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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old San Antonio girl who recently received a new bicycle was killed this week while riding her new gift near her home.

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HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A woman was tricked into paying $50 to two men posing as police officers on Christmas day in East Hanover Township, Pa.

NDJAMENA, Chad, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Six workers from the French charity Zoe's Ark have been sentenced to eight years of forced labor in Chad as part of a controversial child-trafficking case.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Employees of an oil company renovated the home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the head of the renovation project said.

BOSTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A $6 million settlement by one of the companies linked to the Big Dig collapse in Boston has not stopped lawyers from targeting other parties.

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Raytheon Co. executive has alleged U.S. Army officials knew that one of the company's Patriot missile designs had a flaw in its targeting capabilities.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A government minister said Bulgaria is willing to dispatch fresh troops if needed to the African countries of Chad and the Central African Republic.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The family of one of the victims of a 2003 fire at Rhode Island's Station nightclub has opposed the potential parole of the club's owner, Michael Derderian.

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A teenage girl who survived a Panama plane crash that killed three others was awake and talking Wednesday.

WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The archbishop of Lublin, Poland, has added his voice to the Catholic church's opposition to in-vitro fertilization.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A U.N. report said despite international aid to the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, child malnutrition is on the rise there.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Jurors in Florida are able to ask questions of witnesses under new rules that also allow them to take notes.

DANIA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Florida family's Christmas turned into a nightmare when they discovered sewage flowing out of their toilet and sink.

ISLAMABAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to share more intelligence about militants and tighten border security.