SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A Northern California man was arrested this week after he allegedly made threats amid a long and surly battle with an e-mail marketing company.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Talks between the Kenyan government and the owners of minibus taxis -- matatus -- in Nairobi have failed to reach a compromise on safety issues.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Kenya's female members of parliament have staged a walk-out over rules prohibiting their purses in the debating chamber, the BBC said Friday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.N. diplomats from the West African country of Guinea-Bissau are working from home after being evicted from their New York offices, a newspaper said Friday.
DERBYSHIRE, England, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A young Cavalier King Charles spaniel has proven himself better than teachers or drugs at calming hyperactive teenagers at school, the BBC said Friday.
PROVO, Utah, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- In Goodridge v Department of Public Health, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts announced that the "everyday meaning of marriage" is "arbitrary and capr
TOKYO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Japanese police are concerned with a growing number of youngsters bilking millions of dollars from older people in a telephone scam.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- More than two-thirds of college students and administrators knew that freedom of religion and the press are guaranteed by the U.S. Bill of Rights.
For men who want to be a "metrosexual" -- a sophisticated man who is fashionable and well-groomed -- Loews Hotels is introducing the "Metro Man" package.
Robber forgot Halloween mask rules ... Grouchy reindeer happy to be grounded ... Drinking contest kills 1, hospitalizes 5 ... Sapphire sold for more than chicken feed ... UPI Quirks in the News.
The night after President Kennedy died 40 years ago, an amazing telex arrived at my office. It read, "Pack $100,000 into your suitcase at once, fly to Dallas an
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- It is difficult to say whether pop star Michael Jackson's newest legal difficulty will adversely affect sales of his new greatest hits CD, "Number Ones" -- part
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Undergraduates and college administrators appear uninformed about the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, surveys commissioned
MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Russian officials Thursday prepared charges against a bar owner who organized a vodka drinking contest that killed a man and hospitalized five others.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Major League Soccer has signed a six-year contract with a 14-year-old boy, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday. Soccer phenom Freddy Adu, who lives with his mother outside Washington and plays for D.C. United, signed a six-year deal with the l
DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Someone in the north Dallas area skinned a living Australian cattle dog and left her by the road, the Dallas Morning News reported Thursday.
Police prepare to take down a fan that has run onto the field between innings of a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 24, 2012. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
