DETROIT, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. Friday announced one and two-week shutdowns at several plants and said it would close a truck plant earlier than expected.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A Swedish magazine geared toward gay men said members of its editorial staff underwent cosmetic surgery for an article about the practice.
THE HAGUE , Netherlands, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Police in the Netherlands said a woman crashed her car near The Hague while she was attempting to kill a spider inside the vehicle.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials at Yosemite National Park in California plan to close a third of the cabins at Curry Village because of safety concerns after rockslides in the park.
LADSON, S.C., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The British Ministry of Defense has awarded a follow-on contract to Force Protection for additional Cougar Mastiff mine resistant ambush protected vehicles.
ERBIL, Iraq, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq held a formal ceremony for 150 victims of the 1980s Anfal ethnic-cleansing campaign against the Kurds.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after dropping below $50 per barrel Thursday for the first time in two and a half years.
GROTON, Conn., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Electric Boat has been contracted to support the U.S. Navy's fleet of nuclear submarines with engineering and technical services.
BEIJING, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Chinese government's head economist, Zhou Qiren, said Friday that the country's legislative body has agreed to tax reductions to stimulate the economy.
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. psychologist links deja vu -- being in a new situation and feeling sure you have experienced it before -- to recognition memory.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pakistani oil officials said Friday they notified oil companies they may import over 100,000 tons of fuel oil to stave off a national shortage.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A witness in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, told a federal judge that help from U.S. prosecutors changed his testimony.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The LPGA Hall of Fame career of Annika Sorenstam came to an end Friday when she missed the cut at the ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla.
KAZAN, Russia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Oil firms in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan said their production will end next month because the sector is no longer profitable, officials said Friday.
LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Home repossessions rose 12 percent in Britain in the third quarter and the annual figure is projected to be a 70 percent jump over 2007, an industry group said.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama pitched his home city of Chicago to Olympics organizers Friday with a videotaped presentation delivered in Istanbul, Turkey.
TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department has awarded Raytheon Co. a phase I contract to develop nuclear threat detection technologies.
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