REDMOND, Wash., July 24 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. Thursday said it would split a 14,000-employee division in two, the result of a high level executive departure.

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The Chicago Bears placed defensive end Mark Anderson on injured reserve Monday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- One of Fourth Generation war's more effective Trojan horses is refugees. They arrive on someone's shore desperate, pathetic, deeply grateful for the smallest crust or copper flung their way. Only a Scrooge could have a heart so cold as to turn them away.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Minneapolis-area supermarket has hired professional help to evict a pair of avian invaders that are having a feast in the bulk foods section. So far Mark Anderson of Plunkett Pest Control has been unable to capture the two finches who have taken up resi

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have discovered autoimmunity can be triggered if T cells fail to recognize just one of the body's thousands of proteins as "self."

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A flash flood and a bolt of lightning downed a power line in New York City, creating an electrified torrent of water that killed a young couple.

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash., June 4 (UPI) -- An experienced climber and fire department captain died on Mount Rainier in Washington state two weeks after another climber died on the same ridge.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- The state of Florida has decided to save the ultimate souvenirs from the 2000 presidential election mess -- the ballots, hanging chad and all.

ANIMAL STORY That "Miracle Mutt" stranded aboard a drifting oil tanker has finally been rescued. Coast Guard officials in Hawaii confirmed that Forgea, a 2-year-old white female terrier mix, was grabbed Friday ...