Charges filed in deadly street race

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:19 -0500

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Two men were charged Friday in a street racing accident in San Jose, Calif., that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman, police said.

FEC adopts rules for some campaign travel

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:37 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Federal Election Commission Friday approved revised rules for regulating U.S. campaign travel on non-commercial flights.

Obama's job approval below 50 percent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:20 -0500

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent for the first time since he was inaugurated as U.S. president, a poll released Friday said.

Ex-Pittsburgh anchor arrested for DUIs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:43 -0500

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- An attorney for Don Cannon said the former Pittsburgh TV news anchorman was arrested for not serving sentences on two driving under the influence convictions.

Official: Change would aid Turkish women

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:28 -0500

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Turkish official said Friday a shift in society's mentality is needed to allow women in the country to advance in business and political fields.

Cal-Berkeley students protest

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:08 -0500

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Four students at the University of California-Berkeley were arrested Friday during a building takeover to protest a tuition hike, a school official said.

Body armor to be independently reviewed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:58 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's body armor will undergo independent assessment, based on a government recommendation for such a review, Army Secretary John McHugh said.

Immigration charges dropped in Iowa case

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0500

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- All 72 immigration fraud charges have been dropped against the former manager of the Agriprocessors meat plant in Postville, Iowa, federal prosecutors say.

Prosecutors: Kercher killed as punishment

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:15 -0500

ROME, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- British exchange student Meredith Kercher was killed by her roommate Amanda Knox in Perugia, Italy, in an act of revenge, prosecutors alleged Friday.

Record flooding hits northwest England

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:08 -0500

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Record rain and flooding in northwest England killed a police officer Friday when a bridge collapsed beneath him as he directed drivers away from it.

Lesbian U.S. deserter deportation stayed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:38 -0500

OTTAWA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Canada's federal court in Ottawa stayed a deportation order Friday for a lesbian U.S. Army deserter and ordered the refugee board to re-hear her case.

Russian ship free of Antarctic ice trap

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:36 -0500

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Russian cruise ship called The Captain Khlebnikov has broken free of an ice trap in Antarctica and is headed to Argentina, a shipping official said Friday.

K2 adventurer Lacedelli dead at age 83

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:37 -0500

VENICE, Italy, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Italian mountaineer Lino Lacedelli, who successfully climbed K2 in 1954, died Friday of unspecified causes after a heart operation, his family said.

Last man to lead bayonet charge dies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:37 -0500

LOMA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Retired Army Col. Lewis L. Millett, 88, a Medal of Honor winner for leading what reportedly was the last major bayonet charge, has died, the Pentagon said.

Senate prepares for healthcare showdown

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:14:38 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he's confident of securing the 60 votes he needs to move the chamber's healthcare overhaul to final debate Saturday.

U.S. indicts 15 alleged La Familia members

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:09:20 -0500

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Fifteen alleged associates of a Mexican drug cartel's Chicago cell were indicted on narcotics trafficking-related charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.

ID chips added to pigs in China

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:03:49 -0500

CHENGDU, China, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A city official in Chengdu, China, said Friday that pigs are being tagged with identification chips to provide the public and officials with data.

U.K. apologizes to Spain for buoy colors

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:30 -0500

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Britain says it is sorry the Royal Navy used a buoy painted the colors of the Spanish flag for target practice.

Arizona tot saved baby from fire

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:57 -0500

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A 3-year-old Arizona boy saved his baby cousin from burning in a mobile home outside Phoenix Friday, Pinal County sheriff's deputies say.

U.N. moves in on South African violence

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:08 -0500

DE DOORNS, South Africa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations announced its condemnation of violence and xenophobic attacks that drove 3,000 foreigners from their shacks in South Africa.

Holder pledges to enforce all laws equally

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:07 -0500

DETROIT, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder assured an audience in Detroit that the Justice Department would enforce all of the nation's laws with "equal conviction."

Home robbery con suspect arrested in Ore.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:20 -0500

EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A man suspected of conning his way into homes in Eugene, Ore., to steal from residents has been arrested, police say.

Ankara weighs human rights bill for Kurds

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:08:20 -0500

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Measures under consideration in the Turkish government deal with discrimination and human rights for the Kurdish minority community, the interior minister said.

Six nations hold Iran summit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:25 -0500

BRUSSELS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Iran's rejection of a key part of a nuclear deal prompted a meeting Friday between representatives of six world powers and the European Union.

UNIFIL talks security with Hariri

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:03 -0500

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations remains committed to monitoring the security situation along the southern border with Lebanon, top peacekeepers said.

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