OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Joe Mauer drove in four runs Friday, two of them during a six-run second, sending the Minnesota Twins sailing past Oakland 12-2.

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NEENAH, Wis., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- A teenager in Neenah, Wis., put his snow fort-building skills to use, constructing an igloo in his parents' front yard that can hold 20 people.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A way to extract fragrant vanillin from odorous cow dung won the Ig Nobel Prize for chemistry during the annual spoof at Harvard University in Massachusetts.

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Yuniesky Betancourt had four hits and three RBI Wednesday afternoon as the Seattle Mariners beat Oakland, 9-5.

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Emil Brown capped off a four-run first with a two-run homer Friday night, sparking the Kansas City Royals to a 9-2 victory over Oakland.

ATLANTA, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Star pitcher Tim Hudson was traded Thursday from the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves.