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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.