BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Authorities say an Australian woman who let her family believe she was dead has married the man who allegedly hid her when she was a teenager.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Hand-wringers who decry the amount of mud slung about during the U.S. presidential campaign might want to avoid reading about the '00 campaign, the 1800 race.
LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- British Airways said a plane carrying 137 passengers made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport after fumes were detected in the passenger cabin.
TITUSVILLE, Fla., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A Florida house fire early Monday was caused by a pet rat that had inadvertently been set aflame by residents, authorities said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Iraqi finance minister said reports of a billion-dollar budget surplus amid massive U.S. spending on the war effort are misleading.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Turkish officials plan to visit Iraqi Kurdistan Tuesday to meet with top officials to discuss efforts at reining in the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Crews searching for a B-25 bomber that sank into Pennsylvania's Monongahela River 52 years ago say they may have spotted a piece of the plane.
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old Asheville, N.C., animal rights activist says she had her name legally changed to mirror an anti-animal cruelty Web site's address.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Former Minnesota state Sen. Allan Spear, one of the first openly gay state lawmakers in the nation, died of complications following heart surgery at age 71.
LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- British prosecutors say the alleged activities of an army interpreter charged with spying for Iran were discovered early enough to prevent harm.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Los Angeles officials confirmed Monday two people were killed in separate incidents linked to a pair of raging wildfires in the San Fernando Valley area.
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IRVING, Texas, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Dallas Cowboys are expected to be without quarterback Tony Romo for a month as he recuperates from a broken pinkie finger on his throwing hand.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A survey of U.S. movie ticket Web site Fandango users ranked "The Dark Knight" villain "The Joker" as this year's top movie-inspired Halloween costume.
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Australian government is contemplating a tax rebate to put between $5 billion and $10 billion into consumers hands before the holidays, officials said.
ROME, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says humanitarian issues prevent him from extraditing a former member of the Italian Red Brigades terrorist group.