SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old San Antonio girl who recently received a new bicycle was killed this week while riding her new gift near her home.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A woman was tricked into paying $50 to two men posing as police officers on Christmas day in East Hanover Township, Pa.
NDJAMENA, Chad, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Six workers from the French charity Zoe's Ark have been sentenced to eight years of forced labor in Chad as part of a controversial child-trafficking case.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Employees of an oil company renovated the home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the head of the renovation project said.
BOSTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A $6 million settlement by one of the companies linked to the Big Dig collapse in Boston has not stopped lawyers from targeting other parties.
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Raytheon Co. executive has alleged U.S. Army officials knew that one of the company's Patriot missile designs had a flaw in its targeting capabilities.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A government minister said Bulgaria is willing to dispatch fresh troops if needed to the African countries of Chad and the Central African Republic.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The family of one of the victims of a 2003 fire at Rhode Island's Station nightclub has opposed the potential parole of the club's owner, Michael Derderian.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A U.N. report said despite international aid to the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, child malnutrition is on the rise there.
DANIA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Florida family's Christmas turned into a nightmare when they discovered sewage flowing out of their toilet and sink.
ISLAMABAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to share more intelligence about militants and tighten border security.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The parents of a 16-year-old girl in a vegetative state will soon appear in a New York court to debate whether the teenager should be taken off life support.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Republican Party is divided as it searches for a front-runner in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, a published report said.
OAKLEY, Utah, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A father of six was killed in a 400-foot-wide avalanche in Summit County, Utah, the second victim of a local avalanche this week.
NDJAMENA, Chad, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Fighting between army and rebel forces throughout Chad has led to an increase in the number of children being forced to serve as soldiers, a report said.
WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Polish government foreign policy expert said Germany and Poland should sign a document on improving their bilateral relations.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has attempted to ease concerns that he could buy an election by saying rich people can also run a losing campaign.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- People with close family members in the military are more likely than others to support the Iraq War, but even they are divided on the issue, a poll found.
WACO, Texas, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday signed the omnibus spending bill, but chastised Congress for including $10 billion in earmarks in the measure.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
