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Presley has twin girls

Lisa Marie Presley, 40, gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces. A statement released Saturday said Presley gave birth by Caesarean section. She lives in the Los Angeles area and the publicist says the births took place on the West Coast. Presley, the daughter of the late Elvis Presley, is married to music producer Michael Lockwood. She has a 19-year-old daughter and a 15-year-old son from a previous marriage.

Graham falls over dog

Evangelist Billy Graham, 89, was released from an Asheville, N.C., hospital Saturday, sore and bruised but not seriously injured, after he tripped and fell over one of his dogs at his home late Friday, hospital officials said.

Habitats

Divorce divvies house

A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy. She said the divorce, which was final last month, was prompted by her husband's jealousy about her alleged relationship with a policeman in the village.

Underground hotel

Tourists in Switzerland can soon sleep in the world's first "zero-star hotel," a former nuclear bunker several yards below the ground. A group of 15 guests inaugurated the hotel in the town of Sevelen, sleeping the night from Thursday to Friday in the former bunker embellished with artistic decoration and real hotel duvets.

Ho, ho, ho

Santas to take an oath

Descendants of two of the more famous men to don Santa Claus suits plan to meet today in Santa Claus, Ind., to sign a new oath for other jolly gift-givers. Charles Bergeman is the grandson of Charles Howard, a famous Santa from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Will Koch is the grandson of Jim Yellig, who is considered the "Santa Claus" of the Indiana town bearing the same name. The Evansville Courier & Press reported that the oath includes a promise to create happiness, spread love and make dreams come to life in the tradition of St. Nick.

Today in History

1492: Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas.

1960: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupted a U.N. General Assembly session by pounding his desk with a shoe when a speaker criticized his country.

1998: Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, died five days after being beaten and lashed to a fence; two men were charged with his murder. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences.)

2000: 17 sailors were killed in a suicide bomb attack on the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen.

2007: Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for sounding the alarm over global warming. Today's Birthdays

Comedian-activist Dick Gregory, 76. Singer Sam Moore (formerly of Sam and Dave), 73. TV reporter Chris Wallace, 61. Actress-singer Susan Anton, 58. Actor Hugh Jackman, 40. Actor Adam Rich, 40. Actor Kirk Cameron, 38.

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