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.
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.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force last month stripped 17 officers of authority to control nuclear missiles in silos at Minot, N.D., the Pentagon confirmed Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 (UPI) -- The city of San Francisco has sued energy drink maker Monster, charging the company markets its caffeinated beverages to children despite possible health risks.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- A math tutor who owned an adult entertainment firm is suing a Florida school district for making him take down his tutoring advertisements.
BEAUMONT, Texas, May 8 (UPI) -- Bartholomew Granger, who killed a woman when he opened fire on a courthouse in Beaumont, Texas, last year, was sentenced to death by a Galveston County jury.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., said he won't seek the state's open U.S. Senate seat, sending Democrats scrambling for a candidate.
CHARLESTON, S.C., May 8 (UPI) -- A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in South Carolina after three passengers became unruly, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, May 8 (UPI) -- The couple held captive by former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner will get the lion's share of a $1 million reward, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The first woman to lead the CIA's clandestine services, but involved in its divisive interrogation program, won't keep her job in an agency-announced shake-up.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- President Obama meets with electric utility leaders, and Asian American and Pacific Islanders national leaders Wednesday, the White House said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Twitter Inc.'s legal director to be the White House's first chief privacy officer, CNET reported.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- A long-sought bipartisan "grand bargain" U.S. deficit-reduction deal will not happen this summer, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.
JACKSON, Miss., May 7 (UPI) -- Mississippi's Supreme Court Tuesday stopped the execution of Willie Jerome Manning, convicted in the shooting deaths of two college students.
COLUMBIA, S.C., May 7 (UPI) -- Republican former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch Tuesday for the U.S. House seat he held from 1995 to 2001.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, May 7 (UPI) -- One-time drug dealer Carroll Joe "Outlaw" Parr was executed in Texas Tuesday for killing a teenager over a marijuana purchase outside a convenience store.
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
