Nov. 6, 2009 (United Press International) -- CAMUS, Wash., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Washington state woman said she is offering a reward for the return of a diamond ring she accidentally dropped into a trick-or-treater's bag. Joan Collins of Camus said she remembered the 2-karat diamond ring getting caught on a plastic pumpkin being carried by a young girl, one of the about 300 trick-or-treaters who visited her home Halloween evening, KPTV, Portland, Ore., reported. "It snagged, but I didn't feel it come off," she said. "The next day, I said, 'Oh, I don't have my ring on.' I started thinking back and the only thing I could think of was that little girl's plastic pumpkin." Collins said she did not recognize the girl, a 2- to-3-year-old wearing a green costume, or her mother. She said the pair came to the door at about 7 p.m. She said she realized the ring, which she has rarely removed in 20 years, was missing the next day. Collins said she is offering an unspecified reward for the ring's return. SEOUL, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- South Korean officials say they are standardizing the names of the country's traditional dishes for restaurants around the world. The country's Agriculture Ministry said it has created standardized menus for 124 dishes in English, Japanese and Chinese, and will add French and Spanish menus in the near future, Yonhap news agency reported. The ministry said the list, which was created by a team of linguists, government officials and tourism experts, will be rolled out at domestic restaurants frequented by tourists. Efforts will then be made to spread the spellings and descriptions to Korean restaurants around the world. "There has been a considerable need to establish a uniform list of names for traditional Korean dishes, as restaurants both in Korea and abroad have been using whatever names they saw appropriate, without following correct Romanization or phonetic conversion processes or trying to concisely explain the meaning," a ministry official said. ENID, Okla., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Oklahoma said an escaped circus elephant suffered a broken tusk and a hurt leg when it sideswiped a vehicle while running along a road. Enid Police Department Sgt. Billy Varney said a couple riding in the vehicle Wednesday night were not injured in the collision with the elephant, which fled from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds, The Enid News and Eagle reported. "The vehicle side-swiped the elephant as it ran along the road. The vehicle was able to drive away," Varney said. He said the elephant's tusk poked a hole in the car's sheet metal. The elephant, which also suffered bumps, bruises and scratches, was loaded into a semi-trailer and returned to the circus Wednesday night. DANA POINT, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Authorities in California said a bank robber called 911 to report a fake bank robbery in a nearby town before walking into his targeted establishment. Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, said the suspect, described as an African-American man in his 20s, was first spotted at a supermarket in Laguna Nigel at about 9:20 a.m., the Orange County Register reported. Witnesses said the suspect spoke with someone at the store, which had a closed Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) branch inside, about finding an open branch and was told of an open location about 3 miles away in Dana Point. Amormino said the suspect then went to an AT&T (NYSE:SBT) (NYSE:T) store near the open branch and used a display phone to call 911 and report a bank robbery in Laguna Nigel. He then walked into the Dana Point bank, told a teller he was carrying a gun and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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