SARPOURENX, France, March 6 (UPI) -- A mayor in southwest France has threatened residents of his village of Sarpourenx with severe punishment if they die because there's no room in the cemetery.

BOSTON, March 24 (UPI) -- More than 140 million homes worldwide will have digital video recorders by 2010, a survey found Friday.

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NANJING, China, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The art of feng shui, which originated in China but was later banned there by communists as "feudal superstition" is causing controversy in China.

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