WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Nowadays "oversight and accountability" are virtually sacred cows. Who could possibly be against it? Judging by the events of recent weeks Uncle Sam for one.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Upscale neighbors are suing Donny Deutsch over ongoing ear-rattling jackhammering at the CNBC talk show host's New York City townhouse.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Most of the shots fired by private U.S. security firm Blackwater that killed 17 civilians in Baghdad Sept. 16 were unwarranted, a preliminary FBI report says.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A bill that would bring government-contracted employees working overseas under U.S. law was approved overwhelmingly by the House of Representatives Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Even though the commission investigating the alleged indiscriminate shooting by Blackwater employees over the weekend has only just been stood up, some voices are already rushing to judgment, condemning the contractors as cold-blooded “mercenaries.”

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., June 7 (UPI) -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays made left-handed pitcher David Price the No. 1 selection Thursday in the 2007 baseball draft.

LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Internet monitoring company Envisional says the new James Bond flick, "Casino Royale," has been illegally downloaded 200,000 times already.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- As the Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America combat rampant online distribution of music, movies and television sh

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe named a commission Friday to assemble recommendations on the party's 2008 nominating process.