WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday it would sell approximately 2 million barrels of heating oil from its Northeast reserves later this week.

LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A British police Internet site crashed as 5 million hits an hour came from people trying to discover the levels of crime in their areas, officials said.

BUNNELL, Fla., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a hand grenade purchased at an estate sale was found by a bomb squad to be filled with concrete.

KINGSTON, N.Y., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A New York teenager admitted to shooting a police officer in the head with the officer's stun gun during a street chase before the officer shot him in the leg.

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Illinois-based Allstate Insurance is apologizing for a study ranking road safety on the basis of Zodiac signs.

JOLIET, Ill., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An Illinois man has been found guilty of murder for shooting another man after the victim said the man's pregnant girlfriend looked fat in a photograph.

MELBOURNE, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on the Australian government to assure his safety home in advance of his extradition hearing on sexual assault charges.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- New Orleans Hornets center Emeka Okafor will miss up to three weeks of play because of an abdominal injury, the team said Tuesday.