Saturday, March 28, 2009

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World champs Italy step up title defense
March 28, 2009 at 6:37 pm

World champions Italy opened a two-point gap in World Cup qualifying Group Eight ahead of Wednesday's home clash against nearest challengers Republic of Ireland in Bari.

Dutch ease to fourth successive victory
March 28, 2009 at 6:09 pm

The Netherlands remain top of World Cup Group Nine, maintaining their 100 per cent record in the process, after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Scotland at the Amsterdam ArenA.

Flood volunteers relax a little
March 28, 2009 at 5:52 pm

Jen Sondag got eight hours of good sleep Friday night.

Adebayor returns to earn Togo shock win
March 28, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor returned from injury to score the winner as Togo rocked Cameroon 1-0 Saturday at the start of the final 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup qualifying phase.

Analysis: Americans wary about war in Afghanistan
March 28, 2009 at 5:31 pm

How does the American public feel about the war in Afghanistan? In a word, wary.

Murray battles through after early setback
March 28, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Fourth seed Andy Murray survived a major scare to reach the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Saturday.

Germany stay on course for 2010 finals
March 28, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Michael Ballack led the way as Germany maintained their four-point advantage over Russia with a 4-0 win against Liechtenstein in their World Cup Group Four qualifier on Saturday.

Cavendish Madison hopes ended by crash
March 28, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Top sprinter Mark Cavendish's hopes of retaining his Madison title at the world track championship in Pruszkow, Poland were thwarted in dramatic fashion after Great Britain team-mate Peter Kennaugh was involved in a heavy crash during the race.

Beckham sets new record in England victory
March 28, 2009 at 3:38 pm

David Beckham broke Bobby Moore's outfield appearance record for England, coming on as a second-half substitute to earn his 109th cap in a 4-0 friendly win over Slovakia at Wembley.

Plains buried by snow; Gulf Coast inundated with rain
March 28, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Heavy rains swamped the Gulf Coast and a blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of the Plains on Saturday.

Space shuttle Discovery lands safely
March 28, 2009 at 3:19 pm

The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday after a mission to the International Space Station.

Augusta-bound Kjeldsen leads in Spain
March 28, 2009 at 2:36 pm

Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen warmed-up for next month's Masters debut with a course record 10-under-par 62 and one-shot lead at the Andalucian Open in Seville on Saturday.

Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour
March 28, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Lights were going out across the world on Saturday as millions of homes and businesses in major cities went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture to highlight concerns over climate change.

Virgin moves into Formula 1 sponsorship
March 28, 2009 at 1:23 pm

Virgin has secured a partnership with the Brawn Grand Prix team in Formula One racing, Virgin chief Richard Branson announced Saturday.

'Italian Fritzl' and son held in incest case
March 28, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Police in Italy say they have arrested a grandfather and his son for allegedly sexually abusing the elder man's daughter for more than a 25 years, in a case likened to Austria's Josef Fritzl.

Gebremariam wins world cross for Ethiopia
March 28, 2009 at 12:52 pm

Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam kept the men's individual title at the world cross country championships in Ethiopia after winning a sprint finish to Saturday's championship in Jordan.

O'Hair leads as Tiger stays in the hunt
March 28, 2009 at 12:18 pm

Sean O'Hair will take a three-shot lead into the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill with five-time winner Tiger Woods handily-placed ahead of the weekend action.

Obama team deploys campaign tactics to get point across
March 28, 2009 at 11:23 am

From fielding questions online, to the staging of events across the country, to deploying thousands of volunteers, President Obama and Democrats are using the same tools that helped them win the White House to push the administration's agenda.

Cartoon Clicks: Who is gonna fix THIS?
March 28, 2009 at 10:44 am


Thousands join London G-20 protest
March 28, 2009 at 10:17 am

Thousands of people have converged in the center of London for the first major protest ahead of next week's G-20 summit.

Lawyer stabbed 38 times; husband held
March 28, 2009 at 10:01 am

Slain attorney Chiquita Tate was such a believer in the legal system that she had a tattoo of Lady Justice on her back, college friend T. J. Crawford recalled.

Commentary: 'Post-racial' America isn't here yet
March 28, 2009 at 9:53 am

They're not going to like this.

Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger
March 28, 2009 at 9:22 am

More than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in Niger and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization.

India forced to follow-on in second Test
March 28, 2009 at 8:28 am

New Zealand are in a strong position to level their series with India after forcing the tourists to follow-on in the second Test in Napier on Saturday.

Obama: We're watching rising rivers
March 28, 2009 at 8:26 am

President Obama said his administration plans to keep a close watch on and help fight the rising waters in the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Safina and Ivanovic lead charge of seeds
March 28, 2009 at 8:24 am

Second seed Dinara Safina of Russia came safely through her first test in the WTA Tour event at Key Biscayne with a straight sets win over Mathilde Johansson in Florida.

Iranian film industry thriving, Hollywood learns
March 28, 2009 at 7:49 am

It appeared an unlikely meeting: Earlier this month, representatives from Hollywood, home of the anything-goes lifestyle and anything-can-happen film, traveled to Iran, where censorship and constant government supervision are a fact of life for the film industry.

Mildly cranky critic looks over weekend
March 28, 2009 at 7:44 am

You want monsters and aliens? Hollywood has your monsters and aliens right here.

Rock star: That's not me drinking on Google
March 28, 2009 at 7:32 am

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher on Saturday denied that he is the man shown pointing at the Google Street View camera as it drove past his local pub in London last summer.

Could the Internet run out of space?
March 28, 2009 at 7:17 am

When a small group of university scientists began linking computers on different campus sites at the very end of the 1960s, they had no idea that their work would one day spiral into a globally-accessible network in which the total number of pages is measured in the tens of billions.

Federer and Djokovic win at Miami Masters
March 28, 2009 at 7:01 am

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic scored comfortable straight sets victories to reach the third round of the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami.

2 arrested over Pakistan mosque bombing
March 28, 2009 at 6:45 am

Two suspects were arrested in connection with the bombing of a mosque that killed at least 51 people, Pakistani authorities said Saturday.

Facebook users wage condom campaign against Pope
March 28, 2009 at 6:23 am

Critics took to the social networking site Facebook to voice their fury over Pope Benedict's remark that condoms do not prevent HIV.

Afghan president praises Obama's new war plan
March 28, 2009 at 5:13 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday praised U.S. President Barack Obama's new plan for the war in Afghanistan.

Button claims pole for F1 new boys Brawn GP
March 28, 2009 at 4:58 am

Britain's Jenson Button claimed pole position for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne -- leading a sweep of the front row for Formula One new boys Brawn GP.

Russia to build 6 nuclear subs with cruise missiles
March 28, 2009 at 4:11 am

Russia will build at least six nuclear-powered submarines with long-range cruise missiles for its navy, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told the Itar-Tass news agency.

Malaysia leader poised to resign
March 28, 2009 at 4:01 am

Malaysia's prime minister wants to step down and has scheduled a meeting with the supreme ruler of the country to hand in his letter of resignation, Malaysia's national news agency reported Saturday.

Young couple moves in with her ex-husband
March 28, 2009 at 2:21 am

Struggling to make ends meet, trying to dig themselves out of debt, Nicole Thompson-Arce and her husband have moved in with her ex-husband.

Afghan, coalition forces kill 12 militants
March 28, 2009 at 2:07 am

Twelve militants were killed in a firefight with Afghan and coalition forces in Helmand province, U.S. military officials said.

Suburban 'tsunami' kills 77 in Jakarta
March 28, 2009 at 1:16 am

Rescuers widened the search for victims Saturday in the aftermath of a flash flood that killed at least 77 people in Indonesia's capital.

AIG director named to Obama tax task force
March 28, 2009 at 12:27 am

One of the people named this week to President Obama's new Task Force on Tax Reform is a member of the AIG board of directors.



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