WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The White House Monday announced the implementation of an initiative designed to transform the federal government into a model employer of U.S. veterans.
2012 presidential race shapes up for GOP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Republicans thinking about a run at the U.S. presidency in 2012 might find the going tough as the field is filling up with established hopefuls, analysts say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Almost 5,000 Americans die each year on streets engineered for fast cars that make little or no provision for pedestrians or bicyclers, a lobbying group said.
Feds: Fort Hood suspect, imam communicated
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Intelligence agencies intercepted communications between the man accused of the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre and a radical imam, officials said Monday.
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Two Canadians who just completed a trip around the world on two wheels said they "had some major mishaps" but "every day was an adventure."
BOLTON, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A group of children as young as 6 threatened to shoot English paramedics, keeping them from transporting a burned toddler to a hospital, authorities said.
TORONTO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Canadian Indian tribe has made a groundbreaking proposal to the national government to exchange tribal status for resources, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- An eighth former U.S. State Department employee pleaded guilty Monday to illegally accessing confidential passport files, the Justice Department said.
Truck that fell from Bay Bridge speeding
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A semi-trailer that plunged off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Monday was speeding, authorities said.
MONTREL, Quebec, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The preliminary hearing of a Montreal woman accused of killing her two young children has been delayed a second time, police say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- International parental child abduction must be broached when President Barack Obama meets with Japanese leaders, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators said.
DETROIT, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden visited Detroit Tuesday to raise funds for two Michigan Democrats in Congress and give a progress report on the nation's economy.
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U.S. disputes spy charges against hikers
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department and White House spokesmen said they haven't received official confirmation that Iranian officials charged three U.S. hikers with spying.
Fort Hood to say farewell to victims
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The memorial service for the 13 people who died in the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre is part of the grieving and healing phase, the fort's commander said Monday.