BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A student from the University of Colorado at Boulder will have her space dust instrument launched in on the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.
BONN, Germany, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- University of Bonn researchers found a clinical advantage in treating patients with epilepsy when their drug dose is adjusted according to the patient.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Cloudmark Inc. issued a consumer warning Wednesday in anticipation of an increased risk of "phishing attacks" following the holiday shopping season.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless announced Wednesday it has completed more than $290 million in enhancements to its Texas voice and data wireless network this year.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- SparkPeople.com, a diet and health Web site, announced Wednesday that it will begin offering its services to consumers for free.
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LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Fertilizing fish ponds with poultry feces to promote fish growth -- a common practice in Asia -- may set up reservoirs of bird flu, say British researchers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. drivers will be able to gas up their vehicles next year with nearly 3 percent of clean-burning, domestic renewable fuels such as ethanol.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Ridley turtles and an 88-pound loggerhead turtle named Bruiser are expected to spend winter in rehabilitation in New York after being caught in the cold.
CALCUTTA, India, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Even as China, by far the world's biggest telecom market that is anxiously awaiting the go-ahead from its government for third-generation telecom services, is trying out all the available 3G technology standards, industry experts believe that it will be t
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- On the Rock Creek Parkway running trail in the heart of Washington, D.C., a steady stream of joggers runs past a tabbed flier attached to a utility pole describ
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Galileo space craft was launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz carrier rocket Wednesday, Russian Mission Control said.
Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler
