WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- CIA Director Leon Panetta canceled an intelligence program after learning it had been carried out without informing Congress, The Washington Post reports.
CINCINNATI, July 10 (UPI) -- Vice President Joseph Biden used a derelict factory in Ohio as a backdrop for a defense of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Online games may promote unhealthy foods but they could also effectively promote healthy foods, U.S. researchers suggest.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- China says four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto who were arrested on spying charges will be dealt "properly according to law."
ACCRA, Ghana, July 10 (UPI) -- Residents of Ghana say U.S. President Barack Obama will get a bigger welcome than his two predecessors when his plane lands in Accra.
HOUSTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Children riding all-terrain vehicles need to be carefully supervised, a U.S. emergency medicine doctor cautioned.
HOUSTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Adults who supervise children or inexperienced swimmers need to know how to swim, a U.S. doctor says.
CAIRO, July 10 (UPI) -- The fatal stabbing of an Egyptian woman in a German courtroom by a man she had charged with calling her a terrorist has set off a wave of anger in her homeland.
PHOENIX, July 10 (UPI) -- Brett Carroll's three-run homer was the centerpiece of a 10-run eighth inning Thursday that gave the Florida Marlins a 14-7 win over Arizona.
GRANADA, Spain, July 10 (UPI) -- Sexist jokes favor mental mechanisms linked to violence and battering against women in people with macho attitudes, researchers in Spain said.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Violence by an affiliated al-Qaida group in North Africa has escalated recently, counter-terrorism officials say, with several deadly attacks, officials said.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- A woman with two cages full of grasshoppers was put off a bus in China because other passengers could not stand the large insects' serenade, the driver said.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 (UPI) -- Bengie Molina staked San Francisco to a quick lead with a two-run homer in the first inning Thursday and the Giants coasted past San Diego 9-3.
NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- Insurance giant American International Group is seeking permission from the U.S. government to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to executives.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Revamping the U.S. government Web site, Recovery.gov, could cost $9.5 million to $18 million and take five years, the General Services Administration said.
UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council has extended the term of the tribunal on the Rwandan genocide until Dec. 31, 2010.
SEATTLE, July 10 (UPI) -- Frank Gutierrez hit a three-run, two-out homer in the eighth inning Thursday that vaulted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 win over Texas.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- Production began Thursday at a new condom plant in China's Shandong province with an annual capacity of 864 million pieces and 620 tons of lubricants.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- A barber shop in China has taken customer service to a new level by letting clients determine the price of their haircuts.
DENVER, July 10 (UPI) -- Garrett Atkins delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth Thursday to give Colorado a 7-6 win over Atlanta -- the Rockies' fourth straight victory.