The Associated Press BOSTON — Trevor Ariza hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:34 to play and David West scored four of his 19 points in the final minute to help New Orleans beat injury-riddled Boston 83-81 Friday. Chris Paul had 20 points and 11 assists for the Hornets, who won for just the third time [...]
The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas — A far-from-perfect first season as Notre Dame coach could not have ended much better for Brian Kelly and his Fighting Irish. Freshman Tommy Rees passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns to Michael Floyd as Notre Dame beat Miami 33-17 in the Sun Bowl on Friday, making Kelly [...]
MODESTO — A Modesto man police say was armed with a knife is hospitalized in critical condition after being shot by an officer during an disturbance at a home. Modesto police spokesman Scott Nelson says 41-year-old Brian Reed was shot during a confrontation with officers who were called out to a family disturbance around 5:30 [...]
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux never took their can-you-top-this rivalry outdoors, back to the purest form of hockey played on ponds instead of indoor palaces. Where whipping winds and a frozen shooting hand can influence the result as much as a hot goaltender. So this must do: Sidney Crosby vs. [...]
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Highway 140 into Yosemite National Park is open again after a large boulder fell onto the roadway. The boulder, estimated to be between 10-15 feet high and six feet wide, forced the closure of the highway Thursday. No injuries or structural damage were reported from the rockfall, but park officials say [...]
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say the department’s bomb squad was called to a vehicle in Exposition Park where officers found a trunk-load of illegal fireworks and artillery shells. Officer Bruce Borihanh says officers were checking out a vendor suspected of illegally selling items Friday when they opened the vendor’s trunk and found the [...]
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday abruptly canceled a decree that sharply raised fuel prices, reacting to widespread protests. Sunday’s price hikes had caused a burst of street protests, many of them from groups that are core supporters of the leftist leader who took office five years ago as Bolivia’s first [...]
Associated Press JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president called on the international community Friday to draft a new formula for peace talks with Israel and set aside the current process that he said is “managing the conflict but not solving it.†Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority broke down in September after an Israeli [...]
KILLINGTON, Vt. — Police say a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a Vermont ski chalet killed the Massachusetts man who owned the home and sickened eight other people. Authorities say nine people were staying at the Killington chalet when one person woke up feeling ill early Friday morning and alerted the others. Vermont State Police [...]
Associated Press CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Danny Davis withdrew his candidacy from the Chicago’s mayor race Friday, leaving former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as the only remaining prominent black candidate in the campaign. Davis, who announced his decision alongside Braun at a New Year’s Eve news conference, said the decision was an act of [...]
Associated Press CAIRO — A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year’s Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said. After the blast, enraged Christians emerging from the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting [...]
The Associated Press The next America’s Cup will be sailed in 2013 on San Francisco Bay, with a spectacular backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the Coit Tower. San Francisco beat out Newport, R.I., on Friday in the bidding to hold sailing’s marquee regatta. Sailing in San Francisco in a new class of [...]
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