LANSING, Mich., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A study indicating that 346 teenagers are serving life sentences in Michigan prisons, the second-most in the country, has sparked a debate, observers say.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Forty-three percent of young Swedes interviewed for a national study said they believe getting paid for sex is acceptable, authorities in Sweden said.
LONDON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Three men convicted of plotting to blow up airliners with homemade liquid bombs must serve minimum sentences of 32 to 40 years, a British court ruled Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. government dispensed stimulus money slower during the summer, despite the Obama administration's pledge to speed getting the aid to states.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama says that after months of controversy he's confident Congress will pass "a good healthcare bill."
MOSCOW, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- An off-duty police officer allegedly was drunk when his Mazda hit a parked car, killing three people in Russia's Tyumen Region, authorities said.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A Netherlands court has set a date for the hate speech trial of far-right politician Geert Wilders, officials said.
WARDAK, Afghanistan, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- An effort in Afghanistan to pay villagers to protect their neighborhoods loosely resembles the Awakening Councils idea used in Iraq, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- As many as 20 percent of U.S. troops killed in combat could be saved by more advanced battlefield trauma care, a Pentagon board says.
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Norwegians went to the polls Monday to elect representatives to the Norwegian parliament, the Sami assembly and state church counsels.
MOSCOW, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Protesters marched on the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, demanding compensation for a Russian injured in a 1998 accident involving a U.S. diplomat.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A former prosecution spokeswoman at a tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, has been found guilty of contempt and fined $10,000, the tribunal ruled.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year will be released from jail Tuesday, his attorney said.
