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U.S. markets down on labor news ... Altria Group closes in on UST purchase ... Storm area travelers must keep close watch ... Accounting change could pressure taxes ... News from United Press International.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. actress and musician Leisha Hailey is set to reprise her role of Alice in the pilot for a spinoff of the TV drama "The L Word," Showtime announced Friday.

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Authorities say they aren't at liberty to identify who posted a $500,000 bond in Orange County, Fla., to free the mother of missing child Caylee Anthony.

POTI, Georgia, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy flagship has arrived in the Georgian port city of Poti despite fears that a U.S. presence could prove problematic, a Navy official confirmed.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. and Irish study ends the remaining support for the hypothesis that autism with stomach complaints is related to vaccine exposure, researchers said.

LONDON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore says he plans make his new documentary "Slacker Uprising" available as a free download on the Internet this month.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Palestinians say Israel is restricting their access to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem during September's holy month of Ramadan.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- John McCain took center stage Thursday on the climactic last night of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and made his case to the American people to choose him as their next leader.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A major U.S. tobacco company, Altria Group, is closing in on a deal to purchase UST, makers of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco products, sources said.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A former commander in the Israeli army says its training is flawed and leaving soldiers ill prepared for future military conflicts.

China says Iraqi oil deal still in negotiation; Iran influencing Iraqi energy sector; West not ready for Iraqi oil deals, analyst says.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Syria's foreign minister Friday said Israel's withdrawal in 1967 drew a border line which remains the basis for any peace talks between the two countries.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Continuing sweeps and targeted raids by U.S. and Iraqi forces for extremists' weaponry in northeast Baghdad are steadily chipping away at enemy munitions stores and hobbling attack capabilities, U.S. military officials say.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes tilted down Friday as the government said unemployment jumped to 6.1 percent in August.

MOSCOW, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The year 2008 has been the most productive for American missile shield plans since President Ronald Reagan launched his famed Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- With Israel's consent, Jordan has sent about 1,000 automatic rifles and some 10,000 bullets to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- An accounting change by U.S. actuaries could dramatically increase contributions needed to cover the cost of public employees' pension funds, analysts said.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department officials praised Libya for blocking al-Qaida operations in North Africa and slowing recruitment of militants to fight in Iraq.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Travelers planning a fall vacation in the Caribbean and the Southern United States have to keep a weather eye out for storms, travel experts say.

KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says a collapse of Kiev's pro-Western coalition won't prevent Ukraine from seeking to join NATO and the European Union.