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OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma judge has ruled to keep retain a restraining order on a state law that would require doctors to publicly reveal information on abortion patients.
LONDON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Thousands of rail passengers were freed Saturday after being stranded inside the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama urged senators Saturday to approve healthcare reform he said would cut families' costs, strengthen Medicare and lower the deficit.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Snow blanketed the nation's capital early Saturday as a monster storm threatened to paralyze much of the Northeast.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Khieu Samphan, who served as head of state in Cambodia under Khmer Rouge rule from 1975 to 1979, was charged Friday with genocide.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Juveniles should be handcuffed or shackled during court appearances only if judges have a good reason for the restraints, the Florida Supreme Court said.
LAAYOUNE, Morocco, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Western Sahara independence activist has been allowed to return to Morocco after a 32-day hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ended hours of negotiations Friday still one short of 60 votes on healthcare reform, saying he is confident of passage.
GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Former Ambassador Thomas Foley said Friday he will use at least $2 million of his own money in his campaign for Connecticut governor.
COLDWATER, Mich., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Michigan man was sentenced to life with no parole Friday for killing his wife in their rural farmhouse after sending his son and a friend outside to play.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An 18-year-old Minnesota man admitted in a Facebook message that he had accidentally shot someone while playing with a gun, police said.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Snow began falling in Washington late Friday, kicking off what was expected to be the worst December storm in years in the capital.
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Angry journalists confronted a Philippine politician charged in the Maguindanao massacre when he appeared in court Friday.
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