AP Online back issues from Friday, June 13:
Ovechkin and Boudreau honored in Caps' big night
Jun 13, 2008 ... Alex Ovechkin kicked off a big night Thursday when the Washington Capitals star forward won the Lester B. Pearson Award, given by the NHL Players' Association to the league's player of the year. Ovechkin, who led the NHL with 65 goals and 112 points, edged finalists Jarome Iginla of ...
Ovechkin and Boudreau honored in Caps' big night
Jun 13, 2008 ... Alex Ovechkin kicked off a big night Thursday when the Washington Capitals star forward won the Lester B. Pearson Award, given by the NHL Players' Association to the league's player of the year. Ovechkin, who led the NHL with 65 goals and 112 points, edged finalists Jarome Iginla of ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Lowell hits slam as Red Sox defeat Orioles 9-2
Jun 13, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit his second grand slam of the season, a streaking J.D. Drew hit a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox kept rolling at home with a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. The Red Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 games at Fenway Park. Their 28-7 home record is ...
Indians All-Star catcher to have elbow surgery
Jun 13, 2008 ... All-Star catcher Victor Martinez will have surgery on his ailing right elbow and be sidelined at least six weeks, adding another marquee name to the Cleveland Indians' list of injured players. Martinez and second baseman Josh Barfield, just called up on Monday, were both placed on the ...
United, US Airways to charge $15 for 1st checked bag
Jun 13, 2008; ... Baggage fees are fast becoming an unavoidable part of U.S. flying _ three of the largest carriers now charge $15 for a first checked bag. No. 2 United Airlines and No. 7 US Airways announced their new fees on Thursday, three weeks after No. 1 American Airlines set the precedent for ...
Red Sox 9, Orioles 2
Jun 13, 2008 ... 78Red Sox 9, Orioles 2 BALTIMORE@ BOSTON @ ab r h bi @ab r h bi BRbrts 2b 4 1 1 0 Ellsbry lf 5 1 1 0...
FDA issues precautionary note on silver fillings
Jun 13, 2008; ... Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. The Food and Drug Administration posted the precaution on its Web site earlier this month, to settle a lawsuit _ making the move a ...
Obama site confronts rumors
Jun 13, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as it launched a Web site to debunk rumors about him and his wife. The rumor that Michelle Obama railed against "whitey" in a diatribe ...
Burger King begins to restock tomatoes after scare
Jun 13, 2008; ... Burger King Holdings Inc. said Thursday that some of its restaurants began receiving new shipments of tomatoes after a food poisoning scare forced the company to pull the produce nationwide. The tomato shipments were expected to start Thursday at some of its locations, but company ...
Ovechkin and Boudreau honored in Caps' big night
Jun 13, 2008 ... Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals earned plenty of consolation prizes in a season that produced a first-round playoff exit. Ovechkin won the Hart Trophy and The Lester B. Pearson Award on Thursday night, honoring his MVP season that produced NHL highs with 65 goals and 112 ...
Ringleader of body parts scheme apologizes
Jun 13, 2008; ... The mastermind behind a multimillion-dollar scheme to loot hundreds of corpses and sell their body parts apologized Thursday to families of the victims and thousands of tissue recipients. Michael Mastromarino, a former oral surgeon who owned Biomedical Tissue Services, told victims of ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 13, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Detroit 2, Chicago White Sox 1 F Kansas City 6, Texas 5 F...
Siegfried and Roy welcome new tiger cubs to Vegas habitat
Jun 13, 2008; ... Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be thereaputic for Roy Horn, who was critically ...
Lowell hits slam in Boston's 9-2 win over O's
Jun 13, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit his second grand slam of the season, a streaking J.D. Drew hit a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox kept rolling at home with a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. The Red Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 games at Fenway Park. Their 28-7 home record is ...
Armed robbers steal Picasso prints in Brazil
Jun 13, 2008; ... Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, the city's second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said ...
Reese of Ole Miss ties world-leading mark in NCAA long jump
Jun 13, 2008; ... Brittney Reese didn't let a sore leg prevent her from matching her world-leading mark in the long jump. The Mississippi junior, who at 5-foot-7 can dunk a basketball, soared 22 feet, 9 inches on her third jump under mostly clear conditions at Drake Stadium on Thursday to add an NCAA ...
Kansas tornadoes kill 2, devastate town of Chapman
Jun 13, 2008; ... In a town devastated by a tornado that snapped utility poles and reduced houses and business to rubble, Brad Homman's reaction epitomized optimism: "We've still got half the town intact." Homman, director of administration and emergency services for Dickinson County, will ...
Lowell hits slam as Red Sox defeat Orioles 9-2
Jun 13, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit his second grand slam of the season, a streaking J.D. Drew hit a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox kept rolling at home with a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. The Red Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 games at Fenway Park. Their 28-7 home record is ...
Campaign: Michelle Obama never used word 'Whitey'
Jun 13, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as it launched a Web site to debunk rumors about him and his wife. The rumor that Michelle Obama railed against "whitey" in a diatribe ...
Boy Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
Jun 13, 2008; ... When the howling winds finally died down, the Boy Scouts _ true to their motto, "Be Prepared" _ sprang into action. Putting their first-aid training to use, they applied tourniquets and gauze to the injured. Some began digging victims from the rubble of a collapsed chimney ....
Siegfried and Roy welcome new tiger cubs to Vegas habitat
Jun 13, 2008; ... Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was critically ...
Ireland holds key vote on EU treaty
Jun 13, 2008; ... Irish citizens voted Thursday on whether to accept or reject the European Union's new reform treaty, and the result could damage or destroy the painstakingly negotiated pact. The Lisbon Treaty seeks to reshape EU institutions and powers to cope with the bloc's near-doubling in size ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Jury gets R. Kelly child porn case, adjourns
Jun 13, 2008; ... Prosecutors wrapped up their child pornography case Thursday against R. Kelly the same way they began it a month ago: by playing for jurors the entire graphic sex tape at the center of the trial. Defense attorneys stood on their argument that the man having sex with an underage girl ...
Second Haiti PM nominee rejected
Jun 13, 2008; ... Parliament on Thursday rejected the nomination of one of President Rene Preval's advisers as the next prime minister of Haiti, which has now gone two months with its No. 2 political post empty. The Chamber of Deputies voted 57-26, with six abstentions, against Robert Manuel's ...
Ovechkin and Boudreau honored in Caps' big night
Jun 13, 2008 ... Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals earned plenty of consolation prizes in a season that produced a first-round playoff exit. Ovechkin won the Hart Trophy and The Lester B. Pearson Award on Thursday night, honoring his MVP season that produced NHL highs with 65 goals and 112 ...
Campaign: Michelle Obama never used word 'Whitey'
Jun 13, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as it launched a Web site to debunk rumors about him and his wife. The rumor that Michelle Obama railed against "whitey" in a diatribe ...
Rondo ready to go for Game 4 of NBA finals against LA
Jun 13, 2008 ... Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo warmed up as usual before Game 4 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night and said he was ready to go. Coach Doc ...
Woodson offered 2-year deal to remain Hawks coach
Jun 13, 2008 ... Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson has been offered a two-year extension, a person close to the negotiations said Thursday. The person familiar with the situation requested anonymity because the negotiations are ongoing. Woodson's contract will expire at the end of June. ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Siegfried and Roy welcome tiger cubs to habitat
Jun 13, 2008; ... Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was critically injured when ...
Rondo ready to go for Game 4 of NBA finals against LA
Jun 13, 2008 ... Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo warmed up as usual before Game 4 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night and said he was ready to go. Coach Doc ...
Men fillet Charlie the Tuna statue in Oregon
Jun 13, 2008 ... It turns out the fate of Charlie the Tuna of Charleston, Ore., was sorry indeed. The 8-foot Monterey cypress sculpture that used to greet visitors to the coastal fishing town was filleted by two young men who stole it as a prank and then, panicked they would be found out, took chain saws to ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Men fillet Oregon town's Charlie the Tuna statue
Jun 13, 2008 ... It turns out the fate of Charlie the Tuna of Charleston, Ore., was sorry indeed. The 8-foot Monterey cypress sculpture that used to greet visitors to the coastal fishing town was filleted by two young men who stole it as a prank and then, panicked they would be found out, took chain saws to ...
3 Bills players, official subpoenaed in hit-and-run case
Jun 13, 2008; ... Rookie receiver James Hardy was one of three Buffalo Bills players subpoenaed Thursday to testify before a grand jury looking into a hit-and-run accident involving running back Marshawn Lynch's SUV. Besides Hardy, the Bills' second-round draft pick, rookie receiver Steve Johnson and ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Clinton's youngest supporters see glass half full
Jun 13, 2008; ... For all the older supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton who may have been depressed, deflated, wistful or angry about her exit from the presidential race, there's an upbeat 17-year-old who doesn't feel the dream of a woman in the Oval Office has slipped away. Quite the contrary. ...
Endangered sea dragon at Ga. aquarium pregnant
Jun 13, 2008 ... A weedy sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S. aquarium, aquarium officials said. But don't look for the expectant mom _ dads carry the eggs in this family. The ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 13, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Detroit 2, Chicago White Sox 1 F Kansas City 6, Texas 5 F...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Cedar Rapids struggles to endure historic flood
Jun 13, 2008; ... The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets. Officials estimated that 100 blocks were underwater in Cedar Rapids, where several days of ...
Boys Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
Jun 13, 2008; ... When the howling winds finally died down, the Boy Scouts _ true to their motto, "Be Prepared" _ sprang into action. Putting their first-aid training to use, they applied tourniquets and gauze to the injured. Some began digging victims from the rubble of a collapsed chimney ....
Burger King begins to restock tomatoes after scare
Jun 13, 2008; ... Burger King Holdings Inc. said Thursday that some of its restaurants began receiving new shipments of tomatoes after a food poisoning scare forced the company to pull the produce nationwide. The tomato shipments were expected to start Thursday at some of its locations, but company ...
Sonics think $10M should buy out Seattle lease
Jun 13, 2008; ... Seattle has already rejected owner Clay Bennett's $26 million offer to take his SuperSonics to Oklahoma City immediately. Now the Sonics are trying to make that deal look sweet compared to what could be coming. Seattle's oldest professional sports franchise, with 41 years ...
CDC: Salmonella-tainted tomato illnesses reach 228
Jun 13, 2008; ... The toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes jumped to 228 illnesses Thursday as the government learned of five dozen previously unknown cases and said it is possible the food poisoning contributed to a cancer patient's death. Six more states _ Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, ...
Durham gets 2,000th hit as Giants top Rockies 10-7
Jun 13, 2008; ... Fred Lewis hit a three-run homer, Ray Durham picked up his 2,000th career hit and the San Francisco Giants avoided being swept, beating Colorado 10-7 on Thursday. Coors Field returned to its reputation as being hitter friendly a day after the park yielded a 1-0 win by Colorado in ...
Man found guilty of criminal charges in Super Bowl plot
Jun 13, 2008; ... A man accused of planning a massacre at this year's Super Bowl was convicted Thursday of federal charges. Kurt Havelock faced six counts of mailing threatening communications in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Authorities alleged the 36-year-old Havelock bought an AR-15 ...
Lowell hits slam in Boston's 9-2 win over O's
Jun 13, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit his second grand slam of the season, a streaking J.D. Drew hit a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox kept rolling at home with a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. The Red Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 games at Fenway Park. Their 28-7 home record is ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 13, 2008 ... BOSTON (AP) _ Mike Lowell hit his second grand slam of the season, a streaking J.D. Drew hit a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox kept rolling at home with a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. The Red Sox are ...
AP Top News at 8:06 p.m. EDT
Jun 13, 2008 ... DENVER (AP) _ Fred Lewis hit a three-run homer, Ray Durham picked up his 2,000th career hit and the San Francisco Giants avoided being swept, beating Colorado 10-7 on Thursday. Coors Field returned to its reputation as ...
United, US Airways to charge $15 for 1st checked bag
Jun 13, 2008; ... Baggage fees are fast becoming an unavoidable part of U.S. flying _ three of the largest carriers now charge $15 for a first checked bag. No. 2 United Airlines and No. 7 US Airways announced their new fees on Thursday, three weeks after No. 1 American Airlines set the precedent for ...
Red Sox 9, Orioles 2
Jun 13, 2008 ... 78Red Sox 9, Orioles 2 BALTIMORE@ BOSTON @ ab r h bi @ab r h bi BRbrts 2b 4 1 1 0 Ellsbry lf 5 1 1 0...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
Woods feels the pain, and narrowly misses par
Jun 13, 2008; ... Tiger Woods grimaced and pursed his lips, unable to disguise the pain Thursday in the U.S. Open. Nothing torments him like a three-putt to finish a round. There also was pain in his left knee, which he expected, and his first double bogey in 416 holes, which he did not. A ...
AP Top News at 8:16 p.m. EDT
Jun 13, 2008 ... DENVER (AP) _ Fred Lewis hit a three-run homer, Ray Durham picked up his 2,000th career hit and the San Francisco Giants avoided being swept, beating Colorado 10-7 on Thursday. Coors Field returned to its reputation as ...
Yahoo embraces Google after ending Microsoft talks
Jun 13, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales. The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as ...
FCC chief lays out plan for cell phone fees
Jun 13, 2008; ... The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out a plan Thursday to regulate the high fees that cellular phone companies charge consumers for canceling their contracts early. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's proposal was similar to an industry plan put forward last month. ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 13, 2008 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ There's only one Tiger Woods. There's more than one Justin Hicks. While Woods was going through an up-and-down opening round at the U.S. Open on Thursday, the relatively unknown Hicks was grabbing ...
McCain pushing free trade; plans speech in Canada
Jun 13, 2008; ... John McCain is bullish on free trade. The country isn't. Yet McCain doesn't miss many opportunities to reproach Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama's emerging opposition to international trade deals. McCain is such an avowed free trader that he is scheduled to address the ...
Analysis: Town halls have risks, benefits
Jun 13, 2008; ... Two political rivals on a stage, unfiltered questions from undeclared voters, thoughtful answers, no soundbites. Democracy at its best or risky politics? Republican presidential candidate John McCain and an audience of potential questioners took over New York's Federal Hall Thursday ...
FCC chief lays out plan for cell phone fees
Jun 13, 2008; ... The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out a plan Thursday to regulate the high fees that cellular phone companies charge consumers for canceling their contracts early. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's proposal was similar to an industry plan put forward last month. ...