US Diplomat Flees South Korea Amid Fraud Probe
| Filed at 1:44 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- An American diplomat based in South Korea fled to the Philippines after facing charges that he swindled a local woman out of nearly $200,000, polic...
Sports scoreboard - March 14
| ODDS | Glantz-Culver Line | NBA | Today's Games | FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG | at Philadelphia 3 New York | at Boston 11 Detroit | Denver 21/2 at Houston | at Utah 13 Washington | at L.A. Clippers 1 New...
Beckham injured, to miss World Cup
| From Beacon Journal wire services | David Beckham will miss the World Cup after tearing his left Achilles tendon while playing for AC Milan, a person familiar with the injury told the Associated Pre...
Brazil's oldest prison razed to make way for housing
| Rio de Janeiro: The Frei Caneca Penitentiary Complex, Brazil's oldest prison built in 1850, has been demolished to make way for the construction of 2,500 public housing units, the official Agencia B...
Sports Briefs
     | MURRAY ADVANCES | Andy Murray booked his third-round berth at the BNP Paribas Open Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Italian Andreas Seppi in Indian Wells, Calif. | KOE UPSETS HOWARD |...
Ferrari Drivers Roll in Formula One Season Opener
| Ferrari’s decision to give up on last season and begin looking ahead paid off when Fernando Alonso led the team to a 1-2 finish at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday in Sakhir. Al...
Auto Racing: Power Wins IRL Opener
Will Power took the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay with three laps to go and went on to win the rain-shortened IndyCar season opener Sunday on the streets of , Brazil. | Power, an Australian who earned hi...
Cuba: No more
| With a few outstanding exceptions like Václav Havel, former president of Czechoslovakia, Europe's leaders have a deploraple history of painting a smiley face on Cuba's police state. | Not one...
Late move secures Will Power victory in IndyCar season-opener
| AUSTRALIAN Will Power put last season's horror smash behind him as he claimed victory in a rain-shortened IndyCar season-opener on the streets of Sao Paulo. | The Australian got past American l...
Power shows speed
| SAO PAULO -- Will Power made a late overtaking move to take the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay to win the rain-shortened IndyCar season-opener on the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday. | The Australian pas...
Alonso leads Ferrari sweep
| Ferrari's decision to give up on last season and begin looking ahead paid off when Fernando Alonso led the Italian team to a 1-2 finish at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday in Sakhir, ...
Auto Racing Roundup: Aussie Power claims IRL opener in soggy Sao Paulo
| Australian Will Power made a late overtaking move to take the lead from American Ryan Hunter-Reay to win the rain-shortened IndyCar season opener Sunday on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. | Power ...
Deal for South American Oil Fields Extends China's Global Quest for Energy
| Cnooc, China’s top offshore oil explorer, said on Sunday that it had secured a South American beachhead by agreeing to pay $3.1 billion in cash for a stake in one of the largest Argentine oil ...
South American Dispatch: Adriano Denies Drink And Drug Addiction
Goal.com’s Tim Sturtridge reports on the Brazilian striker making journalists in Brazil eat their words as well as Salvador Cabañas’ appearance on Mexican television... | By Tim Sturtridge | Shar...
`South Park' begins 14th season by taking on Tiger
| NEW YORK – Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods. | Creators of the Comedy Central cartoon have long since proven that no subject is sacred to them....
Jesus Luz reveals he considers himself a married man
| Madonna’s on-off boyfriend Jesus Luz has revealed he considers himself a married man. | Madonna attends Saturday Kabbalah service with the kids and Jesus Luz in New York City. - Jason Winslow ...
Robinho's Santos beaten 4-3, Adriano hits Flamengo winner
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO, March 14 (Reuters) - Palmeiras fought back from an early two-goal deficit to beat leaders Santos 4-3, courtesy of a Robert hat-trick, in the Paulista championship on S...
