LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 13 (UPI) — An arrest warrant was issued for the chief of staff to Bill Clinton when he was Arkansas governor, charging her with smuggling contraband into a state prison.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Aug. 13 (UPI) — The armed man who stood outside the New Hampshire school where President Obama held a town hall has ties to a right-wing group, an Internet search indicates.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Words spoken on the campaign trail are coming back to haunt U.S. President Barack Obama, former White House adviser Karl Rove wrote in a commentary.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 13 (UPI) — The Scottish government Thursday said it had made no decision on whether to release the terminally ill man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie Pan Am bombing.

SUKHUMI, Russia, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday visited Abkhazia, promising to build a military base at its border with Georgia.

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 12 (UPI) — John Moyer was found guilty of groping a woman playing Minnie Mouse at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., a jury decided Wednesday.

BEIING, China, Aug. 12 (UPI) — China’s rapid economic growth in recent years has generated tons of trash, and officials are struggling with getting rid of it, scientists said.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 12 (UPI) — Rescue and recovery efforts continued Wednesday in China and Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot, which killed at least 70 people in both countries.

JAKARTA, Aug. 12 (UPI) — A man killed in a shootout was not suspected terrorist leader Noordin Top, but a florist suspected of terrorist activities, Indonesian officials said Wednesday.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Aug. 11 (UPI) — A man arrested at the site of President Barack Obama’s New Hampshire town hall Tuesday was carrying an unlicensed loaded gun, police said.