Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:32 PM
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A study by U.S. scientists confirms the theory that global warming might be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic during the past 30 years.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:31 PM
UMEA, Sweden, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A Swedish couple demanded their newborn daughter be given a new personal identity number after she was assigned a number ending with 666.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:28 PM
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say flightless birds known as ratites, such as Australian emus, don't share a common ancestor as once believed.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:28 PM
NASHVILLE, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- California-based Helix Wind announced a sales agreement with Energy Development Argentina.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:21 PM
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Singer Jordin Sparks defended the Jonas Brothers at the MTV Video Music Awards from the event's host who mocked their vow to not have sex until married.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:20 PM
SANGER, Calif., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Police say an intruder who broke into a home east of Fresno, Calif., rubbed spices on one sleeping man's body and hit another with an 8-inch sausage.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:14 PM
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Six Connecticut high schools are testing a pilot program aimed at ending what has been called a cheating epidemic in the nation's high schools.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:13 PM
ATLANTA, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are deadlocked in the presidential race, a CNN Poll released Monday indicates.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- California's powerful correctional officers union announced Monday they would seek to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:03 PM
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A solemn sunset ramp ceremony Monday was held in Afghanistan for Canadian Sgt. Scott Shipway, killed in a roadside bomb attack.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 2:02 PM
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Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:58 PM
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Two Texas judges, struck by how people dress these days, have posted signs outside their Austin courtrooms advising defendants what not to wear.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:51 PM
OTTAWA, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the expansion of last week's recall of various brands of cheese products produced by Ivanhoe Cheese Inc.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Tuesday's primary elections in New York will be monitored to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:33 PM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Offshore drilling is expected to dominate U.S. congressional debate in the coming weeks with leaders saying they'll try to fashion a proposal for a vote.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 7.25-ounce plastic bottles of Hershey's chocolate shell topping due to a labeling error.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:29 PM
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Fire crews in San Antonio spent more than two hours Sunday battling a swarm of thousands of bees that attacked two people and an 8-month-old pit bull.
Published: sep. 8, 2008 at 1:29 PM
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Women who exercise and are more positive about their changing shapes are less depressed both during and after pregnancy, U.S. researchers said.
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