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AKRON, Mich., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- An Akron, Mich., woman said she received a barrage of phone messages after her advertisement selling a horse was mistakenly categorized as food.
PORT ST. CHARLES, Barbados, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Irish and British rowers made it across the Atlantic Ocean in record time and they arrived at Port St. Charles in Barbados Thursday.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A St. Louis-area woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter of the stillborn baby she gave birth to after allegedly using drugs.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs agents have found 48 illegal immigrants at a Missouri jail since they began making daily visits there in October.
MIDLAND, Mich., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. multinational giant Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it would cut 1,000 jobs, or about 2.3 percent of its workforce, to improve its performance.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The St. Charles County, Mo., prosecutor said there will be no criminal charges in a suicide case involving a bullied teenage girl and Myspace.com.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Some of New Orleans' historic wood-and-steel streetcars are back on track two years after Hurricane Katrina seriously damaged the line.