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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.
NHL: St. Louis 5, Toronto 4 (SO)
TORONTO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Brad Boyes scored the winning goal in a shootout Monday, giving the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Pre-sale orders for Android phone take off
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. service provider T-Mobile reportedly has been swamped with 1.5 million pre-sale orders for Google's G1 Android phone, industry observers say.
Claim: Mahoney paid mistress $121K
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., allegedly agreed to pay $121,000 to a former mistress who threatened to sue, current and former employees said.
Report: Woman marries man who hid her
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Authorities say an Australian woman who let her family believe she was dead has married the man who allegedly hid her when she was a teenager.
Candidates mucking it up nothing new
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Hand-wringers who decry the amount of mud slung about during the U.S. presidential campaign might want to avoid reading about the '00 campaign, the 1800 race.
Fumes spark emergency landing in London
LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- British Airways said a plane carrying 137 passengers made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport after fumes were detected in the passenger cabin.
Flaming rat blamed for house fire
TITUSVILLE, Fla., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A Florida house fire early Monday was caused by a pet rat that had inadvertently been set aflame by residents, authorities said.
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