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Obama asks Americans to honor fallen soldiers on Memorial Day

WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Saturday asked all Americans to honor their fallen heroes and to stand with veterans and...

Radiation leak at Japanese nuclear lab

TOKYO, May 25 (UPI) -- Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority said Saturday radioactive substances leaked into the atmosphere at a nuclear physics...

Man charged with sexual assault on girl in 1991

TORONTO, May 25 (UPI) -- A Canadian man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Toronto more than 20 years ago. Shane...

Zoo employee killed by tiger in northern England

DALTON-IN-FURNESS, England, May 25 (UPI) -- An employee at a zoo in northern England died Friday hours after she entered a tiger enclosure and...

Dog ambushed by trap set near Canadian trail

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 25 (UPI) -- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have advised dog owners to be careful in the Vancouver area after...

Friend of soldier-killing suspect arrested after BBC interview

LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- A friend of Michael Adebolajo, suspected of killing a soldier in London, was arrested Friday immediately after giving an...

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MLB: Texas 9, Seattle 5

SEATTLE, May 25 (UPI) -- Home runs by Jeff Baker and Lance Berkman staked Texas to an early lead Friday and the Rangers went on to down Seattle...

Openly gay Robbie Rogers returning to professional soccer

LOS ANGELES, May 25 (UPI) -- Robbie Rogers, who came out as homosexual when he announced his retirement from soccer, tells USA Today he has...

MLB: Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 3 (11 inn.)

CHICAGO, May 25 (UPI) -- Jeff Keppinger delivered a bases-loaded single with one out in the 11th Friday, giving the Chicago White Sox a 4-3 win...

MLB: Oakland 6, Houston 5

HOUSTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Chris Young hit a three-run homer with one away in the ninth inning Friday, rallying Oakland to a 6-5 triumph over...

Technology News

Launch of HTC Facebook phone put on hold in Europe

BRUSSELS, May 24 (UPI) -- Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC says the European launch of its "Facebook phone" has been delayed following...

FDA says maker of urine analysis app needs federal approval

WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says its taken a close look at a mobile app that analyzes photos of urine...

Russian Facebook inadvertently put on Internet blacklist registry

MOSCOW, May 24 (UPI) -- VKontakte, a Facebook-like social networking site that is Russias largest, was put on a state registry of blacklisted...

Swiss nanotechnology pioneer Heinrich Rohrer dies

WOLLERAU, Switzerland, May 24 (UPI) -- Heinrich Rohrer, a Swiss nanotechnology pioneer who helped invent the scanning tunneling microscope to...

Entertainment News

Mariah Carey performs on Good Morning America

Mariah Carey had slight wardrobe malfunction before performing on the ABC Good Morning America Show at the Rumsey Playfield/SummerStage in Central...

AmfAR Gala 2013

Stars attend the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS 2013 gala at the Hotel du Cap in Antibes, France on May 23, 2013. The event, held each year during the...

Obama awards Carole King with Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a concert honoring singer-songwriter Carole King at the White House in Washington, DC on May 22,...

Fast & Furious 6 premiere

Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez attend the premiere of the new motion picture crime thriller "Fast & Furious 6", at the Gibson Amphitheatre in...

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Kapalua Wine & Food Festival to Host a Whos Who

Maui prepares to welcome the Whos Who of Wine and Food for the 32nd Annual Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, June 6-9, 2013.