UPI NewsTrack articles from December 2004

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COL BKB: Duke 81, Michigan State 74.(Sports News)
December 1, 2004... DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- J.J. Redick and Daniel Ewing were a potent one-two punch Tuesday night while leading the No. 10 Duke to an 81-74 win over No. 9 Michigan State. Redick and Ewing each scored 29 points in the ACC-Big Ten...

Candace Bergen to be in 'Boston Legal'.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- In her first regular U.S. TV role since CBS' "Murphy Brown," Candace Bergen has joined the cast of ABC-TV's new drama "Boston Legal." In the show's high-end civil law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, Bergen...

UPI Newstrack Sports.(Newswraps)
December 1, 2004... Boise State to play in Liberty Bowl BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The Boise State Broncos accepted a bid Tuesday to play Louisville in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31 in Memphis, Tenn. Boise State (11-0, 8-0 WAC), is ranked 10th in the...

S.Korea resumes airlines service to Taiwan.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... SEOUL, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- South Korean airlines restored regular flights to Taiwan Wednesday after a 12-year suspension. The air links between the two had been cut off since 1992 after Seoul switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to...

Indonesian crash death toll rises to 33.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... SOLO, Indonesia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The death toll from Tuesday's airline crash in Java, Indonesia, climbed to 33 as rescue workers found the body of the pilot under the plane's cockpit. The MD-82 plane, operated by Indonesia's private...

S.Korean exports set record in November.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... SEOUL, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- South Korea's exports hit a fresh record in November despite the strengthening of the won against the U.S. dollar, officials said Wednesday. The country's exports rose 27.8 percent year-on-year to $23.3 billion in...

COL BKB: Wisconsin 69, Maryland 64.(Sports News)
December 1, 2004... MADISON, Wis., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Wisconsin's Alando Tucker scored 27 points Tuesday in a 69-64 win over No. 12 Maryland in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The 23rd-ranked Badgers won their 31st straight game at home. Ekene Ibekwe led Maryland...

NBA: Portland 100, Seattle 94.(Sports News)
December 1, 2004... PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Portland Trail Blazers came from 10 points behind and beat Seattle 100-94 Tuesday. Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 25 points, Darius Miles 20 and Zach Randolph 19 for Portland, which won for the fourth time in...

Thousands see Dalai Lama on Russian visit.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... ELISTA, Russia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Thousands of Russian Buddhists flocked to see the Dalai Lama Tuesday on his first visit to Russia in more than a decade. The exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader led prayers and blessed pilgrims at a monastery...

Hungarian economic growth slows in Q3.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Hungarian gross domestic product grew by 3.7 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of the year, official figures showed Wednesday. The third quarter figures represent a slowdown from year-on-year...

Father gets 18 years for raping daughters.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A 48-year-old man in Osaka, Japan, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for raping and sexually abusing his own two daughters for years. Stating that the sentence prosecutors had requested was too light,...

Botswana leader warns: Safe sex or death.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... GABORONE, Botswana, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The president of Botswana, one of the countries most in danger from AIDS, has given his country a blunt message: abstain from unsafe sex or die. Festus Mogae, in an interview with BBC timed to coincide...

CAO admits $550 million speculation loss.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... SINGAPORE, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- China Aviation Oil has acknowledged that it suffered a staggering $550 million in losses from speculative oil derivatives trading, Channel NewsAsia reports. Trading in the counter listed in Singapore has been...

Mild earthquake hits Slovakia.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit central and eastern Slovakia Tuesday evening, terrifying residents but causing no deaths. The SME daily newspaper reported Wednesday tremors were...

Another typhoon heads for Philippines.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Another typhoon is headed for the Philippines, where rescuers are still searching for 150 people missing from Monday's storm, which killed at least 300. Typhoon Nanmadol is expected to hit the east coast...

Pakistani police kill suspected militant.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... QUETTA, Pakistan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Police killed a suspected Islamic militant, believed to be a Chechen, in a shootout in southwest Pakistan, the BBC reported Wednesday. Eleven police officers were injured in the gun battle, which began...

Colombia amends term limit law.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Colombia has amended its constitution to allow presidents to run for a second four-year term, El Tiempo newspaper reported Wednesday. The nation's lower house of Congress passed the measure late Tuesday...

Japan: S.Koreans can enter without visas.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... TOKYO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Japanese government plans to exempt South Korean tourists from visas starting next autumn, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Wednesday. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may tell South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun of...

Chilean navy confesses to onboard torture.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Chilean navy used one of its training ships as a center for torture and punishment shortly after the 1973 coup, La Tercera newspaper reported Wednesday. Naval officials confessed to using the Esmeralda...

Chilean militant seeks asylum in Argentina.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Chilean extremist leader arrested in Argentina has requested asylum to avoid facing murder charges at home, La Tercera newspaper reported Wednesday. Sergio Galvarino Apablaza Guerra -- head of the Manuel...

Japan debates female succession to throne.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... TOKYO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Japanese government has started serious discussions on whether to allow a female member of the Imperial Family to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne. The Cabinet Legislation Bureau and the Imperial Household...

AIDS out of control in China and India.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in China and India are reaching crisis proportions and could threaten the world economy, a U.N. expert says. Swift action is needed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia, where the...

Slovak budget on course to meet target.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Slovakia's state budget deficit came in at $1.2 billion in the first 11 months of the year, official figures showed Wednesday. The deficit for the January to November period this year compares with a...

Serb president survives assassination bid.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Serbian President Boris Tadic survived an apparent assassination attempt late Tuesday, the presidential press office said in a statement Wednesday. The assassination attempt occurred while...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.(Quirks in the News)
December 1, 2004... Byline: United Press International N.Z. Labor Dept. worst place to work AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- One of the worst places to work in New Zealand is in the government department charged with policing workplaces, the...

Croatia sets date for elections.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... ZAGREB, Croatia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Croatian government has decided to hold presidential elections on January 2, 2005, the Vecernji List newspaper reported Wednesday. Parliamentary elections are due to be held in spring of the same year....

Watercooler Stories.(Quirks in the News)
December 1, 2004... Byline: United Press International Company offers service for drunk dialers SYDNEY, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- An Australian wireless company is offering a new service aimed at helping "drunken dialers" before they place that embarrassing call....

Families riot as 166 miners confirmed dead.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... XIAN, China, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- All 166 miners trapped in a coal mine in China's Shaanxi province after a gas explosion were confirmed dead Wednesday, sparking riots by angry relatives. About 800 relatives and coworkers of the victims stormed...

Israeli jails hold 312 Palestinian youth.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Palestinian ministry for prisoners' affairs issued a report Wednesday stating that 312 Palestinian children and youth were being held in Israeli jails. The report said the children held in Israeli...

New Palestinian security unit set up.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A new Palestinian central security unit comprising 750 police officers will enforce internal law in the Palestinian territories, officials said Wednesday. Nabil Shaath, foreign minister and member of...

Saddam niece seeks asylum in Yemen.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The niece of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sought political asylum in Yemen in a letter to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, reports said Wednesday. The daily al-Ayam said the letter, signed "Samra," said,...

Three 6-foot birds lost in Chicago.(Quirks in the News)
December 1, 2004... CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A trio of 6-foot birds rescued from the Thanksgiving cold may not see another holiday unless their owner is found, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. Police found the emus, 100-pound flightless birds native to...

Hamas to boycott PA president's election.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... GAZA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The militant Islamic Hamas movement announced Wednesday it would boycott the election of the Palestinian Authority president set for Jan. 9. Senior Hamas leader Isma'eel Haneya announced the decision at a news...

Report: Iraq abuse was known about.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A leaked confidential military report shows U.S. Army generals were told of Iraqi prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers a month before the story broke in January. The report was written last December by retired Col....

Iraqi exiles returning home to vote.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... BAGHDAD, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- As many as 1,000 Iraqi expatriates, many of them expelled by Saddam Hussein, are returning to their homeland each day as January elections approach. Sorya Isho Warda, Iraq's minister of displacement and migration,...

Ukraine house votes to fire Yanukovych.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Political chaos in the Ukraine entered its 10th day Wednesday as parliament voted to fire Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and form an interim government. The country's Supreme Court entered its third day of...

Canadian author Pierre Berton dies at 84.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... TORONTO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Canadian broadcaster, writer and author of 50 books Pierre Berton died in Toronto of heart failure. He was 84. "He was a very strong guy and he fought like hell, but he died peacefully with his family around him,"...

Poll: More U.S. mothers staying home.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. mothers who set work aside and stayed home with children grew to 5.4 million in 2003, U.S. Census Bureau figures show. In its first "stay-at-home" analysis, the bureau said more than 88...

Public barred from Saudi reformists' trial.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi police arrested seven people, including journalists, who tried to cover Wednesday's opening of the trial of three Saudi reformists in Riyadh. Witnesses outside the court where Dr. Abdullah...

Parley on Arab women political rights.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A conference dedicated to upholding Arab women's right to participate in their countries' political life is to be held later this month in Yemen, reports said. A statement issued by the Arab Shakek Forum...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... Ukraine house votes to fire Yanukovych KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Political chaos in the Ukraine entered its 10th day Wednesday as parliament voted to fire Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and form an interim government. The...

Bush to thank Canadians for 9/11 help.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush concludes his visit to Canada Wednesday by thanking eastern Canadians for their help after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Bush left the capital, Ottawa, Wednesday morning...

Jordan King: security is national priority.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Jordan's King Abdullah told the nation Wednesday national security and stability topped the country's priorities and no one is allowed to meddle with them. Speaking at the opening of the regular parliamentary...

Israel claims Iran impedes peace process.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Israeli ambassador to the United States accused Iran of actively supporting anti-Israeli terrorists and impeding the peace process, USA Today reported. Ambassador Daniel Ayalon said Iranian support for an...

Bhutan crafting miniature constitution.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... THIMPHU, Bhutan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Politicians in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have drafted what could be the world's smallest constitution, with just 34 articles, the BBC reports. The move toward democracy began in 2000, when King...

Tropical storm Otto forms in Atlantic.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... MIAMI, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Tropical storm Otto formed in the Atlantic on the last day of the hurricane season, but its 50 mph winds pose no threat to land, forecasters said Wednesday. After nearly two months without any significant storm...

Former PM sentenced in fake jobs scam.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... PARIS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe had received a suspended 14-month sentence and been barred from politics for a year in a fake jobs scandal. Delivered Wednesday, the verdict by an appeals court in Versailles...

Health Tips ... from UPI.(Newswraps)
December 1, 2004... Byline: ALEX CUKAN PARENTS FAIL TO SEE OBESE CHILDREN Many parents are failing to recognize obesity and overweight problems in their children, a British study finds. Researchers surveyed the parents of 277 children in Britain and found...

Spain: Ex-leaders supported Venezuela coup.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... MADRID, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Spain's previous government supported the 2002 coup in Venezuela that temporarily ousted President Hugo Chavez, the foreign minister said Wednesday. Miguel Angel Moratinos added the former administration did not,...

N.Korea: South's nuke is more urgent.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- North Korea demanded Wednesday South Korea's past nuclear experiments be a top priority in six-nation talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's atomic drive. The North's Foreign Ministry also accused the...

Zhirinovsky named in oil-for-food scandal.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Two European newspapers claimed to have evidence Wednesday Russian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky profited from the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq. The Financial Times and Italy's Il Sole 24 Ore conducted...

More Egyptian guards expected near Gaza.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... JERUSALEM, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Egypt and Israel are nearing an agreement on beefing up Egyptian deployment along its border with the Gaza Strip to facilitate a complete Israeli pullback there. "We are very close (to an agreement)," Israeli...

Brazil Congress votes on CBank head status.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Brazil's lower house of Congress voted to give Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles minister status, Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Wednesday. The measure -- passed late Tuesday night -- now...

Eurozone growth expectations lowered.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The head of the European Union's central bank is tapping down expectations of economic growth in the coming year among member states. Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, said Tuesday the...

Adams, Blair, talk N. Ireland peace.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams began meetings with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London Wednesday in pursuit of peace in Northern Ireland. Adams met with Northern Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahearn before...

Mayor helps bail out Harlem dance troupe.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Dance Theater of Harlem has re-opened, thanks to a $500,000 personal contribution from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. An anonymous check confirmed by a source to have come from the mayor was delivered to...

Fannie Mae ordered to return tainted funds.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge has ordered Fannie Mae, the nation's top mortgage financing company, to give back millions in allegedly tainted funds. The order came after the Justice Department said that Fannie Mae had knowingly...

Schwarzenegger receives Bush award.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has received a public service award from former President George H.W. Bush in Texas. The former president presented Schwarzenegger the 2004 George Bush Award for...

Insurer must pay for boy's breast surgery.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A New York judge has ruled that an insurance company must pay for a teenage boy's breast-reduction surgery, the New York Post reported Wednesday. Manhattan Judge Barbara Jaffe ruled the surgery was "medically...

Chiefs oppose police immigration role.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The world's largest group of law enforcement executives said Wednesday it opposes legislation to compel police enforcement of immigration laws. The International Association of Chiefs of Police said it opposes...

Iraq hostage Hassan may be alive.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Dental records of the mutilated body of a woman found in Fallujah last month indicate it is not the missing CARE administrator Margaret Hassan, The Mirror said. The torso was shipped to Jordan for DNA testing, which...

Election season recommended in Florida.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Florida's election supervisors will ask the Legislature next spring to eliminate Election Day and replace it with an election season of several days. Most of the state's supervisors are now convinced that...

Public school funding challenged.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Fla., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The National Education Association has released a study it says shows a need for more funding to meet the requirements of education reform. The NEA's "Rankings and Estimates" released in Washington said...

Main Street lifts Wall Street.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks moved up steadily Wednesday on the strength of strong consumer spending and easing crude oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100.57 or 0.96 percent to 10,528.59 in mid-morning trading. The...

Two Botox patients are doctors.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Two of the patients who became ill after getting Botox injections in Florida are an osteopathic physician and a chiropractor who have lost their licenses. Four patients are being treated for...

Yanukovich files election lawsuit.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has filed a counter lawsuit in a bid to have his election victory validated, the Itar-Tass agency said Wednesday. Monday, the Supreme Court set aside his motion to...

Cubans suggest dissident should leave.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... MIAMI, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- One of five Cuban dissidents who have been released from prison this week has been told he should consider leaving the country. The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that writer Raul Rivero was told he had a year to...

Toxic chemical found in U.S. food samples.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration study shows a toxic chemical found in nature and used in rocket fuel has come up in tests on lettuce and milk samples. The non-profit investigative organization...

Pension fund sues Merck over Vioxx.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A big New York state pension fund is suing Merck over its now-withdrawn arthritis pain drug Vioxx, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The state's main pension fund is accusing the drug maker of misleading...

Computer chip model could save millions.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have developed a mathematical model for predicting the lifespan of new computer chips that could save millions in annual testing costs. The model is the first to offer the capability of...

Trick knee delays Harry's army training.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's Prince Harry is delaying army officer training for four months to allow a knee injury to heal, the London Mirror reported Wednesday. The 20-year-old prince says he wants to be "100 percent physically...

Writers Guild staff take union vote.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Staff employees of the Writers Guild of America West are planning to vote on whether to seek union representation, Daily Variety said Wednesday. The paper said about 80 staffers at the guild will hold a vote...

Australia Q3 GDP posts four-year low.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Australia's third quarter GDP rose 0.3 percent from the earlier quarter, the government reported Wednesday. It marked the slowest growth rate in almost four years, due to a slump in exports coupled with...

Fungal diseases threaten U.S. forests.(UPI Science Report)
December 1, 2004... ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Several emerging tree diseases caused by fungus are threatening the vitality of North American forests, U.S. plant pathologists warned. The diseases of concern include Butternut Canker, Sudden Oak Death and...

Sponsors begin to line up for Super Bowl.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- New advertisers are lining up for the upcoming Super Bowl telecast, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday. The paper said that Lincoln Mercury will debut its first Super Bowl commercial in more than a decade during...

Soap star Bailey drowns.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Soap opera star David Bailey has drowned in Los Angeles, two months after joining the cast of NBC's "Passions," TV Guide.com reported Wednesday. Bailey, 71, was found in the pool at his apartment on Thanksgiving...

Court weighs IRA bankruptcy exemption.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Wednesday on whether individual retirement accounts are vulnerable to creditors after a personal bankruptcy. The U.S. Bankruptcy Code makes some pensions exempt from...

'Super Size Me' creator goes to TV.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Morgan Spurlock, the writer-director of "Super Size Me," will produce a reality series for the FX cable network, The Los Angeles Times said Wednesday. The paper said Spurlock will also serve as host of the...

Heinz may 'repatriate' foreign earnings.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh's H.J. Heinz Co. says it is considering bringing home as much as $1 billion in foreign profits at newly reduced tax rates. Under legislation signed this fall by President Bush, corporate tax rates are...

King Tut treasures to tour U.S.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The treasures of the legendary Egyptian boy king, Tutankhamen, will tour the United States next year for the first time since 1979. Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, the head of Egyptian antiquities, said the exhibit,...

Rwandan troops move into DR Congo.(UPI Top Stories)
December 1, 2004... KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Fears of another African war escalated Wednesday as U.N. observers reported seeing 100 Rwandan soldiers inside the Democratic Republic of Congo. "We are on a war footing," said Mbusa...

Actress admits telling lies to get parts.(Entertainment News)
December 1, 2004... CARDIFF, Wales, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Welsh actress Joanna Page says she has lied repeatedly to get parts, most recently in a Kevin Spacey pantomime. "I lie in every audition that I go into," Page told the Western Mail in confessing that she...

Power grid operator under investigation.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A special grand jury will investigate possible criminal wrongdoing at the agency that operates the Texas electric power grid. The Texas attorney general's office has also joined the investigation at the...

Manpower says France is investigating it.(Business News)
December 1, 2004... MILWAUKEE, Minn., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- French authorities Wednesday informed Manpower, the U.S. employment services company, an investigation of the firm is under way, the company said. Manpower said it "understands that the investigation...