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DOVER, Del., May 7 (UPI) -- The Delaware Senate Tuesday gave final legislative approval to a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.
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.
Sanford defeats Colbert Busch for U.S. House seat in South Carolina
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.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- President Obama said Tuesday his administration must "exponentially step up our game" to root out perpetrators of sexual assault in the U.S. military.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- President Obama said Tuesday the United States has both a national security interest and a moral obligation to see the bloodshed end in Syria.
Obama, Park show unity at White House
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- President Obama and South Korea's new leader stood side by side at the White House Tuesday and vowed to stay united against North Korea's provocations.
Accused 'Dark Knight' shooter plans insanity plea
AURORA, Colo., May 7 (UPI) -- Attorneys for James Holmes, the former graduate student accused of the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre, notified a court Tuesday he intends an insanity plea.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, May 7 (UPI) -- A man who allegedly lured a Pennsylvania teen to Ohio for sex has been charged in Texas with taking another young girl to Mexico, investigators say.
Lawmakers, doctors advocate Medicare payments based on quality
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Physicians told a key House subcommittee Tuesday that Medicare’s existing payment model should be replaced by one that judges quality of care.
WORCESTER, Mass., May 7 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts resident who has admitted trying to arrange the kidnapping of a child had a soundproof child's dungeon in his home, investigators say.
Top Army official: U.S. troops ready to go in Syria if Obama decides to act
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Army Chief of Staff Gen.Raymond T. Odierno told reporters Tuesday that readiness becomes complicated the longer it takes to make a decision.
PITTSBURGH, May 7 (UPI) -- A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to killing his parents.
BIG BEAR, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- Three hikers, missing since Saturday in California's San Bernardino Mountains, were found safe Tuesday near Big Bear, Calif., police said.
SAN ANTONIO, May 7 (UPI) -- Testimony began Tuesday in the San Antonio murder trial of a man who allegedly shot and killed one person, then posed with the weapon in a MySpace photo.
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Sarah Jessica Parker arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo