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…
New Mexico crews try to reach child’s body in hole
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Crews are trying to reach a child’s body, believed to be that of a missing 4-year boy, discovered wedged into a deep and narrow hole in the backyard of a southern New Mexico home. Carlsbad police…
McIlroy wins Honda and becomes golf’s new No. 1
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy, the new No. 1 player in golf, is not easily rattled. He didn’t see a scoreboard in the final round of the Honda Classic until he walked onto the eighth green, looked…
Villas-Boas fired by Chelsea after eight months
LONDON (AP) — Andre Villas-Boas was fired by Chelsea after barely eight months in charge of the Premier League club on Sunday, leaving owner Roman Abramovich searching for his eighth manager in nine years. The Russian oligarch lost patience with…
Jamaica PM seeks to cut ties with Queen soon
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s prime minister said Thursday that she wants her Caribbean country to sever ties with the British monarchy soon so it can turn the page on its colonial past and focus on development. Portia Simpson…
Gasoline prices rise in USA for 24th day
NEW YORK (AP) — Gasoline prices are up for the 24th straight day as service stations continue to price in a 10-percent rise in oil this year. The national average for gasoline hit $3.741 per gallon on Friday. That’s an…
