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Hantuchova, Mauresmo lose in Zurich Open
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Slovak Daniela Hantuchova and Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo were both first-round losers Monday at the $600,000 Zurich Open in Switzerland.
Fish, Robredo win Madrid Masters openers
MADRID, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- American Mardy Fish and Spaniard Tommy Robredo were among Monday's unseeded winners at the $2.78 million Madrid Masters tennis event.
Nursing mother can pass on codeine to baby
OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Health Canada is advising nursing mothers about a very rare, but serious health risk to breastfed babies if nursing mothers use codeine.
Peres urges calm in Acre
ACRE, Israel, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres Monday urged Arabs and Jews to halt nearly a week of clashes in the northern city of Acre.
Overnight winds expected on LA fire lines
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The National Weather Service warned late Monday that brisk Santa Ana winds would continue to whip a pair of wildfires raging in northern Los Angeles.
European Union eases travel ban on Belarus
LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The European Union Monday temporarily lifted a travel ban imposed on Belarus and its president, Alexander Lukashenko.
McCain's bailout vote irked conservatives
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain's vote for the $700 billion U.S. financial market bailout hurt his credibility among conservatives, observers and conservative lawmakers say.
Parents arrested for alleged abuse
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies allege a 14-year-old Carnation, Wash., girl was so mistreated and emaciated she weighed as much as an 8-year-old.
Grain prices head up in Chicago Monday
CHICAGO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Grains closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday as the dollar weakened and crude oil traded higher in New York.
U.S. asks for Stevens' wife's e-mail
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Monday asked the judge to quash a U.S. Justice Department subpoena seeking e-mails from the senator's wife.
Bears guard suspended four games
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Chicago Bears guard Terrence Metcalf was suspended by the NFL Monday for four games without pay for violating the league's steroids policy.
Two men sought in attempted kidnappings
OXFORD, Ohio, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Authorities at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, say they need help in finding two men who allegedly tried to kidnap four women as they each walked alone.
Crude oil prices climb on financial news
Crude oil prices climb on financial news
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices climbed on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday as U.S. stock markets surged.
Return of international oil companies to Iraq begins
Iraq's Oil Ministry announced most of the details 35 of the world's largest oil companies were waiting for as the country begins to open the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world to foreign investors.
Police say vegetarian attacks over meat
ZWOLLE, Netherlands, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Police in Zwolle, Netherlands, say a vegetarian was arrested after allegedly assaulting a spring roll vendor for only serving products made with meat.
Scotland: Alleged terrorist trial begins
GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Scottish prosecutors allege e-mail messages link Bilal Abdulla to a conspiracy to bomb public transportation sites in London and Glasgow.
Treasury outlines bailout approach
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury said Monday it would implement the $700 billion bailout package with a five-point strategy.
Morgan Stanley investment to be protected
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Morgan Stanley says it has closed a deal for Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ, the world's second largest bank, to acquire 21 percent of the U.S. financial firm.
Two Icelandic women picked to head banks
REYKJAVIK, Ireland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Two nationalized banks that helped push Iceland's economy to the edge of bankruptcy are to be taken over by two women, sources said.
NHL: Buffalo 7, N.Y. Islanders 1
UNIONDALE, N.Y., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Thomas Vanek scored twice Monday to lead the Buffalo Sabres in a 7-1 trouncing of the New York Islanders.
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