Today is Friday, May 26, the 146th day of 2006 with 219 to follow.

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- China's global balance of trade surplus is expected to quadruple this year, a private U.S. group says.

Today is Thursday, May 26, the 146th day of 2005 with 219 to follow.

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Louisiana man already sentenced to life in one murder case is now facing the death penalty for a second slaying in Baton Rouge.

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A Louisiana killer faces the possibility of the death penalty after his conviction in a second murder case.

BATON ROUGE, Texas, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Jury selection began Monday for the second trial of a Louisiana man police say killed seven women and attempted to kill an eighth.

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Louisiana judge Monday sentenced suspected serial killer Derrick Todd Lee to life in prison without parole for the murder of a Baton Rouge woman.

PORT ALLEN, La., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Louisiana jury has convicted a suspected serial killer in the first of four murder trials.

PORT ALLEN, La., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Jury selection began Monday in the first trial of a suspected serial killer in southern Louisiana.