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BOSTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A Boston real estate broker faced a lawsuit Tuesday accusing him of misleading a condo buyer about second-hand smoke in the building, court watchers say.
MONTREAL, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Canadian police in Montreal suspect rivals were responsible for a fake tip about a dead body in a house that actually was a marijuana farm.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The family of a New York woman who suffered brain damage after having her teeth extracted is suing for wrongful death, court records show.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife looking on, signed a memorandum Tuesday setting up a federal task force to tackle childhood obesity.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- This year's Academy Award winners will be able to have their Oscar statuettes personalized at the Governors Ball in Los Angeles, organizers said Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Officials with a Los Angeles school for medical marijuana growers said classes are filled up and waiting lists are becoming long.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- New Chicago White Sox shortstop Omar Vizquel will wear the formerly retired number 11 of Sox great Luis Aparicio, Vizquel says.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A psychologist says a suspected killer may have developed a higher IQ while awaiting trial in Florida, making the man eligible for the death penalty.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. markets swung higher Tuesday, recovering ground lost during a three-week trend that has investors concerned a 10 percent downward correction is in play.
LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Britain's Guardian Media Group said Tuesday it had sold 32 newspapers, including the Manchester Evening News, to Trinity Mirror in a deal worth $70.6 million.
SANAA, Yemen, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A deputy al-Qaida commander in Yemen in an audio tape called on the mujahedin in the region to prepare for holy war against the West.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- There is no time to waste in moving forward with reconciliation and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, NATO's civilian administrator said.
SYDNEY, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Australia missed the opportunity to become a pioneer in solar power, experts say.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- TV Guide Network has announced plans to air an exclusive one-hour special about the U.S. film
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Damascus welcomed a delegation from Armenia on Tuesday to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and regional issues.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil announced it drilled its first development well at the Point Thomson gas field on Alaska's North Slope.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Residents of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., say they are both thrilled and worried by increased sightings of bobcats near their high-rise apartments.
TEHRAN, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A gas pipeline from Iran's South Pars gas field to Pakistan is symbolic of the level of friendship between Tehran and Islamabad, officials said.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- An ambulance was called to a middle school in Jefferson County, Ky., after 12 students allegedly took a unknown prescription drug, officials said.
