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.
HARRISONBURG, Va., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department has selected the Institute of Certified Professional Managers for management and leadership training support.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to delay the execution of "D.C. Sniper" John Allen Muhammad, who went on a shooting spree seven years ago.
MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have determined why corals spawn for just a few nights in some locations, but elsewhere the spawning continues for several months.
PALM BAY, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a graffiti artist left an apology -- not for the crime of vandalism, but for an artistic infraction: "Ran out of purple."
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A 23-year-old Kansas City man has been charged with statutory rape after signing a marriage contract with the family of a 14-year-old girl, police said.
EAST LAKE, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said sheriff's deputies investigating a suspected home intruder discovered a deer thrashing around the inside of a house.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department appointed former Iranian embassy hostage John Limbert as its top-ranking diplomat for Iranian affairs.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Middle-aged women with high levels of the amino acid homocysteine are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease later, Swedish researchers found.
SANAA, Yemen, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's entry into Yemen's war against northern Shiite rebels has dramatically increased the stakes in a smoldering powder keg of conflicts in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa region, a key oil artery.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Police say they've arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of three women at a gas station in East St. Louis, Mo.
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have, for the first time, produced beaded and non-beaded cultured pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas).
STAVANGER, Norway, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Statoil announced upgrades to its liquefied natural gas facility on Melkoya Island are finalized following a three-month planned shutdown.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Iraqi lawmakers for passing a key election law in time for a January parliamentary election.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The crew of the vessel allegedly carrying weapons to Hezbollah is under interrogation in Beirut as the resistance movement braces for an Israeli assault.
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Experts are increasingly doubtful that the Copenhagen climate-change conference can produce a binding climate treaty, less than a month before the U.N.-mandated meeting is due to start.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has captured 250 Yemeni rebels in reasserting control over a strategic border mountain, local media reported.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Racial, gender, age and other forms of discrimination are on the rise in European Union nations, particularly among the young, a survey indicates.
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount, suspended for punching a Boise State player, has been reinstated and is eligible to play in the No. 16 Ducks' next game.