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OTTAWA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's Supreme Court Friday denied a man a $200,000 insurance award, saying a rare side effect of genital herpes that paralyzed him was not an accident.

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Canadian province of Saskatchewan's law banning biker gangs from wearing their "colors," or insignia, in public places is unconstitutional, a judge ruled.

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The discovery of a gene linked to a form of hearing loss primarily in males could lead to early treatment, U.S. scientists said.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The top four songs of the year in the United States were performed by Interscope Records acts, the label said.

NEW MADRID, Mo., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of Friday's 3.1-magnitude earthquake in the Midwestern United States was outside New Madrid, Mo.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday the unemployment rate fell in 36 states in November and was higher in only eight.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Officials with a Swedish bank said they are "really sorry" about a Web address for a porn site that appeared in the institution's children's magazine.

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A judge in Orange County, Fla., ruled Friday that prosecutors can seek the death penalty against Casey Anthony, mother of slain 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, Friday ripped the Senate majority leader's haste to push healthcare reform to a vote before Christmas.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Broader research is needed in the area of healthcare utilization in regards to minorities in the United States, an expert says.

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Mayon Volcano in the Albay Province of the Philippines is nearing possible eruption after days of volcanic activity, state volcanologists said Friday.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Swedish lawmaker has apologized for shedding clothing and making sexual advances toward a colleague while drunk at a parliament Christmas party.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Michigan's Plymouth Ice Festival was picked by a California-based tourism Web site to top its list of "Five Great Ice Festivals Around the World."

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Parliament has voted unanimously to ban cluster munitions, putting the country among a growing list of nations ratifying an anti-bomb convention.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Washington is committed to a strategic partnership with Pakistan that extends beyond plans for a regional U.S. military withdrawal in 2011, officials said.

JAKARTA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police are hunting more suspects after killing a Papua separatist fighter believed to have been involved in the slaying of two Americans in 2002.

LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- James Nesbitt, Minnie Driver and Goran Visnjic have begun shooting the television miniseries "The Deep" in Glasgow, Scotland, the BBC announced.

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Iranian response to the opposition movement that emerged in the wake of disputed June elections has failed to quiet the voice of dissent, an activist says.

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities announced they arrested a suspect believed to be a close personal aide to Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Agriculture will benefit from energy and climate change legislation having strong carbon offset programs, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday.