Fitzgerald Cecilio – Sports Reporter Cleveland, OH (Sports) – Elliot Johnson scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Matt Albers in the ninth as the Kansas City Royals edged the Cleveland Indians, 2-1, in the opener of a three-game set Monday at Progressive Field. With the bases loaded, Albers’ pitch zipped under Carlos [...]
Continue ReadingFitzgerald Cecilio – Sports Reporter Denver, CO (Sports) – The Denver Nuggets have named Tim Connelly as general manager, replacing Masai Ujiri, who moved to the Toronto Raptors. “We are extremely excited to have Tim join the Denver Nuggets organization,” team president Josh Kroenke said. “He comes from a great basketball background, possesses an incredibly [...]
Continue ReadingFitzgerald Cecilio – Sports Reporter ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (Sports) – Four seeded players, led by No. 3 John Isner and No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis, tumbled out of the first round of the Topshelf Open Monday. World No. 73 Evgeny Donskoy spoiled Isner’s grass-court debut, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4, breaking the American twice to finish the match in [...]
Continue ReadingFitzgerald Cecilio – Sports Reporter Seattle, WA (Sports) – After failing to bring in an NBA team, Seattle may settle for an NHL squad as discussions to move the League-owned Phoenix Coyotes to the city have started. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn confirmed that he has spoken with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about the Coyotes’ possible [...]
Continue ReadingWindsor Genova – (FECC) Lough Erne, United Kingdom – The European Union and United States will start formal negotiations on a free trade agreement in Washington on July 8, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday at the start of the Group of Eight (G8) summit at the Lough Erne resort in the U.K. In [...]
Continue ReadingFitzgerald Cecilio – Sports Reporter Fort Lauderdale, FL (Sports) – Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been ordered released from jail, one week after he was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for violating his probation and playfully slapping his attorney’s butt during a hearing. Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh ordered Johnson’s release after [...]
Continue ReadingPaula David – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter London, England, United Kingdom – Nigella Lawson has left their conjugal home after photos of her and husband Charles Saatchi in a rather violent situation have surfaced on the Internet on Sunday. The couple was having lunch at Scott’s restaurant in Mayfair when they got into a heated [...]
Continue Reading<img src="http://www.irinnews.org/images/ (IRIN) – Doctors in Libya say they are seeing a "growing" number of patients with drug problems and a corresponding risk of HIV infection, in a post-Gaddafi era marked by limited law enforcement and government capacity. “Every month more people come to us needing help,” said Abdullah Fannir, deputy director of Gargaresh psychiatric [...]
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