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World Series
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The 106th World Series opens Wednesday pitting a team that has never been to baseball's championship series against one that hasn't won it since 1954.
Peacekeepers vital, world leaders say
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Tackling systemic conflict and sexual violence like the atrocities on the Congo requires a comprehensive role in peacekeeping operations, world leaders said.
U.S. unemployment up to 9.6 percent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. unemployment rate increased to 9.6 percent and the U.S. economy lost 54,000 jobs in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy shed 131,000 jobs in July but the unemployment rate stayed at 9.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 19 (UPI) -- Louis Oosthuizen grabbed the lead of the British Open early Friday was never truly threatened en route to winning his first major golf tournament.
Gulf oil spill
VENICE, La., July 15 (UPI) -- Engineers prepared a test of a cap installed on a wrecked well head on the floor Gulf of Mexico where oil has been spewing for nearly three months.
Iranian scientist
TEHRAN, July 15 (UPI) -- An Iranian nuclear scientist who claims he was abducted by U.S. authorities says he was tortured and offered a large sum of money to stay in the United States.
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- An Iranian nuclear scientist who alleged he was kidnapped by the CIA has left the United States.
Gulf oil spill
VENICE, La., July 13 (UPI) -- Engineers installed a new device intended to cap the wreck wellhead that has been spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 12 weeks.
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators open hearings Tuesday in suburban Washington to consider evidence regarding the diabetes drug Avandia and its alleged link to heart disease.
WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- The Obama administration said it is changing tactics in the United States' fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Gulf oil spill
VENICE, La., July 12 (UPI) -- Oil spewed unimpeded from a Gulf of Mexico wrecked wellhead while engineers took steps for a permanent cap on the leaking pipe.
World Cup
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 12 (UPI) -- Spain won the World Cup with an extra-time goal delivering a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in the finals of the world's most watched soccer tournament.
KAMPALA, Uganda, July 12 (UPI) -- Dozens of people died in bomb attacks in Uganda that targeted areas where people gathered to watch the World Cup final.
Spy swap
VIENNA, July 9 (UPI) -- Ten people swept up in a three-state espionage investigation were deported from the United States to be exchanged for four people convicted in Russia of spying.
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President Obama Signs Smuggling Prevention Act at White House
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