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PETA Plans Soft-Core Porn Website
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 21 (UPI) — A U.S. animal rights organization is thinking of using online erotica to make more people aware of its cause. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, usually known by the acronym PETA, has applied for a Web site on the .xxx domain, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported. Lindsay Rajt, the […]
Missouri City Rejects Pet Pig Proposal
ST. CHARLES, Mo., Sept. 21 (UPI) — A Missouri city voted down a potential ordinance that would have allowed a local family to legally keep their pig as a pet. The St. Charles City Council voted 7-1 to reject the bill, which would have allowed residents to own a single Juliani pig weighing no more […]
Police: Woman Took Hearse With Body Inside
BECKLEY, W.Va., Sept. 21 (UPI) — West Virginia police said they arrested a woman accused of stealing a hearse from a funeral home while there was a body inside. Detective Jamie Blume of the Beckley City Police Department said the hearse driver parked the 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood outside of the funeral home, which was not […]
New York's Narrowest House For Rent
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) — The owner of the narrowest house in New York, measuring only 9 1/2-feet-wide, is listing the property for rent for $14,000 a month. The Greenwich Village house, which was renovated after it was purchased for $2.175 million in 2010 and is now worth an estimated $4.3 million, was formerly […]
Noisy Roosters Booted From New York Garden
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) — Volunteers say two roosters were evicted from a community garden in New York after neighbors complained about too much cock-a-doodle-doo-ing. The volunteers at the M’Finda Kalunga Garden on Rivington Street said the birds were moved to an upstate animal farm after neighbors of the Lower East Side garden complained […]
Graffiti Artist Writes In Los Angeles Sky
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (UPI) — A Los Angeles professional graffiti artist used five skywriters to post a message to the city opposing recent crackdowns on graffiti and street art. The artist, Saber, had the skywriters post his message in the air above downtown Los Angeles about noon Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. […]
43.6 Percent Of U.S. Adults Unmarried
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) — The U.S. Census Bureau marked Unmarried and Single Americans Week by revealing 43.6 percent of U.S. adults were unmarried in 2010. The bureau marked the Sept. 18-24 celebration of singlehood by detailing data from the 2010 census showing 43.6 percent of U.S. adults ages 18 and up were unmarried — […]
Macaw Saves Man From Robbers
FORT SMITH, Ark., Sept. 20 (UPI) — An Arkansas man credited his pet macaw for rescuing him from a pair of home invaders who attacked him and demanded drugs. Jack Dukes of Fort Smith said he let the two men into his home about 2:35 a.m. Monday because he thought one of them was a […]
Police Arrest Shoplifting Drag Queens
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 20 (UPI) — Police in Florida said they arrested three men in a group of four accused of dressing like women and shoplifting from multiple fabric stores. Amanda Marshall, manager of Jo-Ann Fabrics on East Colonial Drive in Orlando, said workers at her store recognized the three wig-clad men who came into […]
Mayor Not Surprised At Cat's New York Trip
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was honored a Colorado cat who disappeared five years ago chose his city as a destination. Bloomberg said Willow, the cat found in Manhattan last week and identified as a feline missing five years ago from the home of Jamie Squires in […]
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