MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Denard Span singled in the go-ahead run during a two-run seventh inning Friday and the Minnesota Twins held on to edge Texas 4-3.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Will Rhymes broke an 11th-inning tie with a two-run triple Friday and the Detroit Tigers went on to defeat Kansas City 9-5.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The risk of bowel surgery for Crohn's disease in children is lower than previously reported, a U.S. physician says.

MIAMI, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Hurricane Earl weakened to a tropical storm Friday evening as it raced toward Cape Cod in Massachusetts, forecasters said.

LONDON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A former software engineer for the British intelligence agency MI6 was sentenced to prison Friday for trying to sell secret information to the Netherlands.

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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Mitchell Boggs and Kyle McClellan both worked out of late-inning trouble Friday to protect a one-run lead and bring St. Louis a 3-2 win over Cincinnati.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's players don't need to hear a canned speech from their coaches about the importance of taking teams from the Mid-American Conference seriously.