LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Adam Sandler picked up the prize for favorite funny male star at the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles Wednesday night.
KAPALUA, Hawaii, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The 2009 PGA season will begin Thursday with some of the game's top stars hoping to fill the temporary vacuum created by the absence of Tiger Woods.
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Norfolk, Va., police officer had no choice but to use a stun gun on a brain-injured woman twirling a Hula Hoop in a street median, a city official said.
MIAMI, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The Oklahoma Sooners and Florida Gators, both quarterbacked by a Heisman Trophy winner, will determine the championship of major college football Thursday.
SEATTLE, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Washington state couple illegally posed as immigration experts, telling clients to falsely claim they were persecuted gays to gain asylum, officials allege.
HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Fort Monroe should be converted into park land when the U.S. Army leaves the Virginia facility in two years, a citizen group's study says.
CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Two executives with a currency trading firm have been arrested on charges they ran a $15 million Ponzi-like scheme, authorities in Chicago said Wednesday.
DENVER, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Colorado Avalanche star Joe Sakic is expected to be out of the lineup for about 10 weeks after surgery Wednesday for a herniated disc.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- First-year Navy football Coach Ken Niumatalolo, whose team had an 8-5 record this season, has been given a contract extension, the school announced.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Utah couple who faced years behind bars on charges that they tricked Samoan parents into giving up their children now likely face probation, officials said.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Hundreds of striking Vought Aircraft Industries employees in Tennessee have been given an ultimatum: Return to work or lose their jobs to replacement workers.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Running back Brian Westbrook and three other Philadelphia starters missed practice Wednesday for the Eagles' upcoming playoff game with the New York Giants.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton is set to return to a Senate hearing room next week for hearings on her confirmation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Former Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp has been diagnosed with cancer, his consulting firm said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The search for a new candidate to head the U.S. Commerce Department has deluged President-elect Barack Obama's team with requests from interest groups.