COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge says South Carolina's Legislature violated the Constitution when it authorized religious-themed car license plates.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The United States led a high-powered diplomatic effort in Honduras Wednesday, aiming to secure a breakthrough in the talks between the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti and supporters of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya.

BOSTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A former speaker of the Massachusetts House, Salvatore DiMasi, and a co-defendant say they are being prosecuted under an overly vague law.

JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Federal judges have ruled two men facing execution in Mississippi suffer mental disabilities that bar the death penalty in their cases.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Vehicles used to transport U.S. Vice President Joe Biden were involved in a fatal accident Wednesday, a federal official said.

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Florida prosecutors say they don't have enough evidence to prosecute a high school teacher who allegedly threatened to shoot his students and principal.

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of dollars were wasted in a Canadian three-year human rights battle over a transgendered woman in a fitness club, its owner says.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Episcopal bishop for southern Ohio has announced the diocese will begin blessing gay relationships next year.

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Army major and accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman didn't formally ask to leave the military for any reason, an Army official said.

SOMERVILLE, N.J., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A wheelchair-bound, quadriplegic New Jersey man who waged a 2-1/2-year battle to buy a gun has the right to a firearm permit, a judge ruled Wednesday.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Canadian police in Nova Scotia suspect a Sydney man with days-old untreated second- and third-degree burns might be an arsonist.

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Residents of many countries around the world distrust both China and the United States on global warming, a poll released Wednesday said.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Romanian national pleaded innocent to U.S. charges he was involved in an online scam that fleeced users of Craigslist and eBay.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama signed Wednesday a bill allowing spouses to retain home-state residency when moving with military service personnel.

HOHHOT, China, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Police in the Inner Mongolia region of China are investigating reports a gold mining operation damaged 328 feet of the historic Great Wall, officials said.