UPI NewsTrack articles from October 2006

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Windsor bride-to-be's lineage questioned.
October 1, 2006... LONDON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The Times of London says Croatian Princess Paola de Doimi de Frankopan is not really a Frankopan, raising questions about her impending marriage. The princess and Lord Nicholas Windsor are due to be married at the...

COL FB: Nebraska 39, Kansas 32 (OT).
October 1, 2006... LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Stewart Bradley's one-yard touchdown run in overtime Saturday gave the 21st-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers a 39-32 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks. After Bradley gave the Cornhuskers (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) the lead...

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, Oct. 1.
October 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International (All Times Eastern): Pro Football: Arizona at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Dallas at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Miami at Houston, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Buffalo, 1 p.m....

COL FB: Ohio State 38, Iowa 17.
October 1, 2006... IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Troy Smith threw four touchdown passes and Antonio Pittman ran for 117 yards and a touchdown Saturday as top-ranked Ohio State beat 13th-ranked Iowa, 38-17. Smith completed 16-of-25 passes for 186 yards...

MLB: Kansas City 9, Detroit 6.
October 1, 2006... DETROIT, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Mike Sweeney drove in three runs Saturday night as Kansas City beat the Detroit Tigers, 9-6. On of his three hits was a solo homer in a seven-run first inning. David DeJesus and Joey Gathright both had two...

MLB: Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 0.
October 1, 2006... PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Three pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout Saturday night as Pittsburgh beat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0. Winner Marty McLeary (2-0) scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings with two walks and three...

MLB: Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 1.
October 1, 2006... CLEVELAND, Ohio, Afghanistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Casey Blake and Ryan Garko both had two RBI Saturday night as Cleveland beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 6-1, for its third straight win. Blake hit two solo home runs; Garko hit an RBI double and...

COL FB: Georgia 14, Mississippi 9.
October 1, 2006... OXFORD, Miss., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Brannan Southerland ran for two touchdowns Saturday night as No. 9 Georgia escaped with a 14-9 win over Mississippi. Southerland scored on one-yard runs in both the third and fourth quarters; Kregg Lumpkin...

Blake, advance to Bangkok final.
October 1, 2006... BANGKOK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- American James Blake will play Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in Sunday's final at the Thailand Open Tennis Tournament in Bangkok. In Saturday's semifinals, Blake, the third seed, beat unseeded Marat Safin of Russia, 3-6,...

MLS: Houston 1, D.C. United 0.
October 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Brian Ching scored the only goal in the 86th minute Saturday night as Houston beat D.C. United, 1-0. The Dynamo victory, combined with Real Salt Lake's 3-3 tie with Kansas City, clinched a playoff berth for Houston...

MLS: New York 1, Chicago 0.
October 1, 2006... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.Y., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Josmer Altidore scored the game's only goal in the 60th minute Saturday night as New York beat Chicago, 1-0. The Red Bulls needed to win to keep pace with fourth-place Kansas City in the Eastern...

MLS: New England 3, Colorado 1.
October 1, 2006... FOXBORO, Mass., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Steve Ralston, Jose Manuel Abundis, and Clinton Dempsey scored goals Saturday as New England beat Colorado, 3-1, in a Major League Soccer match at Foxboro. The Revolution (10-8-12) set sail after Ralston's...

40 feared dead in Nigeria dam collapse.
October 1, 2006... GUSAU, Nigeria, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Some 40 people were feared killed in Gusau, Nigeria, where a dam collapsed and swept dozens of people away in a violent rush of water. "It had enough force and speed to sweep people off their feet and into...

Typhoon kills 2, injured 80 in Vietnam.
October 1, 2006... DANANG, Vietnam, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Typhoon Xangsane became a tropical storm Sunday after moving inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it killed two people and injured 80 others. The storm, with winds of up to 110 mph damaged hundreds...

MLS: Kansas City 3, Salt Lake City 3.
October 1, 2006... KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Neither team got what they wanted as the Kansas City Wizards and Real Salt Lake played to a 3-3 draw at Arrowhead Stadium. The draw Saturday night left Kansas City (10-13-7) tied on points with New York...

MLS: Los Angeles 3, Carson City 0.
October 1, 2006... CARSON CITY, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Goals from Peter Vagenas, Landon Donovan and Alan Gordon led the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 3-0 win over Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman made three saves for...

MLS: Columbus 3, Dallas 1.
October 1, 2006... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Columbus Crew were eliminated from Major League Soccer playoff contention despite beating FC Dallas 3-1 at Crew Stadium. Joseph Ngwenya, Jacob Thomas and Jason Garey scored goals Saturday night, but the...

Interim Thai prime minister sworn in.
October 1, 2006... BANGKOK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Thailand's coup leader swore in a retired general as interim prime minister in Bangkok Sunday amid promises to restore democracy to the country. Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said after his swearing-in...

Hamas-Fatah clashes erupt in Gaza.
October 1, 2006... GAZA CITY, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A dispute about unpaid salaries led to a gunbattle between Hamas and Fatah forces in Gaza City Sunday, killing one person and injuring 30 others. Palestinian Interior Minister Said Syiam deployed Hamas-led...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
October 1, 2006... Interim Thai prime minister sworn in BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Thailand's coup leader swore in a retired general as interim prime minister in Bangkok Sunday amid promises to restore democracy to the country. Interim Prime...

Titanic memorabilia auctioned.
October 1, 2006... DEVIZES, England, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- One of the ill-fated Titanic's few remaining life jackets and dozens of letters sent by people aboard were auctioned in Devizes, England. The life jacket, one of only six or seven in existence, was sold to...

Bus crash in China kills 30.
October 1, 2006... CHONGQING CITY, China, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A bus crashed through a guardrail and plunged into a riverbank in Chongqing City, China Sunday, killing at least 30 people including the driver. Twenty others were injured, the official Xinhua news...

High alert in Israel as Yom Kippur begins.
October 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli security forces were on high alert Sunday ahead of the sundown beginning of the holiest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Defense officials reported 17 specific alerts about terrorist plans...

Witness suggests Diana's route known.
October 1, 2006... LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- An eyewitness told Scotland Yard investigators he saw people in a Paris tunnel just before a car crash killed Princess Diana in 1997. Record producer Jacques Morell's eyewitness account contradicts the theory that...

Al-Qaida fugitive killed in Yemen.
October 1, 2006... SANAA, Yemen, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A key al-Qaida fugitive who escaped from jail earlier this year was killed when Yemeni security forces raided a house in Sanaa Sunday. Fawaz al-Rabihi was sentenced to die last year for plotting an attack in...

U.S., Europe in standoff on passenger data.
October 1, 2006... BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. official says Trans-Atlantic flights to the United States will continue despite a failure to reach a deal with Europe on sharing air passenger data. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a...

4 killed in Quebec overpass collapse.
October 1, 2006... LAVAL, Quebec, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- At least four people died in two cars buried under tons of concrete in the collapse of a highway overpass near Montreal, officials said Sunday. The two cars were removed from the rubble Sunday morning nearly...

SC official: Sterilize parents of wild kids.
October 1, 2006... CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Charleston, S.C., city councilman suggests sterilizing parents could be one way to address society's problem of children running amok. "What we've got is a failure in society, whether it's in Mount...

Officials hunt Iraqi terror head; 6 killed.
October 1, 2006... BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two bombings in Iraq killed at least four people and wounded six others Sunday as officials reported they were closing in on al-Qaida's Iraqi leader. A car bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy exploded in Baghdad,...

New video shows Sept. 11 hijackers joking.
October 1, 2006... LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A videotape shows the ringleader of the Sept. 11 terrorist hijackings reading his "martyrdom" will at an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan. The tape obtained by the Times of London also shows Mohammed Atta --...

Wedding bells ring for Amanda Peet.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Actress Amanda Peet and screenwriter David Benioff have married at the actress' alma mater, Friends Seminary, in New York, People magazine reports. The wedding took place Saturday at the Quaker school, People said....

Russia suspends troop pullout from Georgia.
October 1, 2006... TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Russia suspended a scheduled pullout of troops from Georgia as the row over the arrest of four Russian officers on spy charges in Tbilisi escalated. Russian Gen. Alexander Baranov said the troops would not...

'Chorus Line' revival lacks royalties.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A revival of "A Chorus Line" has some of the New York dancers who lent their stories to the musical wondering if they were fairly compensated. The play is based on recollections of divorce, child abuse and the...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
October 1, 2006... 4 killed in Quebec overpass collapse LAVAL, Quebec, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- At least four people died in two cars buried under tons of concrete in the collapse of a highway overpass near Montreal, officials said Sunday. The two cars were...

Al-Qaida targeting Westerners, tape says.
October 1, 2006... LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida has switched tactics and is now targeting Western contractors working in Iraq, a top leader of the armed Sunni lslamist organization says. In a new audio tape, a voice believed to be Abu Hamza al-Muhajir...

Titles flooding fall book market.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Authors and New York book publishers, faced with a flood of new titles this fall, are turning to the Internet for marketing. Fiction and non-fiction by authors John Grisham, James Patterson, Robert Ludlum and...

Public, private comments at odds over Iraq.
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush's public optimism about the level of violence and continued U.S. involvement goes against internal reports, it was reported Sunday. When Bush said the unity government in Iraq marked when "forces...

Pakistan president: Bin Laden not dead.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding in the tiny, sparsely populated, heavily mountainous eastern Afghan province of Kunar, Pakistan's president says. "It's not a hunch," President Pervez Musharraf told The...

Hungarians vote amid protests.
October 1, 2006... BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hungarians voted in local elections Sunday amid protests over the prime minister's admission he lied about the economy to win re-election. The elections in 3,174 cities, towns and villages were depicted by...

Black incomes surpass whites in Queens.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- New York City census data for 2005 shows the incomes of black households have surpassed those of white households in the Queens borough. Queens, which has a population of more than 65,000, is the only county in...

Newspaper: Pitcher accuses 6 of doping.
October 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens is among six players allegedly linked to performance-enhancing drugs, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. The name of the seven-time Cy Young winner fingered by former...

'Open Season' opens No. 1.
October 1, 2006... BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The animated film "Open Season" was the weekend's top draw at U.S. box offices, taking in $23 million. "The Guardian" was No. 2 with $17.7 million and "Jackass: Number Two" fell from first to third place,...

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News.
October 1, 2006... 'Open Season' opens No. 1 BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The animated film "Open Season" was the weekend's top draw at U.S. box offices, taking in $23 million. "The Guardian" was No. 2 with $17.7 million and "Jackass: Number Two"...

S.C. mom, 4 children found shot to death.
October 1, 2006... NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Police have taken a man into custody for the shooting deaths of a woman and her four children in a North Charleston, S.C., neighborhood. The five bodies were found late Saturday in a mobile home,...

Rat show aims to dispel fearsome myths.
October 1, 2006... MERCER ISLAND, Wash., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- This weekend's rat show and carnival in Mercer Island, Wash., highlights their good points rather than the myths associated with them. The Seattle Times reported rat owners gathered to quell the...

Top Republicans knew of Foley e-mails.
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Top U.S. House Republicans knew for months about e-mails between Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret, lawmakers say. In keeping the matter secret, they let Foley remain...

S. Korean front-runner to replace Annan.
October 1, 2006... SEOUL, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- South Korea's Ban Ki Moon, the front-runner to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, says he has experience dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue. The 62-year-old foreign minister, who has worked to...

Social Democrats take narrow Austria win.
October 1, 2006... VIENNA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Austrian voters gave a very narrow win to the leftist Social Democratic Party Sunday, with the ruling conservative People's Party coming in second. The New York Times said the People's Party, led by Chancellor...

NFL: Kansas City 41, San Francisco 0.
October 1, 2006... KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Damon Huard threw two touchdown passes Sunday afternoon as Kansas City routed San Francisco, 41-0, for its first win of the season. Playing for the injured Trent Green, Huard was 18-of-23 passing for 208...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
October 1, 2006... Pakistan president: Bin Laden not dead NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding in the tiny, sparsely populated, heavily mountainous eastern Afghan province of Kunar, Pakistan's president says. "It's not a...

NFL: Dallas 45, Tennessee 14.
October 1, 2006... NASHVILLE, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Julius Jones rushed for 122 yards and one touchdown Sunday as Dallas clobbered the Tennessee Titans, 45-14. Jones did his damage in 23 carries. Drew Bledsoe completed 13 of his 20 passes for 179 yards, two...

Israel keeps troops in Lebanese village.
October 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israel acknowledged Sunday its forces had not totally withdrawn from southern Lebanon as it said it would by Yom Kippur. An Israel military spokesman confirmed troops still occupied Ghajar, a village on the...

Missing bipolar teen reported killed.
October 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The search for 19-year-old Janet Pinon of Houston, who had a bipolar disorder, ended Sunday when officials learned she had been killed in a traffic accident. Volunteer searchers said they had been notified her body...

L.A. mayor launches new tree campaign.
October 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has launched a new campaign to plant 1 million trees to add shade and better air quality to the city. The Los Angeles Times reported the campaign, which will be headed by...

Controversy, riot dog Zambian election.
October 1, 2006... LUSAKA, Zambia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- When initial results in the race for the Zambian presidency were revealed this week, the sudden fall of the Patriotic Front's nominee caused a riot. The BBC reported that when state officials named current...

Woods wins big at Chandler's Cross.
October 1, 2006... CHANDLER'S CROSS, England, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods Sunday was a eight-shot winner at the WGC-American Express Championship in Chandler's Cross, England. Woods entered the final round up by six strokes and shot 4-under 67 over the final...

Schumacher wins the Chinese Grand Prix.
October 1, 2006... SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Michael Schumacher Sunday won the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, crossing the finish line 3.1 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso. The victory gave the retiring Schumacher seven this season and 91 in...

Blake destroys Ljubicic in Bangkok.
October 1, 2006... BANGKOK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- James Blake Sunday trounced Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets in 58 minutes to capture the Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok. "It was one of those days where everything was going my way, and everything was...

Bondarenko titles at Luxembourg.
October 1, 2006... LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Alona Bondarenko Sunday won the title match at the FORTIS Championships in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The unseeded Bondarenko, from Ukraine, beat No. 5 seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy, who...

Ind. governor's mansion has garage sale.
October 1, 2006... INDIANOPLIS, Ind., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people descended on the Indiana governor's mansion this weekend for a government garage sale. The Indianapolis Star reported organizers offered items up for sale Saturday that had been...

Chakvetadze wins the final at Guangzhou.
October 1, 2006... GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Russia's Anna Chakvetadze Sunday won the title at the Guangzhou International Women's Open tennis tournament in Guangzhou, China. In the final, the third-seeded Chakvetadze beat No. 4 seed Anabel Medina...

Daniilidou wins the Korea Open.
October 1, 2006... SEOUL, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Eleni Daniilidou was Sunday's winner in the title match of the Korea Open in Seoul, South Korea. The native of Greece, who was unseeded, beat No. 4 Ai Sugiyama of Japan, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) to win her fourth-career...

Killer crocodile eludes Malaysian hunters.
October 1, 2006... KUCHING, Malaysia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Malaysian hunters failed in their search for the man-eating crocodile known as "Bujang Bako" this week. Since the elusive crocodile ate a young boy in Kampung Bako, Malaysia, earlier this month, one...

Last of 'Billy Elliot' trio resigns.
October 1, 2006... LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Laim Mower, the 14-year-old stage actor who was the last of a trio who played the title character in "Billy Elliot," has resigned from the London production. The BBC said that Mower, who shared this year's Laurence...

Justices not best lawyers, Ginsburg says.
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says members of the U.S. Supreme Court "are not necessarily the best lawyers in America," but they revere the court. This reverence leads justices, no matter who they are, to "make...

Strict mother of 11 shot to death.
October 1, 2006... PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A mother of 11 and grandmother of 15, Jacqueline Wellons, was shot in the head and killed this weekend at her Palm Beach, Fla., home by an unknown assailant. The Palm Beach Post reported the 44-year-old...

NFL: Indianapolis 31, N.Y. Jets 28.
October 1, 2006... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Peyton Manning scored on a one-yard run with 1:30 left Sunday as Indianapolis rallied to beat the New York Jets, 31-28, and remain unbeaten. Manning was 21-of-30 passing for 217 yards and one...

Australia thanked in Balinese memorial.
October 1, 2006... DENPASAR, Indonesia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- On the one-year anniversary of bombings in Bali, Indonesia, that claimed 20 lives, Balinese survivors thanked the Australian government for its support. A memorial ceremony was held Sunday morning in...

Japanese zoos set to breed rare wildcats.
October 1, 2006... TOKYO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo and the Yokohama Zoo in Yokohama, Japan, are set to begin artificially breeding two pairs of endangered Tshushima wildcats. The Mainichi Daily News reported the two Japanese zoos will breed...

Bartlett disputes Woodward book on Iraq.
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush's counselor Dan Bartlett accuses Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward of bias in his new book about White House handling of the Iraq war. "I was really struck by the fact that the central...

Water crisis causes uproar in Saudi Arabia.
October 1, 2006... JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A decision to allow women to ride in the cabs of water tankers in response to the water crisis has caused chaos in one Saudi Arabian city. The move was to keep drivers from running off with the water...

NFL: Carolina 21, New Orleans 18.
October 1, 2006... CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- DeShaun Foster rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown Sunday as Carolina beat New Orleans, 21-18, handing the Saints their first loss of the season. Foster gained 105 yards on 16 carries; Jake Delhomme was...

Saudi maze game to aim for record.
October 1, 2006... JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Jeddah Hope Center in Saudi Arabia, which helps people with special needs, is planning to construct the world's largest maze game. Organizers hope to make it into the "Guinness Book of World...

NFL: Houston 17, Miami 15.
October 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Houston stopped a two-point conversion attempt with 1:39 left Sunday and beat the Miami Dolphins, 17-15, for its first win of the year. The Texans out-scored the Dolphins, 14-9, in a wild fourth quarter. David...

Stewart celebrates magazine's anniversary.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- This weekend in New York, famed domestic guru Martha Stewart and 2,000 of her fans celebrated the 15th anniversary of her magazine, Martha Stewart Living. The New York Daily News reported that on Saturday, the...

Tardy parents get sent to detention.
October 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A school in New York has adopted a policy that sends parents to detention if they show up late to drop off their children. The New York Post reported that the Manhattan School for Children, an elite public school...

Expert: Poor intelligence hurts terror war.
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The White House's failure to kill Osama bin Laden stems from second-rate intelligence going back to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, a security specialist says. U.S. intelligence "has been withered for decades under...

U.S. students turning to foreign tutors.
October 1, 2006... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- With the demand for tutors growing, many companies have begun offering foreign tutors to U.S. students to help them get ahead in their studies. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that such borderless tutoring...

Abortion and race top court's agenda.
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- At the top of the U.S. Supreme Court's agenda for the new term are the topics of abortion and race, The Washington Post reported. The term begins Monday, the first Monday in October. The Bush administration,...

New device combats drunk driving in Japan.
October 1, 2006... TOKYO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A new cell phone device is proving popular with bus and transport companies in the fight against drunk driving in Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. The device consists of a cell phone attached to a breath analyzer...

Isaac's winds may affect Newfoundland.
October 1, 2006... MIAMI, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A tropical storm watch remained in effect for southeastern Newfoundland in Canada Sunday as Hurricane Isaac moved north in the Atlantic, forecasters said. At 8 p.m. AST, Isaac's center was about 715 miles, or 1,150...

Infection spreading in Britain's hospitals.
October 1, 2006... LEICESTER, England, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- One of Britain's top hospital organizations says a "hypervirulent" infection has killed at least 49 patients in nine months. The Sunday Observer reported that Britain's "superbug," Clostridium difficile,...

Volandri wins the Palermo final.
October 1, 2006... PALERMO, Italy, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Filippo Volandri of Italy Sunday won the title at the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia tennis tournament before a native crowd in Palermo, Italy. In the finals, Volandri, the No. 2 seed, beat unseeded...

Crane jumpers arrested after safe landing.
October 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Famed jumper "Johnny Utah" and another man have been arrested after the pair parachuted off of a 400-foot crane on Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the champion jumper, whose real name is John...