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Circumstances surrounding the grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island will be explored in a public hearing in Anchorage. The Coast Guard says a marine casualty investigation into the grounding of the Kulluk will begin at noon Monday at the Loussac Library and could last two weeks. The Kulluk in late December was under tow and bound from Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands to a Seattle shipyard. It ran into rough Gulf of Alaska water. It lost the connection...

After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. "Rafa was just too good today," Federer said. It tied for the second most lop-sided win in the series since Nadal also lost just four games, but over three sets, in the 2008 French Open final against Federer. At the tour finals in London in 2011, Nadal allowed...

Officials say the leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals was injured when a 19-year-old man threw a bottle and hit the singer during a concert in Richmond. Police said Sunday the man has been charged with aggravated assault. Authorities have not identified him. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Frederick "Toots" Hibbert was treated at a hospital for a cut to his head and released. Hibbert was hit by a glass bottle thrown from the crowd Saturday night as the band was performing...

Francisco "Piti" Medina scored a double Sunday as Rayo Vallecano won 3-2 at Levante to stay in the hunt for a Europa League berth. Piti opened the scoring in the 20th minute by firing in a rebound. Robert Acquafresca leveled for Levante in the 52nd. Franco Vazquez finished off a Rayo counterattack four minutes later, and Piti scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season from the penalty spot in the 72nd to make it 3-1. Levante midfielder Vicente Iborra pulled one back in the 86th to add drama...

They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards. Today's biggest stars _ from Taylor Swift to fun. to Maroon 5 _ are the key finalists at Sunday's awards show, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on ABC. Those acts are up for 11 awards each; Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen and One Direction are up for 10, nine and eight trophies, respectively. Most of the top stars will also perform at the awards show, too, including Swift,...

After 1,500 matches in charge of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson was denied a final victory Sunday to cap the most successful managerial career in British football history. But there was one final landmark for the 71-year-old Scot at West Bromwich Albion _ the first 5-5 draw in the Premier League. The official retirement party was last week at home when 76,000 fans at Old Trafford saluted Ferguson and the 13th and last of the record 20 English league titles he has delivered for United. Referee...

The Somali community in Minnesota is reacting with a mix of outrage, confusion and relief to sentences handed down last week in the long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab. At least 22 young men have left Minnesota since 2007 to join the group in Somalia. Nine people who have been convicted were sentenced last week and received penalties ranging from two to 20 years in prison. Family members of the men who were recruited say the sentences bring...

The U.S. State Department's assistant secretary for refugee issues is drawing attention to the plight of Colombian refugees who have fled across the border into Ecuador. Anne C. Richards says the problem is continuing even though the Colombian government is in peace talks with rebels. Many refugees say they are fleeing threats and extortion by irregular and paramilitary groups. The U.N. refugee agency puts the number of Colombian refugees in Ecuador at more than 50,000. Richard toured a U.S.-backed...

Arsenal qualified for the Champions League for the 16th straight season after edging Tottenham to fourth place in the Premier League, as Alex Ferguson bowed out as Manchester United manager with a 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. Laurent Koscielny's 52nd-minute volley sealed an unconvincing 1-0 for Arsenal at Newcastle, rendering Spurs' 1-0 victory over Sunderland _ courtesy of a late screamer from Gareth Bale _ meaningless. Chelsea finished third by beating Everton 2-1. With the title...

Louis Oosthuizen has withdrawn from the Byron Nelson Championship before the final round because of a neck issue. The 2010 British Open champion was at 3-under 207 and tied for 32nd place after shooting even-par 70 in the third round. Oosthuizen entered the Nelson with the No. 7 world ranking, the highest-ranked player in the field. He had missed the cut in his only other Nelson appearance. Michael Bradley also withdrew Sunday morning with a back problem. Bradley was 2 under. Oosthuizen is...

Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo says coach Carlo Ancelotti has asked to leave to join Real Madrid. Ancelotti had a meeting to discuss his future with club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Leonardo on Sunday. Leonardo tells French sports newspaper L'Equipe that "Carlo asked to leave for Madrid, but we want him to stay. There was no firm decision, we listened to Carlo. We have to consider everything for a bit." The Brazilian adds "the priority is still that he remains with us. We...

With Afghan troops increasingly leading combat operations on the ground, the Afghan Air Force's fledgling helicopter fleet based in Kabul has learned new techniques to support them from the air. The U.S. Army's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade started a new training program at Bagram Air Field for Afghan helicopter pilots to learn how to perform air assault missions, which they have started to use in combat operations. 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander Col. Paul Bontrager said the Afghans...

A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned that the federal tax collection agency had targeted conservative groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on Sunday. The Obama administration has also been forced on the defensive over its handling of last September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, and the government's seizure of The Associated Press'...

A superb solo ride up the grueling Col du Galibier gave Giovanni Visconti victory in a weather-affected 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia Sunday, and favorite Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead as atrocious weather conditions once again altered the race course. Heavy snow fell at the finish as Visconti won in a time of 4 hours, 40 minutes, 52 seconds, beating Carlos Betancur and Przemyslaw Niemiec by 42 seconds. Nibali, who finished third and second in his two previous Giros, maintained...

England finally put New Zealand in its place by defeating the Kiwis by 170 runs with more than a day to spare in the first test at Lord's on Sunday. The English were ordered by selector Geoff Miller to atone for being humbled in the drawn three-test series in New Zealand in March, and they answered emphatically on a surprisingly manic fourth day when 14 wickets fell in under two sessions. New Zealand, targeting a manageable 239 for its first win over England in 14 years, was crushed in its second...

The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City is still rumbling. Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center says seismic activity shook the area early Sunday. And the 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) mountain also emitted gas, ash and glowing-hot rocks. The snow-capped volcano has been erupting periodically since 1994 and eruptions began strengthening about two weeks ago.

A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome survived the flight, Russian news agencies reported, quoting Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher. Sychov said this was to be expected...

Daniel Brands of Germany upset fifth-seeded Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Power Horse Cup on Sunday. The clay-court tournament replaced the World Team Cup to become the warm-up event for next week's French Open, the second Grand Slam event of the season. Ivan Dodig of Croatia defeated Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 7-5, 6-4 to set up a second-round match against Tommy Haas. Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic defeated Evgeny Donskoy of Russia 6-2, 6-2.

The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast. A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and traveling to the islands to be on heightened alert to avoid being a crime victim. It says "armed robbery remains a major threat" facing Americans in Nassau. The security message was issued Friday, about a week after an Illinois man was fatally shot on a Nassau street during a robbery....

Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, gave Metro-North the OK to remove the trains. Hundreds of feet of track need to be repaired, he said. "We have a lot of work ahead of us, to restore signals and overhead...

Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday. Officials did not have a formal confirmation or any specifics on the condition, but based on the accounts of authorities and witnesses on the scene, they are confident the issue was medical, according to Pokey Harris, Washington County's director of emergency management. "There...

Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him. The former White House insiders, including longtime Obama adviser David Axelrod, say Obama needs to make his case anew for government's role in expanding education and innovation and to give, as Obama put it in one of his early seminal speeches, "every...

Lyon cemented third place in the French league to remain on course for the final Champions League berth after a 1-1 draw against Nice despite being reduced to 10 men. Nice slipped to sixth and out of Champions League reckoning ahead of the last weekend of the season. Nice took the lead in the 47th minute when Dario Cvitanich converted from the penalty spot after the forward had been fouled by Bakary Kone. Lyon captain Maxime Gonalons was sent off in the 73rd after receiving a second yellow card....

A late equalizer saw Chievo Verona draw 2-2 at Atalanta while Bologna was held to a goalless draw by Genoa on the final day of the Serie A season on Sunday. The two matches kicked off earlier than the rest of the games because none of the four teams had anything to play for. In Bergamo, Guglielmo Stendardo headed Atalanta in front from point-blank range in the eighth minute. Cyril Thereau leveled in the 76th following a splendid pass from Adrian Stoian, before Luigi Giorgi fired in what appeared...

Dani Pedrosa won the French Grand Prix on Sunday for his second victory of the season and took over the MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez. Pedrosa started sixth on the grid after crashing in qualifying but the Spanish GP winner powered to the front to win in 49 minutes, 17.707 seconds. Cal Crutchlow managed to finish second despite fracturing his shin bone on Saturday. Marquez was third after recovering from a poor start. Pedrosa, who finished as runner-up last year, moved six points...

Anderlecht won its 32nd league title on Sunday, holding closest challenger Zulte Waregem to a 1-1 draw on the last day of the season. Argentina international Lucas Biglia made sure the title was Anderlecht's when his deflected freekick in the 59th minute brought the team even after Zulte Waregem's Jens Naessens opened the scoring three minutes earlier. Under complicated rules, the six top finishers of the season entered a 10-round competition with the points of the regular league table halved...

St. Johnstone secured a spot in the Europa League for the second straight season by beating Motherwell 2-0 on Sunday to finish third in the Scottish Premier League. Inverness started the final day of the season in third place but lost 1-0 at Ross County to end up two points behind St. Johnstone. Celtic finished 16 points clear at the top after wrapping up its title-winning campaign with a 4-0 win at Dundee United, with Georgios Samaras' double adding to goals by Kris Commons and Anthony Stokes....

Scoreboard Sunday on the fourth day and end of the first test at Lord's between England and New Zealand: England 1st Innings 232 New Zealand 1st Innings 207 England 2nd Innings (overnight 180-6) Alastair Cook c Brownlie b Boult 21 Nick Compton b Wagner 15 Jonathan Trott b Williamson 56 Joe Root b Southee 71 Jonny Bairstow b Southee 5 Matt Prior c sub (Guptill) b Southee 0 Steven Finn c sub (Guptill) b Southee 6 Ian Bell c Brownlie b Southee 6 Stuart Broad not out 26 Graeme Swann c...

England has beaten New Zealand by 170 runs with a day to spare in the first test at Lord's, after dismissing the Kiwis for 68. The second and last test at Headingley starts on Friday. ___ England 232 (Jonny Bairstow 41, Joe Root 40, Jonathan Trott 39; Tim Southee 4-58, Neil Wagner 3-70) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56; Southee 6-50, Kane Williamson 2-20) def. New Zealand 207 (Ross Taylor 66, Kane Williamson 60; James Anderson 5-47, Steven Finn 4-63) and 68 (Stuart Broad 7-44, Anderson 2-23) by 170...

After being surprisingly overlooked by the British and Irish Lions, Rory Best will captain a 28-man Ireland squad containing six uncapped players for its summer tour of North America. Regular skipper Jamie Heaslip is one of nine players away on Lions duty in Australia this summer, so hooker Best has been handed the armband for matches against the United States on June 8 and Canada on June 15. Kieran Marmion, Stuart Olding, Robbie Henshaw, Jamie Hagan, Tommy O'Donnell and Mike Sherry are the new...

There's something nasty lurking in the woods _ and inside the characters' heads _ in darkly comic Cannes Film Festival entry "Borgman." In Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam's supernaturally-tinged psychological drama, a mysterious interloper emerges from a forest and knocks on the door of a wealthy family's modernist mansion. Borgman, the titular stranger played by Flemish actor Jan Bijvoet, insinuates himself into the outwardly idyllic life of the clan, which quickly begins to implode. Van...

New Zealand reached 29-6 at lunch on the fourth day of the first test at Lord's, chasing a target of 239. ___ England 232 (Jonny Bairstow 41, Joe Root 40, Jonathan Trott 39; Tim Southee 4-58, Neil Wagner 3-70) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56; Southee 6-50, Kane Williamson 2-20) leads New Zealand 207 (Ross Taylor 66, Kane Williamson 60; James Anderson 5-47, Steven Finn 4-63) and 29-6 (Stuart Broad 5-22, James Anderson 1-7)

Turkey's state-run news agency says a jet has crashed during an airshow in southern Turkey, killing its pilot. The Anadolu Agency says there were no other casualties in Sunday's crash in the southern city of Adana. There was no immediate information on the plane's type. The agency says the airshow was part of public holiday festivities marking the 94th anniversary of the country's war of independence. The private Dogan news agency said the slain pilot was one of Turkey's most experienced acrobatic...

A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died. The website for newspaper Sada reported that the man, identified only by the family name of Sureihi, died in hospital late on Friday. The self-immolation emulated that of a street vendor in Tunisia, whose 2011 death sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. Family members were seen outside the hospital Saturday demanding answers about why police...

Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Now, unlikely heroes may be coming to the rescue to prevent similar tragedies: sugar-craving honeybees. Croatian researchers are training them to find unexploded mines littering their country and the rest of the Balkans. When Croatia joins the European Union on July 1, in addition to the...

Unidentified North Koreans have seized a Chinese fishing boat and its 16 crew members and have demanded a ransom, Chinese state media and the boat owner say. Owner Yu Xuejun said on a microblog that the boat was floating in Chinese waters on May 5 when it was boarded and detained by gun-wielding North Koreans. He wrote on Tencent Weibo late Saturday that the "North Korean side" had demanded 600,000 yuan ($100,000). He said he had turned to the Internet to issue an appeal for help and because...

Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's party. Khan blamed Zahra Shahid's killing late Saturday night in Karachi on the Muttahida Quami Movement, the same party he accused of vote rigging in the May 11 election. The MQM denied the allegations. Gunmen shot Shahid in front of her home after they tried to snatch...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Sunday it will wait for a verdict from its disciplinary committee before taking any action against three players arrested for alleged spot-fixing in the ongoing domestic Twenty20 league. "We've asked (BCCI anti-corruption chief) Ravi Sawani to submit a report to the disciplinary committee and if the committee says they are guilty, we will take stern action," BCCI President Narainswamy Srinivasan said during a press conference in Chennai. "We have...

Several hundred Fortuna Duesseldorf supporters clashed with police after their team was relegated from the Bundesliga with a 3-0 loss in Hannover. Hannover police said Sunday that 10 officers were injured in clashes after Saturday's match, two of whom were unable to continue their duties. Police arrested 19 Duesseldorf fans and two were charged with causing public disturbances. Duesseldorf was relegated after one season in the top flight.

Rugby convert Israel Folau was included in the 25-man Wallabies squad on Sunday to take on the British and Irish Lions in a three-test series starting next month, with Quade Cooper the most notable omission _ for now. James O'Connor, Berrick Barnes and Christian Lealiifano were all included in the squad as options at No. 10 or 12 for coach Robbie Deans, although there's still room for a recall for Cooper with six more players to be added to the squad on June 11. Barnes hasn't been able to force...

Seattle's Eddie Johnson scored twice as the Sounders ended Dallas' nine-game MLS unbeaten streak with a 4-2 victory on Saturday. Johnson's second goal of the game came in the 62nd minute, just one minute after Dallas completed a comeback from a 2-0 deficit when Michel drilled a corner from the right into the upper left roof of the Seattle net to equalize. The Sounders stretched their unbeaten streak to six games after a franchise-worst start in which they collected just one point from their...

Texas' Elvis Andrus had a career-high five hits as the Rangers beat Detroit 7-2 on Saturday, dropping the Tigers out of first place in the American League Central division. Also Saturday, Colorado scored 10 runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second straight day, Cincinnati also reached double figures in routing Philadelphia, and Tampa Bay had a six-run ninth-inning rally to overwhelm Baltimore and also bring up 10 runs. Cleveland took over top spot in the AL Central by edging Seattle...

The South Sydney Rabbitohs overwhelmed the Wests Tigers to emphatically demonstrate why they are in first place after 10 rounds of the National Rugby League season. Greg Inglis scored four of his side's 10 tries, including a 95-meter effort, as Souths led 38-4 at halftime and beat Wests 54-10 to improve their record to nine wins in 10 matches. It was the Tigers' seventh loss in a row. The win gives the Rabbitohs 18 points and a two-point edge over the Sydney Roosters, who kept pace with a 12-8...

Results of weekend matches in Australia's National Rugby League: Round 10 Cronulla 30, Canberra 20 Newcastle 44, Canterbury Bulldogs 8 Sydney Roosters 12, North Queensland 8 Penrith 62, New Zealand Warriors 6 St. George Illawarra 32, Parramatta 12 Brisbane 32, Gold Coast 6 South Sydney 54, Wests Tigers 10 Playing Monday: Melbourne vs. Manly

The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. But the world's leading film festival can transform careers _ something no one knows that better than actors Berenice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, stars of director Asghar Farhadi's festival entry "The Past." Bejo shimmered on-screen in Cannes two years ago in "The Artist," her director husband Michel Hazanavicius' vivacious silent...

San Jose's Logan Couture returned from an injury to score in overtime and give the Sharks a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, cutting the deficit in their NHL second-round playoff series to 2-1. Also Saturday, Detroit beat Chicago to square their series at 1-1. San Jose had suffered a couple of galling defeats in the opening two rounds of the series, but they responded on Saturday in a game they could not afford to lose. "The transition from being down to, `Let's get ready to go,'...

Geelong lost its status as the last unbeaten team in the Australian Football League when Collingwood came from 13 points down to beat the Cats by six in the most-anticipated match of round eight. The Magpies notched their fifth victory of the year with four goals to Geelong's one in the final quarter to win 15.12 (102) to 14.12 (96) and enhance their premiership ambitions. The loss knocked the Cats out of first place. Hawthorn, which had a predictably one-sided win over Greater Western Sydney,...

Results of weekend Australian Rules football matches in the Australian Football League: Round 8 Carlton 16.13 (109), Port Adelaide 14.7 (91) Sydney 11.4 (70), Fremantle 9.16 (70) Collingwood 15.12 (102), Geelong 14.12 (96) Gold Coast 13.15 (93), Western Bulldogs 8.13 (61) Brisbane 14.12 (96), Essendon 12.14 (86) Hawthorn 21.14 (140), Greater Western Sydney 9.3 (57) West Coast 12.18 (90), North Melbourne 13.10 (88) Later Sunday: Richmond vs. Melbourne; Adelaide vs. St. Kilda

Test opener David Warner will face a Cricket Australia disciplinary hearing over comments he made on Twitter in terse and often angry exchanges with two journalists. Cricket Australia said in a statement Sunday that Warner was alleged to have breached a section of its Code of Behavior relating to "unbecoming behavior." Warner took to Twitter on Friday night from India to launch an expletive-filled attack on News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn after taking exception to an...

The New South Wales Waratahs beat ACT 28-22 in Saturday's rugged Australian derby, tipping the Brumbies off the top of the Super Rugby table and raising injury concerns for the Wallabies ahead of their test series against the British and Irish Lions. The Brumbies dropped from first to third place on the championship table after 14 rounds, leaving the Hamilton-based Chiefs, the defending champions, on top after their 17-12 win over the Hurricanes on Friday. The Pretoria-based Bulls moved up to...

Results Saturday from the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race at the 2.4-kilometer (1.5-mile) Charlotte Motor Speedway. (Start position in parentheses) 1. (18) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 90 laps, 117.2 rating, $1,039,175. 2. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 90, 101, $244,175. 3. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 90, 135.2, $144,175. 4. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 90, 109.3, $114,150. 5. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 90, 122.3, $109,150. 6. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 90, 85.3, $103,150. 7. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr.,...

Rugby convert Israel Folau has been named in the 25-man Wallabies squad to take on the British and Irish Lions in three test matches with Quade Cooper the most notable omission _ for now. Berrick Barnes, James O'Connor and Christian Lealiifano are the preferred flyhalf options for coach Robbie Deans, although six more players will be added on June 11 to complete the squad. Cooper continues to pay his price for criticizing the Wallabies and Deans last year with his "toxic environment," comment,...

Last-minute fortune seekers across the U.S. rushed to buy lottery tickets Saturday, undeterred by the astronomically low odds of winning a Powerball jackpot that could reach a near-historic $600 million. Saturday night's winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball of 11. Officials have not yet announced whether there is a winner. The chances of winning are 1 in 175.2 million. That's how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play. Lottery officials estimate...

Indiana moved into the NBA Eastern Conference finals with a 106-99 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday, with a Roy Hibbert block sparking a late 11-2 run that sealed a 4-2 series victory. Hibbert's block on Carmelo Anthony midway through the fourth quarter shifted the momentum of the game, with Lewis Stevenson the prime beneficiary, scoring nine of his 23 points during the run. "That's why they pay me the big bucks this summer, so I have to protect the paint," said Hibbert, who signed a...

A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, in a neighborhood long known as a bedrock of the gay rights movement. New York's police commissioner called the killing a hate crime. Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village and asked if they "want to die here," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. The violence follows a series...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Logan Couture scored a power-play goal 1:29 into overtime to help the San Jose Sharks bounce back from two losses in Los Angeles to beat the Kings 2-1 in Game 3 of their second-round series on Saturday night. Dan Boyle scored a power-play goal early in the first period and Antti Niemi made 26 saves for the Sharks, who got the penalty calls to go in their favor down the stretch. Rookie Tyler Toffoli scored the lone goal for the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings, who...

El dominicano David Ortiz atorment?? a su ex equipo con dos jonrones y seis carreras producidas en la paliza que los Medias Rojas propinaron el s??bado por 12-5 a los Mellizos de Minnesota. Dustin Pedroia consigui?? dos imparables, remolc?? una anotaci??n y tuvo dos bases por bolas, al ampliar a 10 partidos su racha con indiscutible. Daniel Nava tambi??n conect?? un vuelacerca para los Medias Rojas, que han ganado cuatro partidos consecutivos tras una mala racha en la que hab??an perdido 10 de...

Brandon McCarthy pitched a three-hitter for his first win since being struck in the head by a line drive last season, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Saturday night. Gerardo Parra led off the game with a home run for Arizona, which has won four in a row. Miami has dropped a season-worst seven straight games. McCarthy (1-3) struck out five and walked two while throwing 68 of 99 pitches for strikes in his third career shutout. He was hit in the head by an Erick Aybar...

Matt Joyce hit a big two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven innings. Joyce also homered and finished 3 for 5 with five RBIs. It was the third straight road victory for the Rays, all of them come-from-behind wins. Trailing 6-4, Kelly Johnson hit a one-out homer off Jim Johnson (1-4), whose club-record streak of 35 straight...

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Thursday, May 16 Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT, Boston leads series 1-0 Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Friday, May 17 Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh leads series 2-0 Saturday, May 18 Detroit 4, Chicago 1, series tied 1-1 San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT, Los Angeles leads series 2-1 Sunday, May 19 N.Y. Rangers at Boston Pittsburgh at Ottawa Monday, May 20 Chicago at Detroit Tuesday, May 21 Boston at N.Y. Rangers Los Angeles at San Jose

A New York college student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to a report of the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old Hofstra University student in a headlock, Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said. In a tense...

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NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Segura, Milwaukee, .361; Votto, Cincinnati, .346; CGomez, Milwaukee, .345; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .341; YMolina, St. Louis, .335; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .335; Scutaro, San Francisco, .331; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .331. RUNS_Choo, Cincinnati, 35; CGonzalez, Colorado, 35; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 33; Holliday, St. Louis, 32; JUpton, Atlanta, 32; Votto, Cincinnati, 32. RBI_Phillips, Cincinnati, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 35; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 35;...

Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 19, 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan. That same day, top U.S. and British officials meeting in Washington reached agreement on May 1, 1944 as the date for the D-Day invasion of France (the operation ended up being launched more than a month later)....

Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier is heading to India on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to expedite efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. China says Li Keqiang's choice of India for his first trip abroad since taking office in March shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. India claimed Chinese troops crossed the countries' de facto border April 15 and pitched camp in the...

A Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman says `Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said that deputies responding to the scene Thursday in West Hollywood found Furlong hiding in a nearby property. Jail records show he was released Saturday just after noon after being held on $100,000 bail. In March, the 35-year-old actor had been sentenced to six months in jail for violating his...

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels that ship by the boxful to Europe. Elsewhere in this town, industrial workshops and laboratories buzz with workers building everything from robots to microprocessors. Welcome to Fremont, California, a nondescript...

(Best-of-7) CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Wednesday, May 15 Miami 94, Chicago 91, Miami wins series 4-1 Memphis 88, Oklahoma City 84, Memphis wins series 4-1 Thursday, May 16 New York 85, Indiana 75 San Antonio 94, Golden State 82, San Antonio wins series 4-2 Saturday, May 18 Indiana 106, New York 99, Indiana wins series 4-2 (Best-of-7) CONFERENCE FINALS Sunday, May 19 Memphis at San Antonio Tuesday, May 21 Memphis at San Antonio Wednesday, May 22 Indiana at Miami

A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, the Mexico City attorney general's office said. The resolution begins the judicial process against David Hernandez Cruz and Manuel Alejandro Perez de Jesus, who worked at the Palace bar near Mexico City's popular Plaza Garibaldi. The men are accused of theft and homicide, and are being held in a Mexico City prison. Prosecutors say...

Geelong lost its status as the last unbeaten team in the Australian Football League when Collingwood came from 13 points down to beat the Cats by six in the most-anticipated match of round eight. The Magpies notched their fifth victory of the year with four goals to Geelong's one in the final quarter to win 15.12 (102) to 14.12 (96) and enhance their premiership ambitions. The loss knocked the Cats out of first place. Hawthorn, which had a predictably one-sided win over Greater Western Sydney,...

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy love song that is driven by her deep, Shakira-like voice. She received a total of 281 points in the glitzy music battle, which also featured a bizarre opera pop...

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. About 50 to 60 people suffered injuries ranging from critical to superficial, but no fatalities were reported. Three of the worst injured were flown by helicopter to area hospitals. Their conditions weren't immediately available. Another 12 to 15 victims were taken to hospitals by ambulance...

Jamie McMurray won NASCAR's Sprint Showdown to transfer into the $1 million All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished second Saturday in the 40-lap race to earn the second transfer spot, and Danica Patrick moved into the 22-car field by winning the fan vote. McMurray dominated both 20-lap segments to earn a spot in the Sprint All-Star race for the first time since 2011. It's only his seventh time making the All-Star race. "If you're a full-time Sprint Cup guy and...

Results of Saturday's qualifying for the Indy 500, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With rank, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses: 1. (20) Ed Carpenter, 2 minutes 37.3689 seconds (228.762 mph) 2. (26) Carlos Munoz, 2:37.6581 (228.342) 3. (25) Marco Andretti, 2:37.7139 (228.261) 4. (5) EJ Viso, 2:37.7907 (228.150) 5. (2) AJ Allmendinger, 2:37.8264 (228.099) 6. (12) Will Power, 2:37.8342 (228.087) 7. (1) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2:37.9614 (227.904)...

Anna Nordqvist had what she described as her first "really good putting day" since 2009 and shot a course-record 61 on Saturday in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. South Korea's Chella Choi shot her second straight 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Nordqvist, who is seeking her first win since capturing the LPGA Championship and season-ending LPGA Tour Championship as a rookie in 2009. "I just felt like I tried to trust myself and trust my line and just...

Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead going into the final day. Konig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 149.8-kiometer (91.4-mile) stage from Livermore to Mount Diablo in 3 hours, 54 minutes, 17 seconds. Acevedo, the Jamis-Hagens Berman...

Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys _ and a dropped shot on the 18th for the third-straight day _ to maintain his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship with 2-under 68 in the third round Saturday. Bradley had a 13-under 197 total for a one-stroke lead over Sang-Moon Bae (66) and two-shot advantage over Tom Gillis (67). On Sunday, Bradley will be trying to win at TPC Four Seasons for the second time in three years. He could also become the Nelson's first wire-to-wire winner since Tom Watson...

Leading results at the Tour of California after Saturday's seventh of eight stages, a 145.8-kilometer (91.4-mile) race from Livermore to Danville. Stage 7 1. Leopold Konig (NetApp-Endura), Czech Republic, 3 hours, 54 minutes, 17 seconds. 2. Janier Acevedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman), Colombia, 3:54:24. 3. Tejay van Garderen (BMC), United States, 3:54:29. 4. Michael Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff), Australia, same time. 5. Mathias Frank (BMC), Switzerland, 3:54:40. 6. Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard),...

Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1834 - Sikhs capture Peshawar from British in India. 1854 - France and Britain occupy Piraeus after declaring blockade of Greece for attempting to attack Turkey. 1865 - Surrender of last Confederate troops at Shreveport, Louisiana, ends U.S. Civil War. 1868 - The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal as the Senate is one vote short...

The New South Wales Waratahs beat ACT 28-22 in Saturday's rugged Australian derby, tipping the Brumbies off the top of the Super Rugby table and raising injury concerns for the Wallabies ahead of their test series against the British and Irish Lions. The Brumbies dropped from first to third place on the championship table after 14 rounds, leaving the Hamilton-based Chiefs, the defending champions, on top after their 17-12 win over the Hurricanes on Friday. The Pretoria-based Bulls moved up to...

Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided outside New York City, saying Saturday it's amazing that no one was killed. Authorities said the accident was not the result of foul play, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident. Seventy-two people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after the crash, which damaged the tracks and threatened to...

The South Sydney Rabbitohs overwhelmed the Wests Tigers to emphatically demonstrate why they are in first place after 10 rounds of the National Rugby League season. Greg Inglis scored four of his side's 10 tries, including a 95-meter effort, as Souths led 38-4 at halftime and beat Wests 54-10 to improve their record to nine wins in 10 matches. It was the Tigers' seventh loss in a row. The win gives the Rabbitohs 18 points and a two-point edge over the Sydney Roosters, who kept pace with a 12-8...

David Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation _ for the last time in front of a home crowd at a football game. A clearly emotional Beckham was mobbed by his teammates on the field when coach Carlo Ancelotti decided to substitute him in the 81st minute of a 3-1 win over Brest on Saturday, giving him a customary sendoff in his last home game before retiring. Even goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu ran out to congratulate the former England captain...

Legislators in Guyana say they won't approve a crucial anti-money laundering bill until more safeguards against corruption are added to the measure. The two parties that together have a one-seat majority in Parliament say they are seeking the creation of a commission to oversee contracts and tenders, as well as an expansion of the state's financial intelligence unit and the appointment of independent experts. Opposition spokesman Khemraj Ramjattan accused the government on Saturday of sitting...

Elche will play in Spain's first division next season after securing promotion on Saturday. Elche is guaranteed of a top-two finish in the second division _ and automatic promotion _ after Alcorcon was held to a 1-1 draw at Barcelona B on Saturday. The last time Elche played in the top flight was 1989. Besides the top two finishers, the teams finishing in third through sixth place face a two-round playoff to decide the third team to go up. The other teams currently in contention for promotion...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham as he scored two goals to lead French champion Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest on Saturday. Beckham, who announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the season, captained PSG in his last ever home game and played a part in the first goal before setting up the second for midfielder Blaise Matuidi with a well-taken corner. "I think it was fair to choose him as captain for the final match. All the players...

Real Sociedad came back to win 2-1 at Sevilla and Valencia beat Getafe 1-0 on Saturday as both teams remained locked on points in their fight for a fourth-place finish in the Spanish league. Sociedad remained ahead of fifth-place Valencia on head-to-head goal difference and in control of Spain's last Champions League spot with two rounds to go. The Basque side fell behind 10 minutes in at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium when Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitic slotted in a back pass from Geoffrey Kondogbia....

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby. A narrow ash plume extends a couple of hundred miles southeast from the volcano, which is 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, said Geologist Chris Waythomas of the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The eruption that began Monday seemed to be slowing on Saturday, but Waythomas said that could change at...

Sampdoria became the only team to beat Juventus twice in the league under Antonio Conte as it secured a 3-2 victory over the newly-crowned Serie A champion on Saturday. Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi helped Sampdoria come from behind after Fabio Quagliarella had scored against his old team. Emanuele Giaccherini reduced the deficit in stoppage time. Juventus striker Nicklas Bendtner fractured his wrist in the game and will have an operation on Sunday. "I want to say a great thanks...

Brazilian organizers have delivered the last stadium for next month's Confederations Cup. The Estadio Nacional in Brasilia was inaugurated on Saturday, just a few weeks before it will host the opener of the warm-up tournament among continental champions. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff participated in the ceremonial kickoff to officially open the 70,000-capacity venue in the nation's capital. Local clubs Brasiliense and Brasilia later played the first match at the stadium. "These six stadiums...

Scoring summaries from 14th-round matches in Super Rugby: ______ Chiefs 17 (Tanerau Latimer try; Aaron Cruden 4 penalties), Hurricanes 12 (Beauden Barrett 4 penalties). HT: 12-9. Melbourne 30 (Scott Higginbotham, Hugh Pyle, penalty try; Jason Woodward 3 conversions, 3 penalties), Stormers 21 (Andries Bekker, Bryan Habana, Louis Schreuder tries; Joe Pietersen 3 conversions). HT: 13-14. Sharks 23 (Keegan Daniel, Riaan Viljoen tries; Patrick Lambie 2 conversions, 3 penalties), Western Force 13...

Switzerland added the United States to its list of upsets at the ice hockey world championship, and is now just one more win away its first gold medal. The Swiss stunned the U.S. 3-0 on Saturday, setting up a final against co-host Sweden and guaranteeing the team a first world championship medal in 60 years. Sweden beat Nordic rival and fellow co-host Finland 3-0 in the earlier semifinal and is looking to become the first home team to win the tournament in nearly three decades. Switzerland has...

Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando. The massive production, which requires 31 trucks' worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star. McCartney performed the show to a sold-out crowd of 55,000 people in Brazil earlier this month, performing "Band on the Run", "Hey Jude", "Yesterday" and "Let It Be." He will perform at Orlando's Amway Center on...

Many consider playground basketball to be the truest expression of the sport. It's basketball without referees, coaches or sneaker deals. Anyone can play, so long as they call "Next." A new documentary, "Doin' it in the Park," is a loving ode to the blacktop world of New York City pick-up basketball. With more than 700 courts, it's the mecca of pick-up basketball, featuring places like Rucker Park in Harlem and the West 4th St. court, a kind of fish bowl of nonstop basketball on view for commuters...

Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Saturday in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series. It was a strong response by the Red Wings after Chicago handled them easily in the series opener, 4-1. Just as the Blackhawks did in Game 1, Detroit took control in the second period and put the game away in the third. Now, the Red Wings have a chance to take the lead when this series between Original Six rivals...

Saturday At Thracian Cliffs Golf and Beach Club Kavarna, Bulgaria Yardage: 7,291; Par: 72 Fourth Round Branden Grace, South Africa, def. Brett Rumford, Australia, 4 and 3 Chris Wood, England, def. Richard Sterne, South Africa, 5 and 3 Francesco Molinari, Italy, def. Carl Pettersson, Sweden, 6 and 4 Thomas Aiken, South Africa, def. Shane Lowry, Ireland, 19 holes Scott Jamieson, Scotland, def. Felipe Aguilar, Chile, 1 up Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand, def. Peter Hanson, Sweden, 21 holes Nicolas...

Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Fraser-Pryce, a two-time Olympic champ, ran 10.93 seconds to beat Blessing Okagbare and defending world champion Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back for several seconds before being carried off on a stretcher....

New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people. Police this week arrested two brothers and charged them with 20 counts each of attempted second-degree murder. They're accused of firing into a second-line parade, scattering the crowd and wounding 19 with gunfire. One person was hurt fleeing the chaos. In a second-line parade, watchers...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong. Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. But he said inventors have only scratched the surface of the commercial applications that can be obtained in such fields as medicine and clean energy....