WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain has not endorsed a bipartisan energy plan drafted by some of his closest political allies, his campaign said.
BOSTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Three students are being sued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for allegedly hacking their way through ticketing security systems.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The wife of Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan said President Pervez Musharraf lied about her husband's role in the country's nuclear program.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Recent public polls indicating a near dead-heat in the U.S. presidential race don't worry Barack Obama's top backers, they say.
MIAMI, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A 2005 leak of toxic gas in Los Angeles harbor which killed three crewmen has resulted in a suit against Royal Caribbean Cruises by a former ship captain.
LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- British commanders are warning that unless there is a rapid increase in troops sent to Afghanistan the Taliban could soon win back control countrywide.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A Colorado woman is suing to prevent state officials from selling scratch-off tickets after top prizes have been given out.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A North Carolina accountant faces federal charges of threatening to kill likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has come close to calling for an end to race-based affirmative action, political observers say.
PHOENIX, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A handful of U.S. states east of the Pacific Coast states are likely to emerge as the new battleground territories for the November election, observers say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's refusal to hold a vote on allowing new domestic oil drilling could result in a shutdown of the U.S. government, observers said.
PHOENIX, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Leaders of Arizona's black community say Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has done little to reach out to them as a member of Congress.
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A South Ossetian government official says she and her family fled from their home and witnessed scenes of devastation as they traveled into Russia.
AMELIA, Ohio, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Outraged villagers in Amelia, Ohio, say they are considering whether to wipe their hamlet off the map after officials there proposed a 1 percent earnings tax.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Republican Party officials have only recently found a $10 million shortfall in funding for their upcoming national convention in St. Paul, Minn.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A health official in Los Angeles allegedly used homeless individuals as part of a scheme to steal millions of dollars from insurance programs, authorities say.
GETTYSBURG, Pa., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- One of the last living "witness trees" to the decisive Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pa., has been felled by a storm, National Park Service officials say.
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Crops of blueberries in Connecticut are among a rising number of agriculture sites being targeted by groups of starlings, farmers say.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Recent firebomb attacks on two University of California Santa Cruz animal researchers have angered and worried academics across the state.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Officials say U.S. automatic weapons, ammunition and other arms are pouring across the Mexican border to drug traffickers engaged in an internal war.
TOKYO, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Japanese leaders have offered to lift economic sanctions against North Korea in return for reopening investigations of kidnappings of Japanese citizens.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Campaigners for likely Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama say they're combing Florida barbershops and beauty salons to find unregistered voters.
REDDING, Calif., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Matt Rupp said after his recent parole that he is furious to have been incarcerated for two years for accidentally starting a major California wildfire.
