CHICAGO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Hold on before dumping that gallon milk down the sink; just because it's past the "sell-by" date doesn't necessarily mean it needs to be thrown out.
One of the federal agencies affected during Congress's fight over a stopgap government funding bill is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Walmart has announced it will offer the new iPhone 5c for $45, undercutting Best Buy's price of $50 for the phone with a two-year contract.
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn said he has withdrawn a demand for a share value appraisal that could have stalled the sale of U.S. computer giant Dell.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Chicago start up Potbelly Corp., now a sandwich chain with 286 outlets, more than hit its target on its first day as a publicly traded company.
SEATTLE, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk says a fiery crash involving a Tesla Model S car in Seattle proved his cars are safe.
PARIS, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Air France-KLM said it had no plans to cut employees or reduce assets at Italian airline Alitalia in order to raise fresh capital.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Confidence in the U.S. economy plummeted in the week the federal government shut down due to a budget impasse, a Gallup survey found.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Bradar, a company controlled by Embraer Defense & Security, is to map areas in Brazil subject to natural disasters and monitor environmental preservation areas.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Stocks on Wall Street found some traction Friday, the fourth day of a partial government shutdown over a healthcare law that is now under way.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor of the F-35 Lightning fighter, plans to begin furloughing some 3,000 workers beginning Monday, the firm said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices held under $104 per barrel Friday in New York, but posted gains for the week after four consecutive weeks of falling prices.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Even as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seeks to stymie U.S. efforts to negotiate a reconciliation with Iran, his government's trying to persuade Washington to boost U.S. military aid to ensure funding for the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic weapon intended to counter Iranian missiles.
VIENNA, Va., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Management and technology consulting firm Attain LLC has been selected to provide support services to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Wyle, a U.S. engineering firm, has been given a $14.9 million Air Force task order for analyses of military and commercial developmental semiconductor devices.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Mortgage-related complaints handled by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau more often originate from wealthy consumers than poor ones, a study found.
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The government of British Columbia said it will launch a study to determine emissions in Kitimat, the hub of the province's proposed liquefied natural sector.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Middle East is losing its long-held dominance of the global oil market as vast shale oil reserves open up in the United States and elsewhere, and non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries production grows to cushion the market against output cuts in the region.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Goldman Sachs analyst said don't hold your breath, but predicted the U.S. government shutdown will end with a double-deal compromise in mid-October.
LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Extensive naval rearmament programs are a key factor for the growth in the naval vessels and support-in-service markets, analysis firm Frost & Sullivan reports.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Schneider Electric IT Corporation of West Kingston, R.I., is recalling 15 million surge protectors that can overheat, U.S. product safety regulators said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The partial federal government shutdown has potential to undermine about a quarter of the U.S. home sales or more, available data indicates.
PARIS, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The French Air Force reports two new Rafale fighters have been delivered to its flight trial unit by the military's Directorate General of Armaments.
PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The first of 100 center fuselages for F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be built for Australia has been delivered to Lockheed Martin by Northrop Grumman.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Argentina is taking Uruguay to the International Court of Justice at The Hague over its claim a border pulp mill affects its "environmental sovereignty."
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool
