Month: April 2011

April 8, 2011

Bulls charge past Celtics, close in on home-court advantage

The Chicago Bulls beat Boston 97-81 on Thursday to open up a four-game lead atop the Eastern Conference and move within a victory of clinching home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Chicago (58-20), winners of 17 of their last 19 games,…

April 8, 2011

Portuguese trio, Villarreal shine in Europa League

Spanish side Villarreal and Portuguese giants FC Porto put their Europa League-winning credentials on show with 5-1 wins apiece in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday. Three Portuguese sides -- Porto, Benfica and Sporting Braga -- are…

April 8, 2011

Before deliberating, Bonds’ jurors get an earful

The eight women and four men sat in the jury box for more than 4 1/2 hours, listening to angry arguments from federal prosecutors and Barry Bonds' attorneys at the end of a 12-day trial that exposed the dark world of baseball's Steroids Era. Now,…

April 8, 2011

NFL, players disagree on who should oversee talks

A day after the judge handling the NFL lockout lawsuit urged the sides to go "back to the table," the players and owners both expressed a willingness to do so. The hitch: Each offered to meet for talks in a setting the other finds unpalatable. A…

April 8, 2011

Shutdown talks yield no deal as clock ticks

Time growing short, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach agreement…

April 8, 2011

Trump hammers away at Obama’s citizenship question

Real estate tycoon Donald Trump said Thursday he isn't convinced that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, but says he hopes the president can prove that he was. Officials in Hawaii have certified Obama's citizenship, but…

April 8, 2011

Strongest aftershock since Japan tsunami kills 2

A strong aftershock ripped through northeastern Japan, killing two, injuring dozens and piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month's devastating tsunami. The quake late Thursday was the strongest tremor since the March…

April 8, 2011

Blackout hits large swath of Venezuela

A blackout hit a large swath of Venezuela on Thursday, darkening street lights, shutting down the Caracas subway and prompting the government to announce temporary rationing measures. The power outage affected the capital of Caracas and 11 states…

April 8, 2011

Earthquake shakes wide area of southern Mexico

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook a wide area of southern and central Mexico on Thursday, sending people fleeing into the streets, but causing only minor reported damage. The epicenter was located near Las Choapas, a town of about 83,000 residents…

April 7, 2011

Clinton Dismisses Gadhafi Letter, Reaffirms He Must Yield Power

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday brushed aside a personal…