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Bae wins Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour title

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:56 -0400

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Sang-Moon Bae won the Bryon Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke lead.

Tornadoes hit Kan., Okla.; no injuries reported

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:21:54 -0400

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

Young Americans waste no time qualifying for Indy

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:21:09 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two young American drivers who had a rough night Saturday, made qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 look easy Sunday.

Spurs rout Grizzlies 105-83 in West finals opener

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:14:37 -0400

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs struck first in the Western Conference finals by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 on Sunday.

Boychuk breaks Game 2 tie, Bruins top Rangers 5-2

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:02:33 -0400

BOSTON (AP) — Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Sweden wins world hockey title

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:52:15 -0400

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden became the first home team to win the world hockey championships in 27 years, beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday for its ninth title.

Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:44:39 -0400

BOSTON (AP) — With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.

Rays hit 2 HRs, beat Orioles 3-1 for 3-game sweep

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:33 -0400

BALTIMORE (AP) — Matt Moore pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to stay unbeaten, Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Rangers put Kinsler on DL, recall Profar

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:39:39 -0400

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list because of bruised ribs and recalled top prospect Jurickson Profar from Triple-A Round Rock.

Phillies' Ruiz, Howard set for MRI exams

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:38:54 -0400

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz and first baseman Ryan Howard will have MRI exams Monday.

Indians blank Mariners 6-0

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:21:29 -0400

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cy Young himself wouldn't want to mess with the Indians right now.

Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:11:44 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:01:40 -0400

BALTIMORE (AP) — Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.

Insight: Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:59:04 -0400

By James Pomfret and Matthew Miller ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them bound for the gambling hub. "Good rates. Better than the banks," shout salespeople jostling to usher clients into shops where thick wads of Chinese 100 yuan ($16.31) and HK$1,000 ($130) bank notes change hands and shuffle noisily through electronic cash-counting machines. ...

Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:58 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life.

Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:48:17 -0400

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:47:24 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.

Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:39:11 -0400

CAIRO (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands.

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:28:22 -0400

ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:22:59 -0400

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:19:01 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.

Ferguson's managerial career ends with 5-5 draw

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:55:52 -0400

WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — Alex Ferguson. Former Manchester United manager.

McDowell beats Jaidee to win World Match Play

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:53:48 -0400

KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) — Graeme McDowell made amends for last year's defeat to capture the World Match-Play Championship on Sunday, defeating Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee 2 and 1 in the final on the Thracian Cliffs course.

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:36 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:

Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:34:41 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs.

Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:33:41 -0400

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:07:23 -0400

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.

NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:44:22 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government.

Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:43:05 -0400

KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death.

Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:33:23 -0400

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers.

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:31:24 -0400

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.

'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:27:10 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:56:04 -0400

ROME (AP) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer.

Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:46:17 -0400

NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:39:35 -0400

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness."

Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:36:05 -0400

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.

Algerian editor accuses government of censorship

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:24:57 -0400

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers.

Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:02:29 -0400

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah militants launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said. At least 32 people were killed when rebel fighters clashed with mechanized Syrian army units and Hezbollah guerillas in nine points in and around the town of Qusair, 10 km (six miles) from the border with Lebanon's Bekaa valley, they said. ...

Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:01:33 -0400

By Katharine Houreld and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections. It was not immediately clear who killed Zara Shahid Hussain, a leading member of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) party of former cricket star Imran Khan. Imran blamed the killing on the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party, which has a stranglehold on the city. ...