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SYDNEY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Bushfires raging in eastern Australia destroyed at least 10 houses Thursday, officials said.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Joe Thornton scored twice Thursday and the San Jose Sharks pulled away in the third period to down Anaheim 4-1.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- New York officials say they are considering requiring city restaurants to post their grades of A, B or C based on their most recent sanitary inspection grade.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Avid video game players get faster not only on their game of choice, but on a variety of unrelated laboratory tests of reaction time, U.S. researchers say.

ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A police officer in a San Francisco-area town shot and killed a police dog that bit him while they were responding to a burglary call, police said Thursday.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The principal of a New Jersey high school where a student allegedly planned a Columbine-style attack asked students Thursday to stop spreading rumors.

OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A bill banning semiautomatic and military style weapons will be introduced in Washington state, three state legislators say.

PACIFICA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Residents of a building on the California coast were given 20 minutes Thursday morning to grab what they could and evacuate as big chunks eroded from a cliff.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is under renewed pressure to resign after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty protection against corruption charges.

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Miikka Kiprusoff took a shutout deep into the third period Thursday and the Calgary Flames hung on to defeat Los Angeles 2-1.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Patric Hornqvist scored twice in the second period as part of a Nashville comeback Thursday and the Predators rolled to a 6-3 victory over Edmonton.

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Matt Shaw led the way with 16 points Thursday and No. 23 Nevada-Las Vegas scored the first 12 points of the second half to defeat Weber State 72-63.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Texas man has admitted creating child pornography using two girls he was related two, federal officials say.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- New seismic monitors being installed around California could increase earthquake warning time by 5 seconds, officials say.

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Court documents indicate Rielle Hunter is seeking hefty support for the child former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., has yet to acknowledge fathering.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she meant no disrespect by blacking out the name of Sen. John, R-Ariz., from a sun visor she wore on vacation in Hawaii.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's defense minister was stopped from leaving on an official China trip because of a court ruling striking down an amnesty protection to officials.

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Swiss company geologist pleaded not guilty to knowingly causing $8.7 million in damage after his pioneering geothermal project caused earthquakes.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Three explosions and a fire gutted a building at a natural gas plant in southern Alaska early Thursday, authorities said.

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