CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. military and chemical companies failed to warn of the danger of Agent Orange, the chemical used as a defoliant in Vietnam, the Chicago Tribune reports.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Female facial beauty may be a matter of cognitive averaging, U.S. and Canadian researchers say.
RACINE, Wis., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The former mayor of Racine, Wis., has agreed to plead guilty to sex charges, court documents say.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Transmission of H1N1 among passengers during a trans-Atlantic airline flight could be fairly high, U.S. researchers said.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Jerryd Bayless made three free throws in the final 8.9 seconds Thursday and the Portland Trail Blazers held on to defeat Phoenix 105-102.
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Deficiencies in omega-3 fatty acids may be a factor in mental illnesses, U.S. researchers suggest.
PARIS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Killings and rapes at an opposition rally in Guinea in September were carried out by the country's elite Presidential Guard, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
BEIJING, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- China says the 22 Uighurs who have fled to Cambodia are suspected of criminal activities stemming from the July ethnic riots in the Uighur region.
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Bushfires raging in eastern Australia destroyed at least 10 houses Thursday, officials said.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Joe Thornton scored twice Thursday and the San Jose Sharks pulled away in the third period to down Anaheim 4-1.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- New York officials say they are considering requiring city restaurants to post their grades of A, B or C based on their most recent sanitary inspection grade.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Avid video game players get faster not only on their game of choice, but on a variety of unrelated laboratory tests of reaction time, U.S. researchers say.
ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A police officer in a San Francisco-area town shot and killed a police dog that bit him while they were responding to a burglary call, police said Thursday.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The principal of a New Jersey high school where a student allegedly planned a Columbine-style attack asked students Thursday to stop spreading rumors.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A bill banning semiautomatic and military style weapons will be introduced in Washington state, three state legislators say.
PACIFICA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Residents of a building on the California coast were given 20 minutes Thursday morning to grab what they could and evacuate as big chunks eroded from a cliff.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is under renewed pressure to resign after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty protection against corruption charges.
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Miikka Kiprusoff took a shutout deep into the third period Thursday and the Calgary Flames hung on to defeat Los Angeles 2-1.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Patric Hornqvist scored twice in the second period as part of a Nashville comeback Thursday and the Predators rolled to a 6-3 victory over Edmonton.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Matt Shaw led the way with 16 points Thursday and No. 23 Nevada-Las Vegas scored the first 12 points of the second half to defeat Weber State 72-63.