AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Kyle Lohse and David Freese provided just the kind of performance the struggling St. Louis Cardinals needed to get out of their early-season rut. Lohse allowed one run in eight sharp innings and Freese went 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs to help the Cardinals snap [...]
AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Charl Schwartzel won the Masters by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day after a wild final day at Augusta National. Eight players held at least a share of the lead Sunday, but it was the 26-year-old South African who turned in one of the great finishing performances [...]
FAIRFIELD — Two Fairfield children allegedly taken by their mother were found safe at the front of Travis Air Force Base Saturday night, Solano County Sheriff’s officials said. The Sheriff’s Department was contacted by Travis officials that the missing children, Hayden, 10, and Kailey Stewart, 5, along with their mother, 41-year-old Fairfield resident Elmeran Casondra [...]
LIMA, Peru — An anti-establishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru’s mineral was well ahead in presidential elections Sunday, exit polls showed, but a runoff was all but certain with the crucial race for second tight. The second-place finisher could easily become president in a June 5 runoff because none of former army Lt. [...]
SANAA, Yemen — A regional bloc of oil-rich Arab nations along the Gulf, including powerful Saudi Arabia, called on Yemen’s president Sunday to step down as part of a deal with the protest movement demanding for his ouster after 32 years. Keeping up the pressure, tens of thousands of protesters complaining of poverty and corruption [...]
SAN DIEGO — Police say two men were hit by bullets when someone in another vehicle fired on their car on a Los Angeles freeway. Police Sgt. Daniel Gonzales says the shooting occurred early Sunday on the 101 Freeway near Alvarado Street. The Los Angeles Times reports one man received a back wound and the [...]
VENTURA — Ventura County officials say a citrus pest that can carry a disease that kills trees has been discovered in Camarillo. County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales announced that an Asian citrus psyllid (SIH’-lihd) was found in the Spanish Hills neighborhood last Thursday. The Ventura County Star reports that the pest is the third one [...]
REDDING — Police in the Northern California city of Redding say a man threatened an Amtrak bus driver with a knife and tried to take over the vehicle. It’s not clear whether any passengers were on board at the time. Police say 43-year-old Robert Fender, of San Francisco, threatened the 58-year-old driver at the Redding [...]
AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Will Power started up front and never relinquished his spot to win the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The Australian extended his lead in the final laps and finished 3.38 seconds ahead of Scott Dixon on Sunday, while Dario Franchitti was third on the 2.38-mile road course at Barber [...]
AP Auto Racing Writer SEPANG, Malaysia — Sebastian Vettel extended his perfect start to the Formula One season by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, earning his second straight victory to begin the defense of his world title. The Red Bull driver started from the pole and led throughout to beat McLaren’s Jenson Button [...]
AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3 to take the Family Circle Cup on Sunday, capturing her third title this season. Wozniacki finished off a strong week in her first clay-court tournament of the season. She lost only one set, in the quarterfinals to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, and [...]
AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Kenseth finally has that contending feeling again courtesy of a long-awaited return to Victory Lane. “You keep working as hard as you can at it. And you try to get the cars going the best you can, and hopefully have some more chances to win,†the former [...]
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