LONDON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Police in Britain blame an increase in the country's crime rate on the government's new lax standards for alcohol sales and intake.

PRESTON, England, May 15 (UPI) -- A Police Federation conference that began Tuesday will allow British law enforcement officials a chance to fight alleged nationwide injustice, a report said.

LOS ANGELES, March 28 (UPI) -- Jan Berry, of the 1960s pop music duo Jan and Dean, died in a hospital in Los Angeles at age 62 after suffering a seizure in his nearby home.

The weekly UPI Today in Music package for April 12-18.

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Today's birthdays include Tiny Tim (real name: Herbert Khaury), believed born in 1932; Herbie Hancock in 1940 (age 63); John Kay of Steppenwolf in 1944 (age 59); David Cassidy in 1950 (age 53); Pat Travers in 1954 (age 49); Alexander Briley of the Village

Today's birthdays include pianist/comedian Stan Freeman, who was born in 1920 (age 83); Doris Day in 1924 (age 79); Jan Berry of Jan and Dean in 1941 (age 62); entertainer Wayne Newton in 1942 (age 61); Richard Manuel of The Band was born in 1944; Tony Or

Today's birthdays include Joey Heatherton, who was born in 1944 (age 58); Nazareth bassist Pete Agnew in 1946 (age 56); Sha Na Na's John "Bowser" Baumann in 1947 (age 55); Lynyrd Skynyrd's Steve Gaines in 1949; Paul Kosoff of Free in 1950; Barry Cowsill o

The weekly Today in Music package for Sept. 14-20.