TAZEWELL, Tenn., May 19 (UPI) -- Authorities in Tennessee said a woman whose home was invaded by two men "fought them off" with a bowl of chili and a broom.

ATHENS, Ga., April 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department has contracted ArunA Biomedical Inc. to continue development of a biosensor technology to support field combat operations.

JACKSON, Mich., May 30 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge has ordered a manslaughter defendant to have a picture of the woman he killed hanging in his prison cell for the next 10 years.

ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Three U.S. Army Rangers and a medic at a Georgia base have been charged with conspiring to rob cocaine dealers.

CHICAGO, June 15 (UPI) -- Increases in milk and food prices have been blamed on a new competitor: ethanol production that takes corn that U.S. farmers need for feed.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A Texas convict was executed Tuesday for his role in the abduction, robbery and murder of a gay man 11 years ago.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, June 30 (UPI) -- A Texas man was executed Wednesday night for murdering a Beaumont businessman who tried to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend more than 18 years ago. David Ray Harris, 43, was pronounced dead at 6:48 p.m. CDT after receiving a lethal injection for th

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- While the California recall race draws attention to the practice of allowing undocumented aliens to obtain drivers licenses, 14 other states already do so.

GREENSBURG, Pa., June 16 (UPI) -- A small plane that crashed in western Pennsylvania, killing the pilot and three skydivers, hit a tree before plunging to the ground, investigators said.