Published: May 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is moving forward with a new prison at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, The New York Times reports.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:57 PM
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- A New York parking enforcement agent says an off-duty police officer beat him up and had him arrested after he ticketed the officer's girlfriend.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 (UPI) -- The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has requested a probe of alleged torture against militia suspects at the hands of security officers.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is airing ads in Kentucky and Oregon, with one ad challenging the notion that she is all but out of the race.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
ATLANTA, May 16 (UPI) -- Atlanta's traditionally black Morehouse College has, for the first time in its history, chosen a white student as class valedictorian, school officials said.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:21 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday called for an investigation into reports that U.S. officials tried to discourage post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:00 PM
INNISFAIL, Australia, May 16 (UPI) -- Vandals shot 12 pademelons and a wallaroo at an Australian wildlife farm, authorities said.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:52 PM
CHICAGO, May 16 (UPI) -- The Chicago Police Department has begun requiring officers to pass a fitness exam before they are allowed to carry an M4 assault weapon, officials said.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:41 PM
TORONTO, May 16 (UPI) -- The recent reversal of an 18-year-old conviction of a man in the killing his missing girlfriend will not be reviewed, the Ontario attorney general said Friday.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 8:28 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 16 (UPI) -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Friday apologized for telling an audience of gun rights supporters an offstage noise was Barack Obama ducking a gunman.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 8:03 PM
HOUSTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Nineteen Texas border communities Friday asked a federal court to halt construction of 70 miles of border fencing, court documents show.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 7:26 PM
YOUNTVILLE, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Robert Mondavi, a pioneer in California's wine industry, died Friday at his home in Yountville, Calif., a spokeswoman said.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 6:49 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The Bush administration announced caps on takeoffs and landings at the three major New York-area airports Friday in an effort to avoid delays this summer.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 6:40 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- GOP presidential hopeful John McCain sees "everything" through his experience in the military and that can be "dangerous," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Friday.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 6:22 PM
LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- A group of off-duty police officers on a flight from Egypt to Britain helped subdue a couple who got into a violent fight at 30,000 feet.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 6:18 PM
ST. LOUIS, May 16 (UPI) -- Hundreds of graduates turned their backs on conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly Friday Washington University in St. Louis gave her an honorary degree.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:57 PM
MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Friday announced the creation of the presidium, a new executive body designed to energize an "unwieldy" government.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:16 PM
TEHRAN, May 16 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the international food crisis was caused by "bullying powers" of the world, claiming they are greedy with resources.
Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:09 PM
PHILADELPHIA, May 16 (UPI) -- A New Jersey high school football coach has lost another round in his fight to be allowed to lead his team in prayer.