Coming soon: An 'IBM Edition' of Apache OpenOffice
, launched last week, marks the end of the line before IBM shifts its focus to OpenOffice instead. IBM's Lotus Symphony office suite has offered users a free since 2007, but last week saw the release of what's very likely the last version of themore
Topless Pa. Woman Brings Traffic to a Standstill
Armed Burglars Target Wrong House: Cops A woman dressed in nothing but her panties brought traffic to a halt in the southwest Pennsylvania city of Monongahela, as gawking motorists snapped photos. Monongahela police Chief Brian Tempest said the Donoramore
Homeless Man Faces Arrest After Mud Rescue
Clayton Senn to be booked after release from hospital. | Email | Print Tweet /Christian Petersen A homeless New Mexico man rescued after being stuck in the mud for three days near the Rio Grande won?t be free for long. Police said the man, identifiedmore
Siberian Huskies face off in Belarus
More than 100 dogs have been put to the test at the International Dog Sledding tournament in Belarus. The Siberian Huskies battled through below freezing temperatures to navigate around a four-kilometre track with their handlers. It took just a fewmore
Chinese Women Fight for Anti-Terror Training in Israel
Five swimsuit-clad Chinese women are the only ones out of 20 that survived grueling training in China to compete for the chance to train under the auspices of the International Security Academy, a top-notch private security training agency in Israel. Themore
German wins South Africa pigeon race
| | | SUN CITY, South Africa, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The world's most prestigious pigeon race was won in South Africa this weekend by a German bird. Rubellos, owned by the German syndicate Team Ruhu, won the Sun City Million Dollar Pigeon Race Saturday,more
The almanac
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States and only one elected to four consecutive terms, in 1882; historian Barbara Tuchman in 1912; comedian Dick Martin in 1922;more
Your Daily Horoscope
By D.DONOVAN KINSOLVING UPI Features Writer UPI horoscopes for Monday, Jan. 30, 2012.more
School bans fuzzy boots used to hide cell phones
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Singer Nancy Sinatra may have had boots made for walking, but she never attended Pottstown Middle School. Starting Monday the Philadelphia suburban district is banning the wearing of fuzzy open-top boots, including the popularmore
Aussies compete in Tuna Toss comp
Competitors from across Australia have vied for the honour of Tuna Tossing champion at Port Lincoln in South Australia. Held as part of the 51st QantasLink Tunarama Festival, the event saw entrants throw a tuna fish as far as they could to win a slice ofmore
NYC lawmaker want subway eating ban
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A state lawmaker from New York City is pushing legislation to ban eating in the subways in an effort to help cut down on the city's rat problem.more
Elderly couple have oldest toaster in U.K.
LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Joan and Fred Horley got their chrome-plated Morphy Richards toaster as a wedding gift in 1953, the Mirror reported. The toaster, which cost $31 then, is believed to be the oldest working model in Britain. "It's still as good asmore
15% would miss child birth for Super Bowl
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The survey of 2,625 U.S. adults, sponsored by CouponCabin.com, said 21 percent said they'd miss important work responsibility for the big football game, while 20 percent said they'd miss a wedding of a close friend andmore
British naval hero's sword found on wreck
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- British diver Mark Ellyatt was part of a team that discovered the shipwreck of the HMS Victoria warship, which sank in 1893 off the coast of Lebanon, in 2004, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. Now, Ellyatt said he hasmore
Umpire Kills Cricket Fan With Bat
(NewsCore) - A cricket umpire killed a teenage spectator in Bangladesh by hitting him on the head with a bat in a dispute over a contested decision, police said Sunday. Nazrul Islam, 15, ran onto the pitch during an amateur game in the remote northernmore
California trying to give away a highway
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Forest Service and Los Angeles County both want Highway 39 to remain open, the Los Angeles Times reports. The highway provides access to Angeles National Forest for the public and firefighters and to three countymore
Havent we seen this guy before?
A man led police on a mile-and-a-half chase through Waynesboro, Ind., until his car became mired in a large pile of mulch. He then left the vehicle and tried to flee on foot using a walker. He needed the walker because he had injured himself a monthmore
Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy
A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment. The genetics-environment question is key to understanding cancer. AUC professormore
Waterless school bathroom springs leaks
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Students and staff at Spanish River High in Boca Raton have been dealing with rivers of urine that have flowing across restroom floors from holes in corroded pipes. "It was seeping through the hallway into the classroommore
Cicero official's nephew busted again
CICERO, Ill., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Joseph Terrana, 41, was charged with stealing $287 worth of beer on two occasions, loading the allegedly pilfered suds into a Town of Cicero car while wearing a Town of Cicero employee jacket. Terrana has a relatively longmore
Woman: Rules left her stuck in elevator
WEYMOUTH, England, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Janice Woodward, 55, of Dorset says she and her 2-year-old granddaughter were trapped in the elevator for well over an hour because store employees said they weren't authorized to push the button that would have freedmore