BALTIMORE, May 8 (UPI) -- Nate McLouth stole both second and home during a three-run fifth inning Wednesday that propelled Baltimore to a 5-3 win over Kansas City.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Will Bruin had a hand in all the Houston goals Wednesday and the Dynamo won its second straight road game with a 4-0 victory over D.C. United.
CONCORD, N.C., May 8 (UPI) -- An appeals panel dramatically reduced the penalties assessed last month to Joe Gibbs Racing and driver Matt Kenseth following Kenseth's victory in Kansas.
LANSING, Mich., May 8 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Wednesday signed a bill that short-circuited activists' efforts to get a ban on hunting wolves placed on the ballot.
CHICAGO, May 8 (UPI) -- A city ordinance proposed Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel would allow the Chicago Cubs to play more night games at historic Wrigley Field.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 (UPI) -- Andres Torres singled home Buster Posey in the 10th inning Wednesday and the San Francisco Giants avoided a sweep with a 4-3 win over Philadelphia.
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- Denver Nuggets head Coach George Karl was named NBA Coach of the Year Wednesday, nabbing his first such award after 25 years in the league.
MADRID, May 8 (UPI) -- Ekaterina Makarova stunned world No. 3 Victoria Azarenka in three sets Wednesday in a second-round match at the Mutua Madrid Open.
SAN DIEGO, May 8 (UPI) -- Jason Marquis fired eight shutout innings Wednesday and the San Diego Padres completed a three-game sweep of Miami with a 1-0 decision.
CHICAGO, May 8 (UPI) -- Jon Jay drove two runs, including a go-ahead RBI base hit in the eighth inning, helping rally St. Louis to a 5-4 win Wednesday over the Chicago Cubs.
CINCINNATI, May 8 (UPI) -- Dan Uggla smacked two solo homers and Freddie Freeman added a grand slam Wednesday, powering the Atlanta Braves over Cincinnati 7-2.
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 8 (UPI) -- A Fort Worth, Texas, childhood home of golf legend Ben Hogan is included on a list of the city's most endangered places, a preservationist organization said.
PITTSBURGH, May 8 (UPI) -- Felix Hernandez allowed one run in eight innings and Jesus Montero hit a home run Wednesday that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 8 (UPI) -- Louisville, Ky., would be unlikely to support an NBA franchise, a study commissioned by the city's chamber of commerce determined.
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour in New York Wednesday, claiming the tour caused him public humiliation after he admitted using deer antler spray.
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- Columbia University defensive lineman Chad Washington was charged with a hate crime after an altercation on the New York City campus, police said.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- Toronto pitcher J.A. Happ was released from a hospital one day after being hit in the head by a line drive in Florida, Blue Jays officials said Wednesday.
MANCHESTER, England, May 8 (UPI) -- Alex Ferguson, who recently guided Manchester United to the Premier League championship, said he will retire as team manager at the end of this season.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- Titus Young, a wide receiver dropped by two National League Football teams this year, was arrested twice in 15 hours, sheriff's officials in California say.
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- Columbus's Sergei Bobrovsky, the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist and San Jose's Antti Niemi are the finalists for the award given the NHL's top goaltender.
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- George Karl, who has been an NBA coach for 25 seasons, has been voted the NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins.
A trader wears a DOW 15,000 hat on the floor of the NYSE before the closing bell on Wall Street In New York City on May 7, 2013. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time in history. UPI/John Angelillo
