Washington Nationals superstar pitcher Stephen Strasburg left the game in the second inning on Friday night with an apparent injury. The Nationals were in Atlanta playing the Braves. According to the Associated Press The right-hander grimaced after throwing a changeup
(AP) US woman facing drug charge released in MexicoBy CRISTINA SILVAAssociated PressNOGALES, MexicoAn Arizona woman held in a Mexico jail for a week on a drug-smuggling charge was freed after a court reviewed her case, including key security footage, and
By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated PressPHOENIXA campaign to force a recall election against the polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix failed on Thursday after recall organizers said they couldn’t collect enough voter signatures to bring the lawman to the ballot again. Organizers of
By JAY LINDSAYAssociated PressCAMBRIDGE, Mass.The invitation from Harvard University caught Oprah Winfrey at a low point. Her new TV network was struggling, branded a flop in the media, when Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust called last year to ask Winfrey
(AP) Paterno family, others at PSU sue NCAABy GENARO C. ARMASAP Sports WriterBELLEFONTE, Pa.The NCAA is facing a new legal attack after the family of the late coach Joe Paterno was joined by former players and others connected to Penn
Ohio State University president Gordon Gee took potshots at Notre Dame and Catholics during a meeting last December, saying the school’s fathers and the “damn Catholics” were not trustworthy. He said the fathers were only “holy” on Sundays. “The fathers
The government obtained “thousands and thousands” of phone records of Associated Press staffers according to CEO Gary Pruitt. Pruitt held a town hall meeting with AP staff and revealed that the phone records obtained by the DOJ included incoming and
After President Obama announced his initiatives to “facilitate transparency and debate” on the issue of increased drone use overseas last week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said he is “not in a position to confirm” recent reported drone activities. Multiple
By JOHN S. MARSHALLAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOJack Vance, an award-winning mystery, fantasy and science fiction author who wrote more than 60 books, has died. He was 96. Vance died Sunday evening at his home in Oakland, his son John Vance II
(AP) Former player backs up allegations against HermannBy STEVE MEGARGEEAP Sports WriterKNOXVILLE, Tenn.A former Tennessee volleyball player has written a blog post backing up her teammates’ accusations that incoming Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann abused them verbally and emotionally during
The Associated Press is the latest major news outlet to inform President Obama’s Department of Justice that they will not be participating in an off-the-record briefing on how Eric Holder’s team deals with journalists who work with leakers. The announcement came
(AP) Player from small Kansas school announces he’s gayBy ERIC OLSONAP Sports WriterIt didn’t take Jason Collins to say he’s gay to compel Jallen Messersmith to make the same announcement. Messersmith is a 6-foot-7 shot-blocking specialist from tiny Benedictine College
In a classic case of “now you tell me,” the Associated Press reports today that a whole swath of people who like their health insurance might be losing it. You see, ObamaCare requires all Americans get the equivalent of a
State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell told journalists on Tuesday that “no court order is required” for the Department to turn over records of journalists’ movements within the Department building or any information deemed necessary to “cooperate” with Department of
(AP) Mosque, orphanage burned in new Myanmar violenceBy TODD PITMANAssociated PressLASHIO, MyanmarHundreds of Buddhist men on motorcycles waved iron rods and bamboo poles and threw rocks in a northeastern Myanmar town on Wednesday, a day after a mosque and a
By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand and a favorite of tea party Republicans, said Wednesday she will not run for another term in the U.S. House. Bachmann, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination
Shortly after Rutgers announced Julie Hermann would take over as the university’s new athletic director, reports came out that Hermann herself had been accused of verbal abuse of players while she was the women’s volleyball coach at the University of
By PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated PressIn comedy, timing is everything. Less than six months after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, Treehouse Comedy Productions plans to put on a show at the Edmond Town Hall
By MAX SEDDONAssociated PressMOSCOWA jailed member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot was hospitalized Tuesday on the seventh day of a hunger strike to protest what she calls a persecution campaign against her. Maria Alekhina was transferred to a
(AP) Gun control supporters facing recall bids in Colo.By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.A Democratic campaign office here usually would be quiet this time of year, a few weeks after the state’s legislature wrapped up work and lawmakers headed off
(AP) Obama, NJ’s Christie together again in mutual aidBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Christie, the odd couple of politics, are finding common cause again. Obama is touring New Jersey’s beach communities with Christie on Tuesday, examining
PRINCETON, N.J., May 27 (UPI) — A majority of Americans said they believe the federal government today wields too much power, a Gallup Daily tracking survey released Monday indicated. The 54 percent that expressed that belief, however, is only slightly
(AP) Temporary fix set for crumpled I-5 bridge in Wash.By MIKE BAKER and MANUEL VALDESAssociated PressSEATTLEWashington state plans to install within weeks a temporary fix for an interstate highway bridge that crumpled after being hit by a truck, tossing cars
(AP) Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010By TOM ODULA and SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressNAIROBI, KenyaA suspect in last week’s savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to
By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated PressJERUSALEM It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel’s self-described status as “Start-Up Nation,” a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world’s reliance on oil —
