MAKHACHKALA, Russia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A bus collided with a truck in the south Russian republic of Dagestan Saturday, killing seven people, local officials said.
KRAKOW, Poland, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A wild boar roaming Krakow, a Polish city of 750,000, seriously injured two men before hunters killed it after a several-hour chase, authorities said.
CZESTOCHOWA, Poland, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Exhumation of three World War II-era mass graves at a railway station in Czestochowa, Poland, is to resume in 2010 at winter's end, authorities said.
LONDON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The British government is pressing Afghanistan to open negotiations with Taliban leaders in a reconciliation bid, The Guardian reported Saturday.
BOGOTA, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Millions of referendum signatures in support of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's second re-election bid are invalid, an electoral body says.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Alleged loss of accountability of graves and poor record keeping at Arlington National Cemetery will be probed, U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh has vowed.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi says she wants to spend time with the U.S. TV series' newest judge, Ellen DeGeneres, so they can bond.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- An experimental flu vaccine that relies on fermentation rather than chicken eggs is under consideration by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
SINGAPORE, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will "engage" Asian economic powers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore, an administration official says.
MAZRAQ, Yemen, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A civil war between Shiites and Sunnis is aiding al-Qaida's attempt to establish a regional stronghold in Yemen, authorities said.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Two New Orleans homes owned by actor Nicolas Cage were sold at foreclosure auction for a total of $4.5 million, an official says.
VOLTERRA, Italy, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Italian town of Volterra is trying to cash in on the notoriety steered its way by being tabbed the home of a vampire coven in the U.S. movie "Twilight."
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The city of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to reduce sewer overflows polluting the Cuyahoga and Little Cuyahoga rivers and the Ohio & Erie Canal, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed indefinitely a ban on the sale of raw oysters from the Gulf Coast during warmer months.
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. computer maker Dell says it will enter the high-end "smartphone" market with the Mini 3, to be marketed this month in China.
THOMSON, Ill., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The White House is seriously considering a nearly empty prison in rural Illinois to hold some Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, terrorism detainees, sources say.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Ohio's decision to use a single drug to execute prisoners likely will be delayed by numerous court challenges, a death penalty expert said.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- An amended settlement between Google and U.S. publishers would allow others to compete with its planned digital library of out-of-print books, analysts say.