NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, July 4 (UPI) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked the Myanmar military junta Friday for a meeting with dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
SANDY, Utah, July 4 (UPI) -- Chris Leach put the ball into his own goal in the first minute of extra time Friday, allowing Real Salt Lake to escape with a 1-1 tie against San Jose.
ST. LOUIS, July 3 (UPI) -- Four out of 106 heart replacement valves from pig hearts failed, U.S. researchers found.
MIAMI, July 3 (UPI) -- An autistic and retarded teenager living in a Florida group home could become homeless when he turns 18 because he is an illegal immigrant.
ATLANTA, July 3 (UPI) -- Seventeen percent of U.S. adults say they have urinated in a pool, but 78 percent think their fellow swimmers have urinated in pool, a survey indicates.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- Clint Bowyer held off Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in a two-lap sprint to the finish Friday to win the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
ARLINGTON, Texas, July 3 (UPI) -- Hank Blalock hit a two-run homer and Tommy Hunter celebrated his 23rd birthday with his first major league victory Friday in a 3-1 Texas win over Tampa Bay.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- A document filed in court this week lists seven conversations former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney had about Valerie Plame Wilson's status as a CIA agent.
DENVER, July 3 (UPI) -- Jorge De La Rosa threw eight shutout innings Friday and the Colorado Rockies opened a 10-game homestand with a 5-0 blanking of Arizona.
BOSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Rob Johnson drove in two runs in the 11th inning with his third double of the game Friday, bringing the Seattle Mariners a 7-6 decision over Boston.
ORLANDO, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- An animatronic version of President Barack Obama has joined its predecessors in the Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World in Florida.
CINCINNATI, July 3 (UPI) -- Jarrett Hoffpauir gave St. Louis a ninth-inning lead with his first major league hit Friday, lifting the Cardinals to a 7-4 victory over Cincinnati.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, in a study in mice, found bone marrow stem cells improve cardiac function.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 3 (UPI) -- John Danks and Scott Linebrink combined on a six-hitter Friday in carrying the Chicago White Sox to their seventh straight win -- 5-0 over Kansas City.
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CLEVELAND, July 3 (UPI) -- Shin-Soo Choo put on a one-man show Friday with two home runs, seven RBI and four runs scored in leading the Cleveland Indians to a 15-3 bashing of Oakland.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a new, natural compound may stop diabetic retinopathy -- a leading cause of blindness.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Brooks Conrad hit the first home run of his career Friday, a pinch-hit, three-run blast that helped carry the Atlanta Braves to a 9-8 win over Washington.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 3 (UPI) -- Republicans inside and outside Alaska suggested Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation is a poor move if she wants to run for president.