SoCal city fears fast-food encroachment

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LOMA LINDA, Calif., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Some folks in Loma Linda, Calif., say allowing a McDonald's to open in their community will taint their reputation as one of the healthiest towns in the nation.......

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Police: Driver too drunk to know tire gone

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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A Florida man charged with drunken driving was so out of it he did not realize the left front tire of his Lexus was missing, police said.......

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Don’t try this at home — or elsewhere!

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By ANTHONY HALLUnited Press International Don't try this at home -- or elsewhere!......

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Understatement of the Week: Moray Callum

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By ANTHONY HALLUnited Press International Understatement of the week: Automobile sales rose this year, showing an industry that has come roaring back from a nasty and tenacious slump.......

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Purchase of winning $14M ticket a mistake

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MADISON, Wis., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin man says it took him several days to realize he held the winning ticket to a $14.3 million lottery jackpot.......

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Man marries corpse, posts to YouTube

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Hopeless romantic or macabre publicity hound? A Thai man's decision to marry his dead girlfriend and post photos and video of the event to Facebook and YouTube is drawing mixed public reaction.......

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Utah high school nixes Cougars team name

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DRAPER, Utah, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Students at a brand new Utah high school voted to be known as the Cougars, but the school board decreed that was too racy and chose the Chargers instead.......

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‘Poe Toaster’ a no-show at author’s grave

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BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A 60-year tradition of someone placing roses and cognac at the Baltimore grave site of Edgar Allen Poe on his birthday may be nevermore, a Poe expert says.......

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3 1/2-inch nail removed from man’s brain

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ORLAND PARK, Ill., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- An Illinois man is recovering after surgery to remove a 3 1/2-inch nail he didn't realize he had inadvertently shot into his brain, his fiance said.......

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TV station covers bribery trial with puppets

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It's Sesame Street meets the unseemly side of......

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Urinating cat, not fire, caused smoke in home

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One US fire department learned that there's not necessarily fire wherever there's......

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Man shot nail into brain and didn’t know it

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A suburban Chicago man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain.......

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Colbert, Cain hold joint S.C. rally

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CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- More than 3,000 people turned out Friday for a South Carolina rally held by comedian Stephen Colbert and former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain.......

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Escapees steal car on test drive

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Police in Georgia said two men who failed to return a $6,000 car from a test drive were identified as a pair of escapees from South Carolina.......

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Church gets $12K to fix former strip club

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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A Florida congregation preparing to move into a closed-down strip club said it received a $12,000 donation from a megachurch.......

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Fleeing man allegedly flipped off deputies

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MORRISTON, Fla., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a man who fled the scene of a crash led deputies on a chase that ended with him flipping them his middle fingers.......

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