ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Asif Ali Zardari, the spouse of the late former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Saturday became Pakistan's new president, officials said.
MIAMI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Authorities were shooing tourists off the Florida Keys Saturday ahead of oncoming Hurricane Ike, which swelled to Category 4 status.
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- South Korea says it might cut military ties with Japan after Japan claimed a group of small islets under South Korean control was actually Japanese territory.
CAIRO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A rockslide slammed a poor Cairo neighborhood Saturday, killing at least 30 people, injuring dozens more and burying unknown others, emergency workers said.
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- LeGarrette Blount rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead the 16th-ranked Oregon Ducks to a 66-24 victory over the Utah State Aggies.
LONDON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- London's 2012 Olympic village has a $442 million funding shortfall that will have to be paid with public money, a British newspaper reported Saturday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. pop and R&B quintet Pussycat Dolls jumped and kicked their way through the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating ties between music and fashion.
GREENVILLE, N.C., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Pat Pinkney completed 22-of-28 passes for 236 yards and a touchdown Saturday to lead East Carolina to a 24-3 upset of 8th-ranked West Virginia.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Sam Swank kicked a 41-yard field goal with three seconds left to play Saturday to give the 20th-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons a 30-28 win over Mississippi.
NORMAN, Okla., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Sam Bradford completed 29 of 38 passes for 395 yards and five touchdowns Saturday as fourth-ranked Oklahoma overpowered Cincinnati 52-26.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Cliff Gullett was going 239 mph when he lost control of his motorcycle on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, crashed and died, authorities said. He was 47.
ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Knowshon Moreno rushed for 168 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, helping the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs race to a 56-17 win over Central Michigan.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Curtis Granderson and Magglio Ordonez hit two-run eighth-inning homers Saturday, rallying the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia teenager was charged with third-degree murder Saturday in a car crash that killed a veteran police officer and injured her partner.
DENVER, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Democratic officials Saturday denied a news report that Republicans picked 12,000 U.S. flags from the trash after the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Daryll Clark passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another and Evan Royster ran for three TDs Saturday to lead No. 19 Penn State past Oregon State 45-14.