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

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A San Francisco judge Wednesday ordered Barry Bonds' record home run ball be sold and the proceeds split between two fans who claimed ownership. Judge Kevin McCarthy said there was no clear proof that either of the two Giants fans caught and had control o