JEFFERSON, Iowa, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama says he would fight "tooth and nail" if the 2008 U.S. presidential were close and "dirty" as the last two.
KFAR KARAH, Israel, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli police said a teenager from the Arab village of Kfar Karah has been arrested and accused of hacking into thousands of Web sites.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has voiced his support for a measure that would increase pay for federal judges.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- At least 15 bodies have been found in and around a Kenyan church that was set on fire amid tensions over the country's disputed presidential election.
LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A British woman jailed after her students in Sudan nicknamed a teddy bear Mohamed said she plans to continue teaching abroad -- this time in China.
OCOEE, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Ocoee, Fla., say a van containing uniforms, trophies and money was stolen from a Bahamian high school basketball team visiting the area.
VATICAN CITY, Italy, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI stressed the importance of family and global community Tuesday, which the Roman Catholic Church celebrates as World Day of Peace.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistan's official declaration that Benazir Bhutto died of skull fracture seemed to change Tuesday as a videotape showed she may have been struck by bullets.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The two leading Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls are knotted atop a CNN poll released Tuesday, two days before the Iowa party caucuses.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A poll indicates Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is widening his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination in Iowa ahead of the state's Jan. 3 caucuses.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials, citing numerous problems in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, may delay the Jan. 8 elections for weeks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton raised more than $100 million for their campaigns in 2007.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A man who killed five people by driving his pickup truck the wrong way down a Toledo, Ohio, highway has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide.
CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Twenty-three New Hampshire gay couples became the first in the state to be united in civil union ceremonies just after midnight Tuesday.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan defense ministry said police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a Tamil member of parliament at a Hindu temple.
BLEKINGE, Sweden, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Blekinge, Sweden, say a 16-year-old boy was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries sustained during a New Year's Eve fireworks accident.
CHENNAI, India, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A wooden platform holding about 40 New Year's revelers broke at a hotel in Chennai, India, dumping the dancers into a deep swimming pool beneath it.
TAKAYAMA, Japan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Four male climbers were found dead Tuesday after an avalanche slammed into their tent while they slept on the slope of Mount Yarigatake.
