FLINT, Mich., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Heavy snows, wind and cold temperatures swept across much of the northern United States and Canada Monday night, bringing a wintry end to 2007.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- North Korea failed to make the year-end deadline for inventorying all of its nuclear components and programs, it was reported Monday.
PERRY , Iowa, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson told potential Iowa caucus-goers Monday that Iraq should be the No. 1 issue in this election.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S presidential contender Mike Huckabee pulled a negative campaign ad against fellow Republican Mitt Romney Monday but not before showing it to reporters.
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Most Americans say they are very satisfied with the way things are going for them personally but are unhappy with how things are going in the United States.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Bilawal Bhutto, son of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, will receive 24-hour protection upon returning to his studies at Oxford in England.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The death toll in Kenya's election violence reached at least 140 Monday as the international community pressured President Mwai Kibaki to ease tensions.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sarah Jane Moore was a free woman Monday, having been paroled after serving more than 30 years in prison for shooting at then-U.S. President Gerald Ford.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A man who was stranded by a blizzard while skiing at Olympic National Park in Washington survived the night by building a cave out of snow.
RIPTON, Vt., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in Ripton, Vt., said the historic home of poet Robert Frost was badly damaged by vandals who destroyed numerous antiques.
ZAGREB, Croatia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Croatia's police minister has resigned after taking part in a boar hunt with a war crimes suspect who was awaiting trial before a U.N. tribunal.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Suicide bombers killed five people at an Iraqi checkpoint manned by members of a Sunni tribe that had turned against the anti-U.S. insurgency.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Meteorologists say the drought in Florida is approaching the worst in state history following two of the driest seasons in more than 100 years.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted as Pakistan premier in 1999 by Pervez Musharraf, said Monday the president should resign immediately.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Israeli army played into the hands of Hezbollah militants during the 2006 Lebanon war, a Knesset report concluded Monday.
KARANGANYAR, Indonesia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Indonesia's president won't let rescue workers give up the hunt for three people missing in last week's flooding and landslides on Java.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Organizers of New Year's festivities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, said the aim of their New Year's fireworks display was to set a world record.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. UPI/Pat Benic...
