CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla., July 5 (UPI) -- Ted Williams, the last man to hit .400 in a season and one of the great hitters in baseball history season despite a career that was twice interrupted by stints
MIAMI, July 5 (UPI) -- Proceedings for the deportation of the stepson of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein began Friday while the New Zealand citizen remains in detention at an Immigration
LOS ANGELES, July 5 (UPI) -- International Airport was not on any government watch lists and there was still no indication that he was linked to any terrorist organizations, the FBI said Friday. The FBI told reporters that the investigation into the July 4 shooting spree at the ticke
MAYSVILLE, Ky., July 5 (UPI) -- The woman once described as "America's songbird," who battled back from alcohol and drug addictions, was buried Friday in her hometown as more than 700 mourners
MIAMI, July 5 (UPI) -- Proceedings for the deportation of the stepson of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein began Friday while the New Zealand citizen remains in detention by immigration aut
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, July 5 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush and the first lady were relaxing Friday at his parents' vacation home in Maine before he travels to New York on Tuesday to speak to a W
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 5 (UPI) -- Local, state and federal officials have rushed to refute a statement by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz that there is an al Qaida cell active in Jackson
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 5 (UPI) -- A squad of SWAT officers brought a four-hour standoff on a Northern California highway to a foamy end Friday when they flushed a motorist out of his disabled car with a flood of firefighting foam. Authorities had feared that the unidentified driver had po
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this week said it wants auto, tire and auto parts makers to report warranty claim and consumer complaint info
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 2 (UPI) -- The New Bedford Whaling Museum brings to life the glory decades in the 1800s when the Massachusetts port city "lit the world" with whale oil.
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Capital Comment -- Daily news notes, political rumors, and important events that shape politics and public policy in Washington and the world from United Press
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 5 (UPI) -- The director of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa Friday faced arrest for refusing to comply with a judge's order to give police the names of nearly 1,000 wome
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 5 (UPI) -- The director of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa faced arrest Friday for refusing to comply with a judge's order to give police the names of nearly 1,000 wome
CASTROVILLE, Texas, July 5 (UPI) -- Thousands more people were evacuated along fast-rising south central Texas rivers Friday as rain continued to pound the flood-ravaged region. More than 30 inche
LOS ANGELES, July 4 (UPI) -- Three people were killed Thursday when shooting erupted at the ticket counter of the Israeli airline El Al at Los Angeles International Airport, sending horrified passengers running for cover and raising fears that terrorists had struck the United States
