MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Plans to add crew members to the International Space Station might be delayed, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Saturday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Pirates who have seized a Ukrainian ship and its crew have threatened to blow up the ship, which is laden with weapons, if they are not paid $8 million.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., says his fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives can expect double-digit losses in the upcoming elections.
CHICAGO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Two alleged victims of child sex abuse at the hands of a former Evanston, Ill., Jesuit priest maintain the clergyman shamed them into accepting sex "lessons."
CHICAGO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee Joe Biden says having Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket doesn't mean women should vote for her.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama thanked Republican John McCain Saturday for trying to reduce the rancor in their presidential race.
ST. HELENA, Calif., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- More than 200 acres of land and two structures have been destroyed by a brush fire near St. Helena, Calif., authorities said Saturday.
GROZNY, Russia, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Five people died Saturday in the Russian republic of Chechnya when an earthquake struck the region, Emergencies Deputy Minister Akhmed Dzhairkhanov says.
PAISLEY, Scotland, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Scottish authorities say a former baggage handler who became a hero in 2007 for helping thwart a terrorist attack has been hospitalized for asthma.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Executives at The CW say a spinoff of the U.S. TV network's hit series, "America's Next Top Model," will begin production soon.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain said Saturday his electoral rival, Barack Obama, has been exploiting the ongoing economic crisis.
BERLIN, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Brad Pitt and director Quentin Tarantino are teaming up in Germany to film the drama "Inglorious Bastards," People magazine says.
LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A television anchor in Lubbock, Texas, says she had no clue her boyfriend from a rival TV station planned to propose to her on-air during her show.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A better-than-expected Iowa corn crop is taking pressure off livestock producers and ethanol makers already hurt by the financial crisis, analysts say.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- NBC executives have ordered up four more episodes of the first-season U.S. TV series "Knight Rider," The Hollywood Reporter says.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Halle Berry said at the New York unveiling of her new signature scent that the perfume is the result of two years of work.
LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The so-called safety pin dress worn by British actress Elizabeth Hurley at a 1994 event is the best red carpet gown of all time, results of a poll indicate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The Federal Communications Commission says it will move forward with plans to reserve valuable empty U.S. airwave spectrum for free wireless Internet use.
JAMMU, India, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh said at the inauguration of a new train service for Kashmir that the region's future should be "bright."