, Ill., Nov. 30 (UPI) — A Goodwill spokeswoman said workers were searching for a suit donated by an 80-year-old Illinois man who believes he left $13,000 in the pockets. Goodwill spokeswoman Dana Engelbert said the Moline man, who asked not to be identified, donated an old suit to a local Goodwill store and realized […]
Lights May Have Been Transformer Fires
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Nov. 25 (UPI) — Authorities in New Jersey said mysterious lights in the sky over the city of Bridgewater may have been caused by transformer fires amid heavy rains. Bridgewater authorities said they had no definitive explanation for the early Wednesday lights, but they determined there was no cause for alarm and some […]
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