LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- California fire officials Wednesday speculated downed power lines may have triggered one of two wildfires that have scorched 18,000 acres near Los Angeles.
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The leader of Greece's main opposition says the government should agree to an investigation by parliament into a controversial land scandal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A spokeswoman for U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said the heart procedure Cheney underwent at George Washington University Hospital Wednesday went smoothly.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Turkish newspaper has published evidence it claims shows military officials knew Kurdish separatist rebels were preparing an attack that killed 17 soldiers.
MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The German magazine Der Spiegel says Russians from all walks of life were unified in support of the Kremlin during Russia's August incursion into Georgia.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A European Union proposal to send an anti-pirate naval task force to the Gulf of Aden is "military nonsense," some European Parliament members say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Jesse Jackson's comment that Barack Obama would change U.S. policy on Israel shows the Democratic nominee's real views, a McCain spokesman said.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- EU leaders were preparing to approve new uniform policies affecting both legal and illegal immigration to the continent, observers said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush briefed his Cabinet Wednesday on the financial crisis and the measures his administration has taken to resolve it.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A South African man says Canada is shirking its duties in springing his Canadian girlfriend who has been stuck in Dubai since a July airport altercation.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A political advertisement that debuted Wednesday charges U.S. conservatives with wanting to "do to healthcare what they did to banking."
CHICAGO, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Chicago '60s radical whose association with Barack Obama Republicans say leads to questions about the Democrat's judgment is keeping a low profile.
MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Investigators say Russian Defense Ministry officials swindled the government out of millions of rubles by creating fictitious contractors.
MIAMI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- "Johnny" the sea turtle has returned to the Atlantic Ocean after spending three months in a Florida turtle hospital recovering from a machete attack.
DENVER, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Colorado college professor who asked students to examine whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's convention speech was a fairy tale has been cleared of wrongdoing.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Republican leaders in Sacramento County, Calif., have removed a posting on their Web site that criticized U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., party officials say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. presidential candidates' disagreement on how to handle oil companies' taxes and profits reflects broader differences on energy, observers said.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday called for a stronger role for the International Monetary Fund as a European Summit opened in Brussels.
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A woman facing eviction in Pasadena, Calif., set her home on fire before shooting herself in the head, authorities suspect.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A 5-year-old boy who died in a car crash in Antelope, Calif., had been sitting on his grandmother's lap when the accident occurred, police allege.
