EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- An official from El Paso County, Texas, says in a U.S. Supreme Court appeal request that state not federal officials should decide on a proposed border fence.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Officials in Columbus, Ohio, have had to call off a successful two-year effort to attack rat problems because of budget cuts.

MADRID, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Members of the Spanish Justice Ministry say they want changes in the current Penal Code to allow for longer sentences for sex offenders and terrorists.

MIAMI, May 12 (UPI) -- Cuban judo champion Yurisel Laborde disappeared in Miami after a tournament and officials say they are trying to determine if she defected.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The director of the CIA testified before a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday about destroyed interrogation videotapes, but a key Democrat said more needs to be learned.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden has named a new head for the National Clandestine Service, the part of the agency that recruits spies -- or human sources, as they are called by espionage professionals -- for U.S. intelligence.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The leaders of U.S. intelligence say that diversity is now a top priority in recruitment. But they’ve been saying that for years.

EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- When Jose Rodriguez, a 30-year veteran undercover CIA officer, stepped into the spotlight this week -- an experience he compared to dropping his trousers in public -- it was for a purpose: He is to become the CIA's poster boy in its drive to recruit more ethnic minorities.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The CIA official in charge of recruiting human sources, or spies as they are commonly known, for U.S. intelligence, is to retire, the agency said.