NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Lynne Spears, mother of U.S. pop singer Britney Spears, alleges in a new book that the star's former manager once threatened her daughter's life.
CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- France's Jean-Francois Lucquin rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole Sunday to win the European Masters in Switzerland over Rory McIlroy.
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Emails from the head of the U.S. space agency NASA suggest he is frustrated with efforts to return to the moon by 2020.
TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Rocker Jon Bon Jovi showed he is a stalwart supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by raising $3 million for him at a New Jersey benefit.
RENNES, France, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A French court's postponement of a Muslim man's trial on armed robbery charges until after Ramadan violates the separation of church and state, critics say.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Author Ralph M. Kovel, known best for his pricing guides for collectibles and antiques, has died in Cleveland at the age of 88, his wife says.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Actor Patrick Swayze made an unexpected yet very welcome appearance at a Los Angeles fundraiser to fight cancer, attendees say.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- UNICEF officials say up to 300,000 children may be suffering food and health impacts after Haiti's back-to-back-to-back hurricanes.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Dual suicide bombers in Kandahar, Afghanistan, targeting a high-ranking police commander killed eight people Sunday, an official said.
GUWAHATI, India, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Indian officials warn there could be an outbreak of epidemics among the 2.1 million refugees displaced by deadly flooding in the northeastern state of Assam.
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two employees of a South Korean oil refiner were in jail Sunday, facing charges in the country's largest-ever case of personal data leaking, police say.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Pop singer Beyonce Knowles has made her first public appearance wearing an 18 carat diamond engagement ring in New York, her jeweler says.
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama says Republican opponent John McCain is out to privatize social security.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Actor Tommy Lee Jones alleges in a Los Angeles lawsuit that Paramount Pictures reneged on promised bonuses for his role in "No Country for Old Men."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress faces high political stakes when it consider bills that could have a bearing on the U.S. presidential race, analysts say.
PRETORIA, South Africa, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Military and police backers of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe are secretly seeking amnesty deals that would spare them if Mugabe lost power, sources say.