Columbian musician Jorge Celedon performs for U.S. President George W. Bush as he stands under Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington during a Columbian Independence Day celebration in the East Room at the White House in Washington on July 22, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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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.
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.
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.