AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Camera manufacturer Nikon has laid off 1,500 subcontractors at a plant in Thailand amid a downturn in orders from North America and Japan, the company said.
MOSCOW, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Russia's energy giant Gazprom announced Saturday it will not continue to make gas deliveries to Ukraine in the absence of a new contract.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The Screen Actors Guild Saturday said its attempts at federal mediation with a group of Hollywood film and TV producers has failed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Experts say it would take a winter full of potentially destructive rainy weather to prevent California's drought from entering its third year.
PHOENIX, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- PBS anchors Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil said during a Phoenix awards event held by Arizona State University that reporters still have a place in the world.
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Iranian officials say the International Atomic Energy Agency isn't doing a good enough job preventing information leaks to the news media.
ST. JOHN, Ariz., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- One of two murder counts against an 8-year-old Arizona boy accused of shooting his father and another man to death should be dropped, prosecutors say.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The owner of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Los Angeles says he has no plans to sell the historic venue despite what real estate records show.
TUCSON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., reportedly a candidate to become U.S. Interior secretary, says he hasn't yet been contacted about the job.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Terrelle Pryor threw two touchdown passes and Chris Wells ran for one Saturday, helping 10th-ranked Ohio State roll to a 42-7 win over archrival Michigan.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The Zimbabwean government denied Saturday that it barred former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter from entry.
YORBA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- As many as five homes were lost to wildfire this month in a Southern California neighborhood because there were no water in the fire hydrants, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices could wind up reviewing singer Janet Jackson's breast-baring wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl, CBS says.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Rocker Travis Barker has filed a lawsuit, blaming the South Carolina jet crash he was in two months ago on the aircraft's pilots and equipment.
LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The four children of Spike Milligan say they are upset they were not contacted regarding an upcoming sale of the late British comedian's belongings.