KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The time for talk is over in Afghanistan and now's the time to show some results, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
NEW MADRID, Mo., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A 3.1-magnitude earthquake centered near New Madrid, Mo., Friday shook parts of the Midwest, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
TONAWANDA, N.Y., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. attorney said Friday samples and records were taken during a raid on the Tonawanda Coke Corp. in Tonawanda, N.Y.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The woman alleged to have shot and killed former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had encounters with some of his former Tennessee Titans teammates, police said.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- University of Alberta psychologists say emotionally mature college students may get more positive benefits from sex than their less-mature counterparts.
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the bill she signed into law Friday will protect people from second-hand smoke by banning smoking in most workplaces.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. political activist Ralph Nader gave President Obama an "F" for his first year in office, saying he thought the president's performance was desultory.
MARALINGA, Australia, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The last part of an Australian area used for British nuclear tests was returned Friday to its aboriginal owners.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A man shot and killed two members of a family and fatally stabbed a third before accidentally falling to his death from a New York apartment, police say.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The chief executive officer of one of the top U.S. financial firms, John Mack at Morgan Stanley, has requested the firm keep his bonus check for 2009.
KILKENNY, Ireland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Irish historians said the remains of St. Nicholas of Myra, the 4th century inspiration for Santa Claus, are believed to be buried in the city of Kilkenny.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Chicago Cubs finally traded volatile outfielder Milton Bradley Friday for Seattle Mariners' right hander Carlos Silva.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. actors Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are to present the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A large dust storm blanketed a rural area in northeastern Australia early Friday.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Madagascar will hold elections in early 2010 to choose the members of the country's Parliament, the African country's military-backed leader says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Washington Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said signing a bill Friday that legalizes same-sex marriage is a "leap forward" for the District of Columbia.
PARIS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A court in France declared Internet giant Google guilty of copyright infringement and ordered it to remove content of some books from its online database.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A New Zealand church said its controversial Christmas season billboard depicting Joseph in bed with Mary was defaced with brown paint.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- NATO officials said Friday they will work with Afghan officials to investigate reports of civilian casualties from a military operation in Kandahar province.
AUSTIN, Minn., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Freeborn County, Minn., Friday said the man who was driving a bus that crashed in November, killing two people, will not face criminal charges.