CHICAGO, July 10 (UPI) -- Ryan Ludwick had three hits and four RBI Friday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals in an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Obama administration officials are working on a plan to help small businesses by using funds originally intended to bail out the banking system, sources said.
NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- Philadelphia right fielder Jayson Werth was named Friday to replace the injured Carlos Beltran on the National League All-Star team.
BALTIMORE, July 10 (UPI) -- Home sales in the Baltimore area rose 2 percent in June -- the first increase since January 2007, statistics released Friday showed.
CHICAGO, July 10 (UPI) -- A family filed a lawsuit Friday seeking damages following revelations that graves were dug up at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago.
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 10 (UPI) -- The Group of Eight summit in Italy ended Friday with an ambitious $20 billion food security pledge to developing nations.
BRUSSELS, July 10 (UPI) -- NATO has begun working on a new strategic concept to heave the military alliance into the 21st century.
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 10 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized at an international summit in Italy Friday for making an incorrect claim about his chief political rival.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 10 (UPI) -- Islamabad has called for a trilateral meeting with Afghanistan and Iran to address regional economic and security issues, the Pakistani foreign minister said.
CAIRO, July 10 (UPI) -- In February 1991 Saddam Hussein put Kuwait's oil fields to the torch as his invading army was driven out of the emirate by U.S.-led forces.
NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball has named Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz to replace the injured Torii Hunter of the LA Angels on the AL All-Star team.
ORLANDO, Fla., July 10 (UPI) -- Colleen Shipman and Billy Oefelein, victims in the kidnapping plot allegedly formed by former U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak, say they are getting married.
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TACOMA, Wash., July 10 (UPI) -- Officials at Fort Lewis, an Army base in Washington state, were trying to determine Friday what killed an officer cadet found dead after a training exercise.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall of American Greetings Corp. balls, sometimes given as gifts at children's parties.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 10 (UPI) -- More support is needed for the displaced population in Pakistan despite modest returns to the North-West Frontier province, the U.N. humanitarian chief said.
DETROIT, July 10 (UPI) -- The 19-year-old driver of a car struck by a train in Michigan, killing five people, had had his driver's license suspended repeatedly, authorities say.
HAMBURG, Germany, July 10 (UPI) -- The reputation of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has been tarnished by a series of incidents at nuclear plants all over Europe.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 10 (UPI) -- A Canadian provincial supreme court ruled Friday Vancouver's Winter Olympics organizing committee was not at fault for banning women from ski jumping in 2010.