UPI Almanac for Wednesday, April 22, 2009.

WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- Cost overruns for the U.S. Department of Defense's major weapons projects continued to soar last year, U.S. Government Accountability Office says.

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COURTMACSHERRY, Ireland, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Officials in two Irish villages said the local governments are feuding over the skeleton of a whale that died in a bay between the towns.

HOUSTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Former President George H.W. Bush entered the room from the right front of the stage, with former first lady Barbara Bush close behind. "Do I know you?" she said to me with a Cheshire cat grin as she walked by and sat within earshot and kitty-corner at the neighboring table. "We met in Prague some years ago, ma'am," I said. "Beautiful," she said. "We'll have to talk." And she sat down. It was the gala of the American Friends of the Czech Republic at Houston's venerable J.W. Marriott hotel last week.

RICHMOND, Va., June 30 (UPI) -- British Royal Navy shipbuilder VT Shipbuilding has named Virginia-based Colfax Corp. as its preferred marine pump provider.

CINCINNATI, June 2 (UPI) -- Operators of food pantries and soup kitchens in Cincinnati say they're seeing marked increases in clients seeking their services, mostly people with jobs.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 30 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will provide live TV coverage of the 2008 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, April 22, 2008.