DAVID COPPERFIELD

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

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A piece in the Dec. 27, 2007, Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Vote on fate of Kirkuk postponed," by Tina Susman and Asso Ahmed of the LA Times, reported that "Kurdish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to a six-month delay in a referendum on whether the oil-rich city of Kirkuk should join the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan or remain under Iraqi central government control. …

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Two women say they think American illusionist David Copperfield uses his magic prowess to pick up women, but stress they don't believe he is capable of rape.

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Attorney David Chesnoff said federal investigators leaked information about a case involving his client, illusionist David Copperfield, to the Seattle Times.

SEATTLE, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Magician David Copperfield is under a federal investigation in Seattle into claims he lured a young woman to his private island and raped her.

LOS ANGELES , Oct. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. illusionist David Copperfield is being sued for canceling engagements in Southeast Asia, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. illusionist David Copperfield has canceled a series of performance dates in Southeast Asia, E! Online reported.

SEATTLE, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A Seattle woman has accused magician and illusionist David Copperfield of raping her in the Bahamas,

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007.