News archive from Friday, 13 April 2012, page 19
Greinke struggles in Brewers' 8-0 loss to Cubs
CHICAGO -- Milwaukee sent Zack Greinke to the mound Thursday for what looked like a nice pitching matchup against Matt Garza and the Chicago Cubs. Garza did his part, but Greinke failed to make it out of the fourth inning. The Brewers managed just...
Officer reported shot in N.H. town
GREENLAND, N.H. - A neighborhood in this Granite State town has been shut down as police respond to a home after an emergency call announced an "officer-involved shooting" and possibly multiple officers shot. Police have pushed an evacuation...
Arizona governor signs law banning most late-term abortions
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, giving Republicans a win in ongoing national efforts to impose greater restrictions on...
US video game sales drop 25 percent in March
LOS ANGELES -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in March from a year earlier to $1.1 billion. It marked the fourth month of decline as Sony Corp.'s new PS Vita handheld failed to spark a turnaround....
South Korea says Pyongyang has fired long-range rocket
Seoul, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea has fired a long-range rocket.Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters in a nationally televised news conference that the rocket was fired at 7:39 a.m. There was...
AIA to look into possibility of high school baseball camps being used as a recruiting tool
The Arizona Interscholastic Association will look into the possibility of high school baseball camps being used as a recruiting tool during Monday's executive board meeting, AIA attorney Mark Mignella said Thursday. The issue arose when the AIA...
AIA paving the way in Unified Sports movement
Scott Brown was driving to work one day in January when his car broke down. His mechanic was only three miles away, so he managed to get the car to the shop for the necessary repairs. Brown, the director of the AIA Academy, was wearing a Special...
Arizona high school athletes persevere with diabetes
Laveen Cesar Chavez High track coach Delawn Leggett comes to the track with a stopwatch and a syringe. He never knows when he needs to pull the syringe out of his bag to administer an insulin shot for senior 800-meter runner Ashley Pinkney. Pinkney...
Democrat's remark about stay-at-home mothers sparks media storm
WASHINGTON -- It was the gift Mitt Romney has been seeking - and it came from a Democrat. Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comment Wednesday night that Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life" touched off a media firestorm that raged...
Rose returns to Bulls' lineup
CHICAGO -- Star point guard Derrick Rose is back in the Chicago Bulls' lineup for Thursday's game against the Miami Heat after missing a game because of a sprained right ankle. Rose was injured in the first half Sunday in an overtime loss at New York,...
Sutter out as Flames coach
Brent Sutter will not return as the Flames coach next season, the team announced Thursday. The Flames say the decision was made by mutual agreement between the team and Sutter. Sutter had been the Flames head coach the past three seasons, and Calgary...
Report: Best Buy explores ex-CEO's relationship
MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy Co.'s board is reportedly investigating whether its former CEO, Brian Dunn, misused company funds while he was involved in an alleged relationship with a 29-year-old female employee. The Wall Street Journal attributed its...
Perdue opposes marriage amendment in video
Gov. Bev Perdue released a video on Thursday outlining her opposition to a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. (Read more below.) The video constitutes Perdue’s most detailed comments to date about the...
Obama defends moms, says families should be off-limits in campaigns
CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama, addressing the swirling controversy over a Democratic strategist's comments about Ann Romney, declared that "there is no tougher job than being a mom" and that the families of candidates should be off...
Non-European assets help Santander weather debt crisis
Boston-based Sovereign Bank's Spanish owner has not only survived Europe's debt crisis, but is actually stronger today than it was when the meltdown began, Sovereign's CEO says. Sovereign chief Jorge Moran told a Boston forum on international trade...
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- 11:52 Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
- 11:43 Female suicide bomber and widow of two Islamist radicals injures 12...
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- 11:38 Montanes beats Monfils to win title at Nice Open
- 11:01 John Fogerty takes a new tack with his classic songs
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