WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on trial for allegedly accepting political favors, has a "sterling" reputation.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Actor Victor Garber said at a California awards show that his former "Alias" co-star, actress Jennifer Garner, is "beautiful" while pregnant.
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Political tensions in Ukraine heightened Saturday as a court suspended the president's plan to dissolve Parliament and hold early elections, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Sixty-one percent of voters interviewed for a FOX News poll said they believe Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will be the next U.S. president.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush says he's "confident" the Group of Seven nations will be able to act together to defuse the global economic crisis.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. news media outlets have drastically downsized their presence in Iraq as violence diminishes and news budgets are cut, journalists say.
ELMHURST, Ill., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Police say a Muslim student at Elmhurst College, in Illinois, was attacked in a restroom after finding anti-Islamic slurs scrawled in her locker.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said Saturday the United States and other nations are working together to resolve the financial crisis affecting global markets.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. passenger rail system Amtrak says it has recorded an all-time ridership record thanks in part to crowded highways, airport hassles and high gas prices.
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Reclusive North Korea leader Kim Jong Il has made an appearance to inspect frontline army units, the country's state-run media said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Nine Taliban and al-Qaida militants were killed in Afghanistan in two separate operations by U.S.-led coalition forces, officials said Saturday.
TROY, N.Y., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Rensselaer County, N.Y., officials insist the misspelling of Barack Obama's name as "Barack Osama" on absentee presidential ballots was an innocent mistake.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The son of the late U.S. conservative icon William F. Buckley says he's voting for Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama.