WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A growing number of Republican U.S. congressmen are backing a children's health insurance package the president has vowed to veto.

WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) -- A bipartisan amendment to a U.S. Senate bill on Iraq war policy was narrowly defeated by Republican allies of President George Bush.

LONDON, July 1 (UPI) -- The family of Madeline McCann recently received a pair of photographs of the abducted girl that were stolen by a London pickpocket nearly two weeks ago.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 (UPI) -- A Virginia man whose son killed two police officers was released on bond after being charged with providing an arsenal of weapons used in the deadly attack.

ATHENS, Greece, May 19 (UPI) -- Thirteen countries have been bounced from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, including favorite Kate Ryan of Belgium.

ATHENS, Greece, May 18 (UPI) -- The Pan-American "Eurovision Song Contest" reached a milestone in Athens, Greece, Thursday night with its 1,000th song since 1956.

SEATTLE, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- University of Washington scientists say they have found a genetic pathway that links nutrient response, or caloric restriction, with the aging process.

BOULDER, Colo., May 30 (UPI) -- The ivory-billed woodpecker has become the newest poster child in the building battle over renewal of the Endangered Species Act. The dramatic rediscovery of the bird in an Arkansas swamp last year -- but announced publicly only last month -- is being cit

BOULDER, Colo., April 6 (UPI) -- A series by UPI examining the relationship of humans to the environment. This week: After more than 30 years and less than a 1-percent effective rate, is it time to re-assess whether the Endangered Species Act, one of the pillars of U.S. environmental law