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OF Cruz to replace injured Hunter on AL squad

Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz has been picked for the American League All-Star roster, replacing injured Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter.

  • FDA clears Eli Lilly's blood thinner Effient

    The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly, though the drug must carry the agency's sternest warning because of its bleeding risks.

  • Iraqi soccer team wins 1st home match in 7 years

    Iraq has won its first home soccer game since 2002, defeating the Palestinian national team 3-0 in an exhibition.

  • American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong waits for the start of the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 224 kilometers (139.2 miles) with start in Barcelona, Spain, and finish in Arcalis ski resort, Andorra, Friday July 10, 2009.

    Armstrong drops to 3rd at Tour; Nocentini in lead

    Lance Armstrong dropped one spot to third place in the Tour de France on Friday, with rival and teammate Alberto Contador breaking away in the final sprint up the mountain to claim second. Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini captured the yellow jersey from Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara after a punishing climb in the Pyrenees to complete the seventh stage. It was the first time the overall lead changed hands since Cancellara won the opening-day time trial in Monaco. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

  • Grant Hill decides to stay with Suns

    Grant Hill is staying with the Phoenix Suns.

  • Poor leave Calif. at higher rate than rich

    A report from the Public Policy Institute of California shows the poor are more likely to leave California than the wealthy.

  • Coast Guard cutter makes drug bust off Guatemala

    The Coast Guard says a cutter based in Alameda has seized two speedboats, recovered a bale of cocaine and detained four suspected smugglers off the coast of Guatemala.

  • FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2008, file photo, USA's Phil Mickelson and his wife Amy celebrate after winning the Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, in Louisville, Ky. Mickelson has decided not to play the British Open next week so he can be with his wife as she starts her recovery from breast cancer. He said Friday, July 10, 2009, on his Web site that winning majors is his main objective, but that family comes first.

    Lefty to skip British Open, citing wife's health

    Phil Mickelson will skip the British Open so he can be with his wife as she starts her recovery from breast cancer, ending the longest active streak of majors played at 61.

  • James Blake of US team reacts while playing with Ivo Karlovic of Croatian team during Davis Cup quarterfinal tennis match in Porec, Croatia, Friday, July 10, 2009.

    Croatia takes 1-0 lead over US in Davis Cup

    Ivo Karlovic has rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake and give Croatia a 1-0 lead over the United States in their best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal series. Photo Gallery Available

  • Iranian chant slogans against Israel, during Friday prayers ceremony at Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 10, 2009.

    Analysis: Can Iran's protesters keep momentum?

    Just getting thousands of protesters into the streets of Tehran despite fears of beating and arrest was a victory for the Iranian opposition, but the first protest in nearly two weeks also displayed the movement's limitations. Photo Gallery Available

  • Correction: Florida Plane Crash story

    In a July 9 story about a plane that crashed with five people aboard off Florida's Gulf Coast, The Associated Press erroneously reported that family members of two Quality Powder Coating LP employees were among those on the plane. No relatives of the employees of the Carrolton, Texas, company were on the flight.

  • Phillies OF Werth replaces Beltran as NL All-Star

    Jayson Werth's power push paid off.

  • Women lose court bid to ski jump in Vancouver

    A group of women ski jumpers lost its case to be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

  • Leafs sign Swedish forward Wallin to 1-year deal

    The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Swedish forward Rickard Wallin to a one-year contract.

  • Report: Bush program extended beyond wiretapping

    The Bush administration authorized secret surveillance activities that still have not been made public, according to a new government report that questions the legal basis for the unprecedented anti-terrorism program.

  • Former Sen. Dole undergoes leg surgery

    Former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole remained hospitalized Friday following leg surgery performed after he initially sought medical treatment for heart problems.

  • Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic serves a ball to Juan Monaco from Argentina during the Davis Cup World Group quarter-final tennis match between Czech Republic and Argentina in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Friday, July 10, 2009.

    Czech Republic, Argentina tied at 1-1 in Davis Cup

    Juan Martin del Potro outclassed Ivo Minar 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 and Argentina draw even with the Czech Republic after the opening singles in their best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday. Photo Gallery Available

  • Cubs' Soto goes on DL

    The Cubs' Geovany Soto, the 2008 NL rookie of the year, is going on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle. Manager Lou Piniella said Soto could be out for a month.

  • Family members search for the graves of relatives at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., Friday, July 10, 2009. Orange flags mark possible burial sites that may have been disturbed. Investigators continue to work at the cemetery where three gravediggers and a cemetery manager are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

    Cemetery workers made $300K in gravedigging scheme

    Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretched back at least four years, authorities said Friday. Photo Gallery Available

  • UC chief proposes furloughs to offset budget cuts

    The president of the University of California is proposing to furlough tens of thousands of employees to offset deep funding cuts to the 10-campus system.


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