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MLB: San Francisco 6, Florida 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Juan Uribe and Edgar Renteria homered in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday to help the San Francisco Giants beat Florida 6-4. Uribe led off the inning with his 14th home run of the season and Renteria added a two-run shot to give the Giants...

Home-price survey shows mixed results NEW YORK, A closely watched report on U.S. housing showed Tuesday that home prices were up 4.6 percent in May compared with April in a 20-city index. The monthly S&P/Case Shiller index showed price improvements for both the 10-city and 20-city surveys...

States cutting home care for elderly HILLSBORO, Ore., Death panels are alive and well in the form of state budgets cuts for the U.S. elderly and disabled who have been receiving home care. For decades, Oregon has been the gold standard for devising home care that allows the elderly and the...

MLB: N.Y. Mets 4, San Fran. 3 (10 innings) SAN FRANCISCO, Ike Davis doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning Sunday, sending the New York Mets to a 4-3 victory over San Francisco. Jason Bay delivered a two-out single off Brian Wilson (2-1) and Davis followed by driving a pitch high off...

Disabled rooster loses fight for home PETOSKEY, Mich., A northern Michigan woman has lost a long legal battle to keep her disabled pet rooster in a suburban neighborhood. Beaker, who suffered permanent injury when he was dropped at the age of 3 days by students at a Montessori kindergarten...

61 dogs seized from Canadian home WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dozens of dogs rescued from a home in rural Manitoba were in poor health, provincial animal protection officials say. Winnipeg Humane Society Chief Executive Officer Bill McDonald told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Saturday it was a case...

30-year-old Macaw stolen from home HIALEAH, Fla., A Florida woman is pleading for the return of her stolen "son," a 30-year-old Macaw parrot she has owned since it was less than a year old. Charlene Bradley said Jack, a blue and yellow bird worth thousands of dollars, was stolen from her...

Woman shoots home invaders, kills 1 TULSA, Okla., A woman shot two intruders breaking into her Tulsa, Okla., home killing one and critically wounding another, police officials say. Thursday's alleged home invasion -- in which the woman shot Darreon Carter, 18, and Daniel Holman, 23 -- was...

Girls suffocates with balloon around face CHICAGO, A 6-year-old Illinois girl died of apparent suffocation when a silver Mylar-type balloon burst and covered her face, police said. Jayda Jones of Romeoville, Ill., was found unconscious in the family home Tuesday afternoon, The Chicago Tribune...

Home prices up, but unimpressive NEW YORK, (UPI) -- The monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indiexes showed U.S. home prices rose in April over March, but still show modest improvements from a year ago. Although 18 of 20 tracked cities showed month-to-month price increases in April, the...

British home for sale; artwork comes free LONDON, (UPI) -- A painting by Britain's most expensive living painter can be had for free -- if you buy the house where it was painted on a dining room wall, observers say. Painter Lucien Freud, 87, lived in the 17th century house in Dorset in the...

Mold in home worsens asthma in some BOSTON, (UPI) -- Mold in the home raises risks of severe attacks for some asthma patients, a U.S. researcher suggests. Ann Wu of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston said exposure to high levels of mold may increase...

Woman set office fire to go home early NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla., (UPI) -- A Florida woman accused of starting an office fire to get sent home early with pay pleaded guilty to criminal mischief. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Michelle Perrino, 40, drew suspicion during a meeting of Bayonet...

MLB: Cincinnati 4, Oakland 2 OAKLAND, Calif., (UPI) -- Bronson Arroyo scattered five hits over eight innings Tuesday to win his seventh consecutive decision and lead the Cincinnati Reds past Oakland 4-2. Arroyo (7-3) gave up two runs on a third-inning home run by Coco Crisp, but kept the...

Grave sites empty, remains found in home HARTFORD, Conn., June 18 (UPI) -- The remains of a West Hartford, Conn., man and his sister-in-law were found at the Pennsylvania home of the woman's twin sister, police say. After learning there might be human remains at the Wyalusing, Pa., home of...

Home builders' confidence fell in June WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- Confidence in business conditions among single-family home builders fell in June, a U.S. industry group said Tuesday. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index declined five points to 17 during the...

Home Depot workers wed in store LAKE FOREST, Calif., (UPI) -- A pair of California Home Depot workers have taken their love for their jobs and each another one step further with a wedding in the store's garden section. Carolyn Weatherly, 56, and Audwin Mosby, 55, were married Saturday in...

At-home workers take on more hours SALT LAKE CITY, (UPI) -- Employees working from home average 19 more hours a week than in-office workers without additional strain on family life, a study shows. Research at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City led by Professor E Jeffrey Hill, studying...

Family dinner is alive and well VANCOUVER, British Columbia, (UPI) -- The family dinner is alive and well, it just doesn't resemble classic TV's "Leave it to Beaver" lifestyle, researchers in Canada find. Dean Simmons, a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, surveyed...

Fire engulfs former home of 'Survivor' INDIANAPOLIS, May 9 (UPI) -- The former Indianapolis home of "Survivor" winner Rupert Boneham was among several destroyed by fire, officials said. There were no injuries in any of the Saturday blazes -- most at vacant homes -- but one family was burned...