AP Online back issues from Sunday, May 4:
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid higher bid is rebuffed
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
Saturday's Sports Scoreboard
May 04, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 1F Toronto 5, Chicago White Sox 2 F...
AP Top News at 9:12 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Pistons rout Magic 91-72 in Game 1 of second-round series
May 04, 2008; ... Chauncey Billups had 19 points, seven assists and played a key role in the decisive run of the game, leading Detroit to a 91-72 win over Orlando on Saturday night in Game 1 of the second-round series. Dwight Howard had a relatively quiet night with 12 points, eight rebounds and three ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid higher bid is rebuffed
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
Obama wins Guam caucuses by just 7 votes over Clinton
May 04, 2008 ... Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night. Neither candidate campaigned in the U.S. island territory in person, but both ...
Denver man seeks support for citywide panel on space aliens
May 04, 2008 ... A Denver man who wants the city to be prepared for space aliens is proposing a commission to deal with the matter. The assistant city attorney says he doesn't know what officials will ask about Jeff Peckman's proposal during next week's "review and comment" ...
Upshall's goal lifts Flyers
May 04, 2008 ... Scott Upshall scored with 3:04 remaining in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday ...
AP Top News at 8:15 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Obama wins close race, beats Clinton on Guam
May 04, 2008 ... Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night. Neither candidate campaigned in the U.S. island territory in person, but both ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to ...
Big Brown wins Derby; filly Eight Belles euthanized
May 04, 2008; ... Big Brown was pulling away from the field, accelerating with every powerful stride toward the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. The crowd of 157,770 was on its feet and cheering as the big, unbeaten, muscular bay crossed the line first, 4 3/4 lengths ahead of the filly Eight ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid higher bid is rebuffed
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
AP Top News at 8:42 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Filly Eight Belles breaks down after 2nd-place Derby finish
May 04, 2008; ... Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection. The day began with hope and pomp. Bolstered ...
AP Top News at 10:00 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by ...
Sweden holds off Belarus 6-5
May 04, 2008 ... Patric Hornqvist scored twice and Sweden fended off Belarus 6-5 in an opening preliminary round game of the world championships on Saturday. Rickard Wallin deflected Nils Ekman's shot at 10:32 of the third period for the winner. Defenseman Magnus Johansson and forwards Nicklas ...
US strike takes out militant holdout in Baghdad
May 04, 2008; ... The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people. Separately, the U.S. military said late Saturday that four Marines were killed on Thursday by ...
Obama wins close race, beats Clinton on Guam
May 04, 2008 ... Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night. Neither candidate campaigned in the U.S. island territory in person, but both ...
Pistons rout Magic 91-72 in Game 1 of second-round series
May 04, 2008; ... Hedo Turkoglu's uncontested dunk early in the second half gave the Orlando Magic their first lead. Less than a minute later, the Detroit Pistons took over. Chauncey Billups had 19 points, seven assists and played a key role in the decisive run of the game, leading Detroit to a 91-72 ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid higher bid is rebuffed
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
Price leads Champions Tour event
May 04, 2008 ... Nick Price moved a step closer to his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the FedEx Kinko's Classic. Price had a tournament-record 12-under 132 total on The Hills Country Club course. "This ...
US military deaths in Iraq at 4,071
May 04, 2008; ... As of Saturday, May 3, 2008, at least 4,071 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,315 died as a result of hostile action, according to the ...
Upshall's late goal lifts Flyers 6-4, eliminates Canadiens
May 04, 2008 ... Scott Upshall scored with 3:04 remaining in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday ...
AP Top News at 8:19 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to ...
Obama attacks Clinton's gas tax plan
May 04, 2008; ... Broadening his attack, Barack Obama said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of "phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems." "We've seen ...
AP Top News at 10:03 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... MONTREAL (AP) _ Scott Upshall scored with 3:04 remaining in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens ...
US military deaths in Iraq at 4,071
May 04, 2008; ... As of Saturday, May 3, 2008, at least 4,071 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,315 died as a result of hostile action, according to the ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to ...
Filly Eight Belles breaks down after 2nd-place Derby finish
May 04, 2008; ... Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection. The day began with hope and pomp. Bolstered ...
Olympic torch arrives on safer terrain in mainland China
May 04, 2008; ... The mainland China leg of the Olympic torch relay started in the southern province of Hainan on Sunday on what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing. State television showed the start of the torch run in the seaside resort of Sanya. It begins what organizers and ...
Hats, juleps rule at Kentucky Derby
May 04, 2008; ... Skip Koepnick knows where his tax rebate is going _ to a weekend of fun at Churchill Downs. Koepnick attended his 32nd straight Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making the annual trip from Grand Rapids, Mich., with his girlfriend. He estimated they'll spend about $500 on gas, lodging, ...
Philadelphia police: Bank robbery suspect fatally shoots cop
May 04, 2008; ... A police officer who confronted at least two suspected bank robbers was shot and killed Saturday, leading to a manhunt during which an officer fatally shot one suspect, authorities said. Investigators released few details about the shootings as police searched a wooded area for ...
Obama's appeal to working-class whites faltering, polls show
May 04, 2008; ... Barack Obama's problem winning votes from working-class whites is showing no sign of going away, and their impression of him is getting worse. Those are ominous signals as he hopes for strong performances in the coming week in Indiana and North Carolina primaries that would derail the ...
Penn State wins first NCAA volleyball title in 14 years
May 04, 2008 ... Top-ranked Penn State won its first NCAA men's volleyball championship in 14 years, rallying for a 27-30, 33-31, 30-25, 30-23 victory over second-ranked Pepperdine on Saturday night. Matt Anderson had 29 kills for the Nittany Lions (30-1), who beat UCLA in 1994 for their last NCAA ...
AP Top News at 8:22 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Saturday's Sports Scoreboard
May 04, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 1F Toronto 5, Chicago White Sox 2 F...
Mississippi mill explosion kills 1 worker and injures 17
May 04, 2008; ... An explosion tore through a paper mill Saturday after a boiler was inspected, killing a contract worker and injuring 17 others, the company said. The explosion occurred as a boiler at the International Paper mill was being started after an annual ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
On Japan's secretive death row, inmate becomes cause celebre
May 04, 2008; ... Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced. Now the judge who wrote the ex-boxer's death sentence agrees. ...
Bass gets first win as Twins beat Tigers 4-1
May 04, 2008 ... Craig Monroe hit a two-run homer off Justin Verlander and Brian Bass picked up his first major league win in relief ...
Big Brown wins Derby; filly Eight Belles euthanized
May 04, 2008; ... Big Brown was pulling away from the field, accelerating with every powerful stride toward the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. The crowd of 157,770 was on its feet and cheering as the big, unbeaten, muscular bay crossed the line first, 4 3/4 lengths ahead of the filly Eight ...
Obama attacks Clinton's gas tax plan
May 04, 2008; ... Broadening his attack, Barack Obama said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of "phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems." "We've seen ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
AP Top News at 9:09 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Moment of truth nigh for La. Democrat seeking GOP House seat
May 04, 2008; ... Democrats hoped to bolster their majority status in Congress on Saturday by taking a congressional seat that has been held by Republicans for decades. With more than 10 percent of precincts reporting after polls closed at 8 p.m. CDT, returns showed Republican Woody Jenkins leading ...
US strike takes out militant holdout in Baghdad
May 04, 2008; ... The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people. Separately, the U.S. military said late Saturday that four Marines were killed on Thursday by ...
AP Top News at 8:25 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to ...
Flyers-Canadiens, Sums
May 04, 2008 ... Philadelphia 1 3 2_6 Montreal 2 1 1_4 First Period_1, Montreal, Plekanec 4 (Brisebois, A.Kostitsyn), 4:29 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Umberger 8 (Smith, Lupul), 10:20. 3, Montreal, Kovalev 5 ...
Saturday's Sports Scoreboard
May 04, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 1F Toronto 5, Chicago White Sox 2 F...
Mississippi mill explosion kills 1, injures at least 16
May 04, 2008 ... Authorities say an explosion at a paper mill in Mississippi has killed one person and injured at least 16 people. The Warren County deputy coroner says everyone has been accounted for at the International Paper mill in Redwood. A sheriff's deputy had reported earlier that ...
Saturday's Sports Scoreboard
May 04, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 1F Toronto 5, Chicago White Sox 2 F...
AP Top News at 9:55 p.m. EDT
May 04, 2008 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Skip Koepnick knows where his tax rebate is going _ to a weekend of fun at Churchill Downs. Koepnick attended his 32nd straight Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making the ...
Survivors search for belongings amid Ark. tornado wreckage
May 04, 2008; ... Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage Saturday as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year. All that remained of Shelia Massey's home were a chimney, a bathroom ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
Obama wins close race, beats Clinton on Guam
May 04, 2008 ... Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night. Neither candidate campaigned in the U.S. island territory in person, but both ...
Twins 4, Tigers 1
May 04, 2008 ... 65Twins 4, Tigers 1 DETROIT@ MINNESOTA@ ab r h bi @ab r h bi Grndrs cf 4 1 2 1 BHarrs 2b 4 0 0 0...
US strike takes out militant holdout in Baghdad
May 04, 2008; ... The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people. Separately, the U.S. military said late Saturday that four Marines were killed on Thursday by ...
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price
May 04, 2008 ... Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software ...
US strike takes out militant holdout in Baghdad
May 04, 2008; ... The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people. Separately, the U.S. military said late Saturday that four Marines were killed on Thursday by ...
Filly Eight Belles breaks down after 2nd-place Derby finish
May 04, 2008; ... Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection. The day began with hope and pomp. Bolstered by the ...