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• Thornton starting to look like a winner
  San Jose, Calif. - When the San Jose Sharks won their first-round playoff series it was in spite of the lacklustre performance from Joe Thornton ...
• Anderson withdraws from NBA draft
  Richmond - Richmond guard Kevin Anderson has withdrawn his name from next month's NBA draft. The university announced Friday that the Atlantic ...
• Taylor admits paying for sex in hotel
  New York - Disgraced gridiron great Lawrence Taylor admitted paying for sex at a suburban Holiday Inn where police say he raped a 16-year-old ...
• 'Babies' beautifully captures the universality of...
  A clear line will be drawn in the sand - or the sandbox, if you will - when it comes to the way people respond to "Babies." If you've never had ...
• Earnhardt stays upbeat at Darlington
  South Carolina - Dale Earnhardt Jr. has disliked Darlington Raceway since his 2000 rookie season debut. A good car quickly went bad, Earnhardt ...
• Volcanic ash forces delays, rerouting of...
  The Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel - coughing out ...
• Top-ranked Serena Williams loses to Jankovic
  Rome - Top-ranked Serena Williams squandered a match point and lost to Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) Friday in the semifinals of the Italian ...
• Pope accepts resignation of German bishop accused of...
  Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday accepted the resignation of a leading bishop from his German homeland who is accused of abusing children and ...
• Iron Man's second flight doesn't soar as high or as far
  Lots of things get blown up and torn apart in "Iron Man 2," as you would expect from any self-respecting blockbuster kicking off the summer movie ...
• The 'Peg may get NHL team yet
  Phoenix - NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says Ice Edge has resumed talks with the city of Glendale over a lease agreement. The Glendale City ...
• Philadelphia hoping Gagne returns as it faces...
  Philadelphia - The Boston Bruins keep losing players to injury. They keep beating the Flyers, too. Forward David Krejci will miss the rest of ...
• Stubborn as Mules
  DETROIT - Johan Franzen doubled his previous playoff scoring total in one game. And the breakout proved to be perfect timing for the Detroit Red ...
• Detroit Red Wings not giving up
  Detroit - The Detroit Red Wings have accomplished a lot over the last two decades, winning four Stanley Cups in six trips to the finals during ...
• Rookie Rask rescues B's
  Philadelphia - The Boston Bruins are one win away from a surprising trip to the Eastern Conference finals that has been 18 years in the making. ...
• Hungry Sharks feast on Wings
  Detroit - Patrick Marleau scored 7:07 into overtime, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 comeback win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday ...
• Flyers hope return home sparks offence and wins
  New Jersey - Ten years after the Flyers counted on Brian Boucher to help bail them out of an 0-2 playoff hole, they're needing the goalie to ...
• BP investigating report of oil washing ashore
  Mobile, Ala. - The winds and waves eased in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, an encouraging development for crews trying clean up a massive oil spill, ...
• Nissan recalls 135,000 Infiniti G35s to address air...
  Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it will recall nearly 135,000 Infiniti G35 sedans and coupes to address a problem that could lead to the air bag ...
• Bruins make the most of home-ice advantage
  Milan Lucic waited at the faceoff circle, his back to the goal, for a deflected puck to land. When it hit the ice, the Boston Bruins forward ...
• Owner of SUV parked in Times Square says he sold it...
  NEW YORK - The registered owner of an SUV that was parked in Times Square and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb told investigators he ...
• Canadians, other foreigners visiting Cuba required...
  Havana, Cuba - Canadians and other foreigners travelling to Cuba now need to hold travel insurance approved by island authorities before they can ...
• BP could face billions in oil-spill costs
  NEW YORK - The oil spill spreading across the Gulf of Mexico has drained $34 billion from BP's stock market value. Lawsuits, fines, cleanup and ...
• No evidence of Taliban link to failed bomb in Times...
  New York - There was no evidence of a Taliban link to a failed bomb found in a smoking sports utility vehicle parked in Times Square - a major ...
• German prosecutors seek 9 1/2 years for Cdn-German...
  Augsburg, Germany - A German-Canadian arms lobbyist whose business dealings with Brian Mulroney led to the spectacle of a former prime minister ...
• Canucks confident heading into Game 2
  Chicago - Playing catch-up is getting old for the Chicago Blackhawks. They've lost the first game of their last four playoff series and now ...
• Like a bad dream that never - ever - ends
  One, two, Freddy's coming for you ... again? No seriously, Freddy's back again? How is that possible? He's a psycho killer and all, but still, ...
• Brendan Fraser hams it up again in 'Furry Vengeance'
  It's getting difficult to tell Brendan Fraser's hammy comedies apart. Asked to explain the difference between "Monkey Bone," "Bedazzled," ...
• 'Not good enough'
  WASHINGTON - Say this for Alex Ovechkin's Washington Capitals: They hardly can be accused of hiding their aspirations. When NHL deputy ...
• Mirror match
  SAN JOSE, Calif. - When the San Jose Sharks hired former Detroit assistant Todd McLellan as their head coach two years ago, they were looking to ...
• Wings put an end to Coyotes' remarkable season
  Glendale, Ariz. - Detroit Red Wings spoiled the big party in Arizona, bringing the Phoenix Coyotes back to Earth with a resounding thud in a 6-1 ...