SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An inmate on death row in Utah has asked a judge to bar his victim's son from speaking at hearings, arguing he does not have that right under state law.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors say they won't retry a Southern California student for his role in the torching of 125 sport utility vehicles in an environmental protest.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A judge in Washington has ordered the author of "Muslim Mafia" to remove allegedly stolen documents from his Web site.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. and Afghan forces found huge amounts of ammonium nitrate in Kandahar, enough to make thousands of bombs used in killing coalition forces, officials said.

VICTORVILLE, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- California detectives say they don't yet know why someone fatally attacked an ex-Marine who served multiple tours in Iraq and survived a knife attack at home.

ELDORADO, Texas, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The first dissident Mormon to be convicted of sexually assaulting a child at a Texas compound was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Columbia University professor faces charges of assaulting a university employee during an argument in a New York bar about white privilege, officials said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- There have been more than 40 crashes on a new S-curve on the Bay Bridge over San Francisco Bay where a truck plunged over the edge this week, officials say.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Presumably, the Obama administration will soon decide on its strategy and accompanying plan for Afghanistan and the region. No matter what it does, there are three certainties. First, Obama's choices range from bad to worse. Second, the plan will be savaged by critics of both the left and right. Third, implementation and not troop numbers, however important, will define success or failure.

TUALATIN, Ore., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A man opened fire with a rifle at a drug-testing clinic near Portland, Ore., killing his estranged wife and apparently taking his own life, officials said.

BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Brazilian officials blame weather for a massive blackout that affected an estimated 50 million people in Brazil and neighboring Paraguay.

HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced she will not seek re-election in 2010 to the post she has held since 2004.

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The clash between the navies of the two Koreas involved a 215-ton North Korean vessel and two 130-ton South Korean navy boats, South Korean officials said.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An old tradition in Baltimore of "arabbers" selling produce from carts got a blow Tuesday when the city confiscated 19 of their horses.

BOSTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Two Boston transit workers have been honored for saving the life of a woman who fell to subway tracks after drinking heavily.