MINOT, N.D., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Three U.S. military missile crew members have been punished for sleeping while on duty with classified components, officials said.
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The flooding that followed Tropical Storm Fay in Florida has driven animals from their homes, forcing humans to cope with alligators, snakes and fire ants.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said that he got to see President Robert Mugabe as a human being during a private dinner last month.
GAZA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Gaza sources said newly elected members to a Hamas decision-making body could impede efforts to secure the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit.
OTTAWA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A judge has ruled that Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day cannot use national security to deny a child molester transfer from a U.S. prison.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- It was not that long ago that seemingly just about everyone was suspicious of private security contractors working in Iraq, and not just liberals or opponents of the war. But that was then and this is now. New reports show that oversight and accountability over contractors are much improved.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Comedian Jerry Seinfeld says in court papers filed in New York that he was just trying to be funny when he called a woman who is suing his wife a "wacko" on TV.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Storm fears pressured the crude oil market Friday as crude oil prices wound up almost even for the day in New York, losing .06 at $115.53 a barrel.
MOSCOW, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Russian officials have said sanctions against their country being considered by the European Union would be a "grave mistake."
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Richard Landon Kassebaum, a documentary filmmaker and son of former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., has died in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 48.
LONDON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A solid gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss, worth nearly $3 million, is set to go on display at the British Museum, officials said.
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Leaders in Poland and Finland are wrangling over which officials are sent to attend the European Union meeting Monday on the Georgian crisis.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Colombian pop star Shakira reportedly plans to perform a positive song about Islam and Arabs with Arab-American singer Dania Youssef.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Alfonso Soriano's seventh inning homer Friday lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 win over Philadelphia for their seventh straight victory.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The United Nations is calling a Somali peace deal a good step toward stabilizing the fragile security situation in the country.