UPI NewsTrack articles from October 2007

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MLB: St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 3.
October 1, 2007... PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Rick Ankiel had three hits and three RBI Saturday night as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh, 7-3. One of Ankiel's hits was a solo home run in the top of the fourth, giving him 11 homers since he was...

Cleveland Opera slashes budget.
October 1, 2007... CLEVELAND, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Opera Cleveland has announced a restructuring, including cutting four staff jobs and reducing the next season to three productions. Opera Cleveland and Lyric Opera Cleveland announced a merger last year. The...

'Playhouse 90' producer Manulis dead at 92.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Emmy-winning producer Martin Manulis, known for launching the TV series "Playhouse 90," has died of natural causes in Los Angeles at age 92. Manulis, who worked as the sole producer on "Playhouse" during its...

MLS: Houston 3, FC Dallas 0.
October 1, 2007... FRISCO, Texas, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Dwayne De Rosario scored in the 45th minute Sunday to start Houston's 3-0 victory over FC Dallas in Major League Soccer action. The Dynamo, improving to 14-7-6 overall, also got goals from Eddie Robinson in...

NFL: N.Y. Giants 16, Philadelphia 3.
October 1, 2007... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Osi Umenyiora racked up a franchise-record six sacks Sunday night, as the New York Giants beat Philadelphia, 16-3. Mathias Kiwanuka had three sacks and Justin Tuck had two for the Giants (2-2), who...

Chad Campbell wins the Viking Classic.
October 1, 2007... MADISON, Miss., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Chad Campbell closed with a 3-under 69 Sunday to win the Viking Classic at Madison, Miss., by one stroke over Johnson Wagner (70). Campbell's winning total was 12-under 276 despite a three-putt bogey at the...

Young marriage changed Thompson's life.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson was a cutup in high school, but marriage to his pregnant girlfriend at 17 turned him around, the Boston Globe reported. "It was obvious that my life was changing and had to...

Women's rights advocate Graham dies at 86.
October 1, 2007... ROYAL OAK, Md., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Noted women's rights activist Richard Graham has died of a stroke at age 86 at his home in Royal Oak, Md. Graham, who was a founding officer of the National Organization for Women and helped launch the Equal...

Pentagon: Mental illnesses 'pre-existing'.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Pentagon officials are blaming some mental health discharges of U.S. troops in Iraq on what they call pre-existing mental conditions. Experts say many of the approximately 10 soldiers and Marines discharged...

Some speeders outpace the rest in Ohio.
October 1, 2007... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol issued 1,416 tickets last year to drivers going 100 mph or faster. One of those drivers was in a 35 mph zone, while several more were in 45 mph zones, The Columbus Dispatch...

In Congress, food labels may finally stick.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Congress, after years of delay, is expected to approve a requirement that food be labeled with its country of origin. Congress first promised such labels in 2002, but food producers and grocers pressured...

After ban, horses exported for slaughter.
October 1, 2007... JUAREZ, Mexico, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Horse slaughter is illegal in the United States, but a slaughter industry has sprung up along the U.S.- Mexican border. Almost 30,000 American horses have been shipped to Mexican processing plants this year...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Moose takes a stroll through car dealership BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- An auto dealership in Colorado had an unusual visitor cruise the aisles of automobiles -- an 800-pound moose. Eric Erbsland -- sales manager...

Watercooler Stories.
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Scotland has fewer Nessie sightings GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Tourism officials in Scotland are bemoaning a drop-off in Loch Ness monster sightings, fearing it will be bad for business. While Scottish officials...

Discovery shuttle moved to launchpad.
October 1, 2007... ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Discovery was moved Sunday to a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for its planned Oct. 23 liftoff. The 3 1/2-mile journey took about six hours, the Houston Chronicle...

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 15.
October 1, 2007... BANNU, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A rickshaw driver in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province detonated a suicide bomb belt Monday, killing 15 people and injuring more than 30 others. The attack was at a crowded bus stop in Bannu, Geo TV...

Trapped woman nearly found days earlier.
October 1, 2007... SEATTLE, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Washington state woman who was trapped in her SUV for more than a week was nearly found days earlier by a firefighter. Tanya Rider, 33, is slowly recovering after she spent a week in her wrecked car in a ravine,...

S. Korea to broach N. Korea peace treaty.
October 1, 2007... SEOUL, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- South Korean officials will seek a permanent peace treaty during inter-Korean talks on shutting down North Korea's nuclear program, a government minister said. Speaking to reporters in Seoul, South Korean Unification...

Refugees capture militant commander.
October 1, 2007... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Palestinian refugees caught a suspected top commander of a militant group hiding near the besieged Nahr al-Bared camp in Lebanon. Nasser Ismail, who reportedly appeared weak from exhaustion, was surrendered...

R.I.P 'Meerkat Manor's' Flower.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Flower, one of the furry stars of the Animal Planet documentary series "Meerkat Manor," has died after being bitten by a cobra in South Africa. Titled "A Journey's End," Friday's episode chronicled the events...

Israel releases 87 Palestinian prisoners.
October 1, 2007... JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli police freed 87 Palestinians from prison on Monday in two releases at crossings in the West Bank and Gaza as a goodwill gesture. Sunday, Israeli President Shimon Peres pardoned 26 prisoners, while the...

UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup.
October 1, 2007... Byline: ROBERT KIECKHEFER Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Going into the weekend's big races, the question on everyone's mind was, which of the 3-year-olds will make the best case to run against Lawyer Ron in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, Powered...

Report: Global arms trade slumping.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The United States, followed by Russia and Britain, supplies the most weapons to the developing world, a congressional study said. The top buyers are Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia, The New York Times reported...

Young Poles to keep old ones off polls.
October 1, 2007... WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Young Poles launched a "hide grandma's ID" campaign in a bid to prevent re-electing the ruling conservative Law and Justice party of the Kaczynski brothers. Preparing for parliamentary polls Oct. 21, young...

Chinese premier: Reform agenda at meeting.
October 1, 2007... BEIJING, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stressed his government's commitment to reform in advance of the 17th national meeting of communist party leadership. The country is "on a path of building socialism with distinctive...

Freeman, Banderas to crack 'The Code'.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hollywood actors Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas have signed on to star in the heist flick "The Code," Variety.com reported Monday. Freeman will play a veteran thief who recruits a younger cohort (Banderas)...

Anderson, Salomon obtain marriage license.
October 1, 2007... LAS VEGAS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Tabloid stars Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon were granted a marriage license in Las Vegas during the weekend, "Access Hollywood" reported. Anderson was previously married to feuding recording artists Tommy Lee...

Other Russia party chooses Kasparov.
October 1, 2007... MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov has been named his party's presidential candidate though his name is unlikely to be on the official ballot. The Other Russia, an alliance of government opposition groups, Sunday...

Coppola pleads for computer's return.
October 1, 2007... BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hollywood filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is imploring thieves to return a computer device they snatched from his home in Buenos Aires. Coppola told Argentina's Todo Noticias he had lost 15 years' worth of data...

Yemen volcano kills at least three.
October 1, 2007... SANAA, Yemen, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Yemen's coast guard and NATO ships worked Monday to recover bodies from the Red Sea after a volcano erupted on an island off the coast. The volcano blew Sunday night on al-Tair , a small island used as a...

U.S. Congress shifts to domestic issues.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress is shifting its focus from Iraq and terrorism to domestic issues such as healthcare and taxes, the Washington Post reported Monday. The opening salvo in the domestic issue was the Democrats' bid...

U.S. Supreme Court docket polarizing.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a docket of complex and emotional cases that have divided lower-court judges as well as the country. The docket includes a fourth look at how the Bush...

Oprah, Seinfeld top TV's richest.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Even though Jerry Seinfeld stopped making his sit-com "Seinfeld" in 1998, he is still the second-highest earner in the U.S. television industry, E! News said. Seinfeld banked $60 million from June 2006-July 2007...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court docket polarizing WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a docket of complex and emotional cases that have divided lower-court judges as well as the country. ...

Egypt frees Hamas group into Gaza.
October 1, 2007... CAIRO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Egypt allowed 85 senior members of Hamas to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday in exchange for handing over a wanted al-Qaida leader. The Palestinian news agency Ma'an didn't identify the al-Qaida suspect but said he was...

Airlines losing more bags.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- June and July ranked among the worst months in two decades for luggage mishandled by U.S. airlines, The Washington Post reported Monday. The new statistics also show more than 1 million pieces of luggage were...

Earth oxygen existed 2.5 billion years ago.
October 1, 2007... TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A study funded by the U.S. space agency suggested oxygen existed in Earth's atmosphere much earlier than thought. Two separate teams of astrobiologists found evidence of oxygen in the Earth's oceans and...

NBC to air 'Robinson Crusoe' drama.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- NBC is planning to air the first drama series based on Daniel Defoe's classic novel "Robinson Crusoe" since French TV broadcast one in 1964. NBC has picked up 13 episodes of the scripted series, which will be...

The FDA approves another flu vaccine.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Afluria, an additional seasonal influenza vaccine for people ages 18 and older. The FDA said Afluria -- intended to protect adults from influenza type A and...

U.S. fatal air crashes down 65 percent.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Fatal U.S. passenger jet crashes have decreased 65 percent over the past 10 years but fell short of a White House commission's mandate by 15 percent. In 1997, a commission headed by U.S. Vice President Al Gore...

Sharks tested for pharmaceutical exposure.
October 1, 2007... GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are trying to discover what impact the flushing of discarded medications and natural excretion of drug residue is having on aquatic life. University of Florida veterinary scientists, in...

Energy prices start session down.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Energy prices started the first trading session in October off, continuing their downward positioning that marked the close of the third quarter. Crude oil, which closed at $81.39 per barrel Friday to finish the...

Frying-grating cheese loafs are recalled.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Sabanero Inc. frying and grating cheese due to potential contamination. The company said the recalled products, all with Lot Number 177, were...

Sister of Martin Luther King turns 80.
October 1, 2007... ATLANTA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- An 80th birthday party was held at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church for the sister of slain civil rights activist the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Willie Christine King Farris is one of the longest standing members...

DNA tests changing legal system.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- DNA testing is changing the way many U.S. states identify suspects, use informants and handle evidence, The New York Times reported Monday. Legislatures throughout the United States are enacting sweeping changes...

New findings reported for giardiasis.
October 1, 2007... UPPSALA, Sweden, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Swedish scientists said a genetic study of the parasite Giardia lamblia might lead to better diagnosis and treatment of the disease giardiasis. Uppsala University researchers said their study of the disease...

Unions say 5,000 doctors quit over pay.
October 1, 2007... WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Polish doctors' strike for higher wages forced hospitals to move patients to facilities with enough medical staff as about 5,000 physicians have quit jobs. About 40 seriously ill people were evacuated...

Shanty fires leave hundreds homeless.
October 1, 2007... CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Residents said fatal fires in South African shanty towns could have been avoided if proposed housing developments had been completed. Fires fanned by strong seasonal winds killed two people dead and...

West Nile deaths of pelicans studied.
October 1, 2007... BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have linked the West Nile viral deaths of hundreds of pelican chicks in northeast Montana to an infestation of stable flies. Veterinary entomologist Greg Johnson of Montana State University...

Wang film wins best picture prize in Spain.
October 1, 2007... SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The San Sebastian Film Festival has bestowed its highest honor -- the Golden Shell - on Wayne Wang's latest offering, "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers." The movie about a Chinese father upset by his...

U.S. passport now required to fly out.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A federal waiver on U.S. citizens requiring passports when returning to the United States from several North American countries ended Monday. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative took effect Jan. 23, but the...

U.N. envoy in talks with Myanmar junta.
October 1, 2007... YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A U.N. envoy met with members of Myanmar's military junta about its management of pro-democracy demonstrations. Envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in the tense country Saturday, and on Sunday was given the rare...

Sharpton's group under investigation.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The New York-based National Action Network of the Rev. Al Sharpton is reportedly undergoing an investigation of its fundraising. The New York Post reported it had learned that the office of New York Attorney...

Prolactin is linked with breast cancer.
October 1, 2007... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists have discovered molecular evidence that possibly links the hormone prolactin with breast cancer. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University found prolactin...

Crashed plane traps pair 50 feet up tree.
October 1, 2007... NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Rescue crews in Franklin, Va., spent six hours trying to free two men trapped in their crashed light plane lodged 50 feet up in a tree. The 1975 Beechcraft Bonanza was on landing approach Sunday about 4...

U.S. stocks start week higher.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The three major New York Stock Exchange indicators moved up Monday despite Citigroup issuing a profit warning for the third quarter. In mid-morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was at 13,933.83...

Top judge orders Pakistan police arrested.
October 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistan's chief justice has ordered the arrest of authorities who oversaw beatings of protesters during a weekend protest against President Pervez Musharraf. More than 80 people were hurt Saturday in...

Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia.
October 1, 2007... MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu. Russia's agricultural watchdog says the lethal HRN1 avian flu virus...

Swiss bank UBS hit hard by subprime woes.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Swiss banking behemoth UBS announced plans to write down roughly $3.41 billion in assets, including securities tied to the volatile U.S. subprime mortgage market. Observers note the write-downs will make UBS one of...

Michigan budget averts state shutdown.
October 1, 2007... LANSING, Mich., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Michigan narrowly averted a shutdown of services Monday when a contentious budget with expanded taxes was approved before dawn. The state faces a $1.75 billion budget shortfall for the fiscal year that began...

Woman fired for too much perfume.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A New York woman says she lost her job at a Long Island, N.Y., customer service center for wearing too much perfume. Jorinda Sullivan, 24, claims the firing was race-based and filed complaints with the New York...

Iraqi Christians forced to flee.
October 1, 2007... BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- At least a third of Iraq's Christian community has fled as a result of targeting by Islamic militants, The Washington Times reported Monday. The exodus has been especially acute in Baghdad where Christians were a...

Psychologist likens 'Nation' to 'Flies'.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. psychologist says the new reality show "Kid Nation" could end up like "Lord of the Flies" if the adult film crew wasn't around. The CBS reality series challenges a group of 8- to 15-year-old children to...

2 Polish NATO soldiers hurt in Afghanistan.
October 1, 2007... WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two Polish soldiers serving in Afghanistan as part of NATO forces were wounded when a grenade accidentally exploded in their vehicle, a Polish report said. The soldiers suffered arm and leg injuries and were...

Teenage girl nabbed for heroin smuggling.
October 1, 2007... TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old girl who said she wanted to help her ailing father has been arrested in Taiwan on suspicion of smuggling heroin. Customs officials at Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport allegedly found 898...

Aussie dollar up, shares down.
October 1, 2007... SYDNEY, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Australian dollar reached an 18-year high against the U.S. currency Monday buying 89.2 U.S. cents. But the share market ended flat, after record trading last week, with the All Ordinaries Index slipping 1 point...

Sudan rebels condemn attack on AU troops.
October 1, 2007... KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Senior members of two Sudanese resistance movements on Monday denounced the deadly weekend attack on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. Abdelwahid al-Nur, leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, told...

Japan considers sanctions against Myanmar.
October 1, 2007... YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Japan is considering diplomatic sanctions against Myanmar for the death of a Japanese journalist who was shot in the back at close range in Yangon. Kenji Nagai, 50, who worked for Tokyo-based APF News. was...

Citigroup lowers 3Q expectations.
October 1, 2007... NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Citigroup warned investors Monday the tumult seen in credit markets earlier this year would cost $5.9 billion during the third quarter. The bank estimated it would report a net income decline of about 60 percent...

Gatien opening club in Toronto.
October 1, 2007... TORONTO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Former New York City nightclub king Peter Gatien is opening a four-story establishment in Toronto's entertainment district. Gatien, who once owned Manhattan hot spots such as The Limelight, Palladium and the...

Book chronicles NASA's 50 years.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A book chronicling the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 50-year history is to be published this week. Entitled "American in Space," the book uses nearly 500 photographs -- some never before...

Affleck: Lot riding on 'Gone Baby Gone'.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Ben Affleck admits his new movie "Gone Baby Gone" could give a welcome boost to his career. Based on Dennis Lehane's novel, the film is about two private detectives searching Boston's seedy...

Anti-nuke protesters arrested in Scotland.
October 1, 2007... HELENSBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Members of the Scottish National Party vowed to continue the fight against nuclear submarines at a base in Scotland even as a yearlong protest ended. More than 160 people were arrested Sunday while...

Terror center identifies 40,000.
October 1, 2007... WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center said more than 40,000 people associated with terrorism have been detected trying to enter the country. Director Leonard Boyle said the database of terrorists and...

Guatemala to tighten adoption process.
October 1, 2007... GUATEMALA CITY, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Prospective parents who travel to Guatemala to adopt babies will find the process more complicated beginning in January. Under pressure from the United States and other countries. Guatemala's government has...

New gravestone ID technology created.
October 1, 2007... PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are developing scanning technology software to aid archeologists in identifying names on centuries-old gravestones. Yang Cai, director of Carnegie Mellon University's Ambient Intelligence...

Microsoft fending off Web-based challenges.
October 1, 2007... REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Web services competition is forcing software giant Microsoft to do something the Redmond, Wash., company has not had to do in a while: fight back hard. The threat posed by Google Inc. of Mountain View,...

Still hot Spice Girls sell out London gig.
October 1, 2007... LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Tickets for an upcoming Spice Girls reunion concert in London have sold out less than a minute after they went on sale, the BBC reported Monday. More than 1 million people in the United Kingdom registered for...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Egypt frees Hamas group into Gaza CAIRO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Egypt allowed 85 senior members of Hamas to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday in exchange for handing over a wanted al-Qaida leader. The Palestinian news agency...

Syria threatens to boycott peace summit.
October 1, 2007... DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Syria says it will boycott a Middle East peace conference in Washington unless the agenda includes discussion of Israel vacating the Golan Heights. "There's no way for Syria to go there" if Israel's...

Los Angeles: No more fronds for Sukkot.
October 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Los Angeles officials said the city won't supply palm fronds to Jewish families for the harvest holiday of Sukkot after this year. The City Department of Public Works announced that palm fronds will no longer...

Report: Manufacturing had good September.
October 1, 2007... TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. manufacturing sector experienced modest growth in September, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday. The Institute, a private research group based in Tempe, Ariz., said manufacturing...

Epcot celebrates 25th anniversary.
October 1, 2007... ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Walt Disney World's Epcot amusement park in central Florida celebrated its 25th birthday Monday. Epcot follows Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Disneyland in California as the third most popular theme park in...

Black widow hitches ride to Britain.
October 1, 2007... STRENSHAM, England, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A British mechanic at a firm that imports classic cars from the United States discovered a dangerous stowaway in an aging Cadillac -- a black widow spider. Adam Morrison-Thomas said he spotted the...