WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Republican officials wanted the pilot who safely landed a disabled jetliner in New York's Hudson River to run for Congress in California, The Hill reports.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- House Republicans have tapped U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California to serve as their chief deputy whip though he has served just one term in Congress.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Republican National Committee delegates in St. Paul, Minn., Monday adopted a platform that the resolutions chair said presented new solutions for America.

MEMPHIS, June 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has named a new head of federal security at Memphis International Airport.

PHILADELPHIA, March 9 (UPI) -- Both arts and U.S. municipalities would benefit from agencies that coordinate and weave cultural activities into a city's planning, a study said.

NEW ORLEANS, March 15 (UPI) -- A RAND Corp. study predicts New Orleans' population will hit 272,000 by 2008 -- about 56 percent of its pre-Katrina number. Only a few thousand people stayed in the city after Hurricane Katrina broke levees and covered most of the city with several feet o

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Solomon-like decision by a San Francisco judge Wednesday settled a legal dispute between two baseball fans that both claimed ownership of the record-setting home run ball blasted into the crowded stands at PacBell Park last year. Judge Kevin McCarthy