UPI NewsTrack articles from June 2007

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MLB: San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 2 (11).
June 1, 2007... PITTSBURGH, May 31 (UPI) -- Mike Cameron hit a solo home run in the top of the 11th inning Thursday night as the San Diego Padres beat Pittsburgh, 4-2. The game went to extra innings after a 2-2 tie through nine. San Diego's Khalil...

Cardinal compares abortion to massacre.
June 1, 2007... EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 31 (UPI) -- Cardinal Keith O'Brien, head of Scotland's Roman Catholic Church, called on Catholic politicians to oppose abortion and compared the practice to a massacre. O'Brien compared abortion to the 1996 Dunblane...

NBA: Cleveland 109, Detroit 107 (2OT).
June 1, 2007... AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 31 (UPI) -- LeBron James finished a memorable effort by hitting the winning basket in double overtime Thursday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers shocked Detroit, 109-107. Cleveland grabbed a 3-2 advantage in the...

Roman temple found under president's house.
June 1, 2007... ROME, May 31 (UPI) -- An Italian archaeologist says he believes that the presidential palace in Rome is sitting on top of a temple to the Roman god Quirinus. Andrea Carandini, a professor at Rome University, used radar scans to look for...

EU chemical law goes into effect.
June 1, 2007... BRUSSELS, May 31 (UPI) -- The European Chemicals Agency is set to open its doors in Helsinki to enforce the new REACH chemicals law. The new law, the most complex bill in European Union history, takes effect Friday. It is designed to cut...

MLB: St. Louis 7, Colorado 3.
June 1, 2007... DENVER, May 31 (UPI) -- A three-run double by Juan Encarnacion highlighted a four-run sixth inning Thursday night as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated Colorado, 7-3. It was the second straight road win for the Cardinals, a feat they had not...

Bancroft family may sell Dow-Jones.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- The Bancroft family, owners of Dow Jones & Co., said Thursday that the company, one of the major forces in U.S. journalism, may be up for sale. In a statement, the family said News Corp., owned by Australian...

Archeologists study Okeechobee remains.
June 1, 2007... PALM BEACH, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- Archaeologists say human remains and hand-carved fishing boats were found buried in muck in Florida's Lake Okeechobee. State Archaeologist Ryan Wheeler said the remains could date back to the early 16th...

Woman sues after tripping in vomit.
June 1, 2007... DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 31 (UPI) -- An Iowa woman is suing Wal-Mart after she slipped and fell in a puddle of vomit at a Wal-Mart store. The lawsuit, filed in Scott County District Court, alleges June Medema of Blue Grass, Iowa, suffered...

Woman finds WWII-era bomb on beach.
June 1, 2007... PENSACOLA, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- A condominium tower in Florida was evacuated for two hours after a resident brought home a beach souvenir -- a World War II-era bomb. Stacy Cook, on the beach with her stepdaughter and grandchildren,...

Pa. considers wind farms on public land.
June 1, 2007... HARRISBURG, Pa., May 31 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania officials say they may consider opening state forests and state parks to the development of wind turbines. Michael DiBernardinis, secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural...

MLB: Seattle 9, Texas 5.
June 1, 2007... SEATTLE, May 31 (UPI) -- Ichiro Suzuki had three of Seattle's 14 hits Thursday night, drove in two runs and scored twice as the Mariners outlasted Texas, 9-5. Seattle built an early 7-0 lead and then survived a five-run Texas fourth, keyed...

Fewer turtle nests on SW Florida beaches.
June 1, 2007... NAPLES, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- Environmental officials say they don't know why there are fewer sea turtle nests on beaches around Naples, Fla. There were 52 nests on beaches in Collier County this week, less than half the number of nests...

Looting of family trust being probed.
June 1, 2007... BOSTON, June 1 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors in Boston are investigating the alleged looting of a trust for the heirs of a 19th-century magnate. The Boston Herald, citing sources, said a longtime employee of the Ayer family trust may have...

MLB: Baltimore 6, LA Angels 2.
June 1, 2007... ANAHEIM, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- Nick Markakis drove in three runs with a double and sacrifice fly Thursday night as the Baltimore won their sixth straight, 6-2, over the Los Angeles Angels. This is the Orioles' longest winning streak since...

Rare rhino dies at San Diego Zoo.
June 1, 2007... SAN DIEGO, June 1 (UPI) -- One of the last remaining Northern White Rhinos in the world has died at the Wild Animal Park in the San Diego Zoo. The rhinoceros, named "Nadi," was believed to at least 40 years old, The North Country Times...

California boy wins spelling bee.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- A home-schooled eighth grader from Danville, Calif., correctly spelled the word "serrefine" to win the 80th annual Scripps Spelling bee in Washington. Evan O'Dorney, 13, beat 285 of the best young spellers in the...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
June 1, 2007... Byline: United Press International Traffic stop yields a ton of pot INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn., June 1 (UPI) -- The Minnesota State Patrol said it seized more than a ton of marijuana hidden in a shipment of hard candy similar to...

Video shows missing BBC reporter.
June 1, 2007... GAZA, June 1 (UPI) -- Missing BBC reporter Alan Johnston said he was in good health in the first video released of him since his abduction in Gaza 12 weeks ago. "First of all, my captors have treated me very well.... They have fed me...

Watercooler Stories.
June 1, 2007... Byline: United Press International Technician claims to have filmed Nessie INVERNESS, Scotland, June 1 (UPI) -- The legendary Loch Ness monster has made another film appearance, this time supposedly caught by the camcorder of an...

New fighting at Lebanese camp.
June 1, 2007... TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 1 (UPI) -- Lebanese troops and an Islamic militant group barricaded in a refugee camp near Tripoli resumed fighting Friday. A government offensive against the Fatah al-Islam militants followed the delivery of a...

Baby, child rescued from sinking yacht.
June 1, 2007... MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an infant, a child and four adults from a sinking 65-foot yacht off the coast of Miami. The yacht "Imagination" was headed for Bimini in the Bahamas when it began taking on water 13 miles...

Man with TB was allowed to cross border.
June 1, 2007... ATLANTA, June 1 (UPI) -- A Georgia man with drug resistant-TB was allowed to enter the United States from Canada even though a Homeland Security computer check said to detain him. Congressional investigators said a border agent allowed the...

Crude prices up a nickle in early trading.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose a nickel to $64.06 a barrel Friday in early trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Heating oil dropped 0.31 cents to sell at $1.88 a gallon and reformulated gas was down 0.32 cents at...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
June 1, 2007... Man with TB was allowed to cross border ATLANTA, June 1 (UPI) -- A Georgia man with drug resistant-TB was allowed to enter the United States from Canada even though a Homeland Security computer check said to detain him. Congressional...

Dispute over cause of 1985 plane crash.
June 1, 2007... OTTAWA, June 1 (UPI) -- Air India said lax security by a Canadian airline led to the bombing 22 years ago of an Air India jetliner bound for New Delhi. A hearing on the June 1985 crash that killed 329 people marks the latest round in a...

U.S. official criticizes Kremlin.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- The war of words between the White House and the Kremlin continued with a U.S. State Department official criticizing Russian foreign policy as "ham fisted." "We do no one any favors, least of all the Russian...

TB patient asks passengers' forgiveness.
June 1, 2007... DENVER, June 1 (UPI) -- The Atlanta man with drug-resistant TB who set off an international health alert by flying abroad asked that fellow airline passengers forgive him. Andrew Speaker, in an interview broadcast Friday by ABC's "Good...

Dell plans 10 percent work force layoff.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- Personal computer company Dell has announced plans for a 10 percent layoff of its work force over the next year. The anticipated cuts, the company's first since 2001, would affect about 8,800 people, The Wall...

Financial regulator Preston Martin dies.
June 1, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (UPI) -- Outspoken vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in the 1980s, Preston Martin, has died in San Francisco at the age of 83. Martin died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer, daughter-in-law Margaret...

U.S. military talks to Iraqi insurgents.
June 1, 2007... BAGHDAD, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. and British military officials in Iraq have met secretly with an Iraqi insurgent group that has bragged about attacks on U.S. troops, ABC News reported. The meetings with the Sunni group the 1920s Revolution...

'Bang the Drum Slowly' author dies.
June 1, 2007... SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- Mark Harris, whose "Bang the Drum Slowly" was listed by Sports Illustrated as one of the top all-time sports books, died in Santa Barbara, Calif., at age 84. The retired Arizona State University...

September opening for Arab language school.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- The state of New York is following through with plans to open the nation's first public school dedicated to teaching Arabic and Arab culture. Named after the Christian Arab poet Kahlil Gibran, the New York City...

Old Europe becoming new Europe.
June 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S experts on international relations hailed the new set of leaders taking over what former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once called "old Europe." Nicolas Sarkozy's election as French president, Angela...

No breakthroughs in Iran nuclear talks.
June 1, 2007... MADRID, June 1 (UPI) -- Talks in Madrid about Iran's nuclear program ended without any major breakthroughs, the European Union foreign policy chief said. "We cannot say that there has been a fundamental breakthrough, but what we can say it...

Oscar historian Patrick Stockstill dies.
June 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, June 1 (UPI) -- Patrick Stockstill, whose Oscar trivia knowledge led to his post as Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences historian, died in Los Angeles at age 57. Stockstill died May 24 of complications following a...

Little progress reported in Korean talks.
June 1, 2007... SEOUL, June 1 (UPI) -- Little progress was reported Friday in Seoul talks between South Korea and North Korea after Pyongyang protested that it hadn't received promised rice aid. South Korea promised to give North Korea 400,000 tons of rice...

Romney warns of Clinton welfare state.
June 1, 2007... SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 1 (UPI) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Americans will get a welfare state if they send Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York to the White House. "Shudder the thought if Hillary were president,"...

Children's books present conservative view.
June 1, 2007... TORRENCE, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- A California businessman says he is publishing books for young readers to offer a balance to left-leaning tomes on the shelves. His "Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed," cartoon book about two boys...

Long-time Bush aide resigns.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- White House counselor Dan Bartlett, who has worked for U.S. President George Bush since his campaign for Texas governor, announced his resignation Friday. His resignation is effective July 4. He said he was...

U.S. stocks grow on favorable job report.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- Buoyed by a stronger-than-expected jobs report, U.S. stocks advanced in early trading Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 45.26 points, or 0.33 percent, at 13,672.90. Nasdaq rose 16.93, or 0.65 percent,...

National Guardsman sold stolen equipment.
June 1, 2007... CHICAGO, June 1 (UPI) -- An Illinois National Guardsman who admitted to stealing military equipment may draw a lenient sentence for cooperating with the government. Staff Sgt. Lee N. Shobe faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading...

'Dr. Death' released from Mich. prison.
June 1, 2007... COLDWATER, Mich., June 1 (UPI) -- Assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian Friday walked out of a Michigan prison after serving more than eight years in the death of an ALS victim. Kevorkian, who earned the moniker "Dr. Death,"...

Poles jailed for anti-Solidarity activity.
June 1, 2007... WARSAW, Poland, June 1 (UPI) -- A Polish court sentenced 15 communist-era policemen to jail terms ranging from 2 1/2 to 11 years for killing Solidarity trade union miners in 1981. In a commentary on the Thursday ruling of the Katowice...

Israeli forces kill two near border fence.
June 1, 2007... GAZA, June 1 (UPI) -- Israeli forces killed two people whom the military said were trying to plant a bomb Friday near by the Gaza Strip border barrier. The age of the two people was not clear. Palestinian sources told Ynetnews that 8- and...

157,000 new jobs reported for May.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy added 157,000 payroll jobs in May, up from 80,000 in April, the Labor Department announced Friday. For the first quarter, the total was 496,000 new payroll jobs, or about 165,000 a month. However,...

Not all Springfields want Simpsons.
June 1, 2007... SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 1 (UPI) -- Not all Springfields in the United States are clamoring to compete to be the host city for the premiere of "The Simpsons" movie this summer. While some Springfields dream and scheme to be the real...

English proposed as 'national' language.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate may consider making English the "national" language, not the "common" language included in immigration reform legislation. The proposal from Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., would reduce the...

UPI NewsTrack Business.
June 1, 2007... Stocks grow on favorable jobs report NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- Buoyed by a stronger-than-expected jobs report, U.S. stocks advanced Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 45.26 points, or 0.33 percent, at 13,672.90. Nasdaq...

Green card bride eligible for settlement.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York said a woman who married a man so he could get a green card has a right to the payout from an airline crash 12 years later. "While such green card marriages may violate United States...

Chicago mail problems investigated.
June 1, 2007... CHICAGO, June 1 (UPI) -- Disgruntled customers, union leaders and politicians are giving the U.S. Congress an earful about the problems plaguing mail delivery in the city of Chicago. Postal officials said one of the reasons things are in...

Infant rescued from garbage bag.
June 1, 2007... CHICAGO, June 1 (UPI) -- Attempted murder charges have been filed against a Chicago woman who gave birth to a baby boy at her home and then put him in a trash bag. Firefighters and paramedics began searching for the infant after workers at...

Secrecy surrounding UFO theme park.
June 1, 2007... ROSWELL, N.M., June 1 (UPI) -- An umbrella of secrecy is surrounding plans for a UFO theme park in the New Mexico town of Roswell. City Planner Zach Montgomery revealed six locations were being considered for the park but refused to...

New Zealand yacht takes challengers' lead.
June 1, 2007... VALENCIA, Spain, June 1 (UPI) -- Emirates Team New Zealand claimed an 8-second victory Friday in the first race of the best-of-nine America's Cup challengers' finals off Spain. The New Zealand boat led from the start in Friday's race and...

Bosnia Serb war-crime suspect in The Hague.
June 1, 2007... THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 1 (UPI) -- Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir was transferred Friday to a detention center of the U.N. tribunal in The Hague. Tolimir, a 58-year-old retired Bosnian Serb general, sought by the...

Man tries to rent child with option to buy.
June 1, 2007... DALLAS, June 1 (UPI) -- Bail has been set at $100,000 for a married Texas father who paid an undercover Dallas police officer $100 to "rent" a 9-year-old girl for the night. Kevin Russell Moake, 49, was arrested outside a fast food...

Donovan introduced as Magic's coach.
June 1, 2007... ORLANDO, Fla., June 1 (UPI) -- Billy Donovan, who coached Florida to the NCAA tournament title each of the last two seasons, was introduced Friday as the coach of the NBA's Orlando Magic. The Magic reportedly will pay Donovan $27.5 million...

Russian says Litvinenko destroyed evidence.
June 1, 2007... NALCHICK, Russia, June 1 (UPI) -- A former KGB agent killed in London last year once traveled to Chechnya to destroy evidence against another former agent, a Russian official charged Friday. Russian Deputy Interior Minister Arkady Yedelev...

Russia investigates smuggling.
June 1, 2007... MOSCOW, June 1 (UPI) -- Russian officials Friday investigated an attempted smuggling of technical documents related to weapons of mass destruction from the Urals region. "Members of the Urals customs service have opened two criminal cases...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
June 1, 2007... 'Dr. Death' released from Mich. prison COLDWATER, Mich., June 1 (UPI) -- Assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian Friday walked out of a Michigan prison after serving more than eight years in the death of an ALS victim. Kevorkian,...

Cheese sandwiches get lunch bills paid.
June 1, 2007... CHULA VISTA, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- Officials at a California school district say the cheese sandwich they provide to children with overdue lunch bills is an effective if bland collection tactic. Four years ago, parents in Chula Vista,...

N.Y. Council dispute sparks threat.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., June 1 (UPI) -- A dispute about renaming a Brooklyn street for a controversial black activist resulted in extra security for a New York City councilman. Leroy Comrie was provided with additional police protection after...

Reagan's diaries published for 'history'.
June 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, June 1 (UPI) -- Former first lady Nancy Reagan said she published her late husband's diaries so readers could learn more about the former U.S. president. "The Reagan Diaries," edited by historian Douglas Brinkley, are being...

Jumper forces bridge closing.
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., June 1 (UPI) -- New York authorities closed the George Washington Bridge Friday when a man climbed the northern cables and headed toward the New Jersey tower. The bridge over the Hudson River was reopened to traffic...

Japan may pull out from whaling body.
June 1, 2007... ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 1 (UPI) -- The Japanese delegation to the International Whaling Commission indicated at an Anchorage, Alaska, meeting their country may withdraw from the body. After its proposal to allow small-scale coastal whaling...

Balkan countries stop human smuggling ring.
June 1, 2007... BELGRADE, Serbia, June 1 (UPI) -- Police in five Balkan states arrested 77 people they claimed were members of a human trafficking ring that smuggled Turks and Albanians to Western Europe. Police of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia,...

Red Sox owner named in CIA trial.
June 1, 2007... MILAN, Italy, June 1 (UPI) -- A part owner of the Boston Red Sox was one of 130 prosecution witnesses named Friday for an upcoming Milan kidnapping trial of U.S. and Italian agents. Prosecutors said they will call Philip Morse, a minority...

U.S., India work to restart nuclear talks.
June 1, 2007... NEW DELHI, June 1 (UPI) -- Bush administration officials met with their Indian counterparts in New Delhi to attempt to restart talks on a nuclear agreement between the nations. U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns met Thursday with...

NBC still in 'Apprentice' hunt.
June 1, 2007... BURBANK, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- Naming Ben Silverman as head of NBC Entertainment in California may have increased its odds slightly in retaining "The Apprentice" with Donald Trump. NBC's option on the reality show from Trump and Mark...

Italy's underwater colonization experiment.
June 1, 2007... PONZA ISLAND, Italy, June 1 (UPI) -- Six divers will live underwater off Italy's Ponza Island from Sept. 8-22, setting a world record and continuing an experiment from 2005. The current record is held by Italian divers Stefano Barbaresi and...

Court ruling hits California taxpayers.
June 1, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (UPI) -- California's mishandling of unclaimed and abandoned property may leave state taxpayers liable for damages totaling several billion dollars. The case stems from a recent federal appeals court ruling that...

England releases Entebbe hijack files.
June 1, 2007... LONDON, June 1 (UPI) -- Newly released British files on a 1976 hijacking to Entebbe, Uganda, include the claim that Israel was behind the hijacking. The BBC reported the National Archives file includes a claim made by a source to a British...

Civil union bill signed into N.H. law.
June 1, 2007... CONCORD, N.H., June 1 (UPI) -- New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed into law a bill legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples in the state. Lynch, a Democrat, gave only 80 minutes notice before signing the bill in the state's Executive...

Pakistan bans gatherings of more than five.
June 1, 2007... Pakistan, June 1 (UPI) -- Pakistan banned gatherings of more than five people in Islamabad Friday, a day before a planned procession for suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Supporters of the suspended chief justice planned to march...

Pentax OKs takeover, Hoya plans offer.
June 1, 2007... TOKYO, June 1 (UPI) -- With the Tokyo takeover battle apparently over, Hoya Corp. plans to make a tender offer for Pentax by Monday, it was reported Friday. That was the next step in the two-month-long struggle in which Hoya seeks to turn...

200 acts lined up for Glastonbury Festival.
June 1, 2007... GLASTONBURY, England, June 1 (UPI) -- More than 200 acts, including The Who, The Killers and Arctic Monkeys, are set to play the Glastonbury Festival in Britain this month. Also taking the main stage during the three-day festival that kicks...

Ljubicic upset in French Open third round.
June 1, 2007... PARIS, June 1 (UPI) -- Seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic was upset in Paris Friday, a day that saw most highly seeded men post easy wins in the third round of the French Open. World No. 1 Roger Federer, fourth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko and No. 9...

PETA proposes vegetarian tax cut.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the U.S. Congress should give vegetarians a tax cut. Vegetarians "are responsible for far fewer greenhouse-gas emissions and other kinds of environmental...

Dodd campaign highlights global warming.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has created a TV spot in Iowa and New Hampshire highlighting environmental politics. A Dodd spokeswoman said the ad, which discusses...

Babyshambles' singer considers lawsuit.
June 1, 2007... LEEDS, England, June 1 (UPI) -- Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty said he's considering legal action against a British festival's organizers for saying he was a no-show when he wasn't invited. Doherty said organizers of the Gatecrasher...

Bush: Iran should release detainees.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush condemned the Iranian government Friday for the detention of several Iranian-Americans. "These individuals have dedicated themselves to building bridges between the American and...

Disputed interim U.S. attorney resigns.
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- The former White House aide who replaced a U.S. attorney who did not see eye-to-eye with the Bush administration is stepping down. Tim Griffin, who was Karl Rove's aide before being named interim U.S. attorney...

Report: Air Tran dumps Michael Vick.
June 1, 2007... ATLANTA, June 1 (UPI) -- Air Tran Airways has severed its ties to Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who is the subject of illegal dogfighting allegations in Virginia. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday the airline will...

Greenpeace builds an ark in Turkey.
June 1, 2007... AGRI, Turkey, June 1 (UPI) -- Greenpeace unveiled its version of Noah's Ark in ceremonies at Turkey's Mount Ararat to draw attention to global climate change. Biblical tales claim the first ground that Noah's Ark, containing two of each...