Archive for October, 2009
Large-market teams dominate baseball this year
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio thought about the teams in baseball’s final four this year – large-market clubs all – and wondered whether there would room for his franchise anytime soon. “We don’t know if that’s a trend or just an aberration,” he said.
Serena to face Venus in all-Williams Doha final
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Williams sisters are headed for another title matchup. Venus, the defending champion, defeated Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in one semifinal Saturday at the Sony Ericsson Championships. Caroline Wozniacki retired against Serena in the other because of an apparent abdominal injury while trailing 6-4, 0-1.
Book: White House ‘the American house next door’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lady Bird Johnson said walking through the White House was like walking “through history.” Hillary Clinton called the home “a repository of America’s storied past.” Michelle Obama has called it “awe inspiring.” The authors of a new book have another name for the president’s residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.: “the American house next door.” “Americans have this sense of the White House as something apart … it doesn’t seem to change from the outside, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t changed constantly,” said Ulysses Grant Dietz, the great-great grandson of the 18th president and co-author of “Dream House: The White House as an American Home.” Dietz and Sam Watters write that over the past 200 years, the White House has morphed from a country house to a suburban home to a museum. In the process, they say, changes the presidents have made to have reflected Americans’ changing ideals about what a home should be.
Kim to meet Fisher in World Match Play final
CASARES, Spain (AP) — Ross Fisher beat Masters champion Angel Cabrera on the third playoff hole Saturday to set up a World Match Play Championship final against Anthony Kim. Fisher won 1-up after Cabrera needed five shots to reach the green on the final hole. Fisher had sent his second shot from 244 yards within 5 feet of the pin in fading light at the Finca Cortesin golf course
Marley heirs wage global war on trademark pirates
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Coming to a store near you: Bob Marley video games, shoes … snowboards?
Somali pirates: Western boats ‘loot’ Somali fish
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple said Saturday that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia’s fish-rich waters. Ahmed Gadaf, who described himself as a spokesman for the pirates, said Western fishing vessels “harass” local fishermen and destroy their nets.
