MELBOURNE, Tenn., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Miami guard Shaun Livingston, whose once promising career was derailed by a severe knee injury two years ago, found himself out of a job Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army says it has formally apologized for sending thousands of "Dear John Doe" letters to relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Thirty-five percent of U.S. men ages 18 to 25 and 42 percent of women in the same age group say they do not have time to sit down for a meal.
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Twenty-first-ranked Louisville, led by Earl Clark's 22 points, opened its Big East schedule Wednesday with a 71-57 victory over South Florida.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- In the U.S. economic slowdown, many people have lost their jobs and their health insurance, but an expert says healthcare is available.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Federal officials Wednesday accused a black activist organization of intimidating Philadelphia voters and those helping them during the Nov. 4 election.
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.