HOPKINTON, Mass., July 9 (UPI) -- Residents cleaned up downed trees Thursday after a tornadolike storm with golf-ball-size hail and 80 mph winds ripped through eastern Massachusetts.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded last week that U.S. President Barack Obama officially apologize for past crimes committed against Iran. Iran's position on, and interference in, what many in the Arab world regard as Arab affairs has many Middle Eastern diplomats worried that Iran could further complicate an already quite complex issue.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.

HOLLYWOOD, March 8 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. says he knew donning makeup to look like a black man for his new film "Tropic Thunder" meant risking a public uproar.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Hollywood daughter of the late actor Peter Sellers and actress Britt Ekland, Victoria Sellers, faces deportation to Britain over legal problems.

Today is Friday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2006 with 114 to follow.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- "Brokeback Mountain" was named best adapted screenplay and "Crash" won the top original screenplay award from the Writers Guild of America.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Ang Lee's gay cowboy movie, "Brokeback Mountain," furthered its Oscar chances by taking the top award from the Producers Guild of America.