U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal says he needs more troops for the fighting in Afghanistan or the battle with the Taliban for control of the country would be lost.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- "Little Dorrit," the PBS adaptation of author Charles Dickens' novel of the same name, won four awards at the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, June 15 (UPI) -- A 1983 Charles Schulz "Peanuts" comic strip has sold for $17,080 at an entertainment memorabilia auction in Los Angeles, Bonhams & Butterfields said.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Caspian energy production has been severely affected by slumping prices and the global recession. On July 11 oil reached its historic record high of $147.27 per barrel. In the worst of times a severe global recession has ensued since those heady summer days, and oil prices have slumped 73 percent. The former Soviet Caspian producing states of Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have seen the slowdown deplete their export earnings and foreign reserves, forcing their governments to intervene to attempt to stabilize their economies and lessen the recession's impact.

LEICESTER, England, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A judge in England spared a woman a prison term for mistreating her teenage daughter by starving her and forcing her to do all the housework.

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Laura Linney has been named the new host of "Masterpiece Classic," WGBH-TV, Boston, announced Tuesday.

LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- British comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson admits he isn't very proud of most of the movies he has made.

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