FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Two adults pleaded guilty to charges related to the hoax in which they said their son had floated away in a balloon in Colorado.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Four mosques and another building in the United States owned by the Alavi Foundation were seized by federal authorizes who allege the group has ties to Iran.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Five men, including one who claims to have been the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, will stand trial in U.S. courts.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift, at 19 years of age, has become the youngest person selected the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year.
ATLANTA, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Lou Dobbs, a mainstay at CNN almost continually since the news network was launched in 1980, abruptly quit his prime-time program.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has asked for a reworking of the series of plans he's considering regarding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan.
TOKYO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama heads off on a weeklong trip to several Asian countries looking for financial and diplomatic support.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A malfunction at a large dam caused widespread blackouts across the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The United States has about 68,000 military personnel assigned to the fighting in Afghanistan, with requests pending before civilian leadership for more.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- 'Sesame Street,' the daytime staple of public television that taught the alphabet, counting and lessons about getting along, opened its 40th season Tuesday.
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Investigators are looking again at a series of messages the alleged Fort Hood, Texas, shooter sent to a radical Muslim cleric.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion healthcare reform package, shifting attention for further legislative action to the U.S. Senate.
BERLIN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- World leaders gathered in Germany to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event 20 years ago that is seen as the symbolic end of the Cold War.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said government cooperation needs to be reined in in Afghanistan or he will order U.K. troops out of the theater.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives said they will call a floor vote Saturday on their healthcare reform bill.
Surfers ride the waves at Fort Point by the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 24, 2012. The bridge is set for its 75th anniversary celebration on May 27. UPI/Terry Schmitt
