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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 6:03pm neoform

United Press International -- Members of the Milwaukee Police Department now have a new beat to find criminals: social Web sites like MySpace and Facebook. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday that police officers have begun patrolling the Internet sites where guilty par.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Sep 24, 2007 @ 12:21pm neoform

United Press International -- Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter earmarked $100,000 for a group, headed by former political associates, that opposes teaching evolution in schools. The money is set aside for the Louisiana Family Forum in the labor, health and education financing.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 16, 2007 @ 3:44am neoform

United Press International -- A Utah woman testified she tried to kill herself on her wedding night after she was pushed into marrying her cousin by polygamous-church leader Warren Jeffs. The woman, identified in court as Jane Doe, said she was so appalled by the consummation that.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

United Press International -- Faced with U.S. economic sanctions and a weak dollar, Tehran is demanding foreign energy companies do business in yen and euros, despite increasingly desperate need for investment. In a deal announced last week, Japan’s Nippon Oil agreed to buy oil f.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

United Press International -- Actor Owen Wilson was taken to a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday, reportedly after attempting suicide. Wilson was transported to St. John’s Hospital. Citing sources, The National Enquirer and Star magazine said the star of "Wedding Crashers".. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 29, 2007 @ 1:36am neoform

United Press International -- The United States currently is holding about 19,000 terror suspects, a human rights group said Monday. "It is estimated that there are currently about 18,000 detainees held in Iraq, over 660 in Afghanistan, and about 375 at the U.S. prison in Guantanam.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 3:54pm neoform

United Press International -- A New York dentist is under investigation for billing Medicaid for filling 52 cavities in a single mouth, a feat he claimed took no more than an hour or two. "This dentist never should have been paid in the first place," State Comptroller Thomas DiNapo.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 2:48pm neoform

United Press International -- An 18-year-old Kansas man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly shooting his friend on a dare. Police said the incident began when the 17-year-old friend taunted the 18-year-old with a gun, saying the 18-year-old would not shoot him, The Wichita.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Feb 22, 2007 @ 10:36pm neoform

United Press International -- Russia's foreign minister Wednesday warned the United States not to take military action against Iran. "The Russian foreign minister said Wednesday U.S.-led multinational foreign forces in Iraq must not conduct military operations outside the country,.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Thu Feb 22, 2007 @ 9:39am neoform

United Press International -- U.S. entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. has lost a court battle over the rights to the Winnie the Pooh characters held by Stephen Slesinger Inc. A U.S. district court judge in Los Angeles ruled Disney had no grounds to challenge a licensing agreement.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Dec 18, 2006 @ 9:46am mrmdc

United Press International -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told an audience in New Hampshire Muslim clerics pulled off a plane for praying should have been charged criminally... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Dec 17, 2006 @ 11:00pm neoform

United Press International -- A Long Island, N.Y., college student has returned $24,000 in untraceable $100 bills he found while at his job cleaning a movie theater... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Dec 16, 2006 @ 11:51pm neoform

United Press International -- U.S. intelligence sought to use "extraordinary rendition" to kidnap suspected terrorists in Europe within days of Sept. 11, 2001, testimony in Italy says... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Dec 16, 2006 @ 6:46pm neoform

United Press International -- A watchdog group charges a nuclear warhead nearly exploded in Texas when it was being dismantled at the government's Pantex facility near Amarillo... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 14, 2006 @ 9:21am mrmdc

United Press International -- Marty Moates -- a motorcycle champion who was later a founder of the No Fear sportswear firm in California -- has died at 49 in an apparent suicide... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Dec 13, 2006 @ 9:50am mrmdc

United Press International -- A Harvard Medical School study suggests sleep-deprived U.S. doctors working long shifts have an increased risk of making harmful or deadly medical mistakes... Read More