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DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Iowa said they are on the lookout for a man with giant screwdrivers believed to be behind a number of vending machine thefts.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A House ethics panel Friday dropped its probe of Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., and two other members of the defense spending panel Murtha leads, aides said.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh men's basketball Coach Jamie Dixon says it would be a mistake for the school to leave the Big East Conference for the Big Ten.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- World leaders took a "meaningful and unprecedented" step in Denmark Friday by striking a voluntary agreement to fight global warming, U.S. President Obama said.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Environmentalists lashed out Friday at the agreement on climate change announced at the international conference on global warming in Copenhagen.

Celebrex may affect low-dose aspirin use ... Northern Lights burst captured on film ... CDC: Autism up by more than 50 percent ... Erupting volcano filmed in deep sea ... Health/Science news from UPI.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Choreographer Shane Sparks was arrested Friday and charged with eight counts of felony child molestation, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said.

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) -- An American drew a 366-day prison term Friday for scheming to obtain kickbacks on government contracts in Afghanistan, the Justice Department said.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture said it ordered the state Capitol to shut down its cafeteria due to a rodent infestation and other violations.

Slim market gains hold up ... GM to wind down Swedish brand Saab ... Unemployment lower in 36 states ... Aircraft recycling having a big year ... News from United Press International.

ATLANTA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Eleven states report widespread influenza activity, down from 14 states a week earlier, U.S. health officials said Friday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices topped $73 per barrel Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange on lower supplies and demand-punching winter weather.

CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Grain futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday with equities trading modestly higher and oil prices up during a winter chill.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Austin-Round Rock area in Texas is the safest big city region in the United States, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies said Thursday.

DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A study tracking 3,000 orphans in five Asian and African countries has found those in orphanages do as well as those in community settings.

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ATLANTA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Atlanta said a bank robber explained to a teller that he was behind on mortgage payments and wished the worker a "Merry Christmas."