By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers frustrated by a spate of high-profile military sexual assault cases unveiled draft proposals in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to crack down on the crime, but they stopped short the kind of overhaul sought by some officials. The Republican-led personnel panel of the House Armed Services Committee proposed additions to the annual defense policy bill that would impose tougher penalties on people who commit sex crimes and would ensure better treatment for victims.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A jury on Wednesday convicted the founder of a Kansas City company and four associates of cheating investors by selling them millions of dollars of worthless stock and spending the money on themselves. Petro America Corp. founder Isreal Owen and his associates were accused of illegally selling unregistered stock in Petro America from 2008 through 2010, much of it to poor investors. Prosecutors said investors were told the company had $284 billion in assets and that they'd be rich once it went public.

MEDFORD, Ore. - A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's subpoena power in a "reverse class-action suit" to save on legal expenses and possibly to intimidate defendants into paying thousands of dollars for viewing a movie that can be bought or rented for less than $10. The suit involves the 2012 movie "Maximum Conviction" starring Steven Seagal and Steve Austin, the Medford Mail Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/15JnmQd ).

Phoenix, May 9 (EFE).- The state of Arizona would lose $48.8 billion in economic activity and 581,000 jobs if all the undocumented immigrants left the state, according to figures released Thursday. It is estimated that there are approximately 400,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state, a figure that represents 6 percent of the population, according to a report by the Washington-based Immigration Policy Center. In Arizona, Latinos and Asians together represent 32.8 percent of the total population and one-third of them are naturalized citizens.