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EU lax on car emissions
BERLIN, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The European Union has handed automakers more time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a decision that infuriates climate-protection activists.
Russian eateries adapting to economic woes
MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Managers of upscale restaurants in Russia say they have begun adapting their menus to healthier and creative dishes in response to the economic crisis.
Obama a hit among Italian nativity scenes
NAPLES, Italy, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A vendor spokesman in Naples, Italy, says police shut down a shopping area offering nativity figurines, including one of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
Online jobs ads declined in November
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. job opportunities listed online in November fell to a level 22 percent below listings online a year ago, a private research group said.
Veteran astronaut Carl Walz leaves NASA
Veteran astronaut Carl Walz leaves NASA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says one of its veteran astronauts, Carl Walz, is resigning to take an unspecified job in the private sector.
RWE to cooperate with Serbian province
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- German energy giant RWE is looking into developing coal and water power projects in a Serbian province inside Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Chemo drug aids one type of breast cancer
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A breast cancer chemotherapy drug shows benefits to one type of breast cancer but not for another type, U.S. researchers said.
Zimbabwe has major case of diamond fever
MUTARE , Zimbabwe, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Among the many ills plaguing Zimbabwe, the one many consider Africa's nastiest ailment, diamond fever, has a firm, fearsome hold, officials say.
Automakers try to make case for funds
Automakers try to make case for funds
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Plans for energy-efficient cars, fewer showrooms and shared sacrifice were aired Thursday by the three U.S. automakers seeking emergency funding from Congress.
3-foot snake causes printer to jam
GOLD COAST, Australia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A man in the Australian town of Lismore says a snake more than 3 feet was living inside a computer printer and caused the device to malfunction.
Tortoise still a Lothario at age 176
JAMESTOWN, Saint Helena, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Jonathan, a 176-year-old tortoise living on the British territory of St. Helena, routinely mates with three young female tortoises, officials say.
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U.S. aerospace industry is worth protecting
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. aerospace industry has begun a campaign to convince the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama that support of its programs will help bolster the ailing economy.
Report: Industry not lowering salt in food
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The average sodium content of 528 U.S. packaged and restaurant foods increased by less than 1 percent from 2005 to 2008, non-profit officials said.
Bernanke calls for more homeowner help
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the government should increase its efforts to stem the sharp rate of U.S. foreclosures.
Islamists pull off strategic coup in Mumbai attacks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Applying operational art in Fourth Generation war is so difficult, it is hard to point to many successful examples of it. The recent assaults in Mumbai are among the few and also among the best, bordering on brilliant. We may regret brilliance on the part of our opponents, but that should not prevent us from acknowledging it.
Hotel maids return lost heirloom jewelry
EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A woman in Eau Claire, Wis., says she was pleasantly surprised to hear that two maids at a local hotel had found the heirloom jewelry she feared lost forever.
NASA Mars lab mission rescheduled to 2011
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it is postponing the launch of its Mars Science Laboratory until 2011.
Browns' Brady Quinn has finger surgery
Browns' Brady Quinn has finger surgery
CLEVELAND, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Cleveland quarterback Brady Quinn says surgery on his right index figure was successful and he hopes to be throwing again in about six weeks.
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