DENVER, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Colorado man was arrested for racially harassing a coworker by allegedly leaving a dead squirrel in a noose at work.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 11 (UPI) -- New U.S. healthcare plans lower fit workers' deductibles while keeping deductibles high for overweight people with high cholesterol and blood pressure.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Eight of Virginia's 195 Episcopal congregations announced Sunday that their members had voted to cut ties with the Episcopal Church.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Health plans are doing a better job at increasing quality care, but big gaps exist in health services nationwide, and other health policy news.

FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The isolation of U.S. Episcopalian leaders from Episcopalians around the world is about to reach a milestone in Virginia with an unusual church service.

A London businessman admitted he could not stop seeing an $1,800 per night prostitute, even when on trial for stealing.

LONDON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A top British business executive who allegedly bankrupted his company to pay for sex faces legal charges now that 170 employees are out of work.

STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Genetically modified vaginal bacteria could serve as a "chemical or living condom" to protect women from the HIV virus, California researchers say.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Bush administration may have brought upon itself unnecessary difficulties with the faith community when it floated the notion of a "pre-emptive attack" and a "preventative war" against Iraq, prominent U.S. theologians suggested Wednesday.