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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An Ohio woman dying of cancer says her mother in Honduras, 79, has been unable to get a U.S. visa for a last visit because officials fear she might stay.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A U.S. drone missile strike in northwest Pakistan killed eight suspected militants in a convoy, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration says 111 pounds of highly enriched uranium fuel has been successfully removed from three sites in Ukraine.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Texas judge says he is temporarily halting plans to allow a West Texas radioactive waste disposal site to accept waste from an additional three-dozen states.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain supports action to oust Laurent Gbagbo as president in the Ivory Coast, but not necessarily with British troops, Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Brazil's president, on his last day in office, refused Friday to extradite a convicted terrorist to Italy, infuriating Rome.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Ohio Supreme Court says a trial court was wrong when it dismissed a civil lawsuit over a car crash caused by a foam deer that pranksters left in a roadway.
LA HABRA, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A producer of X-rated videos says he wants to save "octomom" Nadya Suleman from eviction by paying a past-due payment on her Los Angeles-area home.
ROME, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Italy says it will ban the production and distribution of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags as of Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Errors by U.S. air traffic controllers rose by half in 2010, Federal Aviation Administration records show.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The owner of a Chicago area massage parlor forced minors into prostitution, federal authorities charge.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Kansas community college nursing student is trying to block her expulsion from school for posting a photo of herself and a human placenta on Facebook.
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A device with radioactive materials was recovered from a stolen car, Connecticut police said.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A San Antonio police helicopter lost power and had to land on a busy highway, the police chief said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A New York man whose family is in the fireworks business was charged with assault for firing on his grandson during an argument about noise, police said.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Hard Rock hotel and casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a variety of claims involving sex and drugs, officials said.
HOUSTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Texas surgeon says he is suing Houston's Strake Jesuit College Preparatory for the return of donations he made to the school, which refused to admit his son.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An Ohio judge and her daughter have settled a defamation suit against The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, the newspaper reports.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A North Carolina county official, faced with criticism that has spread nationwide, says he is standing by his denunciation of gay people as "sexual predators."
KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A strike was called across Pakistan Friday to protest against possible changes to the country's blasphemy laws, media reports said.
LAUDERHILL, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Florida woman whose resolution for 2011 was to look good died after undergoing liposuction to remove fat from her waist, her husband said.
PHOENIX, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The daughter of an Arizona county supervisor has been accused of molesting the same boy her mother was accused of abusing, police said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The New York murder trial of former mob boss Vincent Basciano will begin on March 2 with no more delays, a judge has ruled.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old boy was arrested after his younger sister was wounded in what police said was an apparent accidental shooting in Pompano Beach, Fla.
