Memorial erected for killed turkey

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WOODSTOCK, Ga., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Residents of Woodstock, Ga., have set up a memorial along a highway where Bob the Turkey, the town's unofficial mascot, lived and died.......

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Priests, lesbian truckers tweet for Sweden

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Sweden is tweeting to the world, and this week she is Hanna, "just your average lesbian truck......

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US officials ban some snake imports

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US officials say it's now illegal to import four types of snakes that have been plaguing the Everglades swamp in......

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Oops! Passengers incorrectly warned of crash

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It was about 3 a.m. on a British Airways transcontinental flight when passengers heard an announcement that the plane was about to crash into the sea. But the automated message was a mistake.......

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Union sues over bra size name tags

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A Swedish union has filed a discrimination suit against a store accused of forcing an employee to wear a name tag listing her bra size.......

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Snake escapes on French train

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MARSEILLE, France, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Officials with the French railway said a 6 1/2-foot snake that escaped on a train was found in a ventilation shaft.......

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Scotland gives Trump coat of arms

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BALMEDIE, Scotland, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. business mogul Donald Trump has finally been awarded an official coat of arms by Scottish heraldic authority.......

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Strip bar urges Casey Anthony to apply

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A strip bar manager said he would consider hiring Casey Anthony following a report she is living in the Port St. Lucie, Fla., area.......

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Angry Brides take aim at dowry

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NEW DELHI, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The Indian matchmaking site Shaadi.com says it has launched the Facebook game Angry Brides to discourage the practice of dowry in India.......

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Iraq wants Brit to return Saddam’s buttock

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DERBY, England, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A former British Special Air Service man who took a buttock from a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein was told by the Iraqi government to return the bronze lump.......

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Your Daily Horoscope

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By D.DONOVAN KINSOLVINGUPI Features Writer UPI horoscopes for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.......

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The almanac

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By United Press International UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.......

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Big cat hunting deer in Cotswolds?

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WARWICK, England, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- An animal expert says two deer killed in the Cotswolds, an area known as the "Heart of England," may have been victims of a big cat, like a jaguar or puma.......

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Anaconda abandoned on doorstep

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TELFORD, England, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- An Englishman who runs an exotic animal business says he found an 8-foot anaconda on his doorstep, apparently left by someone who wanted it to have a good home.......

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Woman with two husbands not a bigamist

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NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A New York woman who wound up with two husbands at the same time can keep the support payments from her first husband, court records show.......

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NZ farmers urge Olympic shearing

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When thinking of sheep shearing, the words elite sport don't immediately come to most people's......

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