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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Retail sales in the United States rose slightly in the week ending Jan. 3, the International Council of Shopping Centers-USB reported Tuesday.

OTTAWA, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Canada's capital city, Ottawa, has admitted it was overzealous in ticketing and towing parked cars and says it will drop the tickets and towing charges.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices jumped on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday morning on tensions in the Middle East and a natural gas supply disruptions in Europe.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Caroline Kennedy's popularity is waning after launching a public campaign to be appointed to a vacant New York U.S. Senate seat, a poll indicated.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Veteran aides to President George W. Bush, preparing to exit the White House, say history will judge him favorably despite his chronic low approval ratings.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate intelligence committee leaders expressed surprise that former White House aide Leon Panetta was expected to be nominated to lead the CIA.

MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas deliveries has triggered widespread supply issues in Europe.

LONDON, Ontario, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Canadian school board denies any liability in a schoolyard fight last year in which a boy's single punch fractured an 11-year-old student's skull.

BOSASO, Somalia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Chinese anti-piracy naval fleet began a three-month mission in the Gulf of Aden Tuesday to protect shipping from Somali pirates, officials said.

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Stevens made waves in the media recently by suggesting his company's F-22 fighter might serve as a substitute for nuclear weapons in deterring aggression.

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TORONTO, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Toronto-area police say the city's international airport is a haven for a ring of South American pickpockets, 17 of whom have been arrested in recent months.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris plans to try to enter the U.S. Senate chamber Tuesday to be sworn in with the other new senators.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors have asked a Manhattan judge to revoke Bernard Madoff's bail, alleging he gave away at least $1 million in gifts in December.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres says Europe needs to "open its eyes" on the threat posed by Palestinian terrorists when criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza.

ABOARD THE USS KEARSARGE, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The USS Kearsarge took part in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. But for the last four months the amphibious assault ship encountered no enemy fire. Instead, its duties as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2008 -- including an unscheduled stop for hurricane relief in Haiti -- were strictly humanitarian. Part 3 of 3.

NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Indian Prime Minister said unnamed Pakistani agencies supported militants who attacked Mumbai, India, comments Pakistani officials call "unfortunate."

LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A one-time Pakistani terror suspect says he was subjected to more than six years of torture and abuse by U.S. captors and plans to sue the government.

CHICOUTIMI, Quebec, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A hospitalized Quebec woman has been charged with killing her three children on New Year's Day and aiding her husband's suicide as part of a pact.

GAZA, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Israel strengthened its presence in Gaza Tuesday, as troops took over skyscrapers in the city of Gaza, expelled residents and shot militants, observers said.