SYDNEY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Bushfires raging in eastern Australia destroyed at least 10 houses Thursday, officials said.
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ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A police officer in a San Francisco-area town shot and killed a police dog that bit him while they were responding to a burglary call, police said Thursday.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The principal of a New Jersey high school where a student allegedly planned a Columbine-style attack asked students Thursday to stop spreading rumors.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A bill banning semiautomatic and military style weapons will be introduced in Washington state, three state legislators say.
PACIFICA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Residents of a building on the California coast were given 20 minutes Thursday morning to grab what they could and evacuate as big chunks eroded from a cliff.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is under renewed pressure to resign after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty protection against corruption charges.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Texas man has admitted creating child pornography using two girls he was related two, federal officials say.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- New seismic monitors being installed around California could increase earthquake warning time by 5 seconds, officials say.
NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Court documents indicate Rielle Hunter is seeking hefty support for the child former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., has yet to acknowledge fathering.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she meant no disrespect by blacking out the name of Sen. John, R-Ariz., from a sun visor she wore on vacation in Hawaii.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's defense minister was stopped from leaving on an official China trip because of a court ruling striking down an amnesty protection to officials.
BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Swiss company geologist pleaded not guilty to knowingly causing $8.7 million in damage after his pioneering geothermal project caused earthquakes.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Three explosions and a fire gutted a building at a natural gas plant in southern Alaska early Thursday, authorities said.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Florida police chief says he was stunned when a lawyer friend of his was charged by U.S. authorities with running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Some mandatory furloughs at reduced pay for California corrections officers ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are illegal, a court ruled Thursday.
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