OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A Christmas Eve storm pushed toward the east Tuesday after dumping heavy snow in the southern Great Plains and spawning tornadoes in Texas. Oklahoma City will h
TORONTO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Alexander Mogilny recorded his second hat trick of the season Monday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs extended their home unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 5-1
CLEVELAND, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Rookie Caron Butler had his last-second shot blocked Monday night and the Miami Heat had their three-game winning streak snapped by the Cleveland Cavaliers, 74-
BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- DNA evidence has linked a fourth slaying to the Baton Rouge serial killer, a Lafayette Parish Sheriff's spokesman said Monday. A hunter found the body of 23-year-old Trineisha Dene Colomb near Lafayette last month.
LAFAYETTE, La., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's office said Monday that DNA evidence has linked a fourth slaying to the Baton Rouge serial killer. The body of 23-year-old Trinei
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Tough talk and tear gas in the streets of Venezuela along with ominous preparations for war in the Persian Gulf fueled a bullish surge on world oil markets where prices closed at their highest levels in nearly two years. February crude prices jumped $1.45
(This feature story on Sen. Bill Frist's work in Africa originally was published Jan. 13, 2002.) Charity said less than 20 words in the half-hour the American priest, the senator from Tennessee and the Kenyan social worker spent in her 10-foot-by-10-foot
DALLAS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- One of four brothers accused of hiding financial dealings with a leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was released Monday without bond.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Sometimes, weirdly, the most timely news stories are the ones we've forgotten from long ago. What follows is the lead paragraph of a story this correspondent filed for UPI three and a half years ago.
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., outgoing chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said Monday that he might run for president in the 2004 campaign.
DALLAS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- One of four brothers accused of hiding financial dealings with a leader of the Palestinian militant Hamas group was released Monday without bond. Ghassan Elashi
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., outgoing chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said Monday that he might run for president in the 2004 campaign. He said he ha
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks.
DALLAS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Projected state budget deficits for fiscal 2004 could reach $60 billion to $85 billion, forcing deep cuts in health care programs for low-income families, a Was
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist on Monday was elected Senate majority leader in the 108th Congress after mounting criticism forced the resignation of Trent Lott, R-Mi
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Auburn assistant Bob Petrino apparently will return to Louisville and become the next football coach of the Cardinals.
TILLAMOOK, Ore., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- For the second consecutive Christmas, police along the northern coast of Oregon are looking for a missing father in connection with the slayings of his wife and
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Adult children heading home for the holidays always hope to find their parents or older relatives happy and well, but what can you do if they're not?
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
