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Arizona residents tied to hurricane claims.
November 1, 2007... PHOENIX, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- More than a dozen people living in Phoenix or Tucson have been indicted for allegedly filing claims they were victims of hurricanes Katrina or Rita. With 11 of the 16 suspects currently in custody, federal...

NHL: New Jersey 6, Tampa Bay 1.
November 1, 2007... NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Jay Pandolfo notched his first career hat trick Wednesday while pacing the New Jersey Devils to a 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. New Jersey broke a four-game losing streak with the victory, the...

NBA: Dallas 92, Cleveland 74.
November 1, 2007... CLEVELAND, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Jason Terry helped Dallas to a fast start Wednesday and the Mavericks opened their season with a surprisingly easy 92-74 win over Cleveland. Terry scored 24 points and boosted Dallas to a 29-15 lead after one...

NBA: San Antonio 104, Memphis 101.
November 1, 2007... MEMPHIS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Manu Ginobili finished off a big game with six free throws in the final 15 seconds Wednesday as San Antonio fought off Memphis 104-101. Ginobili scored 30 points in carrying the defending champion Spurs to their...

Top seed advances in Quebec.
November 1, 2007... QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nicole Vaidisova, despite losing the second set, reached the second round of the Bell Challenge Wednesday when her opponent had to retire. Vaidisova won the first set over Renata Voracova 6-2...

Brit judges rule against control orders.
November 1, 2007... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's most senior judges said the government's indefinite control orders are a breach of the human right to liberty. The law lords said the government's 18-hour home curfew needs to be reduced to 12 hours, The...

WGA: AMPTP brought talks to halt.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Representatives for the Writers Guild of America say talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers broke down Wednesday. "Today, just hours before the expiration of our contract, the AMPTP...

Tony Potts granted more 'Access'.
November 1, 2007... BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- "Access Hollywood" correspondent and weekend co-host Tony Potts has signed a new, multi-year contract to remain on the entertainment newsmagazine. "Tony Potts is the go-to guy when it comes to celebrity...

Calif. investigates death outside ER.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- State medical regulators are investigating the death of a Los Angeles man who collapsed after waiting in a hospital emergency room for three hours. The Los Angeles Times said Christopher Jones, 33, arrived at...

PTC blasts softer 'Manhunt 2' rating.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. parents group wants the Entertainment Software Rating Board to explain why the violent new video game "Manhunt 2" did not deserve an Adults Only rating. The Parents Television Council said it did not...

Fighting in Swat ends cease-fire.
November 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Fighting between Pakistani troops and Islamic militants has resumed in the Swat valley as a cease-fire in effect since Monday disintegrated. Pakistan's English language Dawn newspaper reported Thursday...

Noel leaves 61 dead, 38 missing.
November 1, 2007... MIAMI, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Bahamas braced Thursday for Tropical Storm Noel, with government officials issuing a hurricane watch for the northwestern regions of the islands. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said tropical storm warnings...

Florida cockfighting ring broken.
November 1, 2007... EUSTIS, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A raid on a major cockfighting ring in Florida turned up 300 roosters and hens pumped full of steroids. Police in Eustis told WKMG-TV in Orlando the birds had been bred to fight to the death. "These...

Mother accused of chaining son in shed.
November 1, 2007... ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A Florida woman is charged with aggravated child abuse for allegedly keeping her 12-year-old son chained in a shed and beating him with a hammer. "The mother was abusing this child," Orange County sheriff's...

NHL: Columbus 4, Los Angeles 1.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Jason Chimera scored twice Wednesday as Columbus handed Los Angeles its first loss in five games, 4-1. The Kings fell short in their bid to sweep a four-game homestand as the Blue Jackets scored the first three...

Bhutto warns against emergency rule.
November 1, 2007... KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has warned President Pervez Musharraf's government against any kind of emergency rule, it was reported Thursday. Bhutto, who recently returned to her country...

NBA: Denver 120, Seattle 103.
November 1, 2007... DENVER, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson combined to score 57 points Wednesday, carrying Denver to a season-opening 120-103 win over Seattle. Anthony and Iverson are beginning their first full campaign together after...

Jury finds Convertino not guilty.
November 1, 2007... DETROIT, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Detroit has found Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino not guilty of concealing evidence in a 2003 terrorism trial. The jury also acquitted former U.S. Embassy security agent Ray Smith, the...

High test scores may come from easy tests.
November 1, 2007... EAST ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- High test scores at Illinois elementary and middle schools have some critics saying the exams might be too easy. State figures show all third-graders in 287 Illinois schools met or exceeded expectations...

Kansas fugitives found in New Mexico.
November 1, 2007... KANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Two men who escaped from a Kansas prison by cutting through a fence were arrested in New Mexico, along with a former prison guard. The Kansas Department of Corrections said Jesse L. Bell, Steven A. Ford...

Boy, 10, starts wildfire; charges pondered.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old boy has admitted setting a costly California wildfire, leaving authorities to decide whether he should face criminal charges. The boy, whose name has not been released, was living in a trailer at...

Algeria sentences 10 extremists to death.
November 1, 2007... ALGIERS, Algeria, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- An Algerian court has sentenced 10 Islamic militants to death and 12 others to life in prison. The Kuwaiti News Service said six of the men sentenced to death were found guilty of driving trucks full of...

Iraq violence down in October.
November 1, 2007... BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The number of civilians and U.S. troops killed in Iraq in October showed a marked decline but the reasons for the improvement are debatable. The Iraqi Health Ministry said 758 civilians died last month, down from...

Japan refueling agreement expires.
November 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Japan's 6-year-old anti-terrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean expired Thursday, but the government appeared determined to renew the program. Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba planned to order Japanese...

Suicide bomber attacks air force bus.
November 1, 2007... LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A suicide motorcyclist in Pakistan set off a blast Thursday by ramming his explosive-laden vehicle into an air force bus, killing eight people, it was reported. The incident, in which 40 others were...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Poll: Office gossip sign of bad co-worker SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A recent U.S. poll conducted by the staffing firm Randstad USA has found that the most annoying workplace behavior was office gossip. The San...

Watercooler Stories.
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Maine woman due in court for opposing book LEWISTON, Maine, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A Lewiston, Maine, woman has a court date later this year to answer for refusing on moral grounds to return a library book. A court summons...

China's educated jobless numbers up.
November 1, 2007... BEIJING, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- China's economy may be booming but the country is seeing a growing number of university graduates unable to find jobs. This year, China turned out 5 million graduates but 1.44 million graduates, or about 30 percent...

Heavy rocket barrage hits western Israel.
November 1, 2007... JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A barrage of at least 13 rockets were fired into Israel's western Negev region Thursday but no injuries were reported, the Israeli military said. At least nine rockets fired from the Gaza Strip fell on open fields...

Murder charges dropped against FBI agent.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Prosecutors dropped murder charges in a New York case against a retired FBI supervisor after a journalist's interview indicated a lead witness perjured herself. Prosecutors had charged Roy Lindley DeVecchio, 67,...

Russia has suspect in bus bombing.
November 1, 2007... TOGLIATTI, Russia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A suspect has been identified in a deadly bus bombing in the southern Russian city of Togliatti, Russian investigators said Thursday. Inspector Alexander Bastrykin said a man's apartment had been searched...

Drought leads to 'hose rage' homicide.
November 1, 2007... SYDNEY, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Australian police charged a Sydney man with murder after a retired man watering his lawn was attacked because of drought-imposed water restrictions. Todd Munter, 36, appeared in court Thursday on charges he attacked,...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Deadly storm Noel reaches Bahamas MIAMI, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Bahamas braced for a soaking from Tropical Storm Noel, which killed scores of people on Hispaniola, as South Florida was pummeled by winds and high...

Oil prices retreat from record level.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Oil futures prices topped $95 a barrel in early trading Thursday, then retreated and settled at $93.49 a barrel. Crude oil for December delivery followed Wednesday's record closing session and ended down $1.04 --...

U.S. House requests Abramoff documents.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The chairman of a U.S. congressional oversight committee requested that the White House hand over documents withheld in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., called on the White...

U.S., European Union plan biofuels deal.
November 1, 2007... BRUSSELS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The United States and the European Union are planning a biofuels deal, their first move in a broad project to increase EU-U.S. trade and investment. The provisional biofuels accord is principally concerned with...

U.N. cites 'increased exodus' in Mogadishu.
November 1, 2007... MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations said tens of thousands of people fled Mogadishu during fighting last weekend in the Somali capital. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said up to 88,000 --...

U.S. poll: 72 percent dissatisfied.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Exactly 12 months before the next federal election, 72 percent of U.S. citizens said they are unhappy with the country's course, a USA Today/Gallup poll showed. In a poll of 1,009 adults taken between Oct. 12-14,...

Save the dolphins, save the world.
November 1, 2007... OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere, who is also a conservationist and skilled surfer, has physically tried to prevent fishermen from killing dolphins in Japan. Despite worldwide disapproval, fishermen kill more...

Job-cut report offers optimistic view.
November 1, 2007... CHICAGO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The number of planned job cuts announced by U.S. employers fell 12 percent in October, the second consecutive monthly drop, a consultant's report said Thursday. The number fell to 63,114 from September's 71,739. The...

Russia limits election monitors.
November 1, 2007... MOSCOW, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Russian body in charge of conducting and overseeing elections there said it would limit the number of European election monitors for state Duma elections. The Central Elections Commission of Russia told the...

Group wants end to Israeli anthrax tests.
November 1, 2007... JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A rights group petitioned Israel's High Court on Thursday to stop the military from performing anthrax vaccine experiments on soldiers. Physicians for Human Rights filed one petition, while a second was filed by...

U.K. woman seeks rapist's lottery winnings.
November 1, 2007... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's highest court began hearing arguments Thursday from a woman seeking some of the money her convicted rapist won in a national lottery. Identified only as "Mrs. A." in court documents, the 77-year-old...

U.S. income up, inflation signs steady.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Income of Americans rose at a steady pace in September and inflation remained under control, the U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday. A price index for personal consumption expenditures increased 0.2 percent...

Woman, 100, paraglides to record.
November 1, 2007... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A bungee-jumping British grandmother has become the world's oldest paraglider at the age of 100, The Daily Mail reported Thursday. Peggy McAlpine rode as a passenger for 15 minutes Wednesday in a tandem glider in...

Security Council passes Sudan resolution.
November 1, 2007... UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution extending the U.N. mission in Sudan and urged compliance with peace agreements in the African country. U.N. Resolution 1784 extended the mandate...

Unfavorable business news stuns stocks.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower Thursday with traders shaken by a raft of bad news and renewed credit market worries. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 179.97 points, or 1.29 percent, at 13,750.04...

Top aide to Swedish Prime Minister resigns.
November 1, 2007... STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The top aide to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt resigned after a story about the aide spending time in a bar with a political reporter emerged. State Secretary Ulrica Schenstrom resigned...

U.S. counters nuclear criticism.
November 1, 2007... UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The United States defended its nuclear posture on the eve of a U.N. General Assembly vote calling for nuclear powers to take their weapons off "high alert." The non-binding resolution before the General...

MTV's Don Vito guilty of molesting girls.
November 1, 2007... GOLDEN, Colo., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Vincent Margera, star of MTV's "Viva La Bam," threw himself on the floor of a Colorado courtroom and sobbed when he was found guilty of molesting two girls. Margera was convicted on two counts of sexual...

Chrysler plans more than 10,000 layoffs.
November 1, 2007... DETROIT, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Chrysler announced plans to cut more than 10,000 additional jobs and drop four vehicles from its lineup in a massive restructuring plan. The U.S. automaker, in which Cererus Capital Management acquired an 80...

Low income yields low grades in schools.
November 1, 2007... ATLANTA, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Two new studies show economic conditions are influencing student test performances and overall academic factors in the southern United States. The studies show that for the first time in 40 years more than half of...

Exhausted Meat Loaf shortens U.K. concert.
November 1, 2007... NEWCASTLE, England, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. rock balladeer Meat Loaf walked out of a Newscastle concert Wednesday after performing for an hour because he was exhausted, the BBC reported. Meat Loaf's tour promoter denied claims the "Paradise by...

Roberts, Owen to star in 'Duplicity'.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- "Closer" co-stars Julia Roberts and Clive Owen are reuniting for the Hollywood film, "Duplicity," to be helmed by "Michael Clayton" director Tony Gilroy. Gilroy also wrote the screenplay for "Duplicity," a...

Rumsfeld captured thoughts in 'snowflakes'.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used memos to subordinates to outline how to shape public opinion on the war in Iraq, the memos show. In the memos, which he called "snowflakes," Rumsfeld revealed...

Woman who taped Fla. judge makes a deal.
November 1, 2007... DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A woman charged with illegally videotaping a Florida circuit judge has pleaded no contest to a lesser charge after spending 83 days in jail. Julie Ann Domotor of Delray Beach, Fla., originally faced three...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. counters nuclear criticism UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The United States defended its nuclear posture on the eve of a U.N. General Assembly vote calling for nuclear powers to their take weapons off "high...

German police force admits to Nazi past.
November 1, 2007... BERLIN, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany has acknowledged its founding leadership contained members of ex-Nazi police forces. Jorg Zierke, chief of the law enforcement agency known by its German abbreviation...

UPI NewsTrack Business.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Unfavorable business news stuns stocks NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower Thursday with traders shaken by a raft of bad news and renewed credit market worries. The Dow Jones...

Streep to portray Julia Child in film.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Actress Meryl Streep is set to play culinary icon Julia Child in Nora Ephron's screen adaptation of Julie Powell's book, "Julie & Julia," Variety.com said. In the new film, Amy Adams will play a frustrated...

Soulja Boy kisses No. 1 spot good-bye.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Soulja Boy's "Crank That," the No. 1 single on the U.S. record chart for seven weeks, has been ousted by Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss," Billboard.com reported. "Kiss Kiss," featuring T-Pain, is Brown's second No....

Maggie the elephant moves to new digs.
November 1, 2007... ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Maggie, the elephant who has called the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage home for four decades, Thursday begins her journey to an animal sanctuary in California. "Operation Maggie Migration," the carefully...

Former Ill. governor ordered to prison.
November 1, 2007... SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court panel has ordered Illinois' former Republican governor, George Ryan, to report to prison Nov. 7 to begin serving a 6 1/2 year sentence. Ryan, 73, who served one-term as governor...

U.S. mortgage rates near six-month low.
November 1, 2007... MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage rates are near a six-month low, Freddie Mac, the government-backed home lending corporation, said in its weekly report Thursday. The survey, released at the company's headquarters in McLean, Va.,...

Pair held for bringing knives on airliner.
November 1, 2007... ATLANTA, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Two airline passengers have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a number of knives and box cutters aboard a plane at the Atlanta airport. The incident took place last week when baggage screeners spotted 20...

'Buffy' creator, star reunite for series.
November 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" creator Joss Whedon has received a seven-episode commitment from Fox for his new sci-fi series "Dollhouse." The show will star Eliza Dushku, who played bad-girl vampire...

Paul Tibbets, pilot of A-bomb plane, dies.
November 1, 2007... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Paul Tibbets Jr., who flew the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, died Thursday in his Columbus, Ohio, home at age 92. Tibbets suffered several small stokes and heart failure in...

Rowling finishes first post-Potter book.
November 1, 2007... LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- British author J.K. Rowling has finished writing "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," a collection of fairy stories to remain unpublished, the Times of London said. The book is Rowling's first since she completed her...

Bosnia premier resigns.
November 1, 2007... SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Bosnia's prime minister has resigned to protest changes in parliamentary voting ordered by the governing U.N. representative. Nikola Spiric, the Bosnian Serb prime minister of...

DHS seeks Sierra Leonean return to prison.
November 1, 2007... SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked a Texas judge to reverse his ruling freeing a former member of the government of Sierra Leone. Officials arrested Sam Kambo, a member of the National...

McDowell leads at Volvo Masters.
November 1, 2007... CADIZ, Spain, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Graeme McDowell overcame windy conditions for a three-under-par 68 Thursday and a one-stroke lead after one round of the Volvo Masters tournament in Spain. The tournament at the Valderrama Golf Club in Cadiz is...

Gang member convicted under terrorism laws.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A jury in a New York case found a gang member guilty under state terrorism laws as part of charges stemming from a 2002 shooting incident. In the State Supreme Court in the Bronx Wednesday a jury found Edgar...

Report: Hingis admits to cocaine use.
November 1, 2007... GLATTBRUGG, Switzerland, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Former world No. 1 women's tennis player Martina Hingis admitted she is under investigation after testing positive for cocaine use at this year's Wimbledon. The BBC reported Thursday the admission...

Science center to literally raise the roof.
November 1, 2007... HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Proving that building a science center is indeed an exact science, engineers plan to spend a month realigning the roof of the new Connecticut Science Center. The Hartford, Conn., facility was completed just...

NFL fines 49ers kicker Joe Nedney.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- San Francisco placekicker Joe Nedney has been fined $7,500 for making an obscene gesture toward a fan in last Sunday's 31-10 loss to New Orleans. The gesture was made after Nedney booted a kickoff out of bounds...

More EU labor markets open to Poles.
November 1, 2007... WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Luxembourg and Germany opened their labor markets to Poles Thursday, raising to 11 the number of EU countries that legally accept workers from Poland. Germany agreed to grant entry to engineers, while...

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News.
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Soulja Boy kisses No. 1 spot good-bye LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Soulja Boy's "Crank That," the No. 1 single on the U.S. record chart for seven weeks, has been ousted by Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss," Billboard.com reported....

911 dispatcher guides couple through birth.
November 1, 2007... WARRENTON, Mo., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A 911 operator using an emergency backed with practical experience and an information card guided a Missouri man through the delivery of his daughter. Dispatcher Katie Eskew told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...

Mets give Moises Alou a new deal.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The New York Mets decided to bring back veteran outfielder Moises Alou for the 2008 season. Alou, 41, hit a team-high .341 last season with 13 home runs and 49 RBI. "After what happened to us, I really want...

Bush assails Congress on money, Mukasey.
November 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush continued his verbal assault on Congress Thursday when he spoke of the war on terror before the Heritage Foundation. He urged Congress to pass a war supplemental funding bill, extend...

Zetterberg leads NHL's October players.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Henrik Zetterberg, who scored at least one point in each of Detroit's first 13 games of the season, led the way among three NHL players of the month. Zetterberg took "first star" honors, with Columbus goaltender...

Toddler ID's burglarizing babysitter.
November 1, 2007... ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Minnesota are searching for a man fingered as a burglar by the toddler he was babysitting. The man was caught in the act after a burglar alarm went off at a house in St. Paul, The St. Paul...

Man admits firing arrows out of window.
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A New York insurance broker has admitted shooting three arrows out of his window during target practice. Noel Lauria pleaded guilty Wednesday in an agreement that spares him jail time, The New York Post reported....

Pioneering surgeon dies at 81.
November 1, 2007... LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Dr. Tom Shires, who was chief of surgery at the Dallas hospital where President John Kennedy was pronounced dead, has died at the age of 81. Shires, who was in Galveston giving a talk on Nov. 23, 1963, was...