BALTIMORE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Jack Cust homered twice and knocked in three runs Saturday, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 5-1 win over Baltimore in the second game of a doubleheader.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- It was a big week for St. Paul, Minn., Mayor Chris Coleman: his town played host to a national political convention and he hit a hole in one.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Edgar Allan Poe may have wandered in life, but the curator of Baltimore's Poe House says his body will remain where it has been for 160 years -- in Baltimore.
WASILLA, Alaska, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Critics of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin say her major achievement as mayor of Wasilla, a sports complex, brought years of litigation to the Anchorage suburb.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Brian Johnson passed and ran for 263 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to lead the 23rd-ranked Utah Utes to a 42-21 win over the UNLV Rebels.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Republican running mates John McCain and Sarah Palin drew a crowd estimated at 12,000 Saturday to a rally in Colorado Springs.
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Matt Grothe threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Taurus Johnson in overtime Saturday to give 18th-ranked South Florida a 31-24 win over Central Florida.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The 17th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide had two special-teams touchdowns Saturday in a 20-6 victory over the Tulane Green Wave.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., told Oklahoma delegates to the GOP convention that Barack Obama will lose the November election due to questions about his patriotism.
DENVER, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Roy Oswalt hurled a complete-game one-hit shutout Saturday, leading the Houston Astros to a 2-0 victory against the Colorado Rockies.
LAWRENCE, Kan., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Todd Reesing completed 32-of-38 passes for 412 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to lead 12th-ranked Kansas to a 29-0 victory over Louisiana Tech.
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Chase Daniel passed for 245 yards and three TDs and Derrick Washington scored three TDs Saturday in 7th-ranked Missouri's 52-3 win over Southeast Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Jim Furyk moved into the third-round lead at the BMW Championship Saturday but must wait to see if the lead holds up against Camilo Villegas.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama Saturday told a town hall meeting in Indiana the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin are "not change."