• US envoy 'cautiously optimistic' on India-Pakistan normalisation
    NEW DELHI, May 10 (AFP) - US envoy Richard Armitage said Saturday he was "cautiously optimistic" that India and Pakistan were on a path to normalise relations, after talks with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
  • Solano Co. Jail Inmate Dies after Apparently Choking on Food
    An inmate at the Solano County Justice Center Detention Facility in Fairfield died this morning after he apparently choked on his breakfast, the Solano County Sheriff's Department said this afternoon.
  • 3 in Hospital After W. Va. Deck Collapse
    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A second-story deck filled with college students celebrating the end of the school year collapsed and injured 17 people.
  • Suspected rebels kill seven Muslims, including couple, in Kashmir
    SRINAGAR, India, May 10 (AFP) - Suspected Muslim rebels shot dead three activists of Indian Kashmir's ruling party and four other Muslims believed to have worked with security forces, including a couple, police said Saturday.
  • Returning Iraqi Shiite leader rallies supporters but tries to reassure foes
    BASRA, Iraq, May 10 (AFP) - Iraq's most prominent Shiite Muslim leader struck a careful balance Saturday as he returned from 23 years in exile, rallying supporters, who paid dearly under Saddam Hussein's regime, but trying to reassure other ethnic and religious groups.
  • AL Injury Report / May 10
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  • FIBA Considers Moving Hoops Junior Worlds
    GENEVA (AP) -- The international basketball federation is considering moving the men's junior world basketball championships from Malaysia to Greece because of fears over the SARS virus.
  • Webber Will Sit Out When Kings Face Mavs
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The Sacramento Kings' depth has been tested all season. Now, the Kings must dig deeper than ever before. Sacramento's quest for the franchise's first NBA title in 52 years was staggered Friday when the Kings learned Chris Webber probably will miss the rest of the playoffs.
  • How the 2002-03 Serie A title race unfolded
    ROME, May 10 (AFP) - Highlights of this season's Serie A title race that finished Saturday with Juventus claiming their 27th Scudetto:
  • Conservatives Seek Curb on Military Moms
    With one single mother from the U.S. Army killed in Iraq and another wounded and captured, some conservatives are urging the military to halt its march toward gender equality and restrict the deployment of mothers in war zones.
  • Iraqi health chief refuses to renounce Baath party
    BAGHDAD, May 10 (AFP) - Iraq's controversial US-appointed interim health chief caused a firestorm Saturday when he refused to publicly renounce the Baath party of former strongman Saddam Hussein.
  • US hands out emergency cash to Iraq civil servants
    BAGHDAD, May 10 (AFP) - US officials in Baghdad on Saturday doled out around 65,000 dollars in emergency payments for Iraqi civil servants who have not received their April salaries because of the war.
  • Midwest to Get More Severe Weather
    Nasty weather continued to lash the nation's midsection early Saturday, while a second damaging tornado moved through Oklahoma City late Friday -- the second in as many nights.
  • Key Shiite Muslim Leader Returns to Iraq
    BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- Greeted by fervent flower-throwing admirers, the leader of Iraq's largest Shiite Muslim group returned triumphantly to his U.S.-occupied homeland Saturday after two decades in Iranian exile and immediately called for creating a "modern Islamic regime."
  • Saturday's Baseball Transactions / May 10
    Chicago Cubs - Placed outfielder Sammy Sosa on the 15-day disabled list with an infected toe; recalled pitcher Todd Wellemyer from Iowa of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
  • Milwaukee Brewers Team Report / May 10
    Last Game: 9-3 win at Cincinnati, May 10 Streak: Won 1
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  • Ducks, Senators win openers in NHL conference finals / May 10
    JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Ticker) - To win the opening games of their respective NHL conference finals, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim went with a playoff-tested script while the Ottawa Senators dusted off one that worked in the regular season.
  • Greek athlete tests positive
    ATHENS, May 9 (AFP) - Greek athlete Maria Tsirba tested positive for the stimulant ephedrine at the 2003 world indoor athletics championships in Birmingham, England, the Greek athletics federation said on Friday.
  • World championship: Slovakia 4 Czech Republic 2
  • Seve losing sleep following tirade / May 10
    BIRMINGHAM, England (Ticker) - Seve Ballesteros on Saturday revealed he has not slept for three or four days due to the furor over last week's tirade against the European Tour.
  • Super League table
    LONDON, May 10 (AFP) - Super League table after Saturday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, points for, points against, total points):
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  • 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 ...
  • 3,000 protest in Kathmandu against king
    KATHMANDU, May 10 (AFP) - More than 3,000 demonstrators from Nepal's leading political parties marched through Kathmandu on Saturday to protest King Gyanendra's dismissal of the elected parliament last year.
  • Icelandic PM Oddsson enters general election with narrow lead in polls
    REYKJAVIK, May 10 (AFP) - Icelanders vote in general elections on Saturday with conservative Prime Minister David Oddsson, already the longest-serving European leader in office, tipped to win a fourth term but with sharply reduced support in parliament.
  • Trial of Colombian drug lord opens window into drug world
    MIAMI, May 10 (AFP) - The trial of accused Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa over the past week in a federal courthouse here has opened a window into the complex and secretive world of drug trafficking.
  • Bosnian Serb officials and army protecting Karadzic: top government official
    BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, May 10 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb police and army are helping hide the fugitive war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, said Saturday the Muslim vice president of the Bosnian Serb entity, the first top official in Republika Srpska (RS) to lodge such an accusation.
  • Boston Red Sox Attendance Report through May 10
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  • Trio share lead at Benson and Hedges International / May 10
    SUTTON COLDFIELD, England (Ticker) - Englishman Paul Casey, Ireland's Padraig Harrington and New Zealander Stephen Scahill share the lead entering the last round - indeed the last day ever - of the Benson and Hedges International Open.
  • Wolves at the door of the Premiership
    WOLVERHAMPTON, England, May 10 (AFP) - Wolves came from a goal down to beat Reading 2-1 in their play-off semi-final, first leg here on Saturday.
  • Five injured as bomb explodes in Pakistani bus
    KARACHI, May 10 (AFP) - A bomb exploded in a passenger bus on Saturday, injuring five people in the southern Pakistani city of Hyderabad, police said.
  • Lithuanian EU referendum outcome in question: election official
    VILNIUS, May 10 (AFP) - The head of Lithuania's election commission said that a referendum on EU entry could fail unless turnout picks up on the second day of voting on Sunday.
  • Rome's Colosseum crowd hails McCartney
    ROME, May 11 (AFP) - Paul McCartney didn't quite bring the house down at Rome's Colosseum, history has beaten him to that, but the former Beatle gave the 400 people who forked out up to 1,000 euros a ticket a night to remember Saturday.
  • Polls close in Iceland amid expected record turnout
    REYKJAVIK, May 10 (AFP) - Voting in Iceland's general election ended Saturday, amid expectation of a high turnout, with Prime Minister David Oddsson looking set for a fourth consecutive term in office.
  • Excerpts of Remarks by Iraqi Ayatollah
    Quotes from a speech in Basra by Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, head of the largest anti-Saddam Shiite Muslim organization, after returning to Iraq from more than 20 years of exile in Iran. The comments were made in Arabic and translated by The Associated Press:
  • Assembly Votes to Lower Childcare Age Limit for Kindergarteners
    Members of the state Assembly voted unanimously today to lower an age limit that makes it difficult for some kindergarteners to enroll in childcare.
  • 20 killed in last month ahead of India state village polls
    CALCUTTA, India, May 10 (AFP) - Security in the east Indian state of West Bengal was stepped up ahead of local elections, after pre-poll violence claimed at least 20 lives, officials said Saturday.
  • Thai sailor arrested for killing compatriot in the Philippines
    ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, May 10 (AFP) - A Thai crewmember of a cargo ship was arrested after he allegedly shot dead another Thai sailor at a village in this southern Philippine port city, police officials said Saturday.
  • Orlando Rays 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
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  • INDIANAPOLIS (Brewers) 5, Buffalo (Indians) 1 / May 10
    INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Nate Teut threw six-plus strong innings to lead the Indianapolis Indians over the Buffalo Bisons, 5-1. Teut (1-1) allowed a run and six hits, striking out and walking three, in 6 1/3 innings for the win. Keith Luuloa ripped an RBI double and Steve Scarborough added a two-run single in the fourth inning ...
  • Asahi Ryokuken International Championship -- Third Round / May 10
  • More Charged With Felonies in Hockey Riot
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Two men were charged with felonies in the rioting that followed the University of Minnesota's victory in the NCAA men's hockey championship last month.
  • Ray Trying to Make It on His Own at Indy
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Greg Ray is adjusting to a familiar role at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- playing the underdog.
  • Super 12: Coastal Sharks 16 Northern Bulls 24
    DURBAN, South Africa, May 10 (AFP) - Result of a Super 12 southern hemisphere inter-provincial rugby union championship match on Saturday:
  • Patty Schnyder 2003 win-loss record / May 10
    WTA Tour Tournaments Played: 10
  • Myanmar junta admits barring supporters from welcoming Suu Kyi
    YANGON, May 10 (AFP) - Myanmar's ruling junta has been ordering democracy supporters not to gather in large numbers to welcome opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her political trips, a senior general admitted Saturday.
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  • UC Berkeley Eases SARS Ban on Asians
    BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Officials at the University of California, Berkeley, said Saturday they would ease their ban on some students from SARS-affected areas of Asia who have signed up to attend summer school.
  • New Library is San Jose's First Green Sustainable Building
    The West San Jose community on Saturday will celebrate the grand opening of the West Valley Branch library -- a first-of-its-kind "green sustainable'' building built by the city of San Jose.
  • Preview: Yankees (25-10) at Athletics (22-13) 4:05 p.m. EDT / May 10
    OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- The last two American League Cy Young Award winners duel for the second time in seven days Saturday in the second game of a three-game series between the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics.
  • Minnesota Twins 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
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  • Recap: FRISCO (Rangers) 8, Wichita (Royals) 5 / May 10
    FRISCO, Texas (Ticker) -- Marshall McDougall delivered the deciding hit in the seventh inning to lift the Frisco RoughRiders over the Wichita Wranglers, 8-5. With his team trailing 5-4 with two outs in the seventh, McDougall laced a bases-loaded single that scored all three runners. Laynce Nix hit a two-run homer in the first ...
  • Price Leads Wide-Open Wachovia Tournament [May 10]
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- From the time players first set foot on Quail Hollow, they said the Wachovia Championship reminded them of a U.S. Open. They got part of it right -- it's open.
  • NASCAR Busch Series Charter Pipeline 250 starting grid / May 10
    The following is the starting grid for Saturday's NASCAR Busch Series Charter Pipeline 250 at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois:
  • Brumbies all smiles despite loss
    SYDNEY, May 10 (AFP) - The ACT Brumbies were celebrating on Saturday after claiming the final Super 12 semi-final position thanks to a victory by the New South Wales Waratahs.
  • Beckham predicts changes at Old Trafford
    MANCHESTER, England, May 10 (AFP) - David Beckham said Saturday he expects Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson to get out his chequebook and bring in some new talent for next season.
  • Recap: New England 2, Los Angeles 0 / May 10
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  • Georgian battalion graduates US military training
    TBILISI, May 10 (AFP) - Over 500 Georgian troops Saturday graduated from a course of US-sponsored military training in what Georgia hopes will bring its army closer to NATO standards.
  • HK financial chief announces three-phase economic recovery plan
    HONG KONG, May 10 (AFP) - Hong Kong's top finance official said Saturday that a three-phase recovery plan for the territory's battered economy was in process but stressed no firm timetable was in place.
  • June 15 Deadline Set for Iraq Stability
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The top U.S. civilian official in Iraq on Saturday set a June 15 deadline to get much of Iraq's infrastructure up and running and normalize the country's health and educational systems.
  • June Carter Cash in Critical Condition
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Singer June Carter Cash, the wife and Grammy-winning duet partner of Johnny Cash, was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday as a result of complications from heart surgery, according to their longtime manager.
  • Orioles Manager Leaves to Be With Mother
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Baltimore Orioles manager Mike Hargrove left the team Saturday to be with his mother, who was hospitalized in Texas after having a setback following gall bladder surgery last month.
  • Recap: AL Recaps from May 9
    KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Baltimore Orioles played like an angry team. After enduring the embarrassment of being swept in a three-game series by the Detroit Tigers, the Orioles set season highs for runs and hits in a 15-5 rout of the Kansas City Royals in the first game of a doubleheader. Tony Batista homered, ...
  • Oakland Athletics 2003 Game-by-Game through May 10
  • Oakland Athletics Team Report / May 10
    Last Game: 5-2 loss vs. NY Yankees, May 10 Streak: Lost 1
  • San Diego Padres Report / May 10
    Last Game: 4-2 loss at NY Mets (10 innings), May 10 Streak: Lost 1
  • Omaha Royals 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
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  • D day for Ducati
    JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain, May 10 (AFP) - It will be D day for Ducati in Sunday's Spanish motorcycling Grand Prix with the Italian manufacturers taking the top two places on the grid.
  • Central League Boxscores for / May 9
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  • Spirit Ties Beat, 1-1
    ATLANTA (AP) -- Maribel Dominguez scored in the 75th minute to give the Atlanta Beat a 1-1 tie with the San Diego Spirit on Saturday night.
  • Magicians Sue Brazilian TV Network
    SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Magicians claiming they nearly went broke after a television program aired the secrets of their trade have won a legal fight against Brazil's largest television network.
  • US military holds second day of talks with Iraq-based "terror" group
    NORTHEASTERN IRAQ, May 10 (AFP) - The US military discussed a possible role in Iraq for Iran's main armed opposition group during a second day of disarmament talks on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said.
  • Kentucky Derby Probes Winning Jockey
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The Kentucky Racing Commission began an investigation Saturday of a photograph that possibly shows winning Derby jockey Jose Santos carrying something in his hand besides his whip as he crossed the finish line aboard Funny Cide.
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  • Recap: TRENTON (Yankees) 6, New Haven (Blue Jays) 4 / May 10
    TRENTON, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Derek Jeter delivered the deciding hit, driving in three runs in the eighth inning to help the Trenton Thunder beat the New Haven Ravens, 6-4. Jeter, who is batting .375 with four RBI in his four starts with Trenton, hit a bases-loaded double to left-center field to clear the bases and supply the ...
  • Slovakia beat Czech Republic to win world championship bronze medals
    HELSINKI, May 10 (AFP) - Slovakia earned the bronze medals of the icehockey world championship with a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic here on Saturday in a rematch of the 2000 world championship final.
  • Power Edge Breakers, 3-2
    UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Krista Davey scored in the 89th minute to give the New York Power a 3-2 victory over the Boston Breakers on Saturday night.
  • Pakistan PM rules out division of Kashmir
    ISLAMABAD, May 10 (AFP) - Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has ruled out the division of Kashmir as a solution to the decades old dispute with India over the Himalayan territory, reports said Saturday.
  • Report: S. Korea Ex-President Has Surgery
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's former President Kim Dae-jung underwent surgery on Saturday after complaining of chest pains, according to media reports.
  • France, Russia Question U.S. Postwar Plan
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- With the U.N. Security Council looking to avoid the bitter divisions that broke out before the war, France and Russia toned down objections to a new U.S. plan for ruling postwar Iraq, but appeared intent to seek changes to give the United Nations a stronger role.
  • U.S. Soldiers Patrol Iraq-Jordan Frontier
    ON THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, Iraq (AP) -- Standing in the shimmering heat beside a long line of waiting cars, pickups and trucks, U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Parker scrutinized the vehicles' occupants, matching their faces with passport photos, and reflected on his unexpected assignment.
  • US troops kill looter as they face sporadic hostile fire in Iraq
    KUWAIT CITY, May 10 (AFP) - US troops shot dead one looter and wounded two others as coalition forces continued to come under sporadic fire while moving to restore security in Iraq in recent days, US Central Command said Saturday.
  • Huntsville Stars 2003 Game-by-Game / May 10
  • Ottawa Senators Team Report / May 10
    Last result: 3-2 win (OT) vs. New Jersey, May 10