DETROIT, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. auto giant General Motors Co. said Wednesday it would cut 10,000 jobs from its European operations in Britain and Germany.

BERLIN, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker General Motors is having second thoughts about selling German subsidiary Opel to a consortium that includes a Russian bank, sources say.

DENVER, April 2 (UPI) -- Ward Churchill, the controversial professor fired from the University of Colorado, was wrongly terminated, a jury in Denver ruled Thursday.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- While many commentators acknowledge that private military and security contractors are not mercenaries, some of them still contend that their use, both qualitatively and quantitatively, is a new phenomenon, something that emerged full blown from free market apostles like Ronald Reagan, George Bush (senior and junior) and Bill Clinton.

VANCOUVER , British Columbia, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The ongoing Hollywood writers' strike is crippling the Canadian film industry by shutting down productions and putting employees out of work.

DETROIT, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The buzz at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit might be the lack of buzz as some top industry names opted to skip the event.

LONDON, March 6 (UPI) -- Britain's BBC Worldwide announced plans to compete with the music and video download service iTunes, developed by U.S. company Apple.

WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- A new group focused on overturning the federal ban on Internet gambling is enlisting the help of former Sen. Alphonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., a skilled poker player.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A Chinese statistical agency says almost 4,000 people in Shanghai have the name Chen Jie, making it the problematic equivalent to John Smith.