NARITA, Japan, June 6 (UPI) -- Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura came home a hero after scaling the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in his 70s.

WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- The two-way race for the U.S. presidency opened unofficially Friday with presumptive Republican nominee John McCain releasing his first TV commercial.

BARRIE, Ontario, June 6 (UPI) -- A $24.5 million lottery prize is being disputed by a man in Barrie, Ontario, who says his co-workers denied him his share because he was out of the country.

WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- Remarks prepared for delivery by U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at the Aamerican-Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington:

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LOS ANGELES, May 26 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Jodie Foster left Cydney Bernard, her girlfriend of 14 years, for screenwriter Cindy Mort, sources told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.

GARLAND, Texas, May 21 (UPI) -- A two-year-old Texas boy was fatally injured when his mother pulled her Chevy Tahoe into the driveway where he was lying with his father to view the stars.

MONTREAL, May 19 (UPI) -- Canadian authorities Monday charged a suspect with first degree murder in the killing of a Canadian political aide, court papers show.

DULUTH, Minn., May 6 (UPI) -- A young burglary suspect caught napping inside a Duluth, Minn., house pleaded guilty but said he doesn't remember committing the crime.