NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Three West African men who allegedly said they had ties with al-Qaida were charged Friday in New York under a law targeting narcoterrorism.
TORONTO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- DeMar DeRozan scored nine points during a huge first period Friday and Toronto coasted to a 118-95 victory over New Jersey.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Professional U.S. football player Tom Brady and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen announced Friday they have named their 10-day-old son Benjamin.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A bomb threat note that turned out to be baseless kept an American Airlines jetliner grounded for hours Friday in Austin, Texas, an airport official said.
BARTOW, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Florida man was charged Friday with killing his former boss, a pilot who vanished more than a year ago.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Baltimore Ravens said Friday a continuing threat of bad weather had forced them to push back the opening kickoff for Sunday's game against Chicago.
LAWRENCE, Kan., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Kansas University will pay former football coach Mark Mangino a $3 million settlement after his resignation under fire this month.
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A jury convicted a West Virginia woman of first-degree murder Friday for walking into an intensive care unit and shooting her estranged husband in the head.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A winter storm headed north Friday, dumping snow in the mountains of western North Carolina.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods, embroiled in personal issues that will keep him away from golf indefinitely, was named Friday as the 2009 PGA Tour Player of the Year.
ALBUQUERQUE, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The major college bowl season begins Saturday with the playing of the first two of the 33 games that will lead to the crowning of a national champion.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- West Virginia assistant John "Doc" Holliday Friday was named the next head football coach at intrastate rival Marshall University.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An Irish bishop has resigned after being criticized in a report saying the Irish Catholic Church covered up priests' sexual abuse of Dublin children.
MILW, Wis., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Milwaukee School Board voted unanimously to allow condoms to be distributed at many city high schools.
GARY, Ind., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An Indiana doctor accused of healthcare fraud and on the run for five years has been arrested in northern Italy, the FBI confirms.
DALLAS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A member of the Dallas "Scarecrow Bandits" bank robbing gang was sentenced to almost 16 years in prison, authorities say.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Lawsuits against HMOs and insurance companies in Nevada charge they neglected to adequately inspect several Las Vegas clinics suspected in a hepatitis outbreak.
LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Australian researchers watching octopuses manipulate halved coconut shells into shelter claim it is the first example of tool use by the cephalopods.
PORT ANGELES, Wash., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Washington state surrounded an apartment building after a 911 call about a man brandishing a rifle, which turned out to be a realistic fake.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Christmas and New Year holidays are the hardest time to be single, harder even than Valentine's Day, a poll of a U.S. Catholic online community says.