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Poll: President, Congress Should Cut Pay
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) — An overwhelming majority of U.S. voters want Congress to take a cut in pay until the federal budget is balanced, a Rasmussen Reports survey indicated Tuesday. While 82 percent said lawmakers should take a 25 percent pay cut until the budget is balanced, 48 percent said they thought the president […]
R.I. City Files For Bankruptcy Protection
CENTRAL FALL, R.I., Aug. 2 (UPI) — The city of Central Falls, R.I., battered by debt and years of financial woes, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Robert Flanders Jr., who took over the city’s government last year as a receiver, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection Monday, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday. Among other problems, […]
Lawyer Gets 4 Months For Lying To FBI
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 2 (UPI) — A Cleveland lawyer was sentenced to four months in jail Tuesday for his part in a case-fixing scandal involving a former Cuyahoga County auditor. A federal judge in Akron also ordered Joseph O’Malley to spend six months in home confinement, pay a $10,000 fine and perform 250 hours of […]
Gingrich Swears Twitter Followers Are Real
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Newt Gingrich’s campaign says he does have 1.3 million Twitter followers, despite charges that some were made up. On Sunday, the former House speaker and Republican presidential candidate complained to his hometown Georgia newspaper, the Marietta Daily Journal, that the media are ignoring him even though he has […]
Woman Got Benefits For Years After Death
JENNINGS, Mo., Aug. 2 (UPI) — A woman last seen alive in 1994 was still getting Social Security checks when her mummified remains were found in a Missouri home in February, an official says. The remains of Gladys Stansbury were discovered Feb. 26 by relatives cleaning out the Jennings, Mo., home of her 75-year-old daughter, […]
Trial To Be Moved In Zahra Baker Case
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 2 (UPI) — Elisa Baker’s North Carolina trial will be moved because of excessive publicity surrounding the death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter Zahra, a judge has ruled. Superior Court Judge Timothy Kincaid granted a change of venue after Baker’s defense attorney argued it would be impossible for her to get a fair […]
Canada Rules HIV Killer Dangerous
HAMILTON, Ontario, Aug. 2 (UPI) — A Canadian court Tuesday imposed the designation of dangerous offender on a man in Hamilton, Ontario, convicted of killing two women by giving them HIV. Ontario provincial Justice Thomas Lofchik ruled 54-year-old Johnson Aziga, the first man in Canada convicted of first-degree murder via human immunodeficiency virus transmission, was […]
Rep. Doug Lamborn Sorry For Obama Comment
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) — A Republican congressman has apologized to President Barack Obama for saying being linked to him was “like touching a tar baby.” Speaking of the debt ceiling issue, Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., said during an interview with a Denver radio station Friday: “I don’t even want to have to be associated […]
Iraq Revives Attempt To Buy U.S. F-16s
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Iraq is renewing its bid to buy F-16 jet fighters from the United States, the Pentagon says. Maj. Christopher Perrine, a Defense Department spokesman, told the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram more negotiations are planned after the sale of 18 warplanes was put on hold because Iraq did not budget the […]
Crashes Drop With Intersection Cameras
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Cameras at intersections to catch drivers running red lights have significantly cut the most dangerous type of collision, a Texas study released Tuesday shows. The Texas Transportation Institute’s Center for Transportation Safety compared records at 275 intersections for the three years before and after cameras were installed. Investigators […]
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