CHICAGO – Chicago Bulls star Ben Gordon is listed as day-to-day after an MRI confirmed he has a strained left hamstring. Gordon was hurt in the second quarter Sunday, then sent Game 4 into a second overtime with a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left. The Bulls beat the Celtics 121-118, tying the series 2-2 with .
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The trainer in Jimmy Jerkens thought maybe, just maybe, Quality Road could compete in the Kentucky Derby even with a quarter crack injury that has slowed down his training the last two weeks. The horseman in Jerkens, however, knew otherwise. Jerkens scratched the Florida Derby winner .
NEW YORK – Concerns about swine flu prompted CONCACAF to cancel the rest of its under-17 soccer championship in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak. Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and the United States had clinched spots in the semifinals of the tournament, being played in Tijuana. But after the Mexican government announced it was closing .
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK – Jayson Williams was stunned with a Taser by police in his swank hotel suite Monday after the reportedly suicidal ex-NBA star resisted attempts by officers to take him to a hospital. Police were called to the hotel in lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City around 4 a.m. .
NEWCASTLE, England (AFP) – Newcastle’s chances of clinging on to their place in the Premier League suffered a serious setback as Alan Shearer’s side were frustrated by a resilient Portsmouth on Monday. A goalless draw left the Magpies three points adrift of fourth-from-bottom Hull with just four matches left to stave off relegation and a .
By TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer DETROIT – General Motors, once the colossus of American capitalism, will become a leaner, government-owned company if the Obama administration goes along with the automaker’s plan to slash jobs, close plants and eliminate the legendary Pontiac brand. As GM laid out the proposal Monday, new agreements fell into place .
By MADLEN READ, AP Business Writer NEW YORK – The swine flu gave Wall Street a reason to turn cautious. The Dow Jones industrial average gave up a midday recovery and retreated about 0.6 percent Monday as the swine flu’s death count in Mexico grew to about 150 people from 100. There have been far .
By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy, which was showing tentative early signs of a recovery, faces a potentially grave new threat: swine flu. A widespread outbreak could batter the tourism, food and transportation industries in particular, deepening the recession in the U.S. and possibly worldwide. With the U.S. and the .
By Deborah Zabarenko and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States gathered China, India and the world’s other top greenhouse gas polluters in Washington on Monday to “make up for lost time” and lay the groundwork for a U.N. deal to fight climate change. The meeting, which U.S. President Barack Obama called last month, .
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer LONDON – The British government said Monday it wants communications companies to keep records of every phone call, e-mail and Web site visit made in the country. But it has decided not to set up a national database of the information, a proposal that had been condemned as a .
