Bradley’s late strike seals US draw with Slovenia (AFP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on Jun 18, 2010
AFP - Midfielder Michael Bradley's late goal sealed the United States' fight back as they drew 2-2 with Slovenia at the World Cup on Friday night to keep their hopes of reaching the Last 16 alive.
Poet Eamon Grennan gives literary archive to Emory (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jun 15, 2010
AP - Irish poet Eamon Grennan is placing his literary papers at Emory University's library in Atlanta.US author Kingsolver wins top book award for women (AFP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jun 9, 2010
AFP - US author Barbara Kingsolver won Britain's Orange Prize for Fiction, which honours English-language novels by women from around the world, on Wednesday with her sixth novel "The Lacuna".
Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski sues Steve Forbes for libel (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jun 1, 2010
Reuters - Dennis Kozlowski, the imprisoned former chief executive of Tyco International Ltd, is suing Steve Forbes and publisher Random House Inc for libel.NM mayor sues local newspaper publisher for libel (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 28, 2010
AP - The mayor of Gallup in western New Mexico has filed a defamation lawsuit against the local newspaper publisher, claiming the newspaper intentionally harmed him by publishing articles about a 1948 rape case in which the mayor was implicated but never tried nor convicted.In Allen’s book, sports is allegory for politics (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 25, 2010
AP - Former Virginia Sen. George Allen addresses the six-letter slur that undid his 2006 campaign in a new book that applies lessons from sports to Washington politics and sets up what Republicans widely regard as a two-year bid to reclaim his Senate seat.
Virginia lacrosse coasts in return to field (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on May 15, 2010
AP - Playing for the first time since one of its players was charged with murder, Virginia dominated Mount St. Mary's 18-4 on Saturday night in the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament.Teen girl finishes round-the-world sail in Sydney (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on May 15, 2010
AP - A 16-year-old Australian who braved boat knockdowns and seven months of solitude on a sail around the world set foot on dry land outside the Sydney Opera House on Saturday and quickly set an earthier goal — getting her driver's license.
Facebook top publisher of display ads: comScore (AFP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 13, 2010
AFP - Facebook has passed Yahoo! to become the top US publisher of display ads on the Web, another milestone for the fast-growing social network, according to figures released on Thursday.