Thursday, September 2
Guns, ammunition hidden in Yemeni bus
SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Yemeni security forces found machine guns and other weapons and ammunition hidden inside a bus in the northwest Amran province, the Interior Ministry said.
Tuesday, August 31
VA says it's whittling down claims backlog
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told a national veterans group Tuesday his department is making progress in reducing the backlog of health claims.
Grenade explodes outside Thai TV office
BANGKOK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A grenade exploded outside the main office of Thailand's National Broadcasting Service Tuesday, a government spokesman said.
Monday, August 30
Inspectors found filth at Iowa egg farms
LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Federal inspectors found widespread evidence of rodents and other filth at nine Iowa farms where a half billion recalled eggs were produced, records show.
Saturday, August 28
Texas fire destroys voting machines
HOUSTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Houston election officials say they'll be ready for an upcoming election even though a fire destroyed almost all of the county's electronic voting machines.
Friday, August 27
Report: Afghan officials on CIA payroll
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The CIA is paying members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration to maintain an information pipeline on the Afghan government, U.S. officials said.
Thursday, August 26
3 suspects in court in alleged terror plot
OTTAWA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Three men have been accused in Canada of conspiring with others overseas to facilitate an act of terror linked to al-Qaida, authorities said Thursday.
China plants flag beneath South China Sea
BEIJING, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- China said Thursday it planted a Chinese flag 12,333 feet deep in the South China Sea, a huge water body to which seven other countries hold territorial claims.
Salmonella confirmed in eggs
ONTARIO, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. supermarket chain and two egg distributors recalled eggs from an Iowa egg producer after salmonella was confirmed in its eggs, the producer said.
Wednesday, August 25
Tax bill keeps Hogan in Australia
SYDNEY, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Actor Paul Hogan isn't allowed to leave his native Australia because he allegedly failed to pay millions of dollars in taxes, a charge he denies.
EDITORIAL: Egg recall speaks to ineffective oversight
Aug. 25--Recalls of faulty products or tainted foods should be expected. The worldwide commerce system is simply too large to be perfect.
Tuesday, August 24
Wesley Snipes avoiding jail time
OCALA, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Film star Wesley Snipes does not have to report to prison next week as directed by the U.S. Marshal's office, a federal judge in Florida said.
Wyclef still fighting to run for president
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has denied assertions from the Haitian electoral council that he is not eligible to run for the Haitian presidency.
States win grants for education reform
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Nine states and the District of Columbia won grants in phase 2 of the Race to the Top competition, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Tuesday.
Palestine Authority names new staff chief
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority has named a new chief of staff to replace Rafiq Husseini, dismissed in February over a sex scandal, officials said.
Handling of hostage crisis questioned
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The bus hostage crisis in Manila that left 10 people dead highlighted the shortcomings of the national police and the media, a Filipino official said Tuesday.
Monday, August 23
Karzai: New regs on anti-corruption panels
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Afghan officials accused two U.S.-backed anti-corruption agencies of abusing suspects and said Monday new regulations would be imposed on the entities.
Sunday, August 22
Program pays Indians to delay having kids
SATARA, India, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Experts and officials in India say paying couples to hold off on having children is an effective means of heading off a population explosion.
Saturday, August 21
N. Korea goes online with Facebook
LONDON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- North Korea has opened a Facebook account after its Twitter Internet feed was blocked for containing information illegal in the south, a report says.
Friday, August 20
Updated: Middle-of-night repairs done on Dells ride hours before inspection
Aug. 20--Hours before a state inspection, workers at a Wisconsin Dells amusement park were found making middle-of-the-night repairs to the ride that critically injured a 12-year-old girl less than a week earlier, according to a Lake Delton police report obtained Friday.
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