SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Same-sex couples in California were flocking to get married as a ballot initiative to overturn the unions' legality hung in the balance, officials said.

BRUSSELS, June 24 (UPI) -- The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. -- EADS -- may lose its U.S. Air Force $35 billion contract to supply 179 air-to-air tankers in a joint bid with Northrup Grumman, following a U.S. Government Accountability Office ruling against it.

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. government auditors said Wednesday the Air Force used a flawed process in awarding a controversial $35 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers to a European-led consortium, rather than to American aerospace giant Boeing Co.

WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office Wednesday backed Boeing Co.'s complaint that the bidding process for a $40 billion military contract was flawed.

COLUMBIA, Tenn., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Three men were arrested Sunday on arson charges in connection with a fire that destroyed a mosque in Tennessee, authorities said.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 29 (UPI) -- Gun sales in the United States are shooting up, according to current and projected firearms sale figures from gunmaker Smith & Wesson Corp.