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Edward Furlong arrested in West Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) β A Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman says 'Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.
Ed Carpenter earns Indy 500 pole
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β Ed Carpenter turned Pole Day into a family celebration.
Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) β A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.
No Triple Crown: Oxbow upsets Orb at Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) β Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes.
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) β An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
NEW YORK (AP) β A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime.
Stevens rides Oxbow to 3rd Preakness win
BALTIMORE (AP) β Although no one really keeps track of such things, Gary Stevens had no problem making the assessment with complete conviction.
Chella Choi takes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) β Anna Nordqvist was putting like a rookie again β and that's a good thing.
Derby winner Orb disappoints in the Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) β Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite β no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey.
Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
MALMO, Sweden (AP) β Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King
By Charlie Zhu and Bill Powell HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches. Two were of particular note: Yang Weize and Wang Rong, senior Communist Party officials from the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. A decade earlier, Shi had been research director of a solar energy firm, a spin-off from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where he attended graduate school. ...
As fireworks crackle, Beckham plays last home game
PARIS (AP) β Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement.
Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) β It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning.
Bradley keeps lead after 3 rounds at Nelson
IRVING, Texas (AP) β Keegan Bradley still hasn't gotten things right on the 18th hole at the Byron Nelson Championship, even when finally going left.
'Catching Fire' dampened but not drowned at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) β Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party.
Sharks fined $100,000 for GM's comments
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) β The NHL fined the San Jose Sharks $100,000 on Saturday for general manager Doug Wilson's comments criticizing the league for forward Raffi Torres' suspension for the rest of the second round of the playoffs.
Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
VATICAN CITY (AP) β Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.
Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) β The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.
BALTIMORE (AP) β Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race.
Pacers' Hill cleared to play Game 6 vs. Knicks
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β Indiana Pacers guard George Hill has been cleared to play Saturday night against the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) β It's all about the odds.
Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons.
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) β Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
Chargers, Freeney agree to 2-year deal
SAN DIEGO (AP) β The San Diego Chargers agreed Saturday to a two-year deal with aging star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million.
Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback
Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback?
Will Power grabs early lead in race for Indy pole
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β Will Power was the most relieved man in Roger Penske's garage Saturday.
Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governor's race
By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted no time reminding voters of the scandals facing President Barack Obama. "I am not a true conservative because I have not been investigated by the IRS," joked Cuccinelli, referring to the controversy that has engulfed the federal tax collection agency over its targeting of conservative Tea Party groups. ...
2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) β A pair of persistent wildfires continued to burn in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Saturday, although authorities were slowly getting the upper hand.
Red Wings beat Blackhawks 4-1, even series
CHICAGO (AP) β In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit.
20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
CAIRO (AP) β Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage.
First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) β First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.
Member of Pakistani cricket star's party killed
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) β Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.
Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
BEIRUT (AP) β Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.
Federer, Nadal to renew rivalry in Rome final
ROME (AP) β Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday β exactly a week before the French Open starts.
Spezza to return to Senators lineup for Game 3
OTTAWA (AP) β Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season.
Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) β A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning.
Beckham captains PSG in last home game
PARIS (AP) β With fans chanting his name, David Beckham began his final home game before retirement as captain of Paris Saint-Germain.
Witnesses: Car drives into crowd at Va. parade
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) β Witnesses said a car drove into a crowd at a parade in a small southwestern Virginia mountain town Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.
Official: 'Amazing' no one died in train crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) β Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
SANAA, Yemen (AP) β A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.
