OAKLAND, Calif., July 9 (UPI) -- The Oakland Athletics announced Thursday the team will retire the jersey No. 24 of Rickey Henderson prior to a scheduled game Aug. 1.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9 (UPI) -- Chase Utley started a Philadelphia comeback with an inside-the-park home run Thursday and the Phillies went on to down Cincinnati 9-6.
SEATTLE, July 9 (UPI) -- Infants who weigh less than 5-and-a-half pounds at birth may have respiratory problems that persist well into adulthood, U.S. researchers said.
WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines' on-time record improved slightly in May compared to the previous month and May 2008.
HIALEAH, Fla., July 9 (UPI) -- Police in South Florida said Thursday they were searching for the owner of a house where a tenant's body was found buried beneath the building.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9 (UPI) -- The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is investigating charges a swim club canceled an agreement with a day camp because the campers are black.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 9 (UPI) -- The trial judge should have overturned the conviction of a man sentenced to death in 2007 for a 1994 robbery and murder, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 9 (UPI) -- Smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012, U.S. researchers said.
HOUSTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Nyjer Morgan scored the game-winner on an error Thursday and the Washington Nationals edged Houston 11-10 in 11 innings.
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NASHVILLE, July 9 (UPI) -- Mourners in Nashville Thursday viewed the casket of slain former NFL star Steve McNair, as police said the woman who killed him saw her life falling apart.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 9 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Fabrice Santoro finally advanced past the first round Thursday at the rain-marred Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
SILVIS, Ill., July 9 (UPI) -- Lee Janzen, winless since the second of his two U.S. Open titles 11 years ago, claimed a share of the first-round lead Thursday at the John Deere Classic.
DANVILLE, Va., July 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cannot find the source of E. coli found in Nestle's cookie dough, FDA officials confirmed Thursday.
BETHLEHEM, Pa., July 9 (UPI) -- Na Yeon Choi, who in her second year on the LPGA Tour is looking for her first win, grabbed the lead Thursday after one round of the U.S. Women's Open.
BETHLEHEM, Pa., July 9 (UPI) -- Golfweek magazine reported Thursday that the LPGA Tour has decided not to retain Commissioner Carolyn Bivens for the final two years of her contract.
GREELEY, Colo., July 9 (UPI) -- A University of Northern Colorado professor has been charged with felony sexual exploitation of children and other charges, Greeley, Colo. police said.
KUNMING, China, July 9 (UPI) -- An earthquake struck China's Yunnan Province Thursday, injuring more than 300 people and destroying more than 10,000 homes, authorities said.
LOS ANGELES, July 9 (UPI) -- Michael Jackson's memorial service cost Los Angeles $1.4 million for security, traffic control and other services, the police department said.
CANTON, Mich., July 9 (UPI) -- A teenage driver bypassed gates at a level crossing in Michigan and was hit by an Amtrak train Thursday afternoon, killing all five in the car, police said.