MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New Year's resolutions for U.S. adults include promises to eat better, exercise more or spending time with family, but managers wish to learn a new skill.
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Many U.S. adults make New Year's resolutions to shed pounds, but one group dedicated to better health advises dieters to eat more.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Those who think stronger Russia-West partnership is crucial for international stability should be pleased with the results of the outgoing year. Though it began
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Each year 35 million American are affected by chronic sinusitis, making it one of the most diagnosed diseases in the United States.
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- For recovering alcoholics, New Year's Eve can be the hardest day of the year, says the Michigan Association of Substance Abuse Coordinating Agencies.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An interview given by former Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam Friday to an Arab TV insinuating that Syria played a role in the assassination of former
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Zero-percent balance-transfer offers for credit cards may be on the wane, but U.S. credit card companies are offering cash-back reward cards.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Despite the end-of-the-year drop in the U.S. stock market, investors have a generally positive outlook for 2006, a survey finds.
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Falls on icy surfaces are a major cause of ankle sprains and fractures, and it's critical to seek prompt treatment to prevent damage, say U.S. experts.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Columbia Law Library Music Plagiarism Project in New York City has a Web site that features audio samples of disputed songs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers who feel their consumer complaints are falling on deaf ears can complain via a blog with the slogan: "Shoppers bite back."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- As "The Year of the Healthy Child" draws to a close, the U.S. surgeon general gave some final advice to parents on keeping teens healthy.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- More British parents are moving in with their children because of poor pensions and to help provide child care, a survey found.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- After a grim year of slow growth, riots and terror attacks from its Muslim immigrant underclass, rows over its budget and two thumping rejections by Dutch and French voters of its planned new constitution, the European Union's leaders can hardly wait for
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A reform movement is slowly transforming Saudi Arabia's rights and opportunities for women from the ballot box to the business community.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- It was a year when the United States achieved all of its political goals in Iraq and made major progress in developing the new Iraqi military forces. Yet as the
BRUSSELS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. ambassador to Belgium hosted an extraordinary event here recently, one that exposes the shortcomings of the Bush administration's militarized "war on t
KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Record unemployment, nasty business scandals, and an inconclusive general election followed by the appointment of the country's first female leader -- Germany h
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- This summer's withdrawal and the subsequent shake up in the country's political parties are the two most important events that occurred in Israel in 2005 and wh
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Surfboard makers struggle with high demand and low supply more than three weeks after a market leader called it quits.
Capt. Myron L. Donald looks smilingly at this wife on March 17, 1973 at March Air Force base in California, after he placed a lei around her neck as he deplaned following flight from Clark Air Force base. The former POW from Tucson, Arizona, was held by the North Vietnamese for over five years. (UPI Photo/Files)
