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Analysis: Economic Outlook - UPI.com
Analysis: Economic Outlook - UPI.com
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Dennis Dixon's 23-yard pass to Emmanuel Sanders provided the only touchdown of the game Thursday and Pittsburgh produced a costly 19-3 win over Carolina.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A survey of near-Earth asteroids shows they come in a far wider variety of shapes, sizes and surfaces than previously thought, U.S. researchers say.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Adrian Beltre homered to touch off a five-run second inning Thursday and the Boston Red Sox survived a shaky ninth to defeat Baltimore 6-4.
FARMINGTON, Conn., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor says he is against using antibiotics long-term or intravenously for chronic Lyme disease.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The NCAA announced Thursday Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus would be ineligible for two games this season because of dealings with a sports agent.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki ran her winning streak to 12 matches Thursday, easily reaching the third round of the U.S. Open.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A statement by the Democratic Governors Association says a $1 million contribution to Republicans by the parent company of Fox News "crosses a bright line."
HONOLULU, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Honolulu Thursday indicted six people on charges of conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude.
PARIS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A distant dying star surrounded by water is using an unexpected ingredient -- ultraviolet starlight -- to create it, European scientists say.
AGUILAS, Spain, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Spanish disco called La Meca angered some Muslims in the country, who said the name was disrespectful to their faith.
MOSCOW, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the moratorium on grain exports could be in place for another year.
LAKEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The wife of a Colorado police officer was indicted for taking $60,000 in donations after falsely claiming to have had terminal cancer for five years.
SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Yemeni security forces found machine guns and other weapons and ammunition hidden inside a bus in the northwest Amran province, the Interior Ministry said.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Scientists studying rocks in Nevada say they've found evidence that Earth's magnetic field can reverse or "flip-flop" more rapidly than previously believed.
MIAMI, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Florida billionaire and defeated primary candidate for the U.S. Senate filed a lawsuit accusing two newspapers of trying to destroy his candidacy.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire for high-income U.S. families would cut into finances of a high-spending group, a New York economic strategist said.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Police in suburban Chicago said they arrested two people believed to be involved with a series of exotic-bird thefts at area pet stores.
PARIS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- French comedian Stephane Guillon went a bit too far when his ribbing of national leaders on French state radio got a bit too personal, critics said.
PHOENIX, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department sued controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Thursday, saying he has refused to cooperate in a discrimination investigation.
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Florida high school district's dress code exempts cheerleaders, who will be allowed to wear their revealing short skirts to class on game day, officials said.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Academic performance in adolescents will suffer if their DNA contains one or more of specific dopamine gene variations, a U.S. study says.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The ballot fates of U.S. senators in California, Washington and Wisconsin may determine if Senate power swings to Republicans, a political writer says.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The Moroccan arrest and alleged torture of members of a conservative Islamist association raises questions about the justice system, Human Rights Watch said.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- It only happens once a century and Thursday was the day the calendar and a once-popular television show were the same: 90210
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The killing of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank Tuesday just before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in Washington has intensified fears the Palestinians could unleash a new intifada, or uprising.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators are looking at huge batches of stock trading orders that do not result in actual trades, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The recent massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants in Mexico, near the Texas border, has Latin American countries asking questions, authorities say.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A judge in Manitoba, Canada, has removed herself from bench duty while the Canadian Judicial Council reviews a sexual harassment complaint against her.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An alleged former assistant to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was given a life term for assaulting a corrections officer, a New York attorney announced.