JAKARTA, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A 6.7 magnitude earthquake early Monday struck eastern Indonesia, killing at least two people and toppling several homes, local residents said.

JIM THORPE, Pa., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Family members of 1912 Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe said they plan to sue for the return of his remains from a Pennsylvania town named in his honor.

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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Four American World War II veterans were given the French Legion of Honor award in Pittsburgh for their roles in liberating France in 1944, officials said.

MIAMI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida gained strength as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and a hurricane warning was posted for part of the northern Gulf coast, forecasters said.

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- China, already enjoying extensive reach into Africa's oil and other resources, has widened its influence by pledging $10 billion in easy loans to its nations.

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Police in Illinois said Sunday they were looking for a man in connection with the shooting death of three women in a car as the victims' children looked on.

SHORELINE, Wash., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The northwest United States and British Columbia, Canada, hit by a major storm this weekend, can expect more snow and rain, meteorologists said Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A deer that leaped into a lion enclosure at Washington's National Zoo escaped the lions but was euthanized due to severe injuries, officials said.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A group of African-American clergy held a prayer vigil Sunday near a house in Cleveland where police say a sex offender kept the remains of 11 homicide victims.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- At least 91 people have died and thousands were evacuated due to heavy rain, flooding and mudslides in El Salvador, authorities said.

WOODS CROSS, Utah, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A Utah petroleum refinery pipe undergoing maintenance broke, spewing 800-degree hydrogen toward an adjacent neighborhood, investigators said.

BERLIN, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A former East German border guard says he was "no hero" for allowing people to swarm over the Berlin Wall the night the communist regime fell in 1989.

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.