Associated Press DETROIT — A 63-year-old Southern California man who had explosives in his vehicle was arrested outside one of the nation’s largest mosques in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, authorities in Michigan said. Dearborn police said Roger Stockham was arraigned Wednesday on one count of making a false report or threat of terrorism and [...]
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United States has no plans to halt aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in spite of a crisis over who will be the nation’s next leader but does insist that the president’s chosen successor be dropped from the race, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday. Clinton arrived Sunday [...]
Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt’s most prominent democracy advocate took up a bullhorn Sunday and called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign, speaking to thousands of protesters who defied a curfew for a third night. Fighter jets streaked low overhead and police returned to the capital’s streets — high-profile displays of authority over a situation [...]
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Sunday that Egyptian authorities ordered the closure of its Cairo news hub overseeing coverage of the country’s massive street protests. The station denounced the move as an attempt to “stifle and repress†open reporting. The Qatar-based network has given nearly round-the-clock coverage to [...]
AP Sports Writer SESTRIERE, Italy — A snowstorm and thick fog forced organizers to call off both women’s World Cup ski races this weekend — downhill and super-combined events. The decision was made Sunday morning with 16 inches of snow having fallen over three days on the Kandahar Banchetta course. Organizers already postponed the downhill, [...]
AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters will move up one spot to No. 2, while Rafael Nadal will keep his No. 1 ranking despite losing in the quarterfinals to David Ferrer. Caroline Wozniacki will hold onto the women’s No. 1 ranking when the lists are released Monday despite losing to [...]
AP Pro Football Writer With two scary hits on a single Sunday — and with the fines, attention and acrimony that followed — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison became the symbol of a season in which the NFL tried to make clear what is and isn’t the right way to tackle. Heading into next weekend’s [...]
AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar — Billed as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, the 2011 Asian Cup was nothing of the sort. Qatar’s win in the December vote for the 2022 World Cup hosting rights led to a storm of criticism, and put the spotlight on the Asian Cup like never before. The [...]
AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers fullback John Kuhn certainly values his Super Bowl ring, keeping it in a safe at his house and only taking it out from time to time. The next one would mean so much more, because Kuhn would feel like he’d done more to earn it. [...]
AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic gave his old friend Andy Murray a sympathetic hug and a few consoling words, then got on with the real celebrations. Djokovic walked to the middle of the court, tossed his racket into the crowd, then stripped off his shirt and shoes and hurled them, too. The [...]
AP Sports Columnist A report that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers struck a familiar chord with those who remember when players’ antics the week leading up to the Super Bowl made for bigger headlines than the game itself. “I don’t know whether we had more [...]
AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK — Dwight Hardy scored 26 points and St. John’s stunned No. 3 Duke 93-78 on Sunday, capping the Red Storm’s run of eight straight games against ranked teams with their third win. It wasn’t that St. John’s (12-8) beat the Blue Devils (19-2), it was the way it happened. The [...]
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