2008 ozone hole larger than 2007's hole … FDA approves temporary heart pump … Nearly all Alaskan glaciers are thinning … Study determines causes of lower back pain ... Health/Science news from UPI.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Lifetime Movie Network said it has begun pre-production on "The Natalee Holloway Story," about a U.S. teen who disappeared on a class trip to Aruba.
WAKEFIELD, Mass., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department has contracted Implant Sciences to continue development on the company's handheld explosive threats detection technology.
BILLERICA, Mass., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has contracted American Science and Engineering Inc. for the company's vehicle-based X-ray technologies.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. envoy for European affairs and Eurasian energy arrived in Bulgaria Tuesday to meet with top officials in Sofia on energy policy, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The judge in U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens's trial says he saw the lawyer for a key prosecution witness try to communicate with his client while he was on the stand.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A Kansas City, Mo., charter school teacher has been suspended after video of his class chanting the praises of Barack Obama surfaced on YouTube.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- "American Idol" Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks announced Tuesday he has partnered with the firm Artist to Market to release his next album.
ELGIN, Ill., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Police said an Elgin, Ill., woman may have used nude pictures of her daughter's 13-year-old ex-boyfriend to blackmail him into renewing the relationship.
SPARTANBURG, S.C., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army announced it has selected Milliken & Co.'s flame-resistant fabric as the only approved fabric for combat vehicle coveralls.
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Washington and Moscow shifted their energy concerns in Europe and Central Asia east from Georgia to Kazakhstan following an August conflict in the region.
MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The British-Russian oil firm TNK-BP said it plans to deliver supplies from the Siberian Verkhnechonsk oil field through a major pipeline network in October.
Canada dropped from 2009 F1 schedule … V. Williams out at Moscow's Kremlin Cup … Cardinals' legend hurt in crash … Wawrinka stropped in first round at Vienna ... Sports news from United Press International.
MALIBU, Calif., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Nick Nolte suffered smoke inhalation and abrasions during a fire at his Malibu, Calif., home Tuesday morning, TMZ reported.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Iraq and the United States are close to reaching a security agreement on a continued U.S. military presence in that country, the Iraqi foreign minister said.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The United States should replace its current inventory of nuclear warheads in order to maintain its nuclear deterrent capabilities, government officials say.