SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal appeals court panel cut $2 billion from the $4.5 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Mobile for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Unseasonably warm temperatures are freezing out sales of all kinds of cold-weather clothing from headgear to accessories, U.S. retailers said.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. says it will pick up 25 percent participating interest in the southern gas basin of the North Sea.
BUCHANAN, N.Y., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Federal regulators say the operator of New York's Indian Point nuclear plant have 30 days to develop a plan for workers scared to raise security concerns.
MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Russian gas monopoly Gazprom will own more than 50 percent of the Sakhalin-2 project after Shell and two Japanese partners agreed to a buyout.
TBLISI, Georgia, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Georgia will buy 1.1 billion cubic meters of Russian gas at rates it had previously refused to pay after a cutoff of supply from Azerbaijan.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- In the final working hours before the holiday recess, the United Nations approved a 3-year assessment of dues and announced management reforms.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.N. nuclear agency has issued guidelines for first responders to a nuclear or radiological emergency following a terrorist attack, an accident or theft.
MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department has reminded the world that Syria was forced into international isolation for its ties with Iran and for supporting terrorism. But the
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Unless an increase in security in Iraq is coupled with concomitant improvements in the quality of life for ordinary Iraqis, the strategy will fail.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has signed up with a travel industry lobby group to prepare a package of "big and bold" reforms to U.S. visa and bo
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. labor union says a congressional auditor's report strengthens its case that border officials are law enforcement officers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Despite a recent endorsement from the National Audubon Society and improvements in bird-friendly technology, there is still some opposition to wind power.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Virgin America says it expects U.S. aviation authorities to turn down its request to start a low-cost airline in the United States.
Viggo Mortensen (L) and Kirsten Dunst arrive at a photocall for the film "On the Road" during the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 23, 2012. UPI/David Silpa
