Govt rejects no-handshake advice for UK Olympians
LONDON (AP) — The British government on Tuesday rejected a warning by the Olympic team’s top doctor that athletes should avoid shaking hands at the London Games. The British Olympic Association’s chief medical officer had said athletes should avoid physical…
Lenny Dykstra gets three years in California prison
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced ex-New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Monday was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. Los Angeles…
Rep. of Congo: 236 dead after arms depot blasts
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville’s main morgue Tuesday as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions…
Flash Harry beats the Bolt
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — It wasn’t much of a race, but then it really couldn’t have been as the world’s fastest man and Britain’s Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capital. The prince got off…
Waving flags or farewell? Outposts mull ties to UK
LONDON (AP) — From sun-kissed Caribbean beaches to icy north Atlantic tundra, Queen Elizabeth II’s family has begun a celebratory tour to mark her 60th year on the throne — just as questions are raised about dumping the monarchy in…
Brazil spat with FIFA brings uncertainty over World Cup
SAO PAULO (AP) — With Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup under increasing scrutiny, tensions are escalating between the country and FIFA. The public fighting between the host country and soccer’s governing body could further affect Brazil’s work leading…
Obama makes case against striking Iran now
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn’t want war but insists he would attack Iran if that was the only option left to stop that nation from getting a nuclear weapon. “Loose talk of war” only plays into…
Jamaica’s famed coffee industry facing hard times
BRANDON HILL, Jamaica (AP) — A few years ago in this mist-shrouded mountain town, steep slopes were quilted with some of the world’s most valuable coffee trees. Farmers scrambled to increase acreage and pickers painstakingly filled wooden boxes with ripened…
A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory
MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea…
UK’s Tate buys eight million Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Tate gallery has bought a work by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made up of eight million porcelain sunflower seeds — a portion of the 100 million he brought to London in 2010. Tate said Monday that…
