COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws that could be fixed in the House of Representatives and should be passed.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- More than one-third of working mothers in the United States say they are the only breadwinners in their households, a survey released Thursday found.
PHOENIX, May 8 (UPI) -- Jodi Arias, convicted Wednesday in the stabbing and shooting death of her ex-lover, told KSAZ-TV in Phoenix she prefers the death penalty over life in prison.
SAN DIEGO, May 8 (UPI) -- Peter Robbins, the voice of Charlie Brown in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," was sentenced in San Diego to a year in jail for threatening an ex-girlfriend.
MILFORD, Conn., May 8 (UPI) -- A judge in Connecticut Wednesday offered the father of a child slain in the Newtown massacre a plea deal to resolve his bad-checks and motor vehicle case.
ST. LOUIS, May 8 (UPI) -- A Missouri appeals court reinstated $28 million in punitive damages to the families of a pilot and sky divers killed when a plane with a defective part crashed.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. failed to file the required disclosure form required by federal ethics laws after his resignation, records show.
PHILADELPHIA, May 8 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia man was charged with killing his 74-year-old wife after he allegedly tried to frame a young neighbor for the slaying, court records showed.
RALEIGH, N.C., May 8 (UPI) -- Opponents of a North Carolina House bill that would require teens to get parental approval for birth control say it would be the most restrictive in the nation.
JACKSON CENTER, Pa., May 8 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges and was put on probation for shooting a girl he mistook for a skunk, records showed.
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing illustrates the growing rift between Republicans and Democrats over the attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others.
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.
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.
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.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
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