BEIJING, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Israeli Olympic swimmer Alon Mandel is staying in Beijing to compete in the Games despite the death of his father in a fall Wednesday night.

CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Grain prices swung up on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday as the dollar strengthened against the euro and oil prices rose in New York.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. computer scientists say the time is fast approaching when you can say goodbye to problematic personal computing anti-virus software.

DENVER, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Lastings Milledge homered twice and the Washington Nationals posted a 6-3 victory Thursday in the first game of a doubleheader at Colorado.

DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that its first quarter net income dropped 28.1 percent to 353.6 billion yen, or $3.2 billion, mainly due to the impact of exchange rates between the yen and the dollar, higher raw material costs and the turbulent U.S. market.

WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Co.'s Lexus brand recaptured the top spot in J.D. Power and Associates annual survey of long-term vehicle quality released Thursday, which found a 5 percent reduction of problems found in three-year-old models.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Citigroup Thursday agreed to help customers stuck with $19.5 billion in auction rate securities, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A former University of Toledo men's basketball player has been charged in an alleged point-shaving scheme, federal court documents indicated Thursday.