TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- University of South Florida trustees Wednesday recommended that a Palestinian faculty member be dismissed for his alleged ties to Middle Eastern terrorist organizations. Professor Sami Al-Arian has been the target of terrorist investigations in Tampa sinc
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The House Government Reform Committee is planning a series of hearings to force the Bush administration into handing over subpoenaed documents.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- American Airlines said Wednesday it would recall nearly 800 reservations agents as call volumes to its 10 domestic reservation centers continue to increase.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Capital Comment -- News notes, political rumors and important events that shape politics and public policy in Washington and the world from United Press International.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- When President George W. Bush assumed office, he swept into the executive mansion vowing to "change the tone in Washington" with pledges of bipartisan cooperati
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush on Wednesday participated in a White House ceremony to present a new fire truck -- dubbed the "Spirit of Louisiana" -- to the city of N
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A unique international rescue was being organized Wednesday to save nearly 7,500 endangered turtles confiscated by Hong Kong customs.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A unique international rescue was being organized Wednesday to save nearly 7,500 endangered turtles confiscated last week by Hong Kong Customs. Organizers plan
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore presented his final budget to the General Assembly money committees Wednesday that proposed to solve the state's financial problems by
CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A jury of six men and six women Wednesday convicted a former surgical nurse of first degree murder in the drugging and smothering deaths of her three children,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., has returned a 36-count indictment against executives and managers of Tyson Foods Inc., for conspiracy to smuggle il
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., has returned a 36-count indictment against executives and managers of Tyson Foods Inc., for conspiracy to smuggle il
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- President Bush -- bolstered by support from three Democratic Senators -- offered a plan Wednesday to break a legislative stalemate over an economic stimulus pac
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A man who served 34 years in prison for his role in a 1965 gangland murder in Boston walked out of court a free man Wednesday because the FBI's star witness lie
WHEATON, Ill., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A jury Wednesday convicted a suburban woman of murdering her three children, rejecting the defense contention Marilyn Lemak was mentally ill. Prosecutors conten
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler
