Phelps sees potential in 200 free loss at worlds SHANGHAI — Reality smacked Michael Phelps in the face again, only this time he accepted it. The 14-time Olympic champion didn’t like losing the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships again, even if it was to good pal Ryan Lochte. But Phelps knows he’s got more [...]
If “futbol” is the beautiful game, football NFL style could be the ugly stepchild this summer. And maybe into the fall. With the 4½-month lockout over, everything about the next few weeks, perhaps months, in the NFL will be tough. The lockout erased all offseason activities; dozens of players, particularly rookies or those whose coaching [...]
OSLO, Norway — The father of one of the first victims of the Norway massacre to be named by police Tuesday said his son was full of love for people and for the outdoors — and his last words were “Dad, someone is shooting.” Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed [...]
DADAAB, Kenya — Mihag Gedi Farah is 7 months old, and weighs as little as a newborn with the weathered skin of an old man. His mother managed to get him to a field hospital in a Kenyan refugee camp after a weeklong odyssey, but the baby’s anguished eyes, hollow cheeks and fragile limbs show [...]
LONDON — Friends and family said goodbye to Amy Winehouse Tuesday with prayers, tears, laughter and song at a funeral ceremony in London. The singer’s father, mother and brother and close friends, along with band members and celebrities — including producer Mark Ronson and media personality Kelly Osbourne, her hair piled beehive-high in an echo [...]
Now that summer is officially in full swing and the temperatures begin to rise, many of us will be headed to the nearest swimming pool to cool off. Whether it’s taking a dip in a neighbor’s pool or doing cannon-balls off of the high dive at Allan Witt Park, nothing beats the heat quite like splashing around [...]
WASHINGTON — A Taiwan-born congressman says he is resigning in the aftermath of allegations that he had a sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman. Democratic leaders had set up a House Ethics investigation after the initial reports of the allegation against seven-term Democrat David Wu had said that whatever occurred was consensual. Wu said Tuesday [...]
SAN DIEGO — Some of my African-American media colleagues are worked up over the lack of racial diversity in cable television news — especially in prime time. The issue resurfaced after CNN recently canceled the ratings-challenged talk show “In the Arena” hosted by Eliot Spitzer. The National Association of Black Journalists complained that no African-American [...]
OSLO, Norway — Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week’s bomb blast and massacre at a youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief to an already reeling nation. Police named the first four of 76 people killed. Although only names, ages and hometowns were listed, [...]
Walker, Amare’ Xzavier, 4, of Fairfield, died Saturday, July 16, 2011. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 26 at Nicoletti, Culjrs and Herberger Funeral Home, 5401 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento. Burial will follow at noon, Mt. Vernon Memorial Park, 8201 Greenback Lane, Fair Oaks.
Wallace (Pace/Waller), Tracey Sherry, 53, of Fairfield, died Monday, July 18, 2011. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, at Fairfield Funeral Home, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. Arrangements are by Fairfield Funeral Home, 425-1041.
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