• New Britain Rock Cats 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
  • Trenton Thunder 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
  • Vanderbilt's Thornton to Transfer School
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Leading rebounder Brian Thornton is leaving Vanderbilt, coach Kevin Stallings said Saturday.
  • Recap: LA Lakers 110, Spurs 95 / May 10
    LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Devean George led a hot start and Kobe Bryant fueled a dominant finish.
  • Preview: Western Conference finals Game One / May 10
    ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) -- One of the most improbable series in NHL history begins Saturday afternoon as the Minnesota Wild host the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Game One of the Western Conference finals.
  • Friday's Sports Transactions [May 10]
    DETROIT TIGERS--Purchased the contract of LHP Steve Avery from Toledo of the IL. Assigned RHP Matt Anderson to Toledo.
  • Mexican League Standings through May 9
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  • Germany won't make EU budget deficit limit: finance minister
    BERLIN, May 10 (AFP) - Germany will not be able to trim its budget deficit to meet European Union limits in 2003, Finance Minister Hans Eichel said in a interview to be published Monday, admitting Berlin could not keep its pledge to rein in spending and balance its budget within three years.
  • Syria ready for negotiations with Israel: government daily
    DAMASCUS, May 10 (AFP) - Syria is ready to open negotiations with Israel, the government daily Tishrin said Saturday, following a call by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for talks without preconditions.
  • Jordan supports lifting of UN sanctions on Iraq: FM
    AMMAN, May 10 (AFP) - Jordan favours lifting UN sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1990, Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher told AFP Saturday.
  • Body of Abducted Tenn. Student Found
    MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The body of a missing student was found along a highway in the Great Smoky Mountains after police arrested her alleged stalker and killer.
  • Rio de Janeiro gripped by fear as police and drug gangs battle
    RIO DE JANEIRO, May 10 (AFP) - From sweltering favelas to swank suburbs, residents of Rio are growing increasingly fearful of drug-related violence -- and some observers are blaming the police.
  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays Attendance Comparison / May 10
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  • Seattle Mariners Attendance Report through May 10
  • For Games of 05/09/03 / May 10
    MINOR LEAGUE DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
  • PCL Scoreboard as of 00:41 a.m. / May 10
  • Super League result
  • Croatian league table
    ZAGREB, May 10 (AFP) - Croatian football league table after Saturday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
  • China warns against complacency despite drop in new SARS cases
    BEIJING, May 10 (AFP) - China's leadership warned Saturday against complacency in the battle against SARS arising from an apparent drop in new cases of the pneumonia-like respiratory illness.
  • Egyptian policeman snubs huge bribe, nabs antiques smugglers
    CAIRO, May 10 (AFP) - A police officer refused a massive one million pound bribe from smugglers to allow them to steal pharaonic artifacts from a southern Egyptian town, the official Al-Ahram newspaper said Saturday.
  • Religious Shiites will be asked to leave Baghdad hospitals: officials
    BAGHDAD, May 10 (AFP) - Religious Shiite Muslims in control of several Baghdad hospitals will be asked to turn them over peacefully, US and Iraqi health officials said Saturday.
  • Dozens Dead, Homes Destroyed by Twisters
    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- It was the most active week of tornadoes on record as scores of twisters ripped across the nation's midsection, reducing hundreds of homes and businesses to splinters and piles of loose bricks, meteorologists said Saturday.
  • More than 300 riot in China's Tianjin over SARS observation center
    BEIJING, May 10 (AFP) - More than 300 people have rioted against the construction of a SARS observation center in north China's Tianjin municipality, state media said Saturday.
  • 2-Time Indy Champ Luyendyk OK'd to Drive
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk was cleared to drive Saturday, a day after he hurt his back when he crashed into a wall during practice.
  • Oakland Athletics Attendance Report through May 10
  • Tulsa (Rocikes) 10, Arkansas (Angels) 2 / May 10
    LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Ticker) -- Jorge Piedra, Cory Sullivan and Matt Holliday each launched a two-run homer as the Tulsa Drillers defeated the Arkansas Travelers, 10-2. Piedra opened the scoring in the first inning with his fifth home run of the year before Sullivan capped a four-run rally in the fourth with his second ...
  • May 10 NBA Summaries
  • Wachovia Championship third-round scores
  • Derby probe may add Empire Maker to Preakness field / May 10
    LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Ticker) - Some sleight of hand has led to a change of heart.
  • Under-fire Hoddle vows to reverse Spurs slump
    LONDON, May 10 (AFP) - Glenn Hoddle on Saturday hit back at his critics by blaming perennial under-achievers Spurs' inability to make a bigger impact on the Premiership on persistent injury problems.
  • Juventus win Italian league title
    ROME, May 10 (AFP) - Juventus won the Italian league title on Saturday despite being held to a 2-2 draw by Perugia at the Delle Alpi stadium.
  • Recap: Columbia 5, ATLANTIC CITY 3 / May 10
    ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Barrie Moore and Robin Carruthers both tallied twice in the third period to help the Columbia Inferno defeat the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, 5-3, and win its first game in the best-of-seven Kelly Cup Finals. Moore tied the game at 3-3 when he scored a shorthanded goal with 3:55 ...
  • WHO says Chinese SARS data still leaves much to be desired
    BEIJING, May 10 (AFP) - The World Health Organization said Saturday that Chinese data on the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome still left much to be desired.
  • Philippines orders hardline, diplomatic campaign against Muslim rebels
    MANILA, May 10 (AFP) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Saturday ordered a hardline campaign against Muslim separatists, including a diplomatic offensive to persuade Islamic nations to stop backing the guerrillas.
  • Body Found near Creek in Santa Rosa
    The Sonoma County Fire Department reports it received a call at around 5:30 p.m. today of a body near the creek at 55 Mission Blvd. in Santa Rosa.
  • Homicide Investigation Underway in S.F.
    The death of a person found in a San Francisco home today is being investigated as a homicide.
  • Weather Forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area
    The National Weather Service forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area today calls for mostly sunny skies.
  • Minnesota Twins Attendance Report through May 10
  • Detroit Tigers Team Report / May 10
    Last Game: 3-1 loss at Tampa Bay, May 10 Streak: Lost 2
  • San Diego Padres 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
  • Norwich Navigators 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
  • EL Standings through May 10
  • Hurt Seve saddened by attack from fellow pros
    THE BELFRY, England, May 10 (AFP) - A hurt and upset Seve Ballesteros said Saturday he had been saddened after a scathing attack from his fellow pros earlier in the week.
  • Sweden dethrone Slovakia to meet Canada in the final
    HELSINKI, May 9 (AFP) - Olympic champions Canada and Sweden both claimed their world icehockey championship final places, beating Czech Republic (8-4) and Slovakia (4-1) respectively here on Friday.
  • NHL Box Scores from May 10
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  • 2003 German Open seeds / May 10
    The status of seeded players at the 2003 German Open in Berlin:
  • British catering giant Compass moves into Tunisia
    TUNIS, May 10 (AFP) - British catering giant Compass Group is moving into Tunisia where it has won a government contract to modernise the country's airport restaurants, a Tunisian source said on Saturday.
  • Fla. Wife Charged With Harming Husband
    STUART, Fla. (AP) -- A woman was arrested for dousing herself with perfume, spraying the house with bug killer and disinfectant, and burning scented candles in an attempt to seriously injure her chemically sensitive husband, prosecutors said.
  • WHO: Beijing's SARS Data Seriously Flawed
    BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing has not explained how half of its SARS patients caught the virus, hindering efforts to slow the highly contagious illness in the world's most populous nation, the World Health Organization said Saturday.
  • Oakland Athletics Team Report / May 10
    Last Game: 7-2 win vs. NY Yankees, May 9 Streak: Won 2
  • Boston Red Sox 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
  • St Louis Cardinals 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
  • NL Expanded Win-Loss Breakdown through May 10
  • Norfolk Tides 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
  • Actor Jack Nicholson spars with refs over Shaq's foul call
    LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 (AFP) - Actor Jack Nicholson played the role of the villain on the basketball court, getting into a heated exchange with the officials during the Los Angeles Lakers playoff game on Friday.
  • National Hockey League playoff results
  • Aga hoping Derby hopes come to the boil
    PARIS, May 10 (AFP) - The Aga Khan could be forgiven on Sunday if his mind is in two places as he fields his English and French Derby hopes at Leopardstown and here at Longchamp.
  • Sri Lanka stop Pakistan at 199 as Murali strikes
    DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, May 10 (AFP) - Star off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed three wickets as Sri Lanka restricted Pakistan to a modest 199-8 in the opening match of the triangular one-day series here on Saturday.
  • AFL 2 Scoreboard as of 08:44 p.m. / May 10
  • I would never sell Beckham says Eriksson
    LONDON, May 10 (AFP) - England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson would never sell David Beckham if he was manager of Manchester United the Swede told the BBC on Saturday.
  • Straw condemns Interpol appointment of Zimbabwean police chief
    LONDON, May 10 (AFP) - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Saturday that the appointment of Zimbabwe's police chief as honorary vice-president of the international police agency Interpol was an "insult" to the victims of Robert Mugabe's oppressive regime.
  • Racehorses die as French jet crashes on track
    MONT-DE-MARSAN, France, May 10 (AFP) - Two racehorses died as a result of injuries when a French fighter jet crashed on a racecourse here Saturday, officials said.
  • Target Cuts Part-Time Workers' Benefits
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Target Corp. is dropping paid vacation and health care coverage for store employees who work an average 20 hours a week or less.
  • New Zealanders face chilly homes as winter power shortage looms
    AUCKLAND, May 10 (AFP) - New Zealanders are facing a bleak winter, with electricity blackouts and cold showers likely as the power supply dwindles after rainfall lower than that needed to keep hydropower reservoirs topped up.
  • Steven Tyler Gets Honorary Doctorate
    BOSTON (AP) -- Years ago, Steven Tyler and his bandmates would drive by the Berklee College of Music after playing a midnight set at a local bar for beer.
  • Additional Murder Charged to Oakland 'Nut Case' Gang
    Five men and a woman who call themselves the "Nut Case'' gang appeared today in Alameda County Superior Court, where they delayed entering pleas to charges stemming from five Oakland murders and a rash of armed robberies and other violent crimes.
  • Preview: Blue Jays (16-20) at Angels (17-17) 10:05 p.m. EDT / May 10
    ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- The Anaheim Angels can match their longest winning streak of the season and move over .500 on Saturday when they continue a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Edison International Field.
  • Boston Red Sox Team Report / May 9
    Last Game: 5-0 loss at MIN, May 9 Streak: Lost 1
  • New York Yankees Team Report / May 10
    Last Game: 5-2 win at Oakland, May 10 Streak: Won 1
  • South Atlantic League Standings through May 9
  • Preview: Charter Pipeline 250 / May 10
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  • Olympic security beefed up for Australian athletes
    SYDNEY, May 10 (AFP) - The threat of becoming a "soft target" for terrorists in Athens has forced the Australian Olympic Committee to introduce unprecedented levels of security for next year's Games, the AOC said on Saturday.
  • Stanford Dunks Indiana 13-2 in Water Polo
    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Lauren Boreta scored three goals, and Hannah Luber and Lauren Faust two each to lead top-seeded Stanford to a 13-2 victory Saturday over Indiana in the opening NCAA Division I water polo semifinal match.
  • Bayern score six but relegation looms for Leverkusen
    BERLIN, May 10 (AFP) - Having wrapped up the title with something to spare Bayern Munich smacked six goals past Hertha Berlin on Saturday, winning 6-3 in the capital with Brazilian Giovane Elber hitting a hattrick on his 250th Bundesliga appearance.
  • Recap: MetroStars 1, DC United 0 / May 10
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  • European MP calls for conditional aid to boost Sri Lanka peace bid
    COLOMBO, May 10 (AFP) - A European parliamentarian Saturday urged international donors to Sri Lanka to attach "stringent conditions" in a bid to strengthen the island's foundering peace process.
  • Independence-minded Montenegro set to choose a president
    PODGORICA, Serbia and Montenegro, May 11 (AFP) - Montenegro should on Sunday finally elect a new president, whose delicate task will be to preserve a pro-independence goal for the tiny Balkan republic without provoking the ire of the European Union.
  • Elegant Illusions, Inc. Reports First Quarter Earnings
    PACIFIC GROVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2003--Elegant Illusions, Inc., (Nasdaq:EILL.PK), today reported earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003. The Company reported a profit of $35,018 on $2,383,632. For the same quarter 2002 the Company reported a loss of ($24,499) on revenues of $2,367,623. First ...
  • Arab world more interested in peace process than US-Mideast free trade zone
    CAIRO, May 10 (AFP) - Arab states gave mixed reviews to US President George W. Bush's offer of a regional free-trade zone for the Middle East, with some dismissing it as a public relations exercise.
  • Coco Planners Approve Ban on Super-Sized Grocers
    The Contra Costa County Planning Commission voted 5 to 2 Tuesday in favor of a ban on super-sized retail and grocery stores like Wal-Mart that are blamed for low prices, low wages and low tax revenues.
  • Detroit Tigers 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
  • Colorado Rockies 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
  • St. Louis Cardinals Team Report / May 10
    Last Game: 3-2 loss (10 innings) at the Chicago Cubs, May 10 Streak: Lost 1
  • NL Standings through May 10
  • Kinko's Classic second-round scores / May 10
    Second-round scores from the $1,600,000 Kinko's Classic, played from May 9-11 at Austin, Texas.
  • 2002-03 Spanish Primera Division Soccer Standings / May 10
  • NL Baseball Schedule for May 10
  • Jubilant Juve ready for Real deal
    ROME, May 11 (AFP) - Juventus coach Marcello Lippi believes his newly-crowned Italian champions have nothing to fear when they take on European champions Real Madrid on Wednesday.
  • Anastasia Myskina 2003 win-loss record / May 10
    WTA Tour Tournaments Played: 9
  • South Korea's Roh to meet Bush at summit
    SEOUL, May 10 (AFP) - South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, little known outside his own country, steps on to the world stage next week for a crucial White House summit with US counterpart George W. Bush.
  • Chinese city cracks down on spitting to curb SARS spread
    BEIJING, May 11 (AFP) - China's southern Guangzhou city has dispatched 1, 000 sanitary workers to patrol the streets for people spitting in an effort to curb the spread of SARS, state media said Sunday.
  • Taiwan reports five more SARS deaths, 23 new cases
    TAIPEI, May 10 (AFP) - Taiwan's health authorities Saturday reported five more deaths from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and 23 new cases, taking the toll to 18 from 172 infections.
  • Azerbaijan's Aliyev marks 80th birthday in hospital: official
    BAKU, May 10 (AFP) - Azerbaijan President Heidar Aliyev marked his 80th birthday Saturday with his family in the Turkish clinic where he is undergoing treatment, his chief of staff said.
  • As Saddam goes, so does bonus for Iraq civil servants
    BAGHDAD, May 10 (AFP) - One of the favourite cash perks of Iraqi civil servants, the "Saddam bonus", has now gone the way of his fallen regime, a US official said here on Saturday.
  • Recap: Indians 6, Rangers 4 / May 10
    ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- On Alex Rodriguez Bobblehead Night, it was newly acquired Texas pitcher Alan Benes who was left shaking his head as the Cleveland Indians posted a 6-4 triumph over the Rangers.
  • Kansas City Royals Attendance Comparison through May 10
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  • NL Scoreboard as of 02:58 p.m. / May 10
  • Indianapolis Indians 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
  • Recap: New Orleans (Astros) at OMAHA (Royals) (PPD, Rain) / May 10
    OMAHA, Nebraska (Ticker) -- The contest between the New Orleans Zephyrs and the Omaha Royals was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on May 12.
  • Price leads inaugural Wachovia Championship / May 10
    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) - Nick Price owns a one-stroke advantage heading into Saturday's third round at the $5.6 million Wachovia Championship.
  • Lewis Jr. starts from first Busch Series pole / May 10
    MADISON, Illinois (Ticker) - Ashton Lewis Jr. will start from his first career Busch Series pole in Saturday's Charter Pipeline 250 at Gateway International Raceway.