SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A total of 54 people died Sunday in El Salvador as the Central American country was besieged by heavy rains, flooding and landslides, authorities said.
STORRS, Conn., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A fight last month at a University of Connecticut dance that left a UConn football player dead involved two teammates' disputes with three men, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. Forest Service spokesman said an 85-foot blue spruce is being transported from Arizona to Washington to be displayed as the U.S. Capitol.
GINOWAN, Japan, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- More than 20,000 residents of Ginowan, Japan, took to the streets Sunday to call for the closure of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, officials said.
GLENVIEW, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Police said Barbara J. Miller, the Alameda County Superior Court judge who heard a 2008 tree-sitter case, died in Glenview, Calif., at the age of 58.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A fire official in San Diego said firefighting efforts against a wildfire in the California city's Del Cerro area is being impeded by terrain.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia said Sunday it has assumed control of the region of Jabal Dokhan, which was temporarily under the control of Yemeni rebels.
CURITIBA, Brazil, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Stunned relatives tried to jump out a window when a man presumed dead showed up at his own funeral in southern Brazil, officials said.
LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Civilians and officials throughout Britain gathered Sunday to honor British men and women killed in conflicts worldwide.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The final round of ticket sales for 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics events has been delayed a week after a computer glitch, officials say.
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Two dozen Sikh and Muslim women gathered in Fremont, Calif., to discuss the discrimination they face because of the hijabs they wear, organizers said.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Instances of Toyota and Lexus vehicles accelerating suddenly have been reported more than 1,000 times since 2001, documents indicate.
ST. PETERS, Mo., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Former United Service Organizations star Marie Louise Gianini, part of the Avon Sisters duo, died in St. Peters, Mo., at the age of 85, her son, Chris, said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The healthcare reform bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives is "dead on arrival" in the Senate, a senior Republican said Sunday.
WINDSOR, Ontario, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A 37-year-old Windsor, Ontario, man has been charged with committing an act of genocide in Rwanda in 1994, Canadian authorities said.
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Britain's Prince Charles said during a visit to British Columbia that the Canadian province was doing a great job fighting climate change.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- New York residents said a new billboard for the Calvin Klein fashion brand is very sexual, with some saying the advertisement goes too far.
LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Dangerous people were allowed into Britain as immigration officials were told by the government to take risks in granting visas, documents indicate.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. country music singer Carrie Underwood said she is learning to become more open with people and stop keeping others from seeing the real her.
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