WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- When the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term Monday it will have a less controversial docket than in sessions past, court observers say.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A London gallery said portraits of Paris Hilton and U.S. President George W. Bush made from pornographic images will be shown at a temporary New York gallery.

BROOKSVILLE, Fla., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The agenda for Florida's Hernando County Commission now includes an appeal filed by the host of a banned charity event that includes female nudity.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A political analyst says U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's presence in cyberspace has reached the realm of super-celebs Paris and Britney.

LONDON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. pop singer Britney Spears has officially become the Most Searched Person on the Internet, Guinness World Records says.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- More than 8 million unique visitors checked out Funny or Die last month, the U.S. comedy Web site announced Tuesday.

CARDIFF, Wales, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Campaigners for likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain say it was "outrageous" for Madonna to compare him to Adolf Hitler at a Wales concert.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama heads into his nominating convention in Denver next week on the skids: Four years ago Sen. John Kerry, the doomed Democratic contender against President George W. Bush, was in a far stronger position heading for his nominating convention in Boston than Obama is now.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton has accidentally shown off mismanaged hair extensions during a Los Angeles red carpet stroll, observers say.

LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A British researcher says that schoolgirls need new role models like the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and writer Virginia Woolf.