SEATTLE, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A man authorities accuse of killing a Seattle police officer had homemade explosives and was linked to pipe-bomb arsons of police cars, investigators say.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. official says the White House is approaching direct negotiations with North Korea warily, given Pyongyang's track record of broken promises.

NOVOROSSIISK, Russia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A police department in southern Russia will be investigated after a critical video by a local police officer was posted on a Web site, officials said.

LA MASSANA, Andorra, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The government of the tiny country of Andorra has begun investigating a bridge collapse that killed five workers, officials said.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. nuclear regulators owe Utah a policy change and an apology for their handling of nuclear waste, scientists say.

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of slaying 13 people at Fort Hood, once said that infidels should be killed, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday.

KILLEEN, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Residents of Killeen, Texas, near the Army's Fort Hood, where 13 were slain in a mass shooting last week, say they share the military's grief over the slayings.

News from United Press International, around the world around the clock ...

ATLANTA, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Smoke and reports of flames caused a Delta Air Lines plane to be evacuated before takeoff from Atlanta, a Delta official said.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The six-day strike by Philadelphia-area transportation workers will likely continue after negotiations broke down during the weekend, observers say.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A protest in Fort Worth, Texas called for police to halt Taser use and punish an officer for her role in the death of a mentally ill man, organizers said.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Relatives of a missing Cleveland woman say they remain hopeful she is not among the 11 victims of a suspected serial killer in the city.

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A New Jersey woman has filed a lawsuit against New York police, alleging a horse in its mounted unit bit her, leaving permanent injuries, court records show.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., has moved out of a C Street house, a town home on Capitol Hill shared with other Christian lawmakers, sources say.

ASBURY PARK, N.J., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The stakes for same-sex marriage legalization in New Jersey have been raised with the election of a Republican governor, advocates say.