Saturday, January 31, 2015

Germany's Merkel underlines creditors' refusal to consider new debt forgiveness for Greece

Three previous trips were enough for Tiger Woods to leave quite an impression at the Phoenix Open. The hole-in-one on the most raucous hole in golf. Fans moving a half-ton boulder. A kid tossing an orange onto the green when he was putting.

As Marion "Suge" Knight sat jailed on suspicion of murder, dueling narratives cast him as attacker and victim in the hip-hop music mogul's latest and most serious run-in with the law.

Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress have never had a better chance of repealing the tax on medical devices.

Clad in neon-green from head to toe, Chinese snowboarder He Qiang is part of a growing cohort of middle-class enthusiasts in a country with little tradition of winter sports but that is now seeking to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Images or mentions of knives, ransom or blood - or anything else that can be seen alluding to the hostage crisis involving two Japanese in Syria - have been cut out. Some anime and other entertainment programs are altering, canceling or postponing episodes violating those sensitivities - typical of the kind of self-restraint shown here to avoid controversy.

Super Bowl weekend isn't just about the championship game for Snoop Dogg - it's also a reminder that the next generation of NFL greats need to develop.

The cellphone message of the Filipino police commandos to their base was triumphant: "Mike 1 bingo," a code meaning they have killed one of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terror suspects, Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan.

Gordon Hayward scored 26 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Utah Jazz upset the league's highest-scoring team, the Golden State Warriors, 110-100 on Friday night.

Writer-director Paul Weitz knew what he was after when he was writing "Grandma," the official closing-night selection at the Sundance Film Festival.

Martin Laird had another 5-under 66 to take a two-shot lead in a Phoenix Open that will be without Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Super Bowl weekend.

Phil Mickelson missed the cut Friday in the Phoenix Open, failing to advance for the sixth time in 26 appearances at TPC Scottsdale. The three-time champion had a 5-over 76 in his afternoon round in alternating rain, drizzle and mist.

New York City has agreed to pay $3.9 million to the family of a black Bronx teenager who was shot to death by a white police officer in 2012.

Brandon Levine exchanged handshakes and hugs with nearly two dozen of his blood brothers and sisters Friday, people he had never met but knew had saved his life.

Uber says that if you catch a ride with one of its drivers, your personal and financial data are safe. The ride-hailing company on Friday released the results of what it described as a thorough outside examination of its privacy and personal data policies.

A small suburban Philadelphia college apologized Friday after it stirred controversy with an email advertising a fitness program to overweight students.

Comedian Josh Gad will be in the stands at Sunday's Super Bowl, cheering on his "Frozen" co-star Idina Menzel as she sings the national anthem.