WASHINGTON , Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev. , Tuesday chastised the Gang of Six for not producing a deficit-cutting agreement in writing. "I'm stunned by the Gang of Six," Reid said of the bipartisan group of senators , wh …

WOBURN , Mass., June 19 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man was ordered held without bail Friday in the slayings of his wife, two children and mother-in-law. A Middlesex District Court judge in Woburn, Mass., entered an automatic not guilty plea for Thomas Mortim …

ISLAMABAD , Pakistan , July 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's prime minister said Saturday a scandal over bogus university degrees in parliament won't force mid-term elections. Speaking to reporters in Kasur , Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the issue had not …

MOSCOW , Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A Moscow shelter run by the late Mother Teresa's order has been demolished just days before a bronze monument to the Catholic missionary is to be unveiled. Moscow authorities have refused to comment on Friday's demolition of a bu …

MILAN , Italy , Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A judge Tuesday ordered Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on charges of having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power. Preliminary investigations judge Cristina Di Censo in Milan granted pr …

CHONGQING, July 5 (Xinhuanet) -- China opened its publishing sector with a landmark joint venture deal signed Monday morning in Chongqing Municipality , southwest China. The company will be funded by the Computer News , a leading IT newspaper based in …

BAGHDAD, Dec. 6, (Xinhuanet) -- The top U.S. administrator in Iraq (news - web sites) , L. Paul Bremer , warned Friday that attacks against coalition forces will likely escalate over the next few months as the occupation authority prepares for a transfer o …

NORTH BRANCH Moncler g眉nstig, Minn., May 31 (UPI) -- The popular Newport (R.I.) Music Festival's artistic director died when his car sped off a highway , rolled and crashed in a ditch in Minnesota , authorities say. Mark P. Malkovich III , 79, of Portsmout …

LOS ANGELES , Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Police Department says it has determined there was no threat associated with white powder sent to CBS Studios' mail room Wednesday. E ! News reported the powder was contained in an envelope addressed to "Danc …

PYONGYANG , North Korea , May 30 (UPI) -- North Korea , accusing Seoul of hampering reconciliation efforts through false accusations , says it will never deal with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Accusing the Lee government of making moves to escalat …