A police officer says a bomb near a crowded market in northwest Pakistan has killed 15 people.
The bombing is the third attack in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
Police officer Riaz Khan says Tuesday's bombing …
HONG KONG (AP) — A visit by a senior Chinese leader meant to spread goodwill has instead left Hong Kong fuming over the smothering security that locals fear was aimed at muffling the media and protesters.
In the two weeks since the visit, journalists have taken to the street in protest. Professors have taken out newspaper ads and students demanded the police chief resign. Police and local leaders have been raked over in the legislature.
The uproar is the latest clash of cultures between the controlling, authoritarian government in Beijing and Hong Kong, the financial center and former British colony returned to China's control but allowed to keep its capitalism, civil …
Katie Smith hit a 3-pointer and six free throws in the final seconds and finished with 25 points to help the Washington Mystics hand the Phoenix Mercury their sixth straight loss, 107-104 in the WNBA on Thursday.
Crystal Langhorne added 21 points and nine rebounds for Washington (11-5), which has won seven of eight to move within 1 1/2 games of Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta.
Penny Taylor and Candice Dupree each had 23 points for the defending WNBA champion Mercury (5-11), while league scoring leader Diana Taurasi, playing with a bruised back, had 11 points in 27 minutes.
Sparks 73, Silver Stars 63
At Los Angeles, Tina Thompson …
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ONA - When the opponent brings two seniors to your gym scoring 20points per game, Cabell Midland's Jim Stewart doesn't even need the"Coach" in front of his name to figure out a defensive strategy. "You have to make Patrick (O'Malley) and Phillip (Crum) earntheirs," he said. "And we thought we could do that."
Second-ranked George Washington's all-state duo combined for 46points on Friday night at The Castle, including all 37 of the team'ssecond half output.
Eight other Patriots played, but among them fired only three post-halftime shots.
Meanwhile, sixth-ranked Cabell Midland dispersed the ball amongits seven Knights in the 57-56 …
Machuca. Dir. Andr�s Wood. Chile/Spain/United Kingdom/France, 2004. 121 min.
What was particularly terrible about Gen. Augusto Pinochet's takeover of the democratic government of Chile on September 11, 1973 was not just the destruction of a constitutional democracy (albeit one that, with the connivance of the United States the right wing had already effectively destroyed). Rather, it was the revelation of the stunningly self-serving myth of several political sectors that Chile was, in fact, a democracy of long standing. Despite enormous class divisions, despite enormous economic disparities, despite a feudal oligarchy coupled with a cynical know-nothing bourgeoisie, Chile was …
The fallout from Plaxico Burress' self-inflicted gunshot wound may still cause problems for New York Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce and affect the team's bid for a second straight Super Bowl title.
Just days after Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh at a Manhattan nightclub, the Giants fined and suspended the star receiver on Tuesday for four games _ the rest of the regular season. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means he won't be back for the playoffs, either.
"When you lose a player of Plaxico's ability, it is incumbent that everybody step up and fill the void," coach Tom Coughlin …
