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NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Nathan Horton's follow-up goal in the third period proved to be the game-winner for Florida Saturday in the Panther's 3-2 triumph over the New York Rangers.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A hat trick by Jarome Iginla keyed Calgary's offense in its 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings Saturday.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The New Jersey Nets remained winless Saturday after losing to the New York Knicks 98-91.
MIAMI, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- No. 24 Miami-Florida needed a 21-point fourth quarter Saturday to rally for a 34-16 ACC win over Duke.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted Saturday to begin floor debate on an $848 billion healthcare bill backers say would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.
GAZA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Israeli military aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Saturday after a rocket was fired from Palestinian territory into Israel, officials said.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A New York man was arrested early Saturday after he allegedly killed another passenger in a dispute over a seat on the uptown D train, police said.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man faces life in prison for frightening a 79-year-old woman into a fatal heart attack when he tried to use her home as a safe house.
HARBIN, China, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A gas explosion in an underground coal mine in northeastern China killed at least 87 miners and left 21 trapped in a shaft, officials said.
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old girl died when she hit a tree while skiing fast on an intermediate slope at a Colorado resort, officials said.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- For a second Saturday in a row, ultra-Orthodox Jews rallied outside an Intel computer chip plant in Jerusalem, protesting work done on the Sabbath, police said.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood became a pretrial detainee Saturday after a hospital bedside hearing, his lawyer said.
HOUSTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Overnight rains led to Saturday's suspension of second-round play at the LPGA Tour Championship in Houston.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Roman Catholic Bishop Brian Dunn, who replaces Raymond Lahey, the Canadian bishop facing child pornography charges, said Saturday the job will be challenging.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A New York man has been charged with raping and killing a woman during a burglary of her Los Angeles apartment 27 years ago.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. Air Force nurse was acquitted Saturday in a court martial of killing three elderly patients by injecting them with overdoses of painkillers.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- North Carolina scored twice on turnovers Saturday on the way to a 31-13 ACC rout of Boston College.
HOMESTEAD, Fla., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Jimmie Johnson's drive to a fourth straight Sprint Cup points title will be one of numerous story lines at Sunday's Ford 400 auto race in Homestead, Fla.