On Dec. 13, 2003, a bearded Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president, was captured by U.S. troops in a small underground hideout near his hometown of Tikrit, ending an eight-month manhunt.

Some say President-elect Donald Trump hit a home run Wednesday by naming Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts and Wilbur Ross to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

So far, President-elect Trump has made appointments to six major administration positions, but there are many left to fill -- including several key slots.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014

UPI Almanac for Friday, Dec. 13, 2013.

American ideals embrace the notion of freedom of religion. A recent article shows the willingness to promote crass religious stereotypes remains a serious issue.

Bob Teague, a pioneering black television reporter in New York City, has died. He was 84.

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said Friday he will not run for re-election in 2014, citing frustration over "legislative gridlock and partisan posturing."

After a long, expensive and sometimes nasty presidential campaign, the U.S. voting public opted to go "Forward" with President Obama rather than heed Mitt Romney's call to "Believe in America."

Whatever the White House and Congress may work out to avert the "fiscal cliff," it would be just a downpayment on a wider tax overhaul -- and don't think the middle class is going to escape unscathed in the broader deal.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.

Former candidate Herman Cain, in Gainesville, Fla., on a college tour, said he would be poised to defeat President Obama if he was the Republican nominee.

Racial attitudes may be a big factor in the U.S. election, particularly since a so-called implicit bias exists among many white voters, researchers say.

Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday he plans to host a nationally syndicated radio talk show, beginning of Jan. 21.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney met with former rival Rick Santorum Friday in Pittsburgh to discuss Romney's campaign, officials said.