HOUSTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Adults who supervise children or inexperienced swimmers need to know how to swim, a U.S. doctor says.
CAIRO, July 10 (UPI) -- The fatal stabbing of an Egyptian woman in a German courtroom by a man she had charged with calling her a terrorist has set off a wave of anger in her homeland.
PHOENIX, July 10 (UPI) -- Brett Carroll's three-run homer was the centerpiece of a 10-run eighth inning Thursday that gave the Florida Marlins a 14-7 win over Arizona.
GRANADA, Spain, July 10 (UPI) -- Sexist jokes favor mental mechanisms linked to violence and battering against women in people with macho attitudes, researchers in Spain said.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Violence by an affiliated al-Qaida group in North Africa has escalated recently, counter-terrorism officials say, with several deadly attacks, officials said.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- A woman with two cages full of grasshoppers was put off a bus in China because other passengers could not stand the large insects' serenade, the driver said.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 (UPI) -- Bengie Molina staked San Francisco to a quick lead with a two-run homer in the first inning Thursday and the Giants coasted past San Diego 9-3.
NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- Insurance giant American International Group is seeking permission from the U.S. government to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to executives.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Revamping the U.S. government Web site, Recovery.gov, could cost $9.5 million to $18 million and take five years, the General Services Administration said.
UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council has extended the term of the tribunal on the Rwandan genocide until Dec. 31, 2010.
SEATTLE, July 10 (UPI) -- Frank Gutierrez hit a three-run, two-out homer in the eighth inning Thursday that vaulted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 win over Texas.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- Production began Thursday at a new condom plant in China's Shandong province with an annual capacity of 864 million pieces and 620 tons of lubricants.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- A barber shop in China has taken customer service to a new level by letting clients determine the price of their haircuts.
DENVER, July 10 (UPI) -- Garrett Atkins delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth Thursday to give Colorado a 7-6 win over Atlanta -- the Rockies' fourth straight victory.
BALTIMORE, July 9 (UPI) -- Infants and young children treated with heart drugs get the wrong dose or are victims of errors more often than older children, U.S. researchers found.
HOUSTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Houston took the lead with a pair of triples in the sixth Thursday and Lance Berkman added a three-run homer to help the Astros to a 9-4 win over Washington.
BEIJING, July 9 (UPI) -- Chinese colleges expect to graduate 6.1 million students this year but the global economic slowdown has sharply reduced their job prospects, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 9 (UPI) -- There were 736 attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan using roadside bombs in June, a monthly record, the U.S. military says.
CHICAGO, July 9 (UPI) -- Adverse work conditions may be to blame for the decline in number of primary care physicians nationwide, U.S. researchers said.