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LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The end of the coldest December in a decade in Britain has the nation in a cold snap, with temperatures of about 10 F and heavy snow.

LAUGHLIN, Nev., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A coal-fired power plant that emitted vast quantities of air pollution that clouded views of the Grand Canyon will close at year's end.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A shortage of the prized beluga caviar from the Caspian Sea has increased sales for caviar from the sturgeon of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

AACHEN, Germany, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- German researchers say a new procedure for the imaging of coronary veins proves to be less invasive and has fewer complications.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers say they have found two genes that are essential for the proper development of muscle.

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Freeflight Atmospheric Scramjet Test Technique, or FASTT, is the first liquid fuel-powered scramjet to fly, says the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

U.S. healthcare not ready for boomers ... Biosensor could detect cancer types ... Locust breeding expected to rise ... Researcher says women compete differently

DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A single unifying physics theory can essentially describe how animals of every ilk, from flying insects to fish, get around, says a U.S. study.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Locust breeding is expected to accelerate in the months ahead, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said in a bulletin Friday.

NEWCASTLE, England, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The European Union has awarded a grant to international researchers, led by the University of Newcastle, to develop a biosensor to detect disease.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The telecommunications industry continued to be cutthroat in 2005 worldwide, not least with SBC Communications buying out AT&T and Verizon expected to merge wit

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Research shows that U.S. women not only compete differently than men in the workplace, they also compete differently with each other.

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Analysts predicted Friday that China's progress on third-generation wireless could stoke a rivalry between competing technologies.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Belgian company has developed a wireless laptop module that connects to standard cell towers and is not limited to the proximity of WiFi hot spots.

MOSCOW, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Russia's largest wireless phone operator continued its consolidation program Friday by acquiring the remaining stake in ReCom.