MAPLE VALLEY, Wash., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Washington state man celebrated his 80th birthday with his favorite activity, a game of pickup basketball with men decades younger than him.
URUMQI, China, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- China has executed nine people convicted of fueling ethnic riots in the predominantly Muslim city of Urumqi, Xinjiang province, authorities said.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has received a proposal submission from Boeing for the Small Diameter Bomb II weapon system program.
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is finding some success tempting Massachusetts companies to relocate in the Great Lake State, officials said.
HAIFA, Israel, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Israeli researchers say synthetic marijuana helped rats under stress recover sooner from emotional trauma.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Monday in a case that might produce a modern definition of patent eligibility, with a significant effect on software.
MIAMI, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Retired professional football great Lawrence Taylor was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident in the Miami area, police said.
SPRING VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted Calbiotech Inc. to support the development of a Dengue virus diagnosis to help counter the threat to troops in tropical regions.
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials at the University of California-Berkeley said volunteer students and staff rolled a record-setting 330-foot California sushi roll.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The prime ministers of Jordan and Turkey agreed to remove obstacles to a free-trade agreement, putting the measure on track for approval by the end of the year.
W, D.C., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. stroller producer Maclaren recalled 1 million umbrella strollers Monday due to the risk of severe injury, including amputation of children's fingers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has expanded its deployment of an emergency mass notification system made by Alertus Technologies at its Brussels-based Garrison.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman announced plans to sell its advisory services unit in a move to align with new U.S. government organizational conflict-of-interest standards.
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has delivered the Waesche (WMSL 751) national security cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard following the successful completion of sea trials.
BETHPAGE, N.Y., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has received a proposal from Northrop Grumman in response to calls for the development of new jamming technology to support electronic warfare.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Students at a New York high school are protesting the suspension of a beloved teacher who let them read a ribald tale in class, officials said.
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, England, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A British researcher said his study indicates using swear words increases a person's tolerance for pain.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department says an initiative to install nuclear threat detection technologies along the northern border has been completed early.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Michelle Monaghan said she worked hard to earn her commercial driver's license for her role in the independent film "Trucker."
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. Air Force team testing the F135-PW-100 engine has reached a milestone ahead of qualifying the engine for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter.