UK police officer loses Olympic security documents
LONDON (AP) — A British tabloid reported Tuesday that it had been handed documents about security arrangements for the London Olympics that were left on a train by a police officer, the latest in a series of embarrassing mishaps involving…
No public funding for new royal yacht
LONDON (AP) — What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. That was the message Monday as a brief boomlet of support for…
Japan police nab inmate
TOKYO (AP) — A manhunt that riveted Japan ended Friday when police captured a Chinese convict who bolted from a Hiroshima penitentiary clad only in his underwear in the country’s first prison break in more than two decades. Police found…
FBI seeks help finding Montana teacher’s body
Authorities investigating the reported death of a Montana school teacher asked land owners in parts of Montana and North Dakota to check vacant farmsteads for signs of disturbed soil or matted grass, saying her body might be buried at such…
Beyonce gets fly with golden booty named after her
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A newly discovered horse fly in Australia was so “bootylicious” with its golden-haired bum, there was only one name worthy of its beauty: Beyonce. Previously published results from Bryan Lessard, a 24-year-old researcher at Australia’s Commonwealth…
Arsene says “strange decisions” led to loss
Manager Arsene Wenger felt a series of “strange decisions” had proved vital in Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat at Swansea, particularly referee Michael Oliver’s decision to award a penalty he described as “a complete imagination. The penalty in question came in the…
Williams, Spencer, Plummer earn acting Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Williams has earned the Golden Globe for actress in a musical or comedy as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn,” 52 years after Monroe’s win for the same prize at the Globes. The…
Philippine chief justice impeachment trial starts
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ first impeachment trial of a Supreme Court justice opened Monday, in a major battle of President Benigno Aquino III’s anti-corruption campaign targeting his detained predecessor and her allies. Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached…
Chelsea sign Bolton defender
Chelsea have completed the signing of central defender Gary Cahill from Bolton for a fee of around £7m. ($9m) Cahill, 26, passed a medical on Saturday, before attending Chelsea’s 1-0 Premier League win over Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. “Chelsea is…
Federer, Nadal smooth over talk of rift
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A day after a rare show of discord, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal quickly closed ranks. Nadal had criticized Federer for his unwillingness to speak out on issues affecting the men’s game, allowing others to “burn…
