ROME – Salvatore Licitra, a tenor known in his Italian homeland as the “new Pavarotti” for his potent voice and considerable stamina, died Monday at age 43 after spending nine days in a coma following a motorscooter accident in Sicily. Catania’s Garibaldi Hospital, announcing the death, said Licitra never regained consciousness after suffering severe head ...
MINNEAPOLIS – Zach Stewart’s sinker and slider were tumbling over the plate. He stood tall and stayed steady on the mound. The Minnesota Twins couldn’t hit his pitches. The Chicago White Sox couldn’t stop praising the rookie’s composure. Stewart took a perfect game into the eighth inning and finished with a one-hitter as the White ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth’s orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles. By creating the most precise lunar gravity map ever, scientists hope to figure out what’s beneath the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures tumbled more than 2 percent on Monday in electronic trading, hit hard after European markets slumped on renewed fears the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis is worsening. European stocks fell 4 percent on Monday, with financial shares falling to their lowest in more than 2 years. Wall Street was ...
NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces massed on Monday outside a pro-Gaddafi desert town that has refused to surrender, building a field hospital in preparation for a possible last stand. On-off talks involving tribal elders from Bani Walid, south of Tripoli, and a fog of contradictory messages in recent days reflect the ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Pledging fidelity to the Constitution and vowing to carry the tea party’s banner to Washington, the Republicans chasing the GOP’s presidential nomination are pitching themselves as the strongest candidate to roll back four years of President Barack Obama’s tenure. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says the Obama administration flaunted the constitution to ...
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. – Extreme snowboarder Travis Rice isn’t interested in making mere “ski porn” films — the downhill documentaries known for showing trick after breathtaking trick over a soundtrack of thrashing guitars. For Rice and director Curt Morgan, one-upping traditional snow sports movies with their latest film, “The Art of Flight,” meant using the ...
NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces made ready to storm a desert town held by loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi Monday but held off in the hope of a surrender that would avoid bloodshed. On-off negotiations involving tribal elders from Bani Walid, south of Tripoli, and a fog of contradictory messages in recent ...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a Labor Day rally with union members in Detroit. Obama’s speech at the annual event sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO was serving as a dress rehearsal for the jobs address he’s delivering to a joint session of Congress ...
LOS ANGELES – “The Help” has stayed on the job over Labor Day, finishing as the No. 1 film for the third-straight weekend. According to studio estimates Monday, the acclaimed drama about Southern black maids took in $19 million over the long holiday weekend. That raised the film’s domestic total to $123.4 million. “The Help” ...