BANGKOK, May 8 (UPI) -- A hacker who invaded Yingluck Shinawatra's website posted a message Wednesday in which she described herself as Thailand's worst prime minister ever.
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- One hundred and two high school and middle school students gathered in Washington, DC on Monday to be honored for their community service. Ten of these teens were named "Americas Top 10 Youth Volunteers of 2013" at the 18th Annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
MOSCOW, May 8 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order Wednesday dismissing Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, who was in charge of economic modernization.
RIO RANCHO, N.M., May 8 (UPI) -- A "Kick Me" sign stuck to a New Mexico Intel worker's back led to two employees' firings and the worker's lawsuit against the company, court records show.
DENVER, May 8 (UPI) -- Colorado's Legislature approved and sent to the governor Wednesday a bill asking voters to impose taxes on recreational marijuana.
OTTAWA, Kan., May 8 (UPI) -- One of three bodies found on a Kansas farm has been identified as a young mother whose daughter is missing, a family member said Wednesday.
CLEVELAND, May 8 (UPI) -- Police said Wednesday they have completed the search of the Cleveland house where three women were kept as sex slaves for a decade.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. deputy chief of mission in Libya fought for composure as he recalled the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi to a House panel Wednesday.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- A Florida police dispatcher facing dismissal for failing to respond quickly to a call where a man died is suffering from a brain tumor, his union says.
OTTAWA, May 8 (UPI) -- A suspicious package that turned up at Canada's National Defense Department headquarters contained elements consistent with a bomb, X-rays indicated.
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 8 (UPI) -- The sister of Baltimore Ravens cornerback Chris Johnson was fatally shot four times by her boyfriend, her mother said in a Fort Worth, Texas, murder trial.
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- A Florida man who spent days trapped in his car after driving home with a broken hip says he was injured in a fall at a nearby supermarket.
DALLAS, May 8 (UPI) -- Southern Methodist University's task force on campus assaults Wednesday urged leaders to step up their response to sexual violence.
PITTSBURGH, May 8 (UPI) -- Former Pittsburgh Steeler Russell Stuvaints pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and resisting arrest in an incident in McKeesport, Pa., court records said.
AFTON, Minn., May 8 (UPI) -- A Minnesota man who flew more than 150 combat missions in the Vietnam War was surprised with a belated welcome-home parade from his friends and neighbors.
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 8 (UPI) -- A suburban Detroit man said he finally got a check from the U.S. government reimbursing him for $300 that went missing during an airport pat-down.
HOUSTON, May 8 (UPI) -- A Houston boy, 7, is expected to recover after being shot with a .22 caliber rifle inside his home by his brother, 5, police said.
MYTON, Utah, May 8 (UPI) -- An investigation began Wednesday morning into a Utah oil well explosion that killed one man and injured two others, an oil company spokesman said.
MIAMI, May 8 (UPI) -- A former paramedic who bragged he had a role in the beheadings of a South Florida couple has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, officials say.
TAMPA, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- A Tampa, Fla., man was charged with negligence after his 3-year-old nephew accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun left in a backpack.
LAGOS, Nigeria, May 8 (UPI) -- Coordinated attacks in Nigeria involving hundreds of heavily armed militants demonstrate that the insurgents have undergone guerrilla warfare training.
ZADAR, Croatia, May 8 (UPI) -- The work of finding Serbian victims of the Croatian War of Independence continues, with 56 bodies exhumed in a Zadar cemetery.
BATON ROUGE, La., May 8 (UPI) -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled the state's method of funding a statewide school voucher program is unconstitutional.
A trader wears a DOW 15,000 hat on the floor of the NYSE before the closing bell on Wall Street In New York City on May 7, 2013. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time in history. UPI/John Angelillo
