BALTIMORE, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Baltimore has edged Indianapolis for a first-place ranking for lowest cost of living among 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas, a report revealed.
PASO ROBLES, Calif., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday local governments are better able to handle needs for retrofits following Monday's earthquake.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- An Arizona convict has been identified through DNA analysis as the suspect in the 1968 San Francisco murder of a teenage girl.
SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The world's largest and newest passenger ship, the Queen Mary 2, has left the French yards where she was built for a shakedown cruise to Spain.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A reward was posted Tuesday for information in the death of a Los Angeles woman who was killed by a stray bullet while decorating her family's Christmas tree.
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Tuition rates are rising rapidly at the nation's colleges and universities and there's a growing division about what to do concerning the problem.
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A teenage boy in Colorado accidentally shot a 14-year-old friend during a sleepover, the Denver Post reported Tuesday.
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Two Australian teenagers were recovering Tuesday from witnessing their friend being killed by a giant crocodile, the BBC reported.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A newborn child in Shanghai, hanging in a plastic bag from an apartment window's security bars, died when the bars gave way, the Shanghai Daily News reported Tu
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A West Palm Beach, Fla., judge rejected a motion by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh Tuesday to deny prosecutors access to his medical records.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A West Palm Beach, Fla., judge denied a motion by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh Tuesday to deny prosecutors access to his medical records.
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TORONTO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Canada's Parliament has the constitutional right to make possession of marijuana a crime, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Tuesday.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Israeli security forces have reportedly arrested 22 Palestinians suspected of being part of a decapitation and prisoner exchange squad.
BANDON, Ore., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A rescuer was drowned along the northern Oregon coast after being swept away by heavy surf while helping to save a 13-year-old boy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- One of the United States' current hawks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was active in improving relations with Iraq in 1984, the New York Times said Tuesday.
CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Fire officials in Canton, Ohio, are trying to determine the cause of an early morning house fire that killed two adults and four children. The blaze, which broke out in a two-story frame home at 1359 Roslyn Ave. SW, around 4 a.m. Tuesday, is the deadliest
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Pakistan acknowledged Tuesday some of its nuclear scientists shared information with Iran out of "personal ambition and greed," the BBC reported Tuesday.
LONDON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A British student who was held captive in Iraq after allegedly trying to join a terrorist group has been released and is now back in Britain.
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. immigration permits clerk and two community recruiters have been indicted in Miami for selling phony work permits to more than 200 illegal immigrants.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Brooklyn jury has chosen life imprisonment over a death sentence for a convicted murderer and drug dealer, presenting a setback to federal officials.
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A homeless man has filed a civil suit against a former Key Largo, Fla., priest who has been convicted of abusing him when he was a child.
President Barack Obama signs the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on May 30, 2012. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
