LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Two Kentucky lawyers who allegedly defrauded clients in a settlement over the diet drug phen-fen face new federal charges of wire fraud.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Officials at a Christian college in San Diego say they are investigating a case of alleged hazing in which freshmen were forced to swim naked in the Pacific.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A judge in Los Angeles was asked to dismiss charges against a woman who allegedly harassed a girl through an online imposture until the girl committed suicide.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, Switzerland, noting the current economic climate, has issued a gloomy global economic outlook.
MIAMI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Emergency agencies from South Carolina to the Maritime Provinces of Canada were braced for Tropical Storm Hanna early Friday as it raced northwest.
MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A Kansas State University researcher suggests that nicotine's power, or addictive quality, may be in how it enhances other experiences.
BOSTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Investigators marked James "Whitey" Bulger's 79th birthday by releasing age-enhanced photos and doubling a reward for information on the Boston crime boss.
MIAMI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. forecasters called Hurricane Ike "extremely dangerous" as it tracked toward the Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.
BEIJING, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- An official investigation in China has shown some of the schools that collapsed in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province may have been poorly constructed.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Eating good-quality protein in the morning increased feelings of fullness throughout the day and may help people lose weight, U.S. researchers said.
MIAMI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Josephine was maintaining its strength over the central Atlantic Ocean, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The alleged head of a Milwaukee criminal gang nicknamed "The Body Snatchers" has been sentenced to two life terms for killing two drug dealers.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Chris Nickson accounted for two third-quarter touchdowns Thursday and rallied Vanderbilt to its second win in as many years over No. 24 South Carolina 24-17.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Following are remarks delivered Thursday by presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- David DeJesus and Mike Aviles combined for six of Kansas City's 14 hits Thursday and the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 9-6 win over Oakland.
DALLAS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Conservative treatment can deal with nursing mothers hospitalized for breast abscesses and afflicted with a "superbug," Dallas researchers said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A lot of U.S. residents move but most do not move very far, the U.S. Census Bureau says, reporting that most movers in 2006 and 2007 stayed in the same county.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Confetti and balloons fell from the rafters onto Republican presidential nominee John McCain Thursday at the conclusion of the party convention in St. Paul.
FOREST PARK, Ohio, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A man who allegedly told police he was "tired of hearing about your Jesus" was charged Thursday with firing 36 rounds into an Ohio church.
CAMDEN, N.J., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J., who failed in a bid for the U.S. Senate nomination, said Thursday he "looked deep" into his beliefs and decided to seek a 10th term.