UPI NewsTrack articles from November 2004

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NFL: Chicago 23, San Francisco 13.(Sports News)
November 1, 2004... CHICAGO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Craig Krenzel passed for 168 yards and a touchdown in his first career NFL start Sunday night as the Chicago Bears beat the San Francisco 49ers, 23-13. Nathan Vasher scored on a 71-yard pass interception return and,...

Military may lift martial law in provinces.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... BANGKOK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Thai military authorities are considering lifting martial law in the country's three southernmost provinces, The Nation reported Monday. "The military is ready to lift martial law in areas that are safe enough. The...

Iindonesia to sell stakes in banks soon.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... JAKARTA, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Indonesia's new government will soon sell its minority shares in a number of banks in a bid to help plug its budget deficit, the finance minister said. Yusuf Anwar said the sale of government assets managed by the...

Singapore jobless rate falls.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... SINGAPORE, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Singapore's unemployment rate improved in the third quarter reflecting the improving economic environment. The seasonally adjusted overall unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent at the end of the third quarter,...

Restaurant gas leak injures 11 in Vietnam.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Eleven people were injured, two of them seriously, in a suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in Vietnam, police said Monday. The blast occurred in the kitchen on the ground floor of a five-story...

Three-day deadline set for U.N. hostages.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Afghan militants holding three U.N. workers threatened Sunday to kill their hostages if their demands were not met within three days. The militants announced their demands in a video of the U.N....

S.Korea fires warning shots at North boats.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... SEOUL, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- South Korea's navy fired warning shots Monday after North Korean patrol boats crossed the maritime border, the military said. The South Korean navy first broadcast radio warnings as three North Korean patrol boats...

Illegal Nepalis accept Malaysian amnesty.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... KATMANDU, Nepal, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Some 10,000 illegal Nepali workers will return home from Malaysia in response to an amnesty offered to those who leave by Nov. 15, local media said Monday. The offer of amnesty to all illegal workers who...

Ethnic groups battle in central China.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... BEIJING, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities offered no details Monday on weekend clashes between ethnic Chinese and Muslims that may have killed 148 in central China's Henan province. Details of what transpired between people of the Hui...

Japan ends drive-time phoning.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... TOKYO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A total ban on the use of mobile phones while driving took effect Monday in Japan, in an effort to reduce traffic accidents. The law was implemented because of the high number of traffic deaths caused by the use of...

Japan condemns slaying of hostage.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... TOKYO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Shocked by the murder of a kidnapped Japanese hostage in Iraq, the Japanese government Sunday denounced the slaying but vowed to keep its forces there. The decapitated body of Shosei Koda, 24, found wrapped in a U.S....

Pakistani PM starts tour in Nepal.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is visiting Nepal Monday on the first leg of a tour to strengthen trade and cooperation between South Asian nations. "For Pakistan, our top priorities in (the South...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.(Quirks in the News)
November 1, 2004... Byline: United Press International Toronto speed bumps cause controversy TOTONTO, Ontario, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The government of the city of Toronto is wrestling with the merits of speedy firefighter and ambulance response times versus...

US posts warning for Nordic, Baltic states.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has warned its citizens in Nordic and Baltic states of the threat of imminent terrorist attacks, the BBC said Monday. A statement on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Finland warned...

Russian general dies in drive-by shooting.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... SMOLENSK, Russia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A top officer in the Russian air force died Sunday evening after a drive-by shooting on a highway in the Smolensk region of Russia. Major-General Konstantin Dementyev, deputy commander of long-range...

Watercooler Stories.(Quirks in the News)
November 1, 2004... Byline: United Press International 'Get Carter' voted worse remake LONDON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. remake "Get Carter," starring Sylvester Stallone has been voted the worst movie remake of all time by 2,000 film fans in Britain. ...

Lebanon rejects U.S. criticism.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A member of the Lebanese Cabinet has blasted U.S. criticism of Prime Minister Omar Karami's new government as interference in Lebanon's domestic affairs. Speaking at the end of a Cabinet meeting Sunday...

Bush, Kerry poll even in six key states.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry were neck and neck in six major battleground states, a weekend CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found. In the battleground state polls, only in Wisconsin and...

Baghdad's deputy governor gunned down.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Insurgents gunned down and killed the deputy governor of Baghdad as he was on his way to work Monday morning, CNN reported. Hatem Kamel Abdul Fatah was killed, and his two bodyguards were injured, Ministry of...

Market bomber kills five in Tel Aviv.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- An apparent suicide bombing in a crowded Tel Aviv open-air market Monday killed at least five people and seriously injured more than 30 others. The explosion happened around 11 a.m. local time in the Carmel...

Aide: Arafat will return, but different.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... PARIS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- An aide to ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Monday when he returns from treatment in France "he will not be the same Arafat," Ha'aretz reported. Imad Shakur said while Arafat's health may have improved...

Colombia: FARC frees four unexpectedly.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... BOGOTA, Colombia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group unexpectedly released four hostages, El Tiempo reports. The hostages -- held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for more than three years --...

Israel blames al-Qaida for Taba attacks.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... CAIRO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Egyptian Interior Minister Habib Adli Monday dismissed any al-Qaida link with last month's bombings in Taba in which 33 people were killed. "The results of investigations did not show that the group that carried out...

Iraq reconstruction hampered by fraud.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Lawlessness and corruption are hampering reconstruction efforts in Iraq, U.S. Inspector General Stuart Bowen said. In his latest quarterly report, Bowen said allegations have surfaced of large-scale...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... Bush, Kerry poll even in six key states WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry were neck and neck in six major battleground states, a weekend CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found. In the...

Ukraine to hold run-off election.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A near tie in Ukraine's presidential elections has forced a run-off to be scheduled later this month, the Itar-Tass agency reported Monday. Incumbent Viktor Yanukovich recorded 40.12 percent of the vote and...

Qureia condemns Tel Aviv attack.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia denounced Monday's suicide attack in Tel Aviv, dismissing fears it might endanger Yasser Arafat's return to Ramallah. Speaking at the end of a cabinet meeting...

Bush to hit five states on Monday.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WILMINGTON, Ohio, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush campaigns Monday in six states in his bid to win re-election. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., are in an all-out rush to hit as many states as possible before Tuesday's election. Bush...

Final push for Kerry.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Sen. John Kerry is in Florida -- the first of four states where he campaigns Monday -- to start the final day of his two-year campaign for the presidency. Kerry, D-Mass., campaigns in Florida, Wisconsin,...

Chavez supported candidates score big.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Candidates supported by Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez appeared Monday to have won nearly every state in governor elections. Early results from Sunday's election show Chavez-backed candidates...

Health Tips ... from UPI.(Newswraps)
November 1, 2004... Byline: LIDIA WASOWICZ SMOKING BANS HELP WORKERS KICK HABIT A University of Toronto study shows employees in workplaces with smoking bans smoke nearly five fewer cigarettes a day than those where smoking is unrestricted. "Usually, the...

Maoist rebels stage offensive in Nepal.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... KATMANDU, Nepal, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Maoist rebels came off a 9-day truce in Nepal Monday, storming and destroying several government buildings in the northwestern district of Mugu, the BBC said. Government troops reportedly exchanged gunfire...

U.S. Senate race a toss-up.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Of 435 congressional seats up for election Tuesday, 405 are considered safe or favored to win their elections, the Washington Times said Monday. Among the safe seats, 213 are Republicans and 192 are Democrats....

UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup.(Sports News)
November 1, 2004... Byline: ROBERT KIECKHEFER Some tricks and treats from Saturday's 21st running of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: Treat: Racing fans, in Texas, California and even Chicago. Lone Star Park staged a highly successful...

Ill Rehnquist stays home during court.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has thyroid cancer, did not return to the Supreme Court bench Monday morning, citing "the suggestion of my doctors." The court had said last week that Rehnquist would be on...

Britain to close 270 post offices.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Mail has announced plans to close as many as 270 large post offices to stem annual losses of $128 million, The Times of London said. The company operates 560 Crown offices now, but wants to trim some...

Ukraine election was clean -- claim.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... MOSCOW, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The head of Viktor Yanukovych's campaign denied Monday there had been any significant violations in Sunday's Ukrainian presidential election. There were no violations that could influence the outcome of the...

John Travolta goes grey for new movie.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- John Travolta has gone gray, but it's just for his new movie, Time magazine reported in its latest issue. The star of "Pulp Fiction" and "Saturday Night Fever" sports gray hair for "A Love Song for Bobby Long," a...

Yawer accuses Saddam followers of terror.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... KUWAIT CITY, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Ghazi Yawer charged supporters of former dictator Saddam Hussein, extremist groups and intelligence services are behind terrorism in Iraq. Speaking to reporters before ending an official visit to...

'City of Ember' headed for big screen.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Tom Hanks and his producing partner Gary Goetzman are planning a movie adaptation of Jeanne DuPrau's novel "The City of Ember," Daily Variety said Monday. The paper said Hanks and Goetzman -- whose Playtone...

Appeal for release of Sudan hostage.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The mother of a Sudanese hostage in Iraq Monday appealed to his kidnappers to spare the life of her only son. Amina Idriss Mousa was quoted in Sudan's daily al-Rai al-Aam as saying her son Noureddine...

SAG boss saves job.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Screen Actors Guild national board has rejected a demand that Bob Pisano resign as executive director, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday. The board voted during the weekend to reject a demand by a faction...

U.S. stocks off slightly ahead of election.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Traders appeared tentative about either buying or selling Monday ahead of an impossible-to-predict presidential vote, leaving stocks down but only slightly. The Down Jones industrial average fell 16.22 or 0.16...

Abkhazia power plant blown up.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... SUKHUMI, Georgia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- An explosion Monday at an electrical sub-station in the Abkhazia capital of Sukhumi knocked the breakaway republic's broadcaster off the air, Interfax reported. The explosion happened around 5 a.m., taking...

Federal monitors set for Okla. counties.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said Monday it will send monitors Election Day to Cherokee, Delaware and Adair counties in Oklahoma. The counties center around the Cherokee nation. Last week, the department announced...

Milosevic wins right to self defense.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic won the right Monday to defend himself at his trial for genocide and war crimes at The Hague, the BBC reported. The appeals judges' ruling said two...

Bush to voters: 'Stand with me'.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WILMINGTON, Ohio, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush began his 11th-hour campaign swing through battleground states Monday with a simple appeal in Ohio: "Stand with me." Bush, speaking in Wilmington, zeroed in on the economy...

FCC orders equal time in California.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Federal officials have told a California broadcaster to drop free airtime for Republicans or give Democrats equal time, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday. The paper said the Federal Communications Commission...

Court hears plaintiff tax-relief case.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Monday on whether plaintiff who win big awards are required to list attorneys' fees as income on tax returns. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has thyroid cancer, was not...

GOP to appeal poll-challenger ban in Ohio.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... CINCINNATI, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Ohio Republican Party vowed to appeal a federal judge's decision Monday to ban thousands of GOP poll watchers across the pivotal state. Identified as a key battleground state in Tuesday's election between...

Hondurans, Nicaraguans get stay extension.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Bush administration Monday announced an 18-month extension for 86,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan nationals who are in the United States on protected status. The Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes the...

Study: Bush attacked more on TV than Kerry.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush's campaign used attack ads more frequently than Democrat John Kerry's, a University of Missouri study out Monday found. Most of Bush's attacks, the University's William Benoit said,...

First Guantanamo war crimes trial held.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... MIAMI, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The first exclusively U.S. war crimes court since World War II is holding its first trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this week. On trial are two alleged members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida movement who charged with...

Toddler rescued after 13 hours in well.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... FRISCO CITY, Ala., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A 22-month-old boy was pulled to safety Monday after spending nearly 13 hours trapped in an abandoned well in a vacant lot at Frisco City, Ala. Jermere McMillan was immediately taken to the University of...

ACLU to continue Guantanamo monitors.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union said Monday it would continue to monitor the military commissions in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, posting daily reports online. The reports will be accessible on a Weblog at...

Nuclear bomber makes great gift idea.(Quirks in the News)
November 1, 2004... BLACKPOOL, England, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The eBay Internet auction site has a one-of-a-kind gift for the holiday season -- a 40-ton British Vulcan bomber equipped to drop nuclear bombs. The 1960s-vintage aircraft was posted for sale by owner...

Nigeria to face big oil strike this month.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... LAGOS, Nigeria, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Soaring fuel prices have prompted Nigeria's main union to plan a Nov. 16 strike against the Royal Dutch-Shell group, the BBC reported Monday. Calling the Anglo-Dutch energy company an "enemy of the Nigerian...

U.S. Web site: 'Vote, then get lucky'.(Quirks in the News)
November 1, 2004... CHICAGO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- If votergasm.com has its way, the United States will be rocking with love after Tuesday night's polls close, the Illinois Leader reported Monday. The Web site says its mission is to "send 100,000 first-time 18- to...

Madonna may star in Versace ads.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Madonna is reportedly in talks to star in a series of ads for Versace's 2005 spring collection. Photographer Mario Testino, who took photos 10 years ago when Madonna was the 1995 face of Versace, is on board to...

Irons happy to live normal life in Ireland.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- "Being Julia" star Jeremy Irons says he doesn't miss acting in between jobs. "I find 'life' more exciting," the British thespian told reporters in New York. "I do love getting into the tunnel of new lives and new...

Oracle raises offer for PeopleSoft.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- California's Oracle Corp. Monday sweetened its bid for software rival PeopleSoft by 14 percent to $8.8 billion. Oracle also set a Nov. 19 deadline for the offer. Oracle said it was raising its...

Hunter offers sneak peek at 'Incredibles'.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Holly Hunter recently took a break from drama to lend her voice to the super heroine Elasti-girl in the new animated feature, "The Incredibles." Asked what appealed to her about the film, the "Thirteen" and "The...

'The Producers' film on hold.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Filming for "The Producers" has been delayed due to actor Nathan Lane replacing Richard Dreyfuss in the London production of the Tony Award-winning musical. Lane took over the role of Max Bialystock when Dreyfess...

'Fahrenheit' to be aired before election.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" will be televised Monday, which is the eve of the U.S. presidential election, Daily Variety reported. The paper said the anti-Bush documentary will be available Monday for a...

Carly Simon sets first live set in decade.(Entertainment News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Carly Simon will perform her first live concert in nearly 10 years, a publicist for the singer announced Monday. Simon will join gospel singer BeBe Winans at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem for two nights --...

UPI NewsTrack Business.(Newswraps)
November 1, 2004... U.S. stocks up ahead of election NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Traders turned positive Monday ahead of an impossible-to-predict presidential vote, leaving stocks down but only slightly. The Down Jones industrial average rose 40.34 or 0.4...

Five hostages seized in Baghdad.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Insurgents seized five hostages, including a U.S. resident, as they worked at their Baghdad office Monday, the BBC reported. Earlier Monday other gunmen killed Baghdad's deputy governor, Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah, in...

No e-mails for British re-launch of Spam.(Quirks in the News)
November 1, 2004... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Meat and derivative lovers in Britain are being targeted by Spam as the cold canned meat producer struggles to overcome bad name association. Marianne Pollock, the company's senior brand manager, said Spam will...

Manufacturing sector grows.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... TEMPLE, Ariz., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Institute for Supply Management said Monday U.S. economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in October. ISM's purchasing managers index registered 56.8 percent in October, a decline of 1.7...

Personal income inches higher.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday personal income grew modestly in September, while consumer spending rebounded from the previous month. Commerce said personal income rose 0.2 percent in September after...

Delta Air Lines gets $500M finance deal.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... ATLANTA, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has secured $500 million in financing from GE Commercial Finance, the financially troubled carrier said Monday. Additionally, American Express Travel Related Services last week agreed...

S&P rates Serbia long-term bonds B-plus.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Credit raters Standard & Poor's rated Serbia's government bonds for the first time Monday, assigning it a B-plus for the long term. Serbia's short-term sovereign credit, meanwhile, was rated at B by the New York...

Construction spending little changed.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday construction spending was little changed in September for the first time since January. Total construction spending in September came in at a seasonally adjusted annual...

Semiconductor sales rise.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... SAN JOSE, Colo., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Semiconductor Industry Association of San Jose, Calif., said Monday September global semiconductor sales rose 1 percent from August. SIA said the rise came despite inventory correction in some industry...

MBAs from China sought after.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- China's business schools are offering some of the best MBA degrees in the world, the Financial Times reported Monday. The London daily said four of the top 20 executive MBAs across the globe that it assessed came...

'Lazy eye' drops not needed daily.(UPI Science Report)
November 1, 2004... BALTIMORE, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center say daily doses of atropine sulfate eyedrops for children with a "lazy eye" is unnecessary. In a study published Monday, researchers said giving the drops just...

Crude reeling; NYMEX falls to $50/bbl.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- December crude prices were crumbling Monday on the eve of the United States' election. The New York Mercantile Exchange front-month futures contract was falling toward $50 per barrel at midday on reports the...

FCC to auction licenses for FM stations.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators will auction 288 licenses this week that grant authority to build commercial FM stations in specified towns and cities across the country. The Federal Communications Commissions expects as many as...

Owner finds stolen wine for sale in deli.(Quirks in the News)
November 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A San Francisco lawyer whose 249 bottles of wine were stolen from his home has recovered 52 of them after spotting them for sale in a delicatessen. Adam Belsky, 41, spent 10 years amassing his collection of...

Singh strengthens hold on No. 1 ranking.(Sports News)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Vijay Singh has gradually increased his lead atop the Official Word Golf Ranking since he took the top spot from Tiger Woods in September. The latest computerized ranking was released Monday. Each player is...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... Four hostages seized in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Insurgents seized four hostages, including one U.S. resident, as they worked at their Baghdad office Monday, the BBC reported. Earlier Monday gunmen murdered Baghdad's deputy...

Fed watching interest rate debate.(Business News)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. central bank is listening to a debate among economists over whether rising energy prices or a rising trade deficit threatens the economy most. The results of the debate may not be known until after Nov....

Non-candidate Arnold on campaign marathon.(UPI Top Stories)
November 1, 2004... MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the election eve frenzy Monday, barnstorming California in support of various ballot measures and Republican candidates. Schwarzenegger isn't running for re-election...

Purpura replaces Hunsicker as Astros GM.(Sports News)
November 1, 2004... HOUSTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Tim Purpura became general manager of the Houston Astros Monday, replacing Gerry Hunsicker, who resigned. Purpura had been the team's assistant GM and director of player development. He has been with the Astros for...