UPI NewsTrack articles from April 2005

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Study compares sex lives of ethnic groups.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, March 31 (UPI) -- British researchers say sexual activity varies widely among various ethnic groups, with white women and Caribbean and African men the most adventurous. Kevin Fenton of University College London and his colleagues...

Doctor finds quick test for kidney failure.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... CINCINNATI, April 1 (UPI) -- A researcher at a Cincinnati hospital has identified a protein that allows a quick diagnosis of kidney failure. Dr. Prasad Devarajan, director of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Cincinnati...

Chechen PM escapes murder plot.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... MOSCOW, March 31 (UPI) -- Chechnya's prime minister escaped a new assassination attack only a few days ago, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. Sergei Abramov,the pro-Russian prime minister of the rebellious little autonomous republic...

Altai deputies criticize governor.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BARNAUL, Russia, March 31 (UPI) -- Deputies in Russia's Altai region passed a no-confidence motion in their local governor Thursday, Interfax-Siberia news agency said. The local legislators held a secret ballot on the issue and 46 of them...

Broken light in gym sunburns eyes.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 1 (UPI) -- Idaho parents attending a volleyball tournament in a school gym left with a problem more usually found on the ski slopes -- sunburned eyes. Officials at Madison Junior High say that the bulb broke Friday...

Cops find alleged killer in tattoo parlor.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... ORLANDO, Fla., April 1 (UPI) -- Police found a Florida man charged with killing his baby daughter in a tattoo parlor where he was getting a halo, wings and the infant's name on his back. WKMG-TV, Channel 6, in Orlando reports that Noah...

Children found unconscious and alone.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... CINCINNATI, April 1 (UPI) -- A Cincinnati couple may face charges of child endangerment after their three children were found unconscious from carbon monoxide. WCPO-TV reports that police thought at first that the father had found the...

Rep. seeks data on uncompensated care.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee wants data on uncompensated medical treatment from hospitals around the United States. The Congressional Quarterly HealthBeat says that Rep. Bill Thomas,...

Five children die while parents gamble.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... HAYATO, Japan, April 1 (UPI) -- Five children died in a house fire that broke out while their parents and grandparents were out gambling at a pachinko parlor in southern Japan Thursday night. Found dead at their home were Megumi Ueno, the...

Nikon ordered to pay for worker's suicide.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... TOKYO, April 1 (UPI) -- A Japanese court ordered major camera maker Nikon and an employment agency to pay damages to a mother after her son committed suicide due to overwork. Yuji Jodan joined a temporary staff agency in Nagoya in 1997 and...

Report: Black children suffer from trauma.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 1 (UPI) -- Ohio researchers say trauma has a far greater impact on African-American children than on white children. The results of a study conducted at Columbus Children's Hospital are published in the March edition...

China invites Taiwan's opposition leader.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BEIJING, April 1 (UPI) -- Beijing has invited Taiwan's opposition leader, Kuomintang chairman Lien Chan, to visit mainland China, as relations warm between the former rival parties. If Chan accepts, it will be the highest-level contact...

Next ISS crew confirmed.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... MOSCOW, April 1 (UPI) -- Russian officicals said U.S. astronaut John Phillips and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev will be part of the next crew of the International Space Station. Phillips, Krikalev and the European Space Agency's Roberto...

Australia to boost cooperation with NATO.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... CANBERRA, Australia, April 1 (UPI) -- Australia will boost its links with NATO by posting a defense attache to the alliance's headquarters in Brussels and sharing counter-terrorism intelligence. On the first visit to Australia by a NATO...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.(Quirks in the News)
April 1, 2005... Byline: United Press International Cops chase woman who gets gas, has baby DAYTON, Ohio, March 31 (UPI) -- A Dayton, Ohio, newborn boy was recovering Thursday after being born at a gas pump and chased by misinformed police as his...

Program aims to revive downtown Beirut.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 1 (UPI) -- Legislator Bahiya Hariri, sister of slain Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Friday announced a series of cultural, musical and arts activities in downtown Beirut. The program will include art exhibitions, sports...

NBA: Minnesota 105, LA Lakers 96.(Sports News)
April 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, April 1 (UPI) -- Minnesota led at the half and stayed ahead the rest of the way for its fifth straight win Thursday, a 105-96 decision over the Los Angeles Lakers. Keven Garnett scored 23 points for the Timberwolves. Six other...

Hamas meets Hezbollah in Beirut.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 1 (UPI) -- The leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups met Friday in Beirut and signed a statement declaring their armed resistance against Israel legitimate. Following a meeting with Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,...

Watercooler Stories.(Quirks in the News)
April 1, 2005... Byline: United Press International 'Massacre' High may get name change PALM COAST, Fla., March 31 (UPI) -- A Florida school board is reconsidering the name of a new high school, which happens to be the Spanish word for massacre. ...

Experts seek to protect Yangtze River.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... BEIJING, April 1 (UPI) -- Water conservation experts in China issued warnings Friday that further hydropower demands on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River would cause severe damage. The chief engineer of the Yangtze River Water...

Hydrogen-powered cars begin Vancouver test.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 1 (UPI) -- The Vancouver Fuel Cell Vehicle Program has begun a three-year road test of five cars powered by hydrogen instead of gasoline. The Ford Focus FCVs, which were delivered Thursday, are...

Pope 'very serious,' but lucid, conscious.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... VATICAN CITY, April 1 (UPI) -- Pope John Paul II was in "very serious condition" but lucid and conscious, the Vatican reported Friday. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the pope's blood pressure was "unstable" but that the...

Afghan court cuts US prisoners' sentences.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... KABUL, Afghanistan, April 1 (UPI) -- An Afghan court has cut the sentences of Jonathan Idema and two other U.S. citizens imprisoned for torturing Afghans at a private jail in Kabul. The court rejected the appeals of Idema, Brent Bennett and...

British journalists arrested in Zimbabwe.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 1 (UPI) -- Two British journalists have been arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of reporting on the country's elections without state accreditation. Toby John Harnden, 37, and Julian Paul Simmonds, 46, of the Sunday...

Students accept soy in lunch menu.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... URBANA, Ill., April 1 (UPI) -- A study using soy products instead of meat in student lunch programs finds children cannot tell the difference, University of Illinois researchers reported. It is estimated up to 20 percent of children are...

Olga, the Siberian tiger, presumed dead.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- The first Siberian tiger ever fitted with a radio collar has likely been killed by poachers, said officials from the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York. Olga had been tracked for the past 13 years but went...

U.S. translator kidnapped in Baghdad.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BAGHDAD, April 1 (UPI) -- A translator with U.S., Romanian and Iraqi citizenship has been kidnapped with three Romanian journalists in Baghdad, CNN reported Friday. Meanwhile, two car bombings in northern Iraq killed five people. The...

Online memorial to honor fallen police.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BEIJING, April 1 (UPI) -- China's Ministry of Public Security will launch a Web site to honor fallen police, amid a growing number of officers dying in the line of duty. A total of 492 Chinese police officers nationwide died on the job...

Brain disease found in N.Y. deer.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- Chronic wasting disease, which affects the brain and nervous system in deer and elk, has been found in New York for the first time, it was reported Friday. The New York case of the disease, widespread in some...

Center to fight net pedophilia created.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- A unit is being set up to protect British children from internet pedophilia, the Home Office announced Friday. Specialist police, internet experts and child welfare workers will join the Center for Child Protection...

Colombia: U.S. soldiers busted with coke.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BOGOTA, Colombia, April 1 (UPI) -- Five U.S. soldiers were arrested in Colombia on charges of smuggling more than 30 pounds of cocaine out of the country, El Tiempo reports. The suspected soldier traffickers were detained Tuesday. U.S....

Shark attack Briton may face legal action.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... HOPLEY, South Africa, April 1 (UPI) -- A British tourist attacked by a great white shark is being threatened with legal action for damaging the diving business that organized his trip. White Shark Ecoventures in South Africa may sue Mark...

Brazil: Indians kick off April protests.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BRASILIA, Brazil, April 1 (UPI) -- Brazil's Indian rights advocates will begin Friday their "Indigenous April" campaign, a series of national protests, occupations and other unspecified actions. "We are not going to reveal (everything) we...

Radiation risk shown in prostate cancer.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... MINNEAPOLIS, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said men who have radiation therapy for prostate cancer have a 70 percent higher risk of rectal cancer than men who have surgery instead. The University of Minnesota study, the first to...

Superbug could spread infections.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... BATH, England, April 1 (UPI) -- British researchers said an antibiotic-resistant bacteria that caused a global infection epidemic in the 1950s has re-emerged as a community-acquired superbug. International researchers led by the University...

Maradona says he's 'in love' with Chavez.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... CARACAS, Venezuela, April 1 (UPI) -- Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona is reportedly "in love" with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Buenos Aires Herald reports. After having lunch with Chavez in the Venezuelan capital, Maradona...

AIG says 'improper' deals subject of probe.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Ariz., April 1 (UPI) -- American International Group, one of the world's largest insurance companies, is warning investors of a possible $1.7 billion reduction in capital. In a week of damage control on several fronts, AIG...

Pain patch as effective as oral medication.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... CHADDS FORD, Pa., April 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. study of 143 patients with osteoarthritis found a lidocaine patch may be as effective as the oral medication Celebrex in relieving chronic pain. The study, presented at the 24th Annual Scientific...

Wine Spectator founder Morrisey dies.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, April 1 (UPI) -- Robert Morrisey, founder of Wine Spectator, an influential lifestyle magazine for wine consumers, has died of congestive heart failure. He was 78. Morrisey died Saturday at a San Diego hospital, according to...

Police slam Tories for stirring up fear.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- British police have criticized the Conservative Party for seeking to stir up fear with ads suggesting a major rise in violent crime. Richard Brunstrom, chief constable of North Wales, told Channel 4 News Thursday...

Report:Iraq troop-reduction study to begin.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army general will soon begin the process to determine if fewer troops are needed in Iraq, The Washington Times reported, citing an unnamed source. The source, identified only as being with the military,...

Emergency oil saving policy considered.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- The International Energy Agency reportedly plans to urge oil importing countries to consider an emergency oil saving policy. The plan would go into effect if supplies fall by as little as 1 million to 2 million...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... Pope 'very serious,' but lucid, conscious VATICAN CITY, April 1 (UPI) -- Pope John Paul II was in "very serious condition" but lucid and conscious, the Vatican reported Friday. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the pope's...

Same-sex marriage decision delayed in N.Y.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- Same-sex marriage advocates in New York will have to wait out a lengthy legal process before courts say if gay couples should be granted marriage licenses. The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the...

Mugabe's party on course for victory.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 1 (UPI) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party was reported on course Friday to win a two-thirds majority in voting for the 150-seat assembly. With almost one-quarter of the ballots counted, the...

Black vote group calls for race minister.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- British minority leaders called for the new post of race minister and urged voters to consider racism when they vote in the upcoming election. Operation Black Vote, a coalition of minority organizations, launched a...

March job growth lower than expected.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- Only 110,000 new jobs were created in March, the smallest gain in eight months, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday. The lower number -- far below analysts' expectations of 22,000 -- was largely due to...

Hamas graduates 100 fighters.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... GAZA, April 1 (UPI) -- Hundreds of armed militants gathered in Gaza Friday for the graduation of 100 fighters from a military training session. Members of Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, took part in the graduation ceremony...

Drug combo works better for nerve pain.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... KINGSTON, Ontario, April 1 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers said people suffering chronic pain from nerve damage or disease report better pain relief at lower doses of a combined drug treatment. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research study...

Bus crash kills 8 near Beirut.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 1 (UPI) -- A Syrian bus carrying Lebanese Shiite pilgrims crashed into a partition and rolled in the middle of a highway east of Beirut Friday, killing eight people. Witnesses said the bus carrying 51 passengers burst...

Grass fuel needs U.S. lobby to be accepted.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... ITHACA, N.Y., April 1 (UPI) -- Grass is an environmentally friendly fuel source for the United States but lacks the political lobby to be accepted, a researcher said. Agriculture Professor Jerry Cherney of Cornell University said burning...

Original Anthrax lineup to rock again.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- The original lineup of the U.S. hard rock group Anthrax is reuniting for the first time since 1982. The quintet, a hard-hitting outfit that formed in Brooklyn and helped to pioneer the rap-rock sub genre, plans to...

From Casanova to Doctor Who.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- Scottish actor David Tennant goes from BBC's "Casanova" to "Doctor Who," 10th holder of that role after the sudden departure of Christopher Eccleston. Tennant, 33, played the lothario in the BBC drama written by...

Poles pour into churches to pray for Pope.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... WARSAW, Poland, April 1 (UPI) -- Poles poured into churches Friday to pray for Pope John Paul II, their country's most famous son, who was reportedly in "very serious condition." The 84-year-old pontiff suffered cardiocirculatory collapse...

Simple Plan not predicting Juno fate.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... WINNIPEG, Ark., April 1 (UPI) -- Canadian punk rockers Simple Plan are nominated for three Juno Awards, but aren't making any predictions. "We're happy just to be nominated," says drummer Chuck Comeau. "It would be awesome if we win, but...

Report casts doubts on intel methods.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- Instances of questionable intelligence data or sources were overlooked by U.S. officials making a case for military action against Iraq in 2003. A nearly 700-page report outlining many problems within U.S....

Brazil: 30 killed in mass slaying.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... RIO DE JANEIRO, April 1 (UPI) -- Authorities suspect off-duty military police of killing some 30 Brazilians in multiple shootings, O Globo reported in its online edition Friday. Rio de Janeiro security officials said the killings might be...

Communists prop up Czech government.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 1 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic's Social Democrat-led government survived a no-confidence vote Friday, but only thanks to cooperation from the Communist Party. The largely unreconstructed Communist Party -- a...

Some April Fool jokes can miss the mark.(Quirks in the News)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- One in five white collar workers expected to be the victim of an April Fools Day prank Friday, a British survey says. They expected mostly harmless stuff, like hoax flirty e-mails, sticking mugs to desks, covering...

3 Saudi terrorists executed.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 1 (UPI) -- Saudi authorities Friday beheaded three terrorists convicted of several crimes, including killing, kidnapping, stealing and arms smuggling. An Interior Ministry statement said the three Saudis convicts...

Half of world lives with hazard risk.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- A World Bank report says 3.4 billion people, more than half the world's population, live where at least one natural hazard could seriously affect them. The World Bank report, "Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global...

Suit in Colorado football scandal tossed.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... DENVER, April 1 (UPI) -- A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that was central to the football recruiting scandal at the University of Colorado. U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ruled Thursday the university was not responsible for...

Mass layoff notice at Sears HQ.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., April 1 (UPI) -- Sears Holding Co. has notified the state of Illinois about a "mass layoff" at its Chicago-area headquarters involving at least 250 employees. A 2004 state law requires an employer with 75 workers or...

Microsoft goes after phishers.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... SEATTLE, April 1 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. has filed 117 lawsuits in U.S. district court in Seattle in its effort to stop high-tech fraud by cyber cons known as "phishers." The petitions filed Thursday named dozens of Web sites linking them...

Stocks open higher after weak jobs report.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks edged upward in early trading Friday as a weaker than expected jobs report eased fears of more aggressive interest rate hikes. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 32.96 points, or 0.31 percent, to...

Opposition to same-sex marriage mounts.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. opposition to same-sex marriage has surged to the highest level in four years, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Friday indicated. Sixty-eight percent of respondents to the poll said they did not think...

February construction spending inches up.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- Construction spending inched up 0.4 percent in February to $1.047 trillion, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported Friday. The rate was slightly lower than the market consensus of 0.6 percent. In...

Manufacturers post slight March decline.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... TEMPE, Ariz., April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. manufacturing activity slipped slightly in March, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday. In its monthly survey of business activity, the ISM reported its benchmark purchase manufacturing...

Profile: Young Hitler was a feminine boy.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... ITHACA, N.Y., April 1 (UPI) -- A 1943 U.S. psychological profile of Adolf Hitler says as a young soldier he was "annoyingly subservient" and had nightmares resembling homosexual panic. The profile says the German dictator was a feminine...

Detroit aquarium backers fight on.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... DETROIT, April 1 (UPI) -- Detroit-area residents fighting the closure of the 101-year-old Belle Isle Aquarium are trying to find $150,000 to keep the historic landmark open. The aquarium is scheduled to empty its tanks Sunday because of...

ABC must decide who, what replaces Koppel.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- With Ted Koppel leaving "Nightline" in December, ABC now must decide not only who but what takes over the slot. ABC, which toyed over the years with going to an entertainment format like NBC and CBS, an idea...

Playwright's nanny to make Broadway debut.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- Playwright Wendy Wasserman's nanny is making her Broadway debut. Actress Sarah Saltzberg cares for the Pulitzer Prize-winner's 5-year-old daughter. She has been cast in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling...

Seattle Art Museum expands on three fronts.(Entertainment News)
April 1, 2005... SEATTLE, April 1 (UPI) -- The Seattle Art Museum will begin breaking through walls this month to connect with a new building, still under construction, officials said. The $180 million expansion will double exhibition space and add a...

Franklin Perdue of Perdue Farms dies.(Business News)
April 1, 2005... SALISBURY, Md., April 1 (UPI) -- Frank Perdue, a Maryland farmer who revolutionized the U.S. poultry industry with his brand-name chickens, has died. He was 84. Perdue, who transformed a backyard egg business into the giant international...

Soldiers arrested in Colombian drug probe.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... MIAMI, April 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is investigating five soldiers who allegedly used a military plane to smuggle 35 pounds of cocaine from Colombia to the United States. The U.S. Southern Command in Miami would say only the soldiers were...

Anti-Castro icon hires Miami attorney.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... MIAMI, April 1 (UPI) -- A Miami attorney hired to seek political asylum for a man considered by many as an icon of the anti-Castro movement says he expects a tough battle. Luis Posada Carriles, 77, is believed hiding in south Florida while...

Insurgents blow up Iraqi tourist site.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... SAMARRA, Iraq, April 1 (UPI) -- One of Iraq's main tourist attractions in the town of Samarra was damaged in an explosion, the BBC reports. Insurgents blew up the 162-foot Malwiya tower, which was built in 852 by Caliph al-Mutawakil. U.S....

Solar power coming to Wyoming ranches.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 1 (UPI) -- Several Wyoming ranchers will soon be using new solar- and wind-powered pumps to provide a new water source for livestock and wildlife. The new technology offers ranchers an alternative to traditional...

Rainer's condition precarious -- palace.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... MONACO, Monaco, April 1 (UPI) -- Officials in Monaco Friday described Prince Rainier's condition as precarious and acknowledged his chances of recovery are slim, the BBC reports. "The hope for a favorable outcome remains extremely weak," a...

Buchanan victim of salad-dressing attack.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... KALAMAZOO, Mich., April 1 (UPI) -- Political commentator Pat Buchanan cut short his appearance at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., after a man threw salad dressing on him. Buchanan was taking questions from the audience...

Suspected overdose, fall drop songwriter.(UPI Science Report)
April 1, 2005... LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- Singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty was undergoing tests in a London hospital Friday for a suspected drug overdose and a fall down the stairs at home. Authorities said prescription drugs and evidence of heavy drinking...

Yushchenko: Ukraine sold missiles.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... KIEV, Ukraine, April 1 (UPI) -- Ukranian President Victor Yushchenko told NBC the previous regime sold missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Iran and China. In an interview in Kiev, Yushchenko said the X-55 -- known as the AS-15...

Miami elections chief resigns.(UPI Top Stories)
April 1, 2005... MIAMI, April 1 (UPI) -- Vote-counting problems in Florida have resurfaced with the resignation of an elections supervisor because of hundreds of lost votes. Miami-Dade County supervisor Constance Kaplan resigned in a mutual agreement with...

UPI NewsTrack Business.(Newswraps)
April 1, 2005... Stocks open higher after weak jobs report NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks edged upward in early trading Friday as a weaker than expected jobs report eased fears of more aggressive interest rate hikes but then turned south. The...