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Teen Thinks Twitter Helped UCLA Admission
LOS ANGELES, (UPI) – A Massachusetts teen said he thinks his Twitter campaign helped him get accepted to the University of California, Los Angeles, but school officials disagreed. Bernie Zak, 18, of Brookline said UCLA told him in April he had been placed on a wait list and would hear a final decision by June […]
City Orders Virgin Mary Statue Removed
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., (UPI) – Some residents of a Massachusetts city said they are upset a business owner is being forced to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary from a traffic island. Antonio Liquori, owner of Liquori’s Pizza in West Springfield, said he adopted the traffic island as part of a city program to […]
Bear Gets Inside Car In Florida And Wrecks Interior
PAISLEY, Fla., (UPI) – A Florida woman said the interior of her car was “destroyed” by a bear that somehow managed to lock itself inside the vehicle. Heather Smith said she and her father heard their dog barking outside their home in Paisley recently and her father went outside and spotted a bear inside her […]
Federal Agent Spots Stolen Boat Being Towed In Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (UPI) – Authorities in Florida said a stolen boat was recovered when a federal agent spotted it being towed by a pickup truck on Interstate 95 in Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol said an agent from the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office of the Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine […]
Camaro With Flat Tires Eludes Police For 3 Hours
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (UPI) – Police in Florida said they arrested a man who stole a red Camaro and eluded police with four flat tires for nearly three hours. Joshua Nadelhoffer, 29, of Jupiter, Fla., allegedly rammed through a parking lot security gate at the Hertz Rent-A-Car parking lot at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport around […]
Naked Man Knocked On Stranger’s Door, Ran Through Yards
DELTONA, Fla., (UPI) – Police in Florida said they arrested a nude man accused of knocking on a stranger’s door and running through neighboring yards. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Rosvelt Campbell was fully clothed and carrying a walking stick when he knocked on a woman’s door in Deltona Saturday, but he returned the […]
Goats Contracted To Clear O’Hare Vegetation
CHICAGO, (UPI) – Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport says a herd of goats owned by a restaurant will be brought in to clear vegetation. The city Department of Aviation has made an agreement with Central Commissary Holdings LLC, which owns the Lincoln Park restaurant Butcher & The Burger, to bring 25 goats onto the airport’s land […]
Power Company Overcharges 39,000 Customers
DALLAS, (UPI) – Texas-based power company Atmos Energy apologized for overcharging 39,000 customers for 10 times the amount of their bills. Jennifer Ryan, spokeswoman for the Dallas company, said Monday the vendor it uses to handle bills automatically deducted from customers’ checking accounts or credit cards discovered Sunday that 39,000 customers in eight states, including […]
Baseball Players To Use Pink Bats For Mother’s Day
LOUISVILLE, Ky., (UPI) – Louisville Slugger in Kentucky said it is producing hundreds of pink bats for Major League Baseball players to use during Mother’s Day games. The bat company said more than 200 players have ordered the pink bats and more orders are expected before Sunday, when the players will be allowed to use […]
White House Removes Jaguars Fans’ Petition For Tebow Signing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (UPI) – The White House has pulled an online petition filed by Jacksonville Jaguars fans who wanted President Obama’s help in getting the team to sign Tim Tebow. A notice on the website Monday stated the petition was yanked “because it is in violation of our terms of participation.” The website’s require that […]
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