PHOENIX, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Evan Mecham, who briefly served as Arizona governor before being removed from office by impeachment in 1988, has died at 83.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A suburban Chicago woman has been sentenced to prison for trying to avoid a trial on theft charges by pretending she had cancer.

TAMPA, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- A Tampa, Fla., lawsuit alleging an acne drug caused a 15-year-old to kill himself by crashing a small plane into a skyscraper has been dropped.

CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A series by UPI examining emerging wireless telecommunications technologies. This week: The practice of chipping of pets with RFID tags is spreading internationally. The trend is most popular in Europe, where upwards of 25 percent of pet owners in some co

MEMPHIS, March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said Monday that minors were able to buy over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy gum and patches in more than 80 percent of attempts.

A Philadelphia-area family is being treated with antibiotics after the death of a 23-year-old woman from meningitis.

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TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The 15-year-old honor student who crashed his plane into the 28th story of a downtown bank building was a loner by all accounts, but those who knew him were sur