| Newton, defense lead Panthers over Lions 24-7 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:17 PM PDT  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton made a successful return to the field, throwing for 281 yards and a touchdown in the Carolina Panthers' 24-7 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
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| Brady, Patriots bounce back to beat Vikings 30-7 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:17 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots took advantage of Adrian Peterson's absence and Matt Cassel's four interceptions, and Chandler Jones returned a field goal he blocked for a touchdown right before halftime to lead a 30-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
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| Treasury's Lew warned China on antitrust probes of foreign firms: WSJ Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has written to the Chinese government warning that a recent spate of antitrust investigations against foreign companies could have serious implications for U.S.-China relations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The newspaper said Lew sent a letter to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and said that China's recent focus on foreign companies could devalue foreign intellectual property, citing people briefed on the contents of the letter. The paper said the letter was sent in recent days. ...
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| Cowboys avoid 0-2 start, beat Titans 26-10 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — DeMarco Murray ran for 167 yards and a touchdown, Dan Bailey kicked four field goals, and the Dallas Cowboys routed the Tennessee Titans 26-10 Sunday.
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| Contador delighted at Vuelta treble Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:09 PM PDT  Alberto Contador said he was "delighted" after winning his third Vuelta a Espana as Italian Adriano Malori took victory on the final stage 9.7km timetrial in Santiago de Compostela on Sunday. Spaniard Contador finished 1min 40sec down on Malori on the rain-affected course as he took no chances. It was less than two months ago that the 31-year-old broke his leg in a crash that forced him out of the Tour de France. "It's two months since I crashed at the Tour de France and today I won the Vuelta," said Contador.
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| Ukraine truce under threat as heavy fighting erupts Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:05 PM PDT  Heavy fighting erupted around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, piling further pressure on a precarious nine-day-old truce between the government and separatist fighters. Donetsk council said there had been civilian casualties and described the situation in the city as "critical" but gave no further information. Kiev accused the rebels of jeopardising the truce by intensifying their attacks on government positions in eastern Ukraine, the scene of five months of deadly combat. Sunday's fighting appeared to be concentrated near Donetsk airport where the Ukrainian military said it had driven back an assault by insurgent fighters on Friday.
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| Could Pacquiao fight be in cards for Mayweather? Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. may have boxed himself into a corner by outboxing Marcos Maidana in their rematch.
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| Queen to Scots: Think carefully about future Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:51 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has made her first comments about this week's Scottish independence vote, urging Scots to "think very carefully about the future."
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| Sweden's Social Democrats set to reclaim power, as far right gains Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:48 PM PDT  A left-leaning coalition led by Sweden's opposition Social Democrats seemed headed for victory in the general election Sunday, with an exit poll also showing major gains for the far right. The three-party, Social Democrat-led, red-green coalition was tipped to get 44.8 percent of the vote, according to the poll reported by public broadcaster SVT, while the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats were seen garnering 10.5 percent, nearly double their vote from the last election four years ago. "It looks like a Social Democrat-led government and that of course is a victory," Social Democrat party secretary Carin Jaemtin told AFP. The ruling centre-right four-party coalition which has presided over the Nordic's region largest economy for the past eight years was slated to get only 39.7 percent, the exit poll indicated.
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| Residents emerge in shell-shocked Ukrainian city Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:47 PM PDT  LUHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Months of daily shelling reduced the east Ukraine city of Luhansk to a ghost town, silent but for the explosions.
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| RG3, WR Jackson leave Redskins game with injuries Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT  LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Robert Griffin III departed with his left ankle in a splint, and DeSean Jackson walked off gingerly supporting his left arm and shoulder Sunday in the first quarter of the Washington Redskins' game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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| Egypt: Qatar ordered Islamists out within 2 months Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:27 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will hunt down exiled Muslim Brotherhood leaders and seek their arrest, a top official said Sunday, after Qatar ordered them to leave its territory despite initially hosting group members following the ouster of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year. |
| Isner rolls past Lacko in Davis Cup Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:23 PM PDT  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — American John Isner won the final nine games and beat Slovakia's Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-0 Sunday on the final day of the Davis Cup World Group playoff.
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| France v Switzerland in Davis Cup final Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:11 PM PDT  France will host Switzerland in the Davis Cup final in November after Roger Federer gave the Swiss the winning point against Italy in Geneva on Sunday. Federer reached the first Davis Cup final of his career with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) win over Fabio Fognini in the first of the semi-final's reverse singles. Andreas Seppi edged Michael Lammer 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the remaining dead rubber to make the final score 3-2. France made sure of playing in the final for the first time since 2010 on Saturday when their doubles team of Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Czechs Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek in four sets at Roland Garros.
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| Johnny Manziel makes NFL debut for Browns Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:10 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnny Manziel has made his NFL regular-season debut, coming off the bench for the Cleveland Browns in the third quarter Sunday against New Orleans. |
| Westwood show highlights Scotland, not fashion Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:09 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Vivienne Westwood may be staging a catwalk show, but Scotland — not clothes — is foremost on the designer's mind.
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| Britain mourns slain hostage; another under threat Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:07 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Now it's Britain's turn to mourn.
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| Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspected al Shabaab cell Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:07 PM PDT  By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on a suspected al Shabaab cell that was planning an imminent attack, a Ugandan official said in an interview on Sunday. Police arrested 19 people in the operation on Saturday, and Information Minister Rose Namayanja urged the public to "remain vigilant" as Uganda continues its investigation into the planned attack. "The operation is still going on," Namayanja said. ...
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| Fresh rain hampers rescue bid in flood-ravaged Kashmir Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:07 PM PDT  Fresh rain hampered rescue operations in Indian Kashmir Sunday a week after deadly floods swamped the Himalayan region, with medics and survivors describing nightmarish conditions in the devastated city of Srinagar. The floods and landslides have now claimed at least 490 lives in India and neighbouring Pakistan, and rescuers are struggling to cope with the scale of the disaster. After a few clear days, more rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning hit relief operations in the worst affected areas of Srinagar, the normally scenic city on the Indian side. Indian Kashmir's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has come under fire over the slow pace of the rescue effort, admitted his government was "completely paralysed" in its immediate response to the disaster.
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| Man Utd beats QPR 4-0; Green makes Hamburg debut Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:06 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Strengthened by its expensive new signings, Manchester United defeated Queens Park Rangers to suggest that England's biggest club might be getting back to its best.
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| Adrian Peterson not at stadium for Vikings game Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:05 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Plenty of No. 28 purple jerseys showed up for Sunday's Minnesota Vikings home opener. None were worn by the face of the franchise.
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| Victim had helped Ohio man charged in 4 killings Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:54 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One of four men found slain at their homes in a small Ohio city had sought help two days earlier for the man now charged in the killings, according to police records obtained by The Associated Press.
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| Scotland's 'Kirk' appeals for reconciliation after vote Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:35 AM PDT By Iona Shanks ROSNEATH, Scotland (Reuters) - On the last Sunday before Scotland votes on independence, church ministers urged Scots from the pulpit to work for reconciliation and avoid recrimination after the referendum. "It will be hard, because I'm one of those people who has spent a lifetime trying to see both sides of every argument, trying to work out complicated 'middle ways' that keep as many people as possible content," the moderator of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly, Reverend John Chalmers, said in a morning sermon at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh. "On this issue, like the people of Israel standing before Elijah, I need to come off the fence," he said in a sermon broadcast live across Scotland. The referendum on Thursday will decide if Scotland becomes independent and ends its 307-year-old union with England or remains part of the United Kingdom. |
| Scots independence battle reaches fever pitch on streets and screens Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:35 AM PDT  By Alistair Smout GLASGOW Scotland (Reuters) - Thousands of independence supporters took to the streets of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, on Sunday as polls showed the rival camps running desperately close just five days before a referendum which could bring the break-up of the United Kingdom. Separatist and unionist leaders worked across the country to woo undecided voters among the four million people Scots and Scotland residents who will vote on their future on Thursday. Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond, who has spearheaded the drive for independence, said he was confident the "Yes" campaign would win. Alistair Darling, a former British finance minister and leader of the "Better Together" campaign, warned that if Scots vote to split from the United Kingdom, it would be an irreversible decision that would bring economic doom and gloom.
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| White House still seeking coalition in Mideast war Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:33 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Sunday it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it's too early to identify them.
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| Hyo-Joo Kim wins Evian Masters major at 19 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:28 AM PDT  EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Going up against a seven-time major winner more than twice her age, it was teenager Hyo-Joo Kim who showed the calm nerves of a veteran.
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| $50K reward offered for tips on trooper's slaying Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:14 AM PDT  BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. (AP) — Investigators on Sunday returned to scour the woods across from a state police barracks where two troopers were ambushed, leaving one fatally shot and another critically wounded.
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| Mexico on alert as strong hurricane closes in Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:06 AM PDT  Mexico put the Baja California peninsula on high alert Sunday as Hurricane Odile churned towards the popular Los Cabos tourist resorts with swirling 135-mile-per-hour winds. Odile was a highly dangerous storm likely to trigger deadly flash floods and landslides, officials warned, rating the hurricane category four on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, with five being the most destructive. "It could approach or make landfall as a category four in Los Cabos," said National Weather Service coordinator Juan Manuel Caballero, referring to the tourist resorts at the peninsula's southern tip. Hotel occupancy in Los Cabos is low at this time of year, but authorities were concerned about people living in coastal areas and were preparing shelters for 30,000 residents.
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| SEC with 5 teams in top 10 of AP poll Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:05 AM PDT South Carolina's win over Georgia vaulted the Gamecocks 10 spots to No. 14 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Southeastern Conference an unprecedented seven teams in the top 15. |
| Anti-euro party extends gains in eastern Germany Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:54 AM PDT  Germany's fledgling anti-euro party celebrated election gains in two eastern states Sunday, in a show of strength that spells a growing threat for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. "We are the force that's renewing the political landscape," said a jubilant Bernd Lucke, leader of the eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD), which wants Europe's biggest economy to scrap the euro and return to the Deutschmark currency. His nascent conservative party, which was only formed early last year, gained 10 percent in Thuringia state and 12 percent in Brandenburg, said exit polls by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF. The strong results -- far better than those of the long established Greens, who scored five-six percent, and the Free Democrats, who failed to get any seats -- came two weeks after the AfD party also entered parliament in the eastern state of Saxony with almost 10 percent.
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| NFL's Carolina deactivates Hardy as NFL draws more fire Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:49 AM PDT  The NFL's Carolina Panthers deactivated defensive end Greg Hardy for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions, according to the team's website, in a reversal of an earlier decision to let him play while he appeals a domestic violence conviction. The move comes after a week of fierce criticism over the National Football League's handling of a domestic violence case involving three-time Pro Bowler Ray Rice. The outrage over the NFL's response to the incident has led to calls for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to step down.
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| Hillary Clinton in Iowa stirs 2016 speculation Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:42 AM PDT  INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — With speculation on a White House run in overdrive, Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to Iowa Sunday to pay tribute to the state's retiring Democratic senator as anticipation builds over the possibility of another presidential campaign.
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| Iraq's Allawi endorses PM, says will help win over Sunnis Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:31 AM PDT By Oliver Holmes BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Vice President Iyad Allawi endorsed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday, a move that will be seen as a step towards reconciliation in a political system that desperately needs to rebuild to allow Baghdad to fight Islamic State. For years Allawi, a secular Shi'ite Muslim, has been an outspoken critic of former premier Nuri al-Maliki whom he has accused of acting like Saddam Hussein in trying to silence his opponents. Allawi, a former prime minister, is also a key figure in reaching out to disaffected Iraqi Sunnis who Abadi hopes he can bring back to the government side to battle Islamic State. Islamic State fighters have seized large chunks of Iraq's north and west this year. |
| Several Arab countries offer to join air campaign on Islamic State, say U.S. officials Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:31 AM PDT By Jason Szep PARIS (Reuters) - Several Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. The officials declined to identify which countries had made the offers but said they were under consideration as the United States begins to identify roles for each country in its emerging coalition against jihadists who have declared a caliphate in the heart of the Middle East. "I don't want to leave you with the impression that these Arab members haven't offered to do air strikes because several of them have," a senior U.S. |
| Diplomatic push grows against Islamic State group Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:31 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Newly outraged by the beheading of yet another Western hostage, diplomats from around the world are in Paris pressing for a coherent global strategy to combat extremists from the Islamic State group — minus two of the main players and without any ground troops — in a conflict that threatens to spill beyond the Mideast.
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| Anti-euro party polls well in German state votes Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:14 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — A new party that has expanded its anti-euro platform into a broader appeal to protest voters won seats in two more German state legislatures Sunday.
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| Portugal bank slated for sale gets new management Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:13 AM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Bank of Portugal has appointed a new senior management team to run Novo Banco, a bank which the government wants to sell and recoup the 3.9 billion euros ($5 billion) taxpayers provided to resolve Portugal's biggest financial scandal. |
| Santa Monica using $1M to evaluate its happiness Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:09 AM PDT  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — As Eileen Brown and her dog stand on a bluff at Santa Monica's Palisades Park and survey endless miles of sparkling blue ocean, clear skies and shimmering sandy beaches, she ponders how life could possibly get any better in this corner of paradise.
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| Spanish department store head Alvarez dies at 79 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:00 AM PDT  MADRID (AP) — Isidoro Alvarez, the head of Spain's El Corte Ingles department store chain who turned the company into an international business with an annual turnover of around 14 billion euros ($18 billion), has died. He was 79.
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| Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 09:58 AM PDT  By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders, one of the Senate's leading liberals, said on Sunday he is thinking about running for U.S. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, could pose a challenge from the left to Clinton, widely seen as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders is serving his second six-year term in the Senate. He has cultivated a following among some American liberals, especially on economic issues like the growing income disparity between rich and poor and corporate greed.
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