PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain has moved ahead of Democratic rival Barack Obama by 48 percent to 45 percent, a Gallup Poll indicated.
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards crossed the finish line ahead of Scott Wimmer Sunday to capture the Nationwide Emerson Radio 250 auto race at Richmond, Va.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, injured in his team's season-opener Sunday, may be done for the season, Yahoo! Sports reported.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A ship filled with survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II began a worldwide voyage Sunday to spread a message of peace.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- British comedian Russell Brand begged those attending and watching the MTV Music Video Awards show in Los Angeles to vote for Barack Obama for president.
MIAMI, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ike was demoted to a Category 3 storm Sunday, after taking dozens of lives in Haiti and heading for Cuba with winds near 120 mph, forecasters said.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Dusty Ryan, Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez homered for Detroit Sunday in a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, who have lost five of their last six games.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Federal researchers say they have discovered pesticides that can control voracious round gobies that have invaded the U.S. Great Lakes and Mississippi River.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Pop star Britney Spears opened the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles Sunday, a year after delivering a widely panned performance at the VMA show.
PAYSON, Utah, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Gary Coleman, former child star of the U.S. TV series "Diff'rent Strokes," was involved in an accident in which his pickup truck hit a pedestrian, police say.
EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Hall of Fame Coach Don Haskins, who guided Texas Western College to the 1966 NCAA basketball title, died Sunday, the El Paso (Texas) Times reported. He was 78.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Nomar Garciaparra drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh Sunday and the LA Dodgers beat Arizona 5-3 for a three-game sweep with their eighth straight win.
ISLAMABAD, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are testing an unknown white powder sent to the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Pakistan, an embassy spokesman said Sunday.