UPI NewsTrack articles from September 2006

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Pilot gets locked out of cockpit in flight.
September 1, 2006... WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Security measures backfired on an Air Canada Jazz pilot who found himself locked out of the cockpit after an in-flight washroom break. The incident happened aboard Flight 8475 from Ottawa to Winnipeg...

UPI Sports Calendar for Friday, Sept. 1.
September 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International (All Times Eastern): Baseball: National League: San Francisco at Chi. Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Arizona at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Florida at Milwaukee,...

AOL releases broadband service beta.
September 1, 2006... DULLES, Va., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Dulles, Va., software company AOL has released a beta version of its OpenRide broadband client. The release of the OpenRide client Wednesday followed an announcement by the company that it would offer services...

British developers release private browser.
September 1, 2006... LONDON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A team of British software developers Thursday released a customized Web browser, named "Browzar," designed to safeguard user privacy. Browzar, which was financed by Ajaz Ahmed -- the founder and former owner of...

Simpson is seeing 'a brighter day'.
September 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Jessica Simpson would not confirm she is dating singer John Mayer, but was all smiles at her New York CD release party, saying "I have no clouds anymore." Simpson was celebrating her new CD, "A Public Affair,"...

Evolution science back on U.S. grant list.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Education has reinstated evolutionary biology to a federal grant list for undergraduate studies. David Dunn -- acting under secretary and chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education...

EA agrees to ads inside video games.
September 1, 2006... REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Video game developer Electronics Arts Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., said Thursday it has signed agreements to embed advertisements in its games. EA announced it had reached agreements with video game...

MLB: Washington 6, Philadelphia 5 (10).
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Marlon Anderson scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday night as Washington edged Philadelphia, 6-5. Anderson also hit an RBI single. Austin Kearns hit a sacrifice fly,...

University plans Internet network study.
September 1, 2006... TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of South Florida say they plan to conduct a study on the psychosocial effects of Internet social networks on youth. Ilene Berson, an associate professor at the school's Mental...

Scholar: Leonardo designed diving bell.
September 1, 2006... MONTECATINI DI TERME, Italy, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Scholars cited in an Italian exhibition say Leonardo da Vinci designed a diving bell and dreamed of using it to become rich through naval warfare. Alessandro Vezzosi, who is in charge of the...

Guyana president wins another term.
September 1, 2006... GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo has won another five-year term in office, election results released Thursday show. The state-run Guyana Government Information Agency reported that Jagdeo's People's...

Ex-cabinet minister caught with pistol.
September 1, 2006... CHENNAI, India, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- India's former minister of aviation was caught at a South Indian airport with a German-made handgun in his carry-on bag. C.M. Ibrahim was boarding a flight for Bangalore in Chennai, the ancient port...

MLB: San Francisco 8, Atlanta 6.
September 1, 2006... ATLANTA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Mark Sweeney and Eliezer Alonso each had two RBI Thursday night as San Francisco beat Atlanta, 8-6. Todd Linden hit a solo home run; Sweeney had two runs and two hits; Steve Finley, Randy Winn and Ray Durham all...

Second Windows Media 11 beta released.
September 1, 2006... REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., Thursday released the second beta version of Windows Media Player 11. The company said the new version fixes bugs present in the prior release and features performance...

Elderly man dies trapped on roof.
September 1, 2006... CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- An elderly Florida man apparently died because of a broken lock and a missing knob on a door leading to the roof of his nursing home. Claud Wood, 90, who suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease,...

NFL: Houston 16, Tampa Bay 13.
September 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Cody Pickett completed 8-of-11 passes for 87 yards and Kris Brown hit three field goals as the Houston Texans beat Tampa Bay, 16-13, Thursday night. Houston finished the preseason 3-1 while the Bucs dropped to...

NFL: Jacksonville 20, Atlanta 17.
September 1, 2006... ATLANTA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Quinn Gray passed for 129 yards and a touchdown Thursday night as Jacksonville beat the Falcons, 20-17, in an NFL preseason contest in Atlanta. Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 58 yards on six carries, and Alvin...

MLB: Houston 5, Milwaukee 3.
September 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Craig Biggio hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning Thursday night to help Houston beat Milwaukee, 5-3, for its sixth straight win. Lance Berkman hit an RBI single; Willy Taveras, whose 30-game hitting streak...

Tropical Storm Ernesto hits Carolinas.
September 1, 2006... MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Ernesto hit the coast of North Carolina late Tuesday with winds of almost hurricane force. The center of the storm came ashore near Cape Fear at 11:40 p.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center said. At...

Agassi advances at U.S. Open.
September 1, 2006... FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Andre Agassi outlasted upstart Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5, in a marathon second-round match at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The Thursday match lasted into Friday morning,...

Hurricane John heads to Baja California.
September 1, 2006... MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Hurricane John marched toward Baja California late Thursday. At 8 p.m. PDT, the center of the storm was about 80 miles west of Las Islas Marias, Mexico, and 175 miles south of the southern tip of Baja...

Defense Dept. considers African Command.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department is considering a separate military command for Africa. The continent is split among three commands. European Command is in charge of most of Africa, while Central Command is...

MLB: St. Louis 5, Florida 2.
September 1, 2006... ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Five players each drove in a run Thursday night as St. Louis beat the Florida Marlins, 5-2. Chris Duncan hit a solo home run; Aaron Miles, Scott Rolen, and Ronny Belliard all hit RBI singles; Scott Spiezio hit a...

NFL: Denver 29, Arizona 23.
September 1, 2006... GLENDALE, Ariz., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Bradlee Van Pelt engineered two fourth-quarter touchdown drives as the Denver Broncos beat Arizona, 29-23, Thursday night. Van Pelt finished only 2-of-6 for 23 yards, but hooked up with Cecil Sapp on a...

MLB: Colorado 8, N.Y. Mets 4.
September 1, 2006... DENVER, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Starting and winning pitcher Jeff Francis had two hits and two RBI Thursday night as Colorado beat the New York Mets, 8-4. Garrett Atkins had two runs, two hits, including a two-run homer; Matt Holliday hit a...

NFL: Carolina 15, Pittsburgh 13.
September 1, 2006... PITTSBURGH, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- John Kasay kicked a 29-yard field goal as time expired Thursday night as Carolina beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 15-13. The kick was Kasay's fifth field goal of the contest. Rookie reserve Brett Basanez...

NFL: Miami 29, St. Louis 9.
September 1, 2006... MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Olindo Mare kicked five field goals Thursday night as the Dolphins beat St. Louis, 29-9, in an NFL pre-season game at Miami. Cleo Lemon completed 21 of his 28 passes for 271 yards and one touchdown; Joey Harrington...

NFL: Baltimore 17, Washington 10.
September 1, 2006... LANDOVER, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Kyle Boller and Steve McNair each threw a touchdown pass Thursday night as Baltimore beat the Washington Redskins, 17-10. Boller was 6-of-9 for 93 yards; McNair was 4-of-6 for 62 yards; P.J. Daniels gained...

NFL: Chicago 20, Cleveland 7.
September 1, 2006... CLEVELAND, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Kyle Orton passed for 141 yards Thursday night as the Chicago Bears beat Cleveland, 20-7. Orton completed 13 of his 21 passes; Rex Grossman was 5-of-8 for 73 yards and one touchdown; P.J. Pope rushed for 69 yards...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
September 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International Police probe lucky phone number fraud TOKYO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Japanese police say a businessman and a man with reputed gang ties used fraud to acquire a "lucky" cell phone number with the same digit...

MLB: Texas 7, Baltimore 5.
September 1, 2006... ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Gary Matthews, Jr., Carlos Lee, and Mark Texeira all homered Thursday night as Texas beat Baltimore, 7-5. Texeira's two-run blast in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Rangers a lead they would not...

Watercooler Stories.
September 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International Flower bandit plagues Des Moines gardens DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A once-colorful neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa, is being picked clean of its flowers by mysterious, but courteous thieves....

NFL: Kansas City 10, New Orleans 9.
September 1, 2006... KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Kansas City's McKenzi Smith rushed for 51 yards and scored on a 1-yard burst, helping the Chiefs to a 10-9 exhibition victory over the New Orleans Saints. New Orleans got a late touchdown from James Branch...

Hjorth leads the LPGA event.
September 1, 2006... SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- After a 7-under-par 65, Sweden's Maria Hjorth has a one-shot lead after the first round of the LPGA's State Farm Classic at Springfield, Ill. Dina Ammaccapane, Nina Reis and Brittany Lang all share second...

NFL: Minnesota 10, Dallas 10 (tie).
September 1, 2006... IRVING, Texas, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Dallas Cowboys tied the score late but Mike Vanderjagt missed two overtime field-goal attempts in a 10-10 exhibition tie with the Minnesota Vikings. Dallas quarterback Tony Romo found Tyson Thompson with...

NFL: Seattle 30, Oakland 7.
September 1, 2006... SEATTLE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Shawn Alexander and Marquis Weeks each rushed for touchdowns, lifting the Seattle Seahawks to a 30-7 NFL preseason victory over the Oakland Raiders. Alexander scored Seattle's first points Thursday and Wallace...

Driving feat by armless motorist.
September 1, 2006... AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Police in New Zealand have dropped charges against an armless motorist allegedly caught speeding while driving a car with his feet. The driver, 31-year-old Colin Raymond Smith, was allegedly clocked...

New U.S. airline Skybus looks to 25 cities.
September 1, 2006... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An U.S. airline set to enter the low-cost travel market next year from a hub in Columbus, Ohio, has started looking at prospective airports, a report says. Skybus Airlines, run by a former partner in IBM...

Highly enriched uranium found in Iran.
September 1, 2006... UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency told the U.N. Security Council its inspectors have found new traces of enriched uranium in Iran. The discovery marked the third instance that highly enriched uranium...

Australians living longer, but ...
September 1, 2006... CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Australians are living longer but a new study shows that disability rates are rising among the aged. Research published by the Institute of Health and Welfare says that while Australians are living up...

Greece defeats Team USA 101-95.
September 1, 2006... SAITAMA, Japan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Greece, behind a 22-point effort by Vasilis Spanoulis, defeated Team USA 101-95 Friday in the semifinals of the FIBA World Championship in Japan. Greek Coach Panagatios Yannakis said the game, which the...

Microsoft to use AMD software.
September 1, 2006... REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Redmond, Wash., software giant Microsoft announced it would use AMD's virtualization technology for an upcoming service pack. The company said the feature would be included in Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005...

British airport operator fights breakup.
September 1, 2006... LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The owner and operator of seven major British airports is fighting back against airline calls for its breakup. BAA, formerly the British Airports Authority, says a lack of runway capacity and not its control of...

Australian PM upsets Muslims.
September 1, 2006... SYDNEY, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard has again urged all Muslims in Australia to speak English and embrace the nation's values. Speaking on a radio talk-back program, Howard said there was a small section of the...

Deal would free 1,000 for Israeli soldier.
September 1, 2006... CAIRO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi newspapers say Israel has been working toward securing the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit in negotiations with Hamas in Egypt. Newspaper Okaz reported that a senior Arab source said Israel and Hamas...

NASA gives $8.1 billion job to Lockheed.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- NASA has given a contract potentially worth $8.1 billion to Maryland's Lockheed Martin Corp. to build a new generation of manned spacecraft. The new spacecraft, called Orion, is to replace the space shuttle and...

Australia facing water restrictions.
September 1, 2006... MELBOURNE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The first day of spring in Australia has brought water restrictions to the state of Victoria. In Melbourne, the state capital, less than half the average rainfall was recorded during winter and water storage...

Sen. Allen to decline Marshall Fund award.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., said he will decline an award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund after organization donors threatened to pull funds. Allen, who sparked controversy Aug. 11 when he...

Live ads soon to be in videogames.
September 1, 2006... REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Videogame maker Electronic Arts Inc. will stream live advertising into the next generation of its games, the Redwood City, Calif., company says. Players of the next version of the company's "Need for...

FBI raids Alaska legislature offices.
September 1, 2006... ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- FBI agents have raided Alaska state legislature offices in an inquiry that appears focused on the lawmakers' relationship with oil-field service company Veco. State Rep. Vic Kohring, R-Wasilla, the...

Iran plane crash kills at least 60.
September 1, 2006... MASHHAD, Iran, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- At least 60 people died when a passenger plane burst into flames during a landing at an airport in Mashhad, Iran, state TV has said. The BBC reported that up to 80 people were said to have survived the...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
September 1, 2006... Highly enriched uranium found in Iran UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency told the U.N. Security Council its inspectors have found new traces of enriched uranium in Iran. The discovery marked the...

IRS to refund $8 billion in illegal tax.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. taxpayers may claim a $60 refund on their 2006 federal returns as Washington gives back $8 billion in taxes that courts ruled were wrong to collect. After losing a series of federal court cases, the...

Porsche 911 rated top sports car.
September 1, 2006... YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Porsche 911 is the top high-performance sports car, with superior acceleration, handling and braking, Consumer Reports says. The magazine, known for publishing reviews and comparisons of consumer...

At least 100 found in Philippine grave.
September 1, 2006... MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it has exhumed at least 100 skeletal remains of civilians and communist guerrillas executed by rebels in the 1980s. The AFP said the New People's Army had...

Annan has talks in Syria.
September 1, 2006... DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday was expected to seek Syrian President Bashar Assad's help to prevent Syrian arms supplies to Hezbollah. Annan's stopover in Syria is part of his effort to firm up...

U.S. labor: A tale of two markets.
September 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. labor market is increasingly marked by an imbalance of overworked professionals and underemployed low-skilled workers, a newspaper reports. "We are in a watershed time in our economy, where technology has...

Klan member ordered reinstated in police.
September 1, 2006... OMAHA, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An arbitrator ordered the Nebraska State Patrol to reinstate a trooper who was fired after his membership in the Ku Klux Klan was revealed. The decision to reinstate Robert Henderson, who was fired after admitting...

U.S. unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. nonfarm jobs increased by 128,000 in August as the unemployment rate fell slightly, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. Jobs growth in the previous two months was revised upward to 121,000 in July...

Student data shared with FBI after 9/11.
September 1, 2006... EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A Northwestern University student says the U.S. government shared personal information on hundreds of student loan applicants with the FBI after Sept. 11, 2001. Laura McGann uncovered the cooperative effort...

Rosie lets her hair down for 'The View'.
September 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Rosie O'Donnell was reportedly told to get a new hairdo for the all-female gab fest, "The View," in New York when she starts her new job as co-host. In Glamour magazine's October issue, O'Donnell reportedly says...

School moves to avoid bats.
September 1, 2006... MANSFIELD, Ark., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Administrators at a Mansfield, Ark., school have moved classrooms to a different building to avoid the school's bat infestation. Mansfield Elementary Principal Kathy Goff said a teacher had found a dead...

Oil prices rise on Iran-U.N. standoff.
September 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose in New York, with a barrel of high-grade oil topping $70.50, under tensions caused by Iran's continued uranium enrichment. Iran defied a U.N. Security Council demand to halt its nuclear...

Bears enter homes, attack elderly woman.
September 1, 2006... VAIL, Colo., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Hungry bears have broken into two Vail, Colo., homes, stealing food and injuring a 72-year-old woman. Vail Police Sgt. Dan Torgerson said the first break-in occurred Thursday when a bear entered a house through...

Kosovo has new U.N., NATO administrators.
September 1, 2006... PRISTINA, Serbia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- German diplomat Joachim Rucker has taken the post of the head of the U.N. civil administration in Serbia's Kosovo province. Another German official, Lt. Gen. Roland Kather, assumed the position of the...

Ex-Enron exec seeks to withdraw plea.
September 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A former Enron executive has asked a judge in Houston to withdraw his 2005 guilty plea, saying a recent court ruling goes against the charges against him. Christopher Calger, a former executive in Enron's trading...

Experts doubt Iran nuclear needs claim.
September 1, 2006... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Iran's claim of pursuing nuclear energy rather than atomic bombs does not make economic sense, a Los Alamos National Laboratories report says. Iran is spending a lot more on its nuclear program than is...

Merkel edges Rice as most powerful woman.
September 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Angela Merkel, Germany's first woman chancellor, has succeeded U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the Forbes list as the world's most powerful woman. Merkel, widely respected for her quiet diplomacy and a...

U.S. stocks rise on jobs data.
September 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks opened higher Friday after news that wage inflation was tamer than expected last month. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 22.89 points to 11,404.04 in mid-morning trading. The Standard &...

Church establishes Internet confessional.
September 1, 2006... EDMOND, Okla., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An evangelical network based in Oklahoma has turned the Internet into a worldwide confessional with the establishment of a Web site called mysecret.tv. Since it first appeared, the site has drawn confessions...

New low-budget Fox network debuts Tuesday.
September 1, 2006... SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Fox Television is set to launch a new low-budget broadcast network Tuesday that will feature sexy, primetime soap operas. MyNetworkTV will borrow its format from Spanish-language broadcasters, which have made a...

NZ law firm given work-life balance award.
September 1, 2006... AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- New Zealand has awarded its highest award for "work-life balance" to a law firm that designs its working patterns around non-work commitments. Law firm Meredith Connell of Auckland was given the Equal...

Govich a straight-shooter on 'Law & Order'.
September 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- NBC's "Law & Order" is adding its first female detective, played by Milena Govich, a Broadway singer and dancer who learned how to shoot in Oklahoma. Govich, whose parents taught voice at the University of...

UPI NewsTrack Business.
September 1, 2006... U.S. stocks rise on jobs data NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks opened higher Friday after news that wage inflation was tamer than expected last month. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 22.89 points to 11,404.04 in...

New cancer treatment hopeful.
September 1, 2006... BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health says using the body's immune system to attack cancerous tumors has brought limited success. The new treatment is being tried to see if it can replace surgery,...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
September 1, 2006... Annan has talks in Syria DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday was expected to seek Syrian President Bashar Assad's help to prevent Syrian arms supplies to Hezbollah. Annan's stopover in Syria is...

U.S. construction tumbles in July.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Construction spending plummeted by the largest amount in nearly five years, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Friday. Construction activity fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.20 trillion in...

Manufacturing growth slowed in August.
September 1, 2006... TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The nation's manufacturing sector grew in August at a slower rate than in July amid continued pricing pressure, an Arizona-based trade group said Friday. The Institute for Supply Management, based in Tempe,...

FDA rejects French heart drug.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected a heart drug which a French company hoped would become a blockbuster medication. The rejection of Multaq, designed to correct irregular heartbeat, came in a...

Former Iranian leader visits U.S.
September 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Bush administration won't be rolling out the red carpet when former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami visits Washington next week. No one from the administration will attend Khatami's speech at Washington...

Apollo program's Petrone dies at 80.
September 1, 2006... PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Rocco Petrone, who helped develop the Saturn rocket for the U.S. Apollo space missions, died at his California home at age 80. The former Army engineer, who came on loan to the U.S. National...

Alcatel buys Nortel's UMTS cell business.
September 1, 2006... PARIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Nortel Networks Corp. is selling part of its cell phone business to French telecommunications giant Alcatel for $320 million, Alcatel said Friday. The non-binding deal calls for Alcatel to buy Nortel's universal...

Psychiatric exam for mass hit-run suspect.
September 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A San Francisco judge has ordered psychiatric evaluation for a man accused of hitting more than a dozen pedestrians, killing one. A homicide warrant was issued against Omeed Aziz Popal, 29, in the...

McDonalds faulted on breastfeeding policy.
September 1, 2006... LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- McDonald's is known for a child-friendly image, but in Britain it's reportedly rated the least friendly for breastfeeding mothers. Women say they have been asked by staff at the fast-food chain to stop...