Olympic athlete's brother acquitted in fatal 2008 crash

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:04 -0400

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 21 (UPI) -- Carl Pistorius, the older brother of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, was acquitted Tuesday in the death of a motorcyclist, a South African magistrate says.

Texas nixes curriculum criticized as anti-American

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:29 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas, May 21 (UPI) -- Texas education officials are doing away with a controversial curriculum plan conservatives criticize as anti-American.

Survey: Racial resentment key to 2012 presidential election

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:05 -0400

CLINTON, N.Y., May 21 (UPI) -- In 2008 when Barack Obama first ran for president, he talked about a post-racial age but a U.S. survey indicates Americans still divided by racial attitudes.

NYC teacher gets jail for sex with student

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:29:49 -0400

NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- A New York City teacher who pleaded guilty to a sexual affair with a 13-year-old student will spend the next six months in jail, his lawyer said.

Army major found dead at Texas military base

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:18 -0400

SAN ANTONIO, May 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army major on active duty has been found dead in his quarters at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Army officials say.

Suicide in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:30 -0400

PARIS, May 21 (UPI) -- An unidentified man shot himself to death in front of the altar of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday, police said.

Defense contractors get 3 years in prison for aircraft repair scam

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:21 -0400

SAN DIEGO, May 21 (UPI) -- Two California defense contractors were sent to federal prison for receiving payments for repairs to military aircraft that wasn't done.

Russia to scrap Cold War-era nuclear submarines

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:14:08 -0400

MOSCOW, May 21 (UPI) -- Russia will decommission and scrap two Cold War-era nuclear submarines, a navy official said Tuesday.

Swedish teens charged with slander for 'slut-shaming' on Instragram

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:27 -0400

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 21 (UPI) -- Two teenage girls in Sweden were charged Tuesday with participating in an Instagram account that encouraged "slut-shaming."

Mubarak to stay in prison hospital, court says

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:52 -0400

CAIRO, May 21 (UPI) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will remain behind bars for another 30 days, an Egyptian court ruled Tuesday.

Texas couple charged with injury to adoptive son who died

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:35 -0400

CLEBURNE, Texas, May 21 (UPI) -- A Texas couple have been charged with injury to a child, their 4-year-old adoptive son who died in March.

Forklift operator survives collapse of New Jersey warehouse floor

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:02:51 -0400

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., May 21 (UPI) -- A forklift driver in an East Rutherford, N.J., food warehouse escaped injury when a 40-foot-wide hole opened in the warehouse floor, witnesses said.

U.S. House Democrats introduce sequester alternative

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:19 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday offered their fifth bill to repeal harsh spending cuts they said Republicans want to remain in effect.

Man who thought he wasn't getting his mail charged in death of carrier

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:11 -0400

HOUSTON, May 21 (UPI) -- A Texas man who believed his mail was being diverted has been charged with killing a postal carrier who delivered in his neighborhood, officials say.

Lawyer: Spare former Michigan justice prison

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:36:49 -0400

DETROIT, May 21 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say a former Michigan Supreme Court justice should do some time for defrauding the bank that held the mortgage on her home.

California couple get prison for keeping niece as sex slave

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:49 -0400

SAN DIEGO, May 21 (UPI) -- A Southern California couple are headed to prison after pleading guilty to keeping a young niece in the United States illegally as a sex slave.

Mustard-filled munitions found in Utah desert

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:50 -0400

TOOELE, Utah, May 21 (UPI) -- Informal stockpiles of buried World War II-era munitions were discovered during the cleanup of a Utah chemical depot, an Army spokeswoman said.

Train service to resume from Connecticut to NYC Wednesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:52 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 21 (UPI) -- Transportation officials said Tuesday would be the last day of hampered rail commutes from Connecticut to New York City because of last week's train accident.

Washington fugitive spotted by alert prison guard

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:26 -0400

VANCOUVER, Wash., May 21 (UPI) -- A man who escaped from a Washington state prison was apprehended after he was spotted by a prison guard who was running late for work, police said.

Vatican: Pope did not perform exorcism after Pentecost mass

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:46 -0400

VATICAN CITY, May 21 (UPI) -- Pope Francis did not perform an exorcism on a young man in a wheelchair who attended mass at the Vatican on Pentecost, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Tornado survivors credit actions of elementary school teacher

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:29 -0400

MOORE, Okla., May 21 (UPI) -- Sixth-grade students at a Moore, Okla., school credited the actions of a teacher Tuesday for saving them as a tornado destroyed their community.

Students could be charged for carving swastika on locker

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:40 -0400

EAST LANSING, Mich., May 21 (UPI) -- Three Michigan high school students who allegedly carved a swastika into a Jewish student's locker could face misdemeanor charges, police said.

Lawsuit against Indian official tossed in U.S. court

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:59 -0400

MILWAUKEE, May 21 (UPI) -- An Indian official can not be sued in a U.S. court over allegations he persecuted and killed Sikhs in India because a judge says he was never served the papers.

Nurse linked to hepatitis C outbreak sues hospital for firing

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:36 -0400

EXETER, N.H., May 21 (UPI) -- A nurse says a New Hampshire hospital fired her because of her connection to a housemate who was charged with infecting patients with hepatitis C.

Two women charged with illegal abortion in Virginia

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:59 -0400

NORFOLK, Va., May 21 (UPI) -- Two Virginia women tried to induce an abortion that ended with one woman's preterm baby dying shortly after birth, authorities allege.

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