WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing for Rep. Joe Crowley of New York to become the House caucus vice chairman, sources say.

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 6 (UPI) -- The Royal Moroccan Air Force has contracted U.S. company Lockheed Martin for 24 Advanced F-16 Block 52 configured aircraft.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has won an $187 million order for long-lead tasks as part of a $1.1 billion contract for 30 new 50 F-16 aircraft for Turkey.

NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York threw out a criminal indictment against 13 former KPMG LLP executives Monday in an alleged tax-shelter fraud scheme.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Democrats have avoided what might have been a divisive contest for majority whip when they take over the U.S. House of Representatives in January.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Eight former KPMG LLP accounting firm officials face federal conspiracy charges in an alleged scam to help rich people avoid taxes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- In a letter to NBC Chairman Robert Wright Wednesday, senior House Democrats asked the network to undertake a public awareness campaign about voters' rights.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Two deadly nursing home fires in 2003 have led to the introduction of federal legislation to require automatic sprinkler systems -- at the government's expense.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The House Science Committee left its stamp on the Bush administration's proposed Homeland Security Department on Wednesday, passing a slate of changes to the agency's authorizing legislation meant to strengthen its scientific underpinnings.