DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 9 (UPI) -- Ryan Newman has been penalized 25 points for failing a post-race inspection after winning last Sunday's Samsung 500 Sprint Cup auto race in Fort Worth, Texas.

DALLAS, March 5 (UPI) -- The selection of a running mate is a top priority now that U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has clinched the Republican presidential nomination.

RESTON, Va., June 27 (UPI) -- Something is missing in a new advertising campaign being rolled out to U.S. consumers by wireless communications provider Sprint -- Nextel.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- New York City is considering legislation that would stiffen penalties for the desecration or vandalism of monuments, particularly military ones.

NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- An exchange of gunfire Wednesday in New York's City Hall took the lives of Councilman James Davis and a man who wanted to challenge Davis in the fall primary.