AP Online back issues from Saturday, June 28:
Zheng upsets No. 1 Ivanovic at Wimbledon
Jun 28, 2008; ... They're still counting casualties back home, and so when Zheng Jie completed the biggest victory of her career Friday at Wimbledon, she resisted any temptation to leap or squeal or pump her fist or collapse to the grass in glee. Instead she merely cracked a slight smile, hoping her ...
Kanaan wins pole for IndyCar race at Richmond
Jun 28, 2008 ... Andretti Green Racing teammates Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti will start on the front row in the SunTrust Indy Challenge on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. Kanaan posted a four-lap average of 167.876 mph on the 0.75-mile oval, the ...
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man
Jun 28, 2008 ... A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival. Paul Addis pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of ...
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man
Jun 28, 2008 ... A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival. Paul Addis pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of ...
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
Jun 28, 2008; ... Firefighters bulked up their defenses Friday against a wildfire that threatened parts of this storied tourist town and prepared for more lightning strikes that could ignite new fires across Northern California. More than 1,000 fires, mostly caused by lightning, burned across Northern ...
Friday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 28, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Interleague N.Y. Mets 15, N.Y. Yankees 6 F Chicago White Sox 10, Chicago Cubs 3 F...
'Hanoi Hilton' jailer says he'd vote for McCain
Jun 28, 2008; ... John McCain has an unusual endorsement _ from the Vietnamese jailer who says he held him captive for about five years as a POW and now considers him a friend. "If I were an American voter, I would vote for Mr. John McCain," Tran Trong Duyet said Friday, sitting in his living ...
AP Top News at 9:19 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Chicago Tribune names interim publisher
Jun 28, 2008 ... The Chicago Tribune is reporting that it has named an executive as interim publisher to replace the retiring Scott C. Smith. The paper reported Friday on its Web site that publishing group executive vice president Bob Gremillion will oversee the newspaper beginning Monday. ...
Chicago Tribune names interim publisher
Jun 28, 2008 ... The Chicago Tribune is reporting that it has named an executive as interim publisher to replace the retiring Scott C. Smith. The paper reported Friday on its Web site that publishing group executive vice president Bob Gremillion will oversee the newspaper beginning Monday. ...
Officials: 30,000 troops heading to Iraq in 2009
Jun 28, 2008; ... The Pentagon is preparing to order roughly 30,000 troops to Iraq early next year in a move that would allow the U.S. to maintain 15 combat brigades in the country through 2009, The Associated Press has learned. The deployments would replace troops currently there. But the decisions ...
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man
Jun 28, 2008 ... A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival. Paul Addis pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of ...
Chicago Tribune names interim publisher
Jun 28, 2008 ... The Chicago Tribune is reporting that it has named an executive as interim publisher to replace the retiring Scott C. Smith. The paper reported Friday on its Web site that publishing group executive vice president Bob Gremillion will oversee the newspaper beginning Monday. ...
Phelps, storm share spotlight at US swim trials
Jun 28, 2008; ... Sporting a Fu Manchu that would have gone over well at a Goose Gossage convention, Michael Phelps stumbled for the answer to a seemingly simple question: So, how many events do you think you'll swim at the U.S. Olympic trials? "I don't even know what I'm entered in, to ...
Ex-Army scientist to get $5.8M in anthrax lawsuit
Jun 28, 2008; ... A former Army scientist who was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks will receive $5.8 million to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department. Steven Hatfill claimed the Justice Department violated his privacy rights by speaking with reporters about the case. ...
Yankees put Matsui on DL with sore left knee
Jun 28, 2008 ... Hideki Matsui was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a sore left knee, leaving the New York Yankees without one of their key sluggers. The team also optioned reliever Ross Ohlendorf to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled left-hander Kei Igawa from its top farm ...
Lawsuits over Calif. prison crowding head to trial
Jun 28, 2008; ... A proposed settlement seeking to reduce California's prison population collapsed Friday, setting the stage for a trial that could result in the court-ordered release of thousands of inmates. A court-appointed referee told a panel of federal judges that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ...
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
Jun 28, 2008; ... Firefighters bulked up their defenses Friday against a wildfire that threatened parts of this storied tourist town and prepared for more lightning strikes that could ignite new fires across Northern California. More than 1,000 fires, mostly caused by lightning, burned across Northern ...
Judge halts release of Verne Troyer sex tape
Jun 28, 2008 ... A 25-second snippet of video showing Verne Troyer and a former girlfriend having sex that was available online over the past couple of days is all the world will see of the tape _ for now. A federal judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order requested by Troyer's attorneys ...
Steven Tyler tells AP: Rehab was for meds
Jun 28, 2008; ... Steven Tyler sought the "safe environment" of rehab last month to recover from more than just surgery _ the Aerosmith frontman now says was fighting a dependency on pain and sleep medication. "To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be on ...
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man
Jun 28, 2008 ... A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival. Paul Addis pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 461
Jun 28, 2008; ... As of Friday, June 27, 2008, at least 461 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. ...
This summer may see first ice-free North Pole
Jun 28, 2008; ... There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the sea ice will melt, and early signs are not ...
AP Top News at 9:17 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Friday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 28, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Interleague N.Y. Mets 15, N.Y. Yankees 6 F Chicago White Sox 10, Chicago Cubs 3 F...
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
Jun 28, 2008; ... Firefighters bulked up their defenses Friday against a wildfire that threatened parts of this storied tourist town and prepared for more lightning strikes that could ignite new fires across Northern California. More than 1,000 fires, mostly caused by lightning, burned across Northern ...
2 dead as severe storms rip through Iowa, Nebraska
Jun 28, 2008 ... Two people are dead in Iowa after severe storms ripped through the state and neighboring Nebraska. Council Bluffs Police Sgt. Jason Bailey says two people died Friday ...
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man
Jun 28, 2008 ... A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival. Paul Addis pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of ...
Judge: OR doc accused in deaths can't be released
Jun 28, 2008 ... A federal judge says a doctor being extradited to Australia on manslaughter charges can't go free in the United States for the next few weeks. But U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel (HYOO'-bul) said Friday that if the U.S. and Australian governments can't get Dr. Jayant (JEYE'-ant) ...
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man
Jun 28, 2008 ... A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival. Paul Addis pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of ...
US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak
Jun 28, 2008; ... As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak _ or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes. The widening outbreak _ with 810 people ...
AP Top News at 9:14 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Severe storm in Omaha damages swimming arena
Jun 28, 2008; ... A severe storm packing strong wind damaged the Qwest Center and forced hundreds of swimmers practicing for the U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate the pools Friday. A tornado warning was issued before the storm moved east across the city, but it was not immediately clear if a touchdown ...
AP Top News at 8:36 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Plains storms kill 2, disrupt Olympic hopefuls
Jun 28, 2008; ... Severe storms with strong winds swept through the Plains on Friday, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha to flee pools and run for cover, killing two people in Iowa, and knocking out power to ...
Severe storm in Omaha damages swimming arena
Jun 28, 2008; ... A severe storm packing strong wind damaged the Qwest Center and forced hundreds of swimmers practicing for the U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate the pools Friday. Officials at the 7-year-old arena near downtown Omaha closed the building for the rest of the night after the afternoon ...
McCain talks trade, innovation with auto workers
Jun 28, 2008; ... Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars of the future. His confession and commitment followed a tour ...
Group questions lawmaker's role in kidnap rescue
Jun 28, 2008; ... A government watchdog group on Friday called for an investigation into whether a Texas congressman used his influence to persuade U.S. law enforcement authorities to intervene to rescue a distant Mexican relative who was kidnapped for ransom in Mexico. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, ...
NRA sues to overturn S.F. gun ban in city housing
Jun 28, 2008; ... The National Rifle Association sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to overturn its ban on handguns in public housing, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the nation's capital. The legal action follows a similar lawsuit against the city of Chicago over ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113
Jun 28, 2008; ... As of Friday, June 27, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,350 died as a result of hostile action, ...
Guard chiefs gather at posh Virgin Islands resort
Jun 28, 2008; ... There's been no official casualty report from this week's meeting of National Guard leaders in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but the damage could be high. Sunburns. Hangovers. Lost golf balls. A grateful nation weeps. And you haven't even got the bill yet. Bunkered in ...
Taliban likely to step up attacks in Afghanistan
Jun 28, 2008; ... The Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan and the pace of its attacks is likely to increase this year, according to a Pentagon report that offers a dim view of progress in the nearly seven-year-old war. Noting that insurgent violence has climbed, the ...
Athletes still wonder what might have been
Jun 28, 2008; ... Some athletes remember it as the "Trials to Nowhere." It was 1980, the last time the U.S. Olympic trials were held in Eugene, Ore. But those who placed atop their events never got to compete as Olympians. President Carter boycotted the Moscow Olympics that year ...
Dropout charged in Wis. stabbing death
Jun 28, 2008; ... A college dropout was charged Friday in the stabbing death of a Wisconsin man, the first arrest in three killings that have frightened some residents of the state capital over the past year. The DNA of former University of Wisconsin-Madison student ...
Hellboy director: I would've been a bank robber
Jun 28, 2008; ... Guillermo del Toro has has it with the beautiful people of Hollywood. It's monsters _ or bank robbers _ he wants to see. The Mexican director, whose latest movie "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" opens next month, said Thursday night that monsters have a inherent beauty that not ...
Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri
Jun 28, 2008; ... A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday _ undone by a burrowing muskrat. The furry rodent dug a hole through the earthen levee in this eastern Missouri community, allowing water to penetrate the ...
AP Top News at 9:26 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
Jun 28, 2008; ... Firefighters bulked up their defenses Friday against a wildfire that threatened parts of this storied tourist town and prepared for more lightning strikes that could ignite new fires across Northern California. More than 1,000 fires, mostly caused by lightning, burned across Northern ...
Chicago Tribune names interim publisher
Jun 28, 2008 ... The Chicago Tribune is reporting that it has named an executive as interim publisher to replace the retiring Scott C. Smith. The paper reported Friday on its Web site that publishing group executive vice president Bob Gremillion will oversee the newspaper beginning Monday. ...
Obama, Clinton appeal for Democratic unity in N.H.
Jun 28, 2008; ... Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Friday to turn the page on their bitter, history-making fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, declaring the next chapter is about beating Republican John McCain. Choosing a small New Hampshire community aptly named Unity for ...
UN council raps Zimbabwe vote
Jun 28, 2008; ... The U.N. Security Council expressed "deep regret" at the voting in Zimbabwe Friday, saying President Robert Mugabe's unopposed re-election was not the result of a fair process. The United States rallied members to consider sanctions against Mugabe's regime. The ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Group questions lawmaker's role in kidnap rescue
Jun 28, 2008; ... A government watchdog group on Friday called for an investigation into whether a Texas congressman used his influence to persuade U.S. law enforcement authorities to intervene to rescue a distant Mexican relative who was kidnapped for ransom in Mexico. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, ...
Delgado has 9 RBIs to lead Mets over Yanks 15-6
Jun 28, 2008; ... Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the fifth inning ...
Steven Tyler tells AP: Rehab was for meds
Jun 28, 2008; ... Steven Tyler sought the "safe environment" of rehab last month to recover from more than just surgery _ the Aerosmith frontman now says was fighting a dependency on pain and sleep medication. "To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be on ...
Taliban likely to step up attacks in Afghanistan
Jun 28, 2008; ... The Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan and the pace of its attacks is likely to increase this year, according to a Pentagon report that offers a dim view of progress in the nearly seven-year-old war. Noting that insurgent violence has climbed, the ...
Statler Brothers: Hall honor is tops
Jun 28, 2008 ... Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most. "This one has knocked us on our behinds," Don Reid told The Associated Press about the group's induction into the Country Music Hall of ...
McCain talks trade, innovation with auto workers
Jun 28, 2008; ... Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars of the future. His confession and commitment followed a tour ...
AP Top News at 9:09 p.m. EDT
Jun 28, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. Delgado had a two-run double in the ...
Hansen, other Nike swimmers face big decision
Jun 28, 2008; ... Brendan Hansen should be focused on locking up his spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Instead, he's been trying to figure out what swimsuit to wear. Hansen is one of several high-profile athletes faced with a gut-wrenching decision at the Olympic trials: Stick with Nike, the company that ...
Storm interrupts Olympic swim practice in Omaha
Jun 28, 2008; ... A severe storm with strong winds swept through Omaha on Friday afternoon, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate pools, canceling an outdoor concert and knocking out power to large parts of the ...
Today on the presidential campaign trail
Jun 28, 2008; ... IN THE HEADLINES Ex-rivals Obama, Clinton appear together in call for Democratic unity during fall election ... McCain talks trade, technological innovation with auto workers in struggling Ohio area ... Democratic delegate who said she'd vote for McCain tries to keep convention ...
Friday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 28, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Interleague N.Y. Mets 15, N.Y. Yankees 6 F Chicago White Sox 10, Chicago Cubs 3 F...
Plains storms kill 2, disrupt Olympic hopefuls
Jun 28, 2008; ... Severe storms with strong winds swept through the Plains on Friday, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha to flee pools and run for cover, killing two people in Iowa, and knocking out power to ...