BOSTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- While old age has been linked with heightened cancer risk, research suggests most cancer rates decrease in octogenarians, U.S. researchers said.

LONDON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- British actor and Labor Party supporter Richard Wilson is upset with Prime Minister Tony Blair over his handling of the war in Iraq.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- As Republicans moved Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil drilling through Congress, Canada's Gwich'in Indians argued the plan would violate international law.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Kenneth MacDonald, an editor and publisher who helped guide the Des Moines (Iowa) Register for a half century, has died while recovering from a stroke. He was 9

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho, June 16 (UPI) -- Idaho authorities Wednesday linked the slaying of a Mountain Home teenager to the brief and violent crime spree attributed to parolee Richard Wilson.

CORVALLIS, Ore., June 11 (UPI) -- The list of potential suspects in the disappearance of a young Oregon woman increased Friday to more than two dozen names.

ST. LOUIS, July 9 (UPI) -- Genetic researchers say they have completed DNA sequencing of chromosome seven - a chromosome associated with cystic fibrosis, deafness and several cancers.

ST LOUIS, Mo., June 18 (UPI) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found the Y chromosome is able to fix itself because it carries multiple copies of its genes.

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