BELGRADE, Serbia, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The Serbian government expelled ambassadors from Montenegro and Macedonia after the two countries recognized Kosovo.
LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Britain has the largest DNA database in the world relative to the size of its population, with more than 4 million people included.
NORWICH, England, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Investigators say a 73-year-old pedophile found strangled in a rural area in eastern England may have been killed by a vigilante.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Officials from the British Treasury and their Icelandic counterparts began talks Friday on rescuing some of the money from Britain invested in banks in Iceland.
CONCORD, N.C., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Kyle Busch had the best car throughout the race and fought off Jeff Burton Friday to win the NASCAR Nationwide series Dollar General 300 in Concord, N.C.
KEITH, Scotland, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- An anonymous benefactor distributed thousands of pounds to community groups in a remote Scottish town, handing out the money during the night.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Clutch pitching from Daisuke Matsuzaka and Justin Masterson Friday brought the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series.
KAILUA, Hawaii, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Plastic surgery was born out of war and advances from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan benefit victims elsewhere, U.S. researchers said.
MADRID, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An alarm that should have warned pilots of problems with the wing flaps may have failed when a Spanair plane crashed in Madrid.
BOSTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Abnormalities in cocaine addicts' brains appear to correlate with dysfunction in areas of attention and for reward-based decision-making, U.S. researchers say.
DETROIT, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are discussing a merger that could reduce the Big Three U.S. automakers to the Big Two, The New York Times said Friday.
ATLANTA, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Bryan Little ignited a three-goal, third-period outburst Friday that carried the Atlanta Thrashers to a 7-4 victory over Washington.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get her sister's ex-husband fired from the state police, a report released Friday concluded.
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