MIAMI, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Dwayne Wade scored 22 points and Jermaine O'Neal had 18 Friday in Miami's 96-88 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant scored 41 points for the second consecutive game Friday to lead the Los Angeles Lakers past visiting Memphis 114-98.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Shell Oil Co. has agreed to pay California $19.5 million over charges its gas stations violated environmental laws, Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday.
CAIRO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao began a two-day official visit to Egypt, arriving Friday in Cairo.
HOUSTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Trevor Ariza and Carl Landry each scored 21 points for Houston Friday in the Rockets' 105-94 win over Oklahoma City.
BRISTOL, England, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Parents of children at a British nursery school where an admitted pedophile worked can decide whether to be told if she named them as victims, a judge said.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- More female veterans are becoming homeless across the United States, the Department of Veterans Affairs says
DENVER, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Chris Stewart's goal in the eighth round of the shootout Friday gave Colorado a 4-3 win over Chicago and kept the Avalanche unbeaten at home this season.
RUSTON, La., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Two fourth-quarter touchdowns Friday kept No. 5 Boise State undefeated with a 45-35 win over WAC rival Louisiana Tech.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Chris Bosh scored 27 points and the Toronto Raptors hit 14 3-pointers Friday en route to a 107-90 road win at New Orleans.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The ex-wife of "D.C. sniper" John Allen Muhammad, who is facing execution in Virginia next week, says his killing spree was a cover for a plan to kill her.
DALLAS, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Marty Turco fended off 32 shots to lead the Dallas Stars past the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 Friday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Comedy Central says it will begin airing next year the animated U.S. comedy series "The Goode Family," which started out on ABC.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Cleveland opened up a 40-21 first-period lead Friday and cruised to a 100-91 win over the New York Knicks.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights in New York says it plans to present Bono and Wyclef Jean with its 2009 Ripple of Hope Award.
DODOMA, Tanzania, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania for killing an albino because they believed is body parts could be used for magic, police said.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. singer Chris Brown says he supports Rihanna's right to speak publicly about their infamous altercation, but wishes the details had remained private.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Recording artist John Rich has agreed to serve as grand marshal for the 57th annual Nashville Christmas Parade, organizers said.
BLACKBURN, England, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Two more suspects have been arrested in the death of a Muslim cleric and his wife killed by a fire that destroyed their home in northern England.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The mayor of a town caught in the crosshairs of Mexico's drug turf wars says he is ready to do whatever is necessary to fight back, even break the law.