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WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force -- the federal government's biggest energy consumer -- is testing a cheaper, cleaner-burning, more-domestic synthetic fuel blend.

LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- British Conservatives said teachers there are quitting schools at double rates in the 1990s.

BOLINGBROOK, Ill., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Officials said that cemetery photos and ominous letters left at neighbors of missing Bolingbrook, Ill., woman Stacy Peterson were a hoax.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International in Sri Lanka said there is no explanation for more than $500 million in missing tsunami relief funds.

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox issued a ruling denying Michigan driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

DALLAS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. transportation agency closed a Dallas bus company following a fatal crash and alleged repeated violations of drive-time regulations.

SEATTLE, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A King's County Sheriff's report outlines an alleged confession in the shooting death of six family members Christmas Eve.

OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's brother, Illinois resident Dr. Naved Musharraf, said the death of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was a "tragedy."

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Newport Beach, Calif., on suspicion of pointing a laser at a commercial jet and a police helicopter.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll indicated a dead heat between Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in New Hampshire.

BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A teenager who confessed to firing a high-powered rifle at a pickup truck in Jackson County, Ind., killing one man, has been sentenced to 42 years in prison.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A car bomb explosion at Baghdad's Aviation Square killed seven Iraqi civilians and injured 35 other people.

MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation denied allegations of an arms deal with Iran regarding air defense systems.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Election officials in Kenya tallied votes Friday from the country's hotly contested presidential and legislative election.