Liverpool need to be more decisive
KENNY DALGLISH has called on his Liverpool FC forwards to be more decisive in the final third if they are to improve on some of the most lacklustre attacking statistics in the Premier League. Liverpool drew another blank against Stoke…
Insects, not ankle, bug Serena in Aussie comeback
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — If anything, it was the insects buzzing around Rod Laver Arena that bugged Serena Williams the most. The injured left ankle held up fine in her opening match Tuesday at the Australian Open, and even the…
Missing raised to 29 in Italian cruise disaster
ROME (AP) — Italy’s cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins,…
Airbus takes record orders in 2011, beating Boeing
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Airbus took in a record number of orders for new commercial aircraft last year as strong demand for its revamped single-aisle plane helped it best U.S. rival Boeing Co. in the race for orders for the…
Raiders ask to interview Broncos OC for coach job
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders search for a new head coach picked up steam on Monday as the team received permission to interview two Denver assistants and was also poised to talk to members of Green Bay’s staff….
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…
