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CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for more time in their case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to indict the governor and his chief of staff.

JAKARTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say an Indonesian intelligence officer Wednesday was acquitted in the killing of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

BANGKOK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- At least 55 New Year's revelers died when fire swept a popular Bangkok nightclub, police officials said.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said it filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Air Force reservist, accusing his employer of violating the reservist's employment rights.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Records show that four West Palm Beach, Fla., city workers were fired and several others disciplined for porn surfing and other misuse of city computers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has warned colleagues to prepare for a strenuous schedule when Congress resumes in January.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ten major drug defendants were extradited from Mexico to the United States Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors in Oregon say a Portland man will be sentenced in February for calling in dozens of bomb threats.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California's head wildfire fighter says the state is considering a radical change that would train residents in fire zones to pitch in rather than evacuate.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama restated his support of the Senate Democrats' plan not to seat his successor, even though Roland Burris is a "fine public servant."

PAWTUCKET, R.I., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Building inspectors in Pawtucket R.I., Wednesday were investigating what caused a ceiling to collapse in a church basement, injuring several people.

ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The parents of a black man mistakenly shot by Anaheim, Calif., police say they want Disneyland to erect a statue of their late son at the theme park.

MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Florida heart surgeon with alleged memory problems still has his medical license 15 months after he promised to surrender it, a state Web site shows.

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in Athens, Greece, say whoever killed two prostitutes in separate parts of the city likely killed them for pleasure.