EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois say the pen and paper letters written by geniuses like Albert Einstein are very similar to today's e-mails.

WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The Drew Peterson case continues to read like a black-comedy version of "The Silence of the Lambs" done by "Monty Python's Flying Circus," with the Keystone Cops standing in for the FBI.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Forget the worst global economic crisis in 75 years, the terrorist atrocities in Mumbai, the continuing genocide in Darfur or the Russian invasion of Georgia. As far as the users of the Yahoo! search engine were concerned, 2008 was still Britney Spears' year.

BERLIN, May 11 (UPI) -- Cities across Germany have held ceremonies to observe the anniversary of the Nazi Party's book burning campaign, Deutsche Welle said Sunday.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

NEW YORK, April 12 (UPI) -- A painting by Lucian Freud reportedly could fetch a record auction price for a living artist when it goes on the block in New York.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Sigmund Freud statue hanging from the side of a Grand Rapids, Mich., building led confused emergency workers to believe a man was preparing for suicide.

CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A survey of religious beliefs of U.S. doctors found that religious physicians, especially Protestants, are less likely to refer patients to psychiatrists.