CEDARBURG, Wis., July 23 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin appeals court supported a school board's decision to dismiss a high school teacher for watching pornography on his school computer, officials say.
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CHICAGO, July 23 (UPI) -- Carlos Quentin's three-run homer capped a five-run eighth inning rally giving the Chicago White Sox a come-from-behind 10-8 win over the Texas Rangers.
GILBERT, Ariz., July 23 (UPI) -- Officials in Gilbert, Ariz., say they are hoping to boost workers' morale by reinstating a program to give town employees free movie passes on their birthdays.
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the Arctic holds 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its undiscovered gas, a report said.
BURBANK, Calif., July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. rock band Plain White T's is finishing up its latest album, "Big Bad World," which is set for release in September, Hollywood Records announced.
MIAMI, July 23 (UPI) -- Hurricane Dolly blasted ashore in southern Texas near Brownsville Wednesday afternoon packing 100-mph winds after raking South Padre Island.
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LINKOPING, Sweden, July 23 (UPI) -- A doctoral candidate at Linkoping University in Sweden has tried to provide a neuro-biological explanation for why intuition exists.
SANDY, Utah, July 23 (UPI) -- Police said they have arrested a Sandy, Utah, man who allegedly pulled a handgun on a fellow motorist who asked if he had any "Grey Poupon."
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 23 (UPI) -- Parasitic organisms may exert more influence on ecosystems than previously thought, a researcher said after studying river estuaries in California and Mexico.
SPRING VALLEY, Calif., July 23 (UPI) -- A former student at a Spring Valley, Calif., school has filed a lawsuit alleging a teacher kicked her in the buttocks and called her "ugly."
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Defense Department auditors were pressured to improperly evaluate a number of government contracts, the U.S. General Accounting Office said Wednesday.
GLENDALE, Wis., July 23 (UPI) -- Patients at a Milwaukee-area hospital say the last thing they want to see while facing surgery are vultures perched outside their windows.
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas, July 23 (UPI) -- As 100-mph winds slashed the south Texas Coast Wednesday, fishing boat owner Steven Murphy admitted riding out Hurricane Dolly was risky.
MILWAUKEE, July 23 (UPI) -- Leaders of eight Great Lakes states gathered Wednesday in Milwaukee to present Congress with an agreement to prevent water diversions from the lakes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 23 (UPI) -- Miguel Cabrera had two hits and three RBI and Armando Galarraga yielded a run and three hits in seven innings Wednesday in Detroit's 7-1 rout of Kansas City.
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 23 (UPI) -- A former FBI agent told a U.S. military tribunal in Guantanamo Wednesday a defendant was present when Osama bin Ladin was briefed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- AARP's magazine names Ann Arbor, Mich.; Honolulu; Madison, Wis.; Santa Fe, N.M.; and Fargo, N.D., as the healthiest cities in which to live and retire.