WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A former colleague says Michael Gerson, U.S. President George W. Bush’s chief speechwriter through last year, routinely claimed credit for the work of others.
COLLAGE STATION, Texas, April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists have created a laser technique for the instant detection of bioterrorism agents, permitting previously cumbersome or impossible tests.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Officials of the Edinburgh Festival may give away part of a fortune left to the festival by an Irish woman after learning that she had shunned her family.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday extended the contract of Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully through the 2008 season.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A line of telephone cards featuring Dominican baseball stars is under investigation by Major League Baseball.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress' accounting watchdog says former Medicare chief Thomas Scully should not have been paid as he was being investigated for withholding costs.
TOKYO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Japan's professional baseball faces a strike as players and owners show little sign of talking out on the planned merger of two Pacific League clubs.
WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- A federal investigation confirms an actuary was threatened with firing if he refuted White House estimated drug benefit costs, the New York Times said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Thomas Scully, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced his retirement Wednesday, effective Dec. 16.
MILWAUKEE, March 13 (UPI) -- Bob Uecker, the longtime Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, was honored Thursday with the Ford Frick Award for contributions to baseball broadcasting.
