HOUSTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Houston may have only a single parade this year in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. after years of dueling events to honor the slain civil rights leader.
EXETER, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A British travel agency employee has admitted embezzling thousands of pounds to feed an online gambling habit she shared with her ex-boyfriend.
BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China's president, in his New Year's address, promised the country would continue to develop peacefully while helping poor countries advance.
MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A year that shattered Atlantic records for hurricanes ended with the 27th named tropical storm of 2005 spinning in mid-ocean late Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A top Justice Department official refused in 2004 to approve key parts of the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program, it was reported.
MCDONOUGH, Ga., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a homeless Georgia man who was allegedly given $5 to drink a corrosive milkshake.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New York City Mayor Bloomberg has made education a priority and to help in that goal he has been raising private sector funds, the New York Times reported.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A bankruptcy judge in Oregon has ruled that the Archdiocese of Portland, not its member parishes, owns Roman Catholic churches and schools.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New York City police say an alleged rapist sexually attacked a 16-year-old girl, robbed her and then tied her to a rooftop satellite dish.
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A poll in Australia finds that even supporters of Prime Minister John Howard believe the country should not have become involved in Iraq.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A New York City mother has been accused of squeezing the chest of her 1-year-old son until his ribs broke and then throwing him in his crib, police said.
OTTAWA, Alberta, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Canadian investigators will question the finance minister regarding a leak of a tax-cutting plan to the public to determine whether insider trading occurred.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration has recalled toxic pet food that killed at least 23 dogs in the United States and was exported to 29 other countries.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In what appears to have been a sudden burst of anti-materialism among British Christmas shoppers, more gave gifts of charity this year.
