(AP) Baseball marks 5th annual Jackie Robinson Day Baseball is holding its fifth annual Jackie Robinson Day on the 66th anniversary of his breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on Monday. All uniformed personnel throughout baseball
Shock comic Sarah Silverman takes aim anew at people of faith via Twitter this week. Silverman, star of a short-lived Comedy Central sitcom, fired off a series of faith-unfriendly tweets in recent days culminating with this broadside against anyone who
(Reuters) – At least 30 people died in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings in the Somali capital, a medical source said, increasing estimates of the toll from the Sunday attacks which exposed the fragility of security gains in
(AP) Who gets audited by the Internal Revenue Service?By The Associated PressThe Internal Revenue Service only audits about 1 percent of individual tax returns each year. But the more money you make, the more likely you are to get audited.
Margaret Thatcher survived an assassination attempt when she was prime minister and police are taking no chances that her critics might seek a final attack by targeting her funeral. A major security operation has been planned for Wednesday’s ceremonial event,
(AP) Instruction of students learning English bleakBy CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated PressMIAMIDuna Lopez started school in Miami last fall not knowing a single word of English. The 8-year-old girl from Barcelona, Spain, with dark blond hair was placed in the Coral Way
(AP) World military spending drops in 2012By KARL RITTERAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMGlobal military spending dipped last year for the first time since 1998 as defense outlays shrank in the West but rose in Russia, China and the Middle East, a Swedish-based arms
(AP) Chavez’s heir to take over divided VenezuelaBy FRANK BAJAK and ALEXANDRA OLSONAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaHugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, has won Venezuela’s presidential election by a stunningly narrow margin that highlights rising discontent over problems ranging from crime to
(AP) Close vote seen on background checks on gun buyersBy DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated PressWASHINGTONA bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said
(AP) GOP lawmakers blast Labor secretary nomineeBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn a blistering report, Republican lawmakers sharply criticized Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez over what they said was a questionable deal he brokered while serving as head of the Justice Department’s
(AP) New York’s ‘assault weapon’ registration to beginBy MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated PressALBANY, N.Y.Key measures of New York’s tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and
(AP) China’s economic growth slows in first quarterBy JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGChina’s economic growth slowed unexpectedly in the first three months of the year, fueling concern about the strength of its shaky recovery. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 7.7
Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with millions of signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a global sanctuary protected from oil drilling, lobby group Greenpeace said on Monday. Expedition members cut a hole in
Angel Cabrera, right, of Argentina, hugs Adam Scott, of Australia, after Scott made a birdie putt on the second playoff hole to win the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
(AP) Trout, Hamilton HR, Wilson and Angels beat AstrosBy JOE RESNICKAssociated PressANAHEIM, Calif.Mike Trout hit his first home run of the season and Josh Hamilton also connected, leading C.J. Wilson and the Los Angeles Angels over the Houston Astros 4-1
(AP) Lakers win without Kobe, rallying past Spurs 91-86By GREG BEACHAMAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELESDwight Howard had 26 points and 17 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers staged a dramatic rally in the fourth quarter to win their first game since
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world’s most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. More
(AP) Column: Woods spares golf a messy win in Masters By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist AUGUSTA, Ga. It slipped away early, before Tiger Woods could really give himself a chance. A belated run in the rain on the back
By DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterAUGUSTA, Ga.Adam Scott finished the job this time, and put an end to more than a half-century of Australian misery at the Masters. With the two biggest putts of his career, Scott holed a 20-footer for
Ashley Judd’s political career may have hit a road block in Kentucky, but she isn’t crossing the Nation’s Capital off her travel itinerary just yet. Judd is just one of many celebrities planning to visit D.C. April 27 for the
Two veteran TV actresses may join the cast of Fox’s Glee after their upcoming appearance as a kindly lesbian couple. Meredith Baxter, known for being the All-American Mom on Family Ties, and Patty Duke who soared to fame in her self-titled
(AP) AMSTERDAM–Justin Bieber has visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, with a museum spokeswoman saying the Canadian pop star wrote in the guestbook that he hoped Frank “would have been a Belieber” if she had lived. Museum spokeswoman Maatje
Sen. Marco Rubio, elected to Congress in 2010 on a wave of Tea Party support, earned praise Sunday from prominent members of the Republican establishment for leading the party toward support for immigration reform. David Brooks, the New York Times‘ resident
The Democratic Party official who accused two Progress Kentucky activists of recording a conversation between Sen. Mitch McConnell and campaign aides is now retracting his allegations against one of the two men, saying his memory may have been faulty, according
Suspected Chinese hackers defaced the website of the Philippines News Agency (PNA) on Sunday, officials said, a possible repeat of cyber attacks last year also blamed on China during a territorial row. The state-run agency’s website temporarily displayed the Chinese
