SAN DIEGO (AP) — John Lindsey has finally reached the big leagues after 15 years in the minors.
The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased Lindsey's contract from Triple-A Albuquerque on Monday. The 33-year-old first baseman spent time in the minors with four …
Andy Murray brushed past Igor Andreev 6-1, 6-0 as Britain beat Russia 2-1 on Friday to claim a spot in the final of the Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis event.
Elena Dementieva squared it at 1-1 when she beat 15-year-old Laura Robson 6-4, 6-0 but Murray teamed with Robson to beat Andreev and Dementieva 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6) in an exciting mixed doubles climax.
Britain comfortably took the first set of the decisive doubles and led by a break in the second but the tie pivoted on a knife edge before Murray's consistency and Robson's tenacity saw Britian to the narrowest of victories.
The British pair had to win to earn the right to face Spain, which …
Sara Lee Corp. agreed to buy Quaker Oats Co.'s Continental Coffeeunit, as it seeks to sell more coffee and tea to U.S. restaurants,cafeterias, shopping club stores and other food-service accounts.
Financial terms weren't disclosed. Continental Coffee, with aroasting factory in Houston, has about $149 million in sales underthe Continental, Cafe Continental, World's Best, Snowman, MarylandClub, Churchill, Butternut and Gold Coast brands. The purchase isexpected to be completed in September.
Chicago-based Sara Lee said it would merge Continental Coffeeinto its U.S.-based Superior Coffee unit, which had about $500million in annual revenue, which represents almost all …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department says it has agreed with North Korea to resume — after a six-year break — the search for remains of U.S. servicemen unaccounted for from the Korean War.
The deal was made Thursday after three days of negotiations in Bangkok.
The U.S. and North Korea began working together on the recovery of U.S. war remains in 1996. But in 2005 the …
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday named a special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan charged with strengthening France's role in supporting both countries in their fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida.
Pierre Lellouche, the new envoy, is a specialist in international strategic affairs and a lawmaker from Sarkozy's ruling UMP party. Sarkozy's move follows the United States, Great Britain and Germany, which named special envoys to Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year.
"We have decided to engage more firmly with the allies in the fight against terrorism," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told a news conference with …
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Boston 31 22 .585 - - 6-4 W-3 17-6 14-16
New York 31 22 .585 - - 6-4 L-1 15-10 16-12
Toronto 30 25 .545 2 2 3-7 L-1 19-8 11-17
Tampa Bay 27 28 .491 5 5 4-6 W-2 15-11 12-17
Baltimore 24 29 .453 7 7 6-4 L-1 16-13 8-16
Central Division
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Detroit 28 23 .549 - - 4-6 L-2 15-9 13-14
Minnesota 26 28 .481 31/2 51/2 5-5 L-1 20-12 6-16
Chicago 25 27 .481 31/2 51/2 6-4 L-2 13-12 12-15
Kansas City 23 29 .442 51/2 71/2 2-8 L-6 15-15 8-14
Cleveland 23 32 .418 7 9 6-4 W-1 12-14 11-18
West Division
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WASHINGTON - Air quality regulators in at least 22 states have concluded that the Bush administration's approach to cutting mercury pollution from coal-burning power plants is too weak and are pursuing tougher measures of their own.
Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin that accumulates in fish and poses the greatest risk of nerve and brain damage to pregnant women, women of childbearing age and young children. Emissions of mercury total about 48 tons a year, most of it in the form of air pollution that winds up in waterways.
The trend of states bucking the Bush administration became apparent Friday, the deadline for states to submit their plans for reducing toxic mercury …
