MIAMI, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama has a narrow lead over Republican John McCain in the battleground state of Florida, a poll indicates.
LONDON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- British geneticist Steve Jones says human evolution appears to have come to an end, mainly because fewer older men are fathering children.
TORONTO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Tuesday offered up an $8.7 billion, four-year plan to help the country weather the economic storm.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. business interests are only quiet supporters of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's healthcare plan, trade groups say.
ISHPEMING, Mich., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Residents of the Michigan town of Ishpeming say they are angry that police shot a female moose as her two calves stood nearby.
NEW Y ORK, N.Y., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- New York Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera had surgery on his right shoulder Tuesday and is expected to resume throwing in three months.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. prosecutors are trying to head off a court ruling Tuesday ordering the release of Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's husband will only respond to written queries from an Alaska legislative panel investigating her, a spokesman said.
MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Nikolay Davydenko and two-time major winner Marat Safin advanced Tuesday's at the $1 million ATP Kremlin Cup.
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old Australian girl who weighs in at about 280 pounds has been selected to represent her country at the Sumo world championships in Estonia.
BOSTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. children who live in homes where parents have to decide on whether to buy heat or food have more risk of being hospitalized, researchers said.
GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The United States and Vietnam agreed to lift restrictions on air cargo routes between the two countries, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Tuesday.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Authorities in Sullivan County, Tenn., said a man was arrested after allegedly instructing a 10-year-old to drive his van because he was intoxicated.
GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- About 300 people were arrested Tuesday when U.S. immigration agents searched a poultry processing plant in South Carolina, the Justice Department said.
TOKYO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A British tourist in Tokyo has been arrested after he skinny-dipped in the moat of the city's Imperial Palace, Japanese officials said.