Topic: George Washington

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Following are remarks made Tuesday by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008.

SAN DIEGO, July 31 (UPI) -- A $70 million fire on the nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington left its top two officers stripped of their duties, officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- While many commentators acknowledge that private military and security contractors are not mercenaries, some of them still contend that their use, both qualitatively and quantitatively, is a new phenomenon, something that emerged full blown from free market apostles like Ronald Reagan, George Bush (senior and junior) and Bill Clinton.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Arboretum says it's developed and released three varieties of lilacs, a flowering bush with a storied role in U.S. history.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 3 (UPI) -- The home where George Washington lived as a child has been found in Virginia, researchers say.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, June 28, 2008.

NEW YORK, June 13 (UPI) -- A man has pleaded guilty to stealing a letter authored by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt from a Muttontown, N.Y., group and attempting to sell the document.

WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- A study comparing fluoride toothpaste in 48 countries found it is too expensive for the world's poorest people, U.S. and Dutch researchers said.

COLUMBIA, Mo., June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have solved the mystery of what caused "New England's Dark Day" on May 19, 1780, by finding evidence of massive Canadian wildfires.