NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Best Buy electronics stores used to be "designed for boys by boys" but now they're truly gender blenders catering to women as much as men. Women influence 90 percent of consumer electronics purchases, Best Buy says, from the look of the flat-screen televi
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators have given a final ruling on violations by a Vermont nuclear plant for shipping overly radioactive shipments to a Pennsylvania nuclear plant.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security named the Battelle National Biodefense Institute as operators of a new biological-threat analysis lab in Maryland.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has wasted no time in telling the U.S. armed forces that he is prepared to listen to their opinions.
ABILENE, Texas, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas law firm announced a courtroom victory for the Horse Hollow wind farm being sued for creating a private nuisance.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The sudden death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov Thursday throws into uncertainty the future of the country's vast energy resources.
NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. amphibious assault ship Saipan is returning from missions in the Persian Gulf to be decommissioned, the Navy Times reported Wednesday
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is transforming its combat units into more new brigade structures to make them more independent and quickly deployable
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army estimates it can add an additional 6,000 to 7,000 more soldiers per year, on top of the 80,000 it is already recruiting annually.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A Virginia GOP lawmaker is standing by criticism of a Democratic colleague's decision to use the Koran at his swearing-in.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Continued instability in Nigeria, including the attack Thursday on a French oil installation, raises questions about supplies from Africa's No. 1 producer.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the Republican minority leader on the U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee has named a former Navy SEAL as chief of staff.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A senior House Democrat wants President Bush to explain a White House decision to require redactions in a critical op-ed on Iran written by former staffers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The sharpest housing slump in 15 years meant the U.S. economy did not do as well as expected over the summer months, the Commerce Department said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- There is a nasty premonition circulating inside the Washington Beltway that President George W. Bush will attempt one final stab at the heart of the Iraqi conundrum as a last-ditch effort to regain the upper hand in the fight for Iraq.
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
