REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A. Carl Kotchian, the former president of Lockheed Aircraft whose bribery admission sparked political turmoil, has died in California, his son says.
ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Three guards were wounded when eight teenage girls allegedly staged a riot at a youth detention facility in Albany, the Oregon Youth Authority said.
DALE CITY, Va., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say they'll seek to try a 17-year-old as an adult in the Dale City, Va., killings of a woman known as "Super Mom" and her 19-year-old son.
SAN LUIS, Colo., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Recovery crews Monday climbed the Colorado mountainside where two people died after their twin-engine aircraft crashed into Vermejo Peak.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department officials Monday condemned Russia's decision to block extension of a 16-year-old international monitoring mission in Georgia.
KINGSTON, Tenn., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- As many as 15 homes were damaged when a dike on an ash retention pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant gave way, officials said Monday.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- An Iraqi national admitted in federal court Monday he conspired to spy on the United States for the now-deposed Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A convicted murderer says his Missouri guilty verdict should be thrown out because two of his jurors allegedly had sex while sequestered at a hotel.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The western and southern United States again dominated the list of the country's fastest-growing states during the last year, U.S. Census officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- While it's difficult to predict, next year's U.S. federal deficit could reach a trillion dollars, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Monday.
CAMDEN, N.J., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A federal jury in New Jersey Monday convicted five Muslim men of plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix -- a plot prosecutors say was inspired by al-Qaida.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday 25 states have regions that fail to meet its daily standards for fine particle air pollution.
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is shaping up to be a strong political challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, political analysts say.
OTTAWA, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper bypassed public hearings and appointed a new Supreme Court judge Monday to fill an 8-month-old vacancy.
OTTAWA, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his appointment of 18 new senators Monday in a move he said he didn't want to make.
ATLANTA, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Botanical Garden has reopened after the collapse of a new skywalk killed one construction worker and injured 18 others, officials said Monday.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A weekend winter storm slammed Canada's Maritime provinces bringing hurricane-force winds that knocked out power to thousands, officials said Monday.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A vote on a resolution to legalize the continued presence of non-U.S. foreign troops in Iraq was delayed Monday, observers said.
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Technical difficulties could further delay completion of Iran's $1 billion Russian-built nuclear power plant, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
BARNSTABLE, Mass., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Sandwich, Mass., say it appears a 62-year-old man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after his chimney was clogged by a raccoon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Three construction supervisors expected to be charged in the deaths of two New York firefighters have surrendered to authorities, sources say.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A state lawmaker in Indiana says he wants to impose a moratorium on charter schools in the state and now has the support of Indianapolis Public Schools.
LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Britain's leaders could look to Nazi Germany to learn about dealing with the current recession, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said.
