October 20, 2013
Jorge Lorenzo wins as Marc Marquez disqualified in Australian MotoGP
Jorge Lorenzo's MotoGP world title hopes remain alive after he won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix which saw championship leader Marc Marquez disqualified. Yamaha's Lorenzo, who started from pole and led throughout, now trails his fellow Spaniard…
October 20, 2013
Manchester United boss not blaming Sir Alex Ferguson exit
Manchester United boss David Moyes has rejected claims that the Premier League champions have lost their fear factor since he succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson. United are eight points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal after being held to a 1-1 draw…
October 20, 2013
LeBron James wants to play in NFL
LeBron James said he wants to play a game in the NFL in a wide-ranging question and answer session with fans on Twitter Friday night. Saying he'd answer questions for 15 minutes around 11:30 p.m. ET, the Miami Heat star stayed online for 50…
October 20, 2013
Time trial confusion in Carib Champs
Participants of Saturday’s time trial at the Caribbean Cycling Championships (CCC) will have to wait more than 24 hours to learn their fate. “Sunday at the award ceremony the official results will be posted,” read an advisory posted on the event’s…
October 20, 2013
Wealthy Luxembourg Holds Early Elections
Europe's longest-serving leader faces a tough test Sunday as voters in Luxembourg go to the polls. Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who has been in power since 1995, hopes to keep the job and lead a new government headed by his Christian Social…
October 20, 2013
Big Bank to be Penalized Big Dollars
The largest bank in the United States has tentatively agreed to pay $13 billion in fines, penalties and consumer relief to settle several investigations into bad mortgage loans it allegedly made. JP Morgan Chase and the U.S. Justice Department…
October 20, 2013
Al-Shabab Militants Claim Responsibility for Deadly Somalia Bombing
The militant Somali group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least 15 people in western Somalia, near the border with Ethiopia. An al-Shabab statement said the attack targeted a cafe in the city of…
October 20, 2013
UN Aid Chief Pleads For Access to Besieged Syrians
The United Nations' top humanitarian official is urging both sides in the Syrian civil war to allow aid workers access to thousands of civilians trapped in one of several besieged suburbs ringing the capital, Damascus. Valerie Amos on Saturday…
October 20, 2013
Italy’s Berlusconi Faces 2-year Ban from Public Office
An Italian court has ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, convicted of tax fraud, should be barred from holding public office for two years. However, Saturday's ruling against Berlusconi — a current senator — will have no immediate…
October 20, 2013
Brahimi Pushes for Syria Peace Talks on Egypt Visit
The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria is in Cairo as part of a regional tour aimed at garnering support for a peace conference in Geneva next month. Lakhdar Brahimi met Saturday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. He is due to hold talks…