AP Worldstream back issues from Wednesday, June 11:
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Jun 11, 2008 ... FOOTBALL: EURO 2008: ROUNDUP: Spain dominates Russia in Group D, Sweden beats defending champ Greece VIENNA, Austria _ The perennial underachievers look like champions and last tournament's overachievers look pedestrian at the European Championship. Spain routs ...
World Golf Glance
Jun 11, 2008; ... Site: San Diego. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Torrey Pines, South Course (7,643 yards, 6,989 meters, par 71). Purse: TBA ($7 million in 2007). Winner's share: TBA ($1.26 million in 2007). Last year: Angel Cabrera beat Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by ...
World Golf Glance
Jun 11, 2008; ... Site: San Diego. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Torrey Pines, South Course (7,643 yards, 6,989 meters, par 71). Purse: TBA ($7 million in 2007). Winner's share: TBA ($1.26 million in 2007). Last year: Angel Cabrera beat Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by ...
4-year-old who shot self in a discount store with grandmother's gun is recovering
Jun 11, 2008; ... A relative of a 4-year-old South Carolina girl who accidentally shot herself with her grandmother's handgun in a Sam's Club store said Tuesday the family expects the child to be out of the hospital by week's end. Inease Williamson, the child's great-grandmother, said the little girl ...
Swiss proposes exonerating Europe's last executed witch
Jun 11, 2008; ... The last witch executed in Europe should be exonerated because she was a victim of "judicial murder" more than 200 years ago, said the government of the Swiss canton (state) of Glarus. The 1782 beheading of Anna Goeldi for an alleged case of poisoning was a miscarriage of ...
Patient Web sites for news and support
Jun 11, 2008; ... When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered ...
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Jun 11, 2008; ... A relative of a 4-year-old South Carolina girl who accidentally shot herself with her grandmother's handgun in a Sam's Club store said Tuesday the family expects the child to be out of the hospital by week's end. Inease Williamson, the child's great-grandmother, said the little girl ...
Swiss proposes exonerating Europe's last executed witch
Jun 11, 2008; ... The last witch executed in Europe should be exonerated because she was a victim of "judicial murder" more than 200 years ago, said the government of the Swiss canton (state) of Glarus. The 1782 beheading of Anna Goeldi for an alleged case of poisoning was a miscarriage of ...
Patient Web sites for news and support
Jun 11, 2008; ... When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered ...
Doctors at Milan clinic are investigated for alleged needless surgeries, some fatal
Jun 11, 2008 ... Police have arrested 13 doctors from a clinic in Milan who investigators suspect performed needless and sometimes fatal operations to make more money. Police said Tuesday the charges resulting from the investigation of Santa Rita Clinic ranged from fraud to homicide. Three ...
2 Kenyan officials killed in small plane crash
Jun 11, 2008; ... A Kenyan Cabinet minister and an assistant minister were killed with two other people when their small plane crashed in southwestern Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki said. Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Home Affairs Minister Lorna Laboso died in Tuesday's crash, Kibaki said ...
Brazil's Japanese celebrate centennial
Jun 11, 2008; ... "Inu ga wan wan." Miyabi Endo, a gregarious 8-year-old, carefully sounds out "the dog barks" in Japanese in a modest concrete schoolhouse amid the small farms that skirt Sao Paulo. "Neko ga nyan nyan." The cat meows. "This is ...
Doctors at Milan clinic are investigated for alleged needless surgeries, some fatal
Jun 11, 2008 ... Police have arrested 13 doctors from a clinic in Milan who investigators suspect performed needless and sometimes fatal operations to make more money. Police said Tuesday the charges resulting from the investigation of Santa Rita Clinic ranged from fraud to homicide. Three ...
2 Kenyan officials killed in small plane crash
Jun 11, 2008; ... A Kenyan Cabinet minister and an assistant minister were killed with two other people when their small plane crashed in southwestern Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki said. Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Home Affairs Minister Lorna Laboso died in Tuesday's crash, Kibaki said ...
Brazil's Japanese celebrate centennial
Jun 11, 2008; ... "Inu ga wan wan." Miyabi Endo, a gregarious 8-year-old, carefully sounds out "the dog barks" in Japanese in a modest concrete schoolhouse amid the small farms that skirt Sao Paulo. "Neko ga nyan nyan." The cat meows. "This is ...
US agency, African organization committing money, expertise to fight African food crisis
Jun 11, 2008 ... A U.S. aid agency started by the president and an African organization headed by a former head of the United Nations are expected to join forces Wednesday to battle the food crisis in Africa. John Danilovich, chief executive of the Millennium Challenge Corp., and Kofi Annan, former ...
Wednesday, June 18
Jun 11, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 170th day of 2008. There are 196 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1757 - Holy Roman Empire forces defeat Prussia's King Frederick II at Kollin, Czechoslovakia, and he loses 13,000 of 33,000 troops. 1779 - ...
US agency, African organization committing money, expertise to fight African food crisis
Jun 11, 2008 ... A U.S. aid agency started by the president and an African organization headed by a former head of the United Nations are expected to join forces Wednesday to battle the food crisis in Africa. John Danilovich, chief executive of the Millennium Challenge Corp., and Kofi Annan, former ...
Wednesday, June 18
Jun 11, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 170th day of 2008. There are 196 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1757 - Holy Roman Empire forces defeat Prussia's King Frederick II at Kollin, Czechoslovakia, and he loses 13,000 of 33,000 troops. 1779 - ...
State-run Petroecuador lowers estimated yearly crude output by 8 percent
Jun 11, 2008 ... Ecuador's state oil company has cut its 2008 production estimate by 8 percent, blaming the decline on dwindling supply at existing wells. Petroecuador said Tuesday that output will be 62.3 million barrels this year, an average of 171,000 barrels a day. Energy officials say ...
State-run Petroecuador lowers estimated yearly crude output by 8 percent
Jun 11, 2008 ... Ecuador's state oil company has cut its 2008 production estimate by 8 percent, blaming the decline on dwindling supply at existing wells. Petroecuador said Tuesday that output will be 62.3 million barrels this year, an average of 171,000 barrels a day. Energy officials say ...
Top Islamic leader rejects UN-brokered Somali peace deal
Jun 11, 2008; ... A leader of Somalia's ousted Islamic movement rejected a U.N.-brokered peace deal between the government and an opposition alliance, saying that Islamic insurgents will fight on. The Somali government and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia agreed Monday to end ...
Top Islamic leader rejects UN-brokered Somali peace deal
Jun 11, 2008; ... A leader of Somalia's ousted Islamic movement rejected a U.N.-brokered peace deal between the government and an opposition alliance, saying that Islamic insurgents will fight on. The Somali government and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia agreed Monday to end ...
Truckers' strike over rising fuel costs clogs highways, causes supply disruptions in Spain
Jun 11, 2008; ... Truckers angry over soaring fuel prices blocked highways across Spain, disrupting supplies of food, gasoline, auto parts and other goods. One protester was killed when he was run over by a van trying to drive through a picket line in a southern city. The strike, which began Monday, is ...
Truckers' strike over rising fuel costs clogs highways, causes supply disruptions in Spain
Jun 11, 2008; ... Truckers angry over soaring fuel prices blocked highways across Spain, disrupting supplies of food, gasoline, auto parts and other goods. One protester was killed when he was run over by a van trying to drive through a picket line in a southern city. The strike, which began Monday, is ...
Merkel hosts Bush on likely final visit to German; Iran expected to feature in talks
Jun 11, 2008; ... U.S. President George W. Bush was enjoying Chancellor Angela Merkel's hospitality at a manor house in the German countryside ahead of talks Wednesday likely to touch anew on prospects of raising pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Merkel and her husband, Joachim Sauer, welcomed ...
Merkel hosts Bush on likely final visit to German; Iran expected to feature in talks
Jun 11, 2008; ... U.S. President George W. Bush was enjoying Chancellor Angela Merkel's hospitality at a manor house in the German countryside ahead of talks Wednesday likely to touch anew on prospects of raising pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Merkel and her husband, Joachim Sauer, welcomed ...
Haitian lawmakers warn they could reject Preval's 2nd nominee for prime minister
Jun 11, 2008; ... A powerful bloc of Haitian lawmakers signaled Tuesday that it is leaning toward rejecting President Rene Preval's second nominee to become the beleaguered nation's prime minister. Presidential adviser and possible prime minister Robert Manuel is expected to face ratification votes ...
Haitian lawmakers warn they could reject Preval's 2nd nominee for prime minister
Jun 11, 2008; ... A powerful bloc of Haitian lawmakers signaled Tuesday that it is leaning toward rejecting President Rene Preval's second nominee to become the beleaguered nation's prime minister. Presidential adviser and possible prime minister Robert Manuel is expected to face ratification votes ...
Japan raises annual economic growth for 1st quarter to 4.0 percent
Jun 11, 2008 ... Japan has raised its figure for economic growth in the first quarter of this year to an annualized rate of 4.0 percent, on better capital spending growth. Japan's gross domestic product rate for the January-March period is up from a preliminary rate of 3.3 percent. ...
Japan raises annual economic growth for 1st quarter to 4.0 percent
Jun 11, 2008 ... Japan has raised its figure for economic growth in the first quarter of this year to an annualized rate of 4.0 percent, on better capital spending growth. Japan's gross domestic product rate for the January-March period is up from a preliminary rate of 3.3 percent. ...
Loew indicates one or two changes possible against Croatia at Euro 2008, but don't bet on it
Jun 11, 2008; ... Forecasting Germany's lineup for an upcoming match resembles the method used by the Kremlinologists during the Cold War _ it's mostly guesswork based on a few precious hints. It's no different before Thursday's game in Klagenfurt between Germany and Croatia, which might decide who ...
Poland, Austria need first win at Euro 2008 to keep quarterfinal hopes alive
Jun 11, 2008; ... Poland and Austria are under pressure to finally record a win at the European Championship or be among the first to be eliminated from this year's competition. Appearing in the competition for the first time, both lost their first Group B matches. "It's all or nothing ....
Loew indicates one or two changes possible against Croatia at Euro 2008, but don't bet on it
Jun 11, 2008; ... Forecasting Germany's lineup for an upcoming match resembles the method used by the Kremlinologists during the Cold War _ it's mostly guesswork based on a few precious hints. It's no different before Thursday's game in Klagenfurt between Germany and Croatia, which might decide who ...
Poland, Austria need first win at Euro 2008 to keep quarterfinal hopes alive
Jun 11, 2008; ... Poland and Austria are under pressure to finally record a win at the European Championship or be among the first to be eliminated from this year's competition. Appearing in the competition for the first time, both lost their first Group B matches. "It's all or nothing ....
Republicans block Democrats' attempt to impose windfall profits tax on oil companies
Jun 11, 2008; ... Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have Americans fuming. Republican senators shoved aside the Democratic ...
Republicans block Democrats' attempt to impose windfall profits tax on oil companies
Jun 11, 2008; ... Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have Americans fuming. Republican senators shoved aside the Democratic ...
Rising waters in US Plains inundate bridge, farmland
Jun 11, 2008 ... Rising rivers wiped out an Iowa railroad bridge Tuesday, flooded Illinois farmland and forced residents along the Mississippi River to prepare for what could be the worst flooding in 15 years. In Cedar Falls, Iowa, officials were readying residents and downtown business owners to ...
Rising waters in US Plains inundate bridge, farmland
Jun 11, 2008 ... Rising rivers wiped out an Iowa railroad bridge Tuesday, flooded Illinois farmland and forced residents along the Mississippi River to prepare for what could be the worst flooding in 15 years. In Cedar Falls, Iowa, officials were readying residents and downtown business owners to ...
Chrysler CEO Nardelli says private-equity owners are not second-guessing their acquisition
Jun 11, 2008; ... Chrysler LLC Chief Executive Robert Nardelli said Tuesday that he expects the automaker will be an independent company three years from now, and that Chrysler's private-equity owners were not second guessing their acquisition. Nardelli, speaking at a conference in New York City, said ...
Chrysler CEO Nardelli says private-equity owners are not second-guessing their acquisition
Jun 11, 2008; ... Chrysler LLC Chief Executive Robert Nardelli said Tuesday that he expects the automaker will be an independent company three years from now, and that Chrysler's private-equity owners were not second guessing their acquisition. Nardelli, speaking at a conference in New York City, said ...
Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Sprint agree to block Internet child porn
Jun 11, 2008; ... Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint agreed with Cuomo to block ...
Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Sprint agree to block Internet child porn
Jun 11, 2008; ... Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint agreed with Cuomo to block ...
With dad on the bag, Bob and Kevin Tway turn US Open into a family affair
Jun 11, 2008; ... More than most sports, golf is about fathers and sons _ a chance to teach, to learn, to spend time together, and even to celebrate when the kid finally wins his first $2 (1.50) Nassau off the old man. Bob Tway has always taken that part, the family part, very much to heart. ...
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Jun 11, 2008; ... More than most sports, golf is about fathers and sons _ a chance to teach, to learn, to spend time together, and even to celebrate when the kid finally wins his first $2 (euro1.50) Nassau off the old man. Bob Tway has always taken that part, the family part, very much to heart. ...
Chile hikes benchmark interest rate to its highest level in nine years
Jun 11, 2008 ... Chile's central bank is raising its benchmark interest rate to its highest level in nine years to curb soaring inflation. The bank rose its key rate Tuesday from 6.25 percent to 6.75 percent, the highest since March 1999. The 50 basis-point increase was the steepest single hike since ...
Chile hikes benchmark interest rate to its highest level in nine years
Jun 11, 2008 ... Chile's central bank is raising its benchmark interest rate to its highest level in nine years to curb soaring inflation. The bank rose its key rate Tuesday from 6.25 percent to 6.75 percent, the highest since March 1999. The 50 basis-point increase was the steepest single hike since ...
Burgess, Hynes are two new caps for Australia against Ireland
Jun 11, 2008 ... Luke Burgess and Peter Hynes will make their test debuts for Australia after being named in the starting team Wednesday to play Ireland in a one-off rugby test Saturday. New South Wales Waratahs halfback Burgess and Queensland winger Hynes are the two new faces in the first run-on ...
Burgess, Hynes are two new caps for Australia against Ireland
Jun 11, 2008 ... Luke Burgess and Peter Hynes will make their test debuts for Australia after being named in the starting team Wednesday to play Ireland in a one-off rugby test Saturday. New South Wales Waratahs halfback Burgess and Queensland winger Hynes are the two new faces in the first run-on ...
Topsy Ojo earns first England cap against All Blacks
Jun 11, 2008 ... London Irish winger Topsy Ojo was named Tuesday among three new caps in the England lineup for Saturday's first rugby test against New Zealand. Ojo is the only rookie in the starting XV, while his clubmate, Australian-born hooker David Paice and Harlequins halfback Danny Care, were ...
Topsy Ojo earns first England cap against All Blacks
Jun 11, 2008 ... London Irish winger Topsy Ojo was named Tuesday among three new caps in the England lineup for Saturday's first rugby test against New Zealand. Ojo is the only rookie in the starting XV, while his clubmate, Australian-born hooker David Paice and Harlequins halfback Danny Care, were ...
R Kelly tells judge at his child pornography trial that he won't testify
Jun 11, 2008; ... R. Kelly told the judge in his child pornography trial Tuesday that he doesn't plan to testify. After Judge Vincent Gaughan told Kelly he had a right to not take the stand, the R&B singer leaned forward at the defense table with his hands folded and, speaking for the first time at ...
R Kelly tells judge at his child pornography trial that he won't testify
Jun 11, 2008; ... R. Kelly told the judge in his child pornography trial Tuesday that he doesn't plan to testify. After Judge Vincent Gaughan told Kelly he had a right to not take the stand, the R&B singer leaned forward at the defense table with his hands folded and, speaking for the first time at ...
International experts, Myanmar regime assess needs of cyclone survivors
Jun 11, 2008 ... A major operation has been launched to assess the needs of Myanmar's storm survivors in a sign the military regime is finally cooperating in international aid efforts five weeks after Cyclone Nargis buffeted the country. However, Tuesday's positive development contrasted with reports ...
International experts, Myanmar regime assess needs of cyclone survivors
Jun 11, 2008 ... A major operation has been launched to assess the needs of Myanmar's storm survivors in a sign the military regime is finally cooperating in international aid efforts five weeks after Cyclone Nargis buffeted the country. However, Tuesday's positive development contrasted with reports ...
Water pours out of China's quake lake as government says crisis is over
Jun 11, 2008; ... China has declared victory in its fight to drain a lake that threatened more than a million people living downstream after it was formed by last month's massive earthquake. Churning waters poured through a man-made sluice Tuesday and engulfed low-lying, empty towns where more than ...
South Carolina trooper seen ramming man with patrol car charged with civil rights violation
Jun 11, 2008; ... A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was caught on video ramming a suspect with his patrol car was indicted Tuesday on a federal civil rights charge, the U.S. Justice Department said. Steve C. Garren was indicted by a federal grand jury in Greenville, South Carolina on a charge ...
Water pours out of China's quake lake as government says crisis is over
Jun 11, 2008; ... China has declared victory in its fight to drain a lake that threatened more than a million people living downstream after it was formed by last month's massive earthquake. Churning waters poured through a man-made sluice Tuesday and engulfed low-lying, empty towns where more than ...
South Carolina trooper seen ramming man with patrol car charged with civil rights violation
Jun 11, 2008; ... A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was caught on video ramming a suspect with his patrol car was indicted Tuesday on a federal civil rights charge, the U.S. Justice Department said. Steve C. Garren was indicted by a federal grand jury in Greenville, South Carolina on a charge ...
Leading dissident plans return to Cuba to help free political prisoners
Jun 11, 2008; ... A leading Cuban dissident said Tuesday that he plans to return to the communist-run island after a nearly two-year absence to fight for the freedom of political prisoners. Hector Palacios, who was in Puerto Rico for a two-day visit from his current home in Spain, told reporters that ...
700-pound Mexican man marks 43rd birthday with hopes of marriage
Jun 11, 2008; ... Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds (310 kilograms), celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on his own two feet to get married. Interviewed at his home in northern Mexico, ...
700-pound Mexican man marks 43rd birthday with hopes of marriage
Jun 11, 2008; ... Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds (310 kilograms), celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on his own two feet to get married. Interviewed at his home in northern Mexico, ...
Japan revises up annual economic growth for first quarter to 4.0 percent
Jun 11, 2008 ... Japan raised its reading for economic growth in the first quarter, due mainly to a stronger-than-expected increase in capital investment. Japan's gross domestic product, or the total value of the nation's goods and services, in the January-March period grew at an annual pace of 4.0 ...
As tough as the US Open sounds, low score still wins
Jun 11, 2008; ... Nick Faldo thought he would uncover the secret to winning the U.S. Open when he arranged for a meeting at Shady Oaks one year with four-time champion Ben Hogan. Faldo, ever the analyst, asked Hogan what it would take for him to win. "Shoot the lowest score," Hogan ...
Japan revises up annual economic growth for first quarter to 4.0 percent
Jun 11, 2008 ... Japan raised its reading for economic growth in the first quarter, due mainly to a stronger-than-expected increase in capital investment. Japan's gross domestic product, or the total value of the nation's goods and services, in the January-March period grew at an annual pace of 4.0 ...