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Actor Jerry Maren died last month. Maren was the central Lollipop League character who gave Dorothy a lollipop in The Wizard of Oz. John Fricke, a friend and biographer, remembers his friend.

British soldier Richard Bullimore won numerous medals for his service. After the war, he left behind a Christmas care package with nine uneaten chocolate bars. The tin is up for auction in the U.K.

Employees of the Norwegian company Musti Group receive maternity and paternity leave for pets. For a new puppy or kitten, you receive three paid days off. Scottish beer maker BrewDog offers a week.

Someone in Utah's state government organized a potluck holiday dinner. According to KUTV, they emailed more people than they intended, and when some respondents hit reply all, email chaos ensued.

Jack Makepeace, 24, turned his workspace into an elaborate ice castle guarded by penguins complete with a drawbridge. He sits inside the castle to do work and turns on the log fire screensaver.

David Berry and others were convicted of deer poaching, killing hundreds of trophy bucks with antlers in the Ozarks. Berry faces a prison sentence, and must regularly watch the movie Bambi.

Russian state TV boasted about a robot featured this week at an event for Russia's future intellectual leaders. Many people were stunned by how humanlike the robot was.

Rocco has asked Alexa to deliver fruit, light-bulbs and a kite. Rocco is Marion Wischnewski's African grey parrot. He was adopted by Marion after he cursed too much at an animal sanctuary.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints updated its dress code for missionaries. Women must still wear skirts and dresses to worship, but they may wear dress slacks at other times.

In 1992, the world met Crumpet the elf in David Sedaris' "Santaland Diaries," the story of his time working as a Macy's department store elf. Now imagine you had that job. Tell us your story.