DETROIT, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Federal auto safety regulators say General Motors is recalling more than 700,000 minivans because of a hazard from the inside handle on power sliding doors.
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Politicians in Florida and elsewhere are calling for a change in the way disaster aid is awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A 1980 federal desegregation case may result in more than 300 minority students in Chicago attending schools with the whitest enrollments next semester, but it'
BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Brazilian officials say they don't see the need to draw funds from the International Monetary Fund though they aren't ruling out the possibility.
The U.S. victory in Fallujah last month has backfired in prompting insurgents to switch from fighting pitched battles against U.S. forces to staging simultaneous, well-orchestrated attacks against key cities in the Sunni triangle, according to administrat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The capital the world's most powerful nation felt like a ghost town Thursday. President George W. Bush was away in nearby Camp David for the Christmas holiday. Congress was adjourned. The daily swell (swill?) of news conferences, fact sheets, press releas
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- While much has been made by lawmakers and the Bush White House of the intelligence reshuffling put into law earlier this month, the Sept. 11 commission also cal
LONDON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented a united front in Jerusalem this week, insisting both parties had agreed there was no need for Israel to attend the Middle East peace conference in London next March. Howe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund Thursday approved lending $19.7 million to Azerbaijan as the country continues to restructure its economy.
Democratic and independent activists from across the United States are planning protests to coincide with the inauguration of George W. Bush on Jan. 20.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Yasser Arafat's departure and Israel's planned disengagement from Gaza provide a unique window of opportunity for the emergence of a transformed and responsible
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Be on your guard.
The attack by a suicide bomber on a U.S. military dining tent in Mosul is the latest addition to the growing list of public relations nightmares for the Bush administration where Iraq is concerned.
PARIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- It is not customary to welcome Christmas by citing the Second Psalm. But the state of the Church calls for it. If one looks at the success rate of those trying
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The government said Thursday rising aircraft demand helped lift durable goods orders, November's personal income beat market expectations, new home sales sank 1
MOSCOW, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- State-owned oil company Rosneft announced late Wednesday that it had purchased Yukos' primary production unit from the winner of Sunday's auction for Yugansknef
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Why have Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's strongest fans, the neo-conservatives, turned on him with a fury to push him out of office?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Natural gas storage levels in the United States fell by 123 billion cubic feet last week as winter cold swept over much of the nation.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- India's Tehelka weekly has screened a video that purports to show Hindus involved in 2002 riots paying $50,000 to buy a key witness - leading to the acquittal o
U.S. stocks keep rising, on economic news ... Putin owns plan to nationalize Yukos ... Japan Airlines orders 30 Boeing 7E7 jets ... New home sales plunge ... News from United Press International.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
