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Crayton insures for Cowboys with WR Bryant out (AP)

Sports - 30 min 36 sec ago

AP - With rookie receiver Dez Bryant out until perhaps the regular season, the Dallas Cowboys will certainly need that $2 million insurance policy named Patrick Crayton.


Dodgers add Lilly and Theriot from Cubs (Reuters)

Sports - 32 min 2 sec ago
Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired left handed starting pitcher Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot from the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in exchange for second baseman Blake DeWitt and two minor leaguers.

Hester predicts breakout year (AP)

Sports - 32 min 7 sec ago

AP - There is no hesitation from Devin Hester, which is no surprise given the way he darts down the field, only this time he was not sprinting by a defender.


Wildfire smolders in desert north of Los Angeles (AP)

Top Stories - 46 min 32 sec ago

AP - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.


Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton's NY wedding (AP)

Top Stories - 47 min 54 sec ago

AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.


Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)

Top Stories - 52 min 35 sec ago

AP - Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.


Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)

Sports - 52 min 35 sec ago

AP - Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.


Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)

Top Stories - 57 min 19 sec ago

AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.


Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)

Technology - 57 min 19 sec ago

AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.


Yellow lobster pulled from RI's Narragansett Bay (AP)

Top Stories - 58 min 3 sec ago
AP - It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare.

Swollen knee keeps Haynesworth from taking test (AP)

Sports - 1 hour 48 sec ago

AP - Albert Haynesworth came to work Saturday morning with a slightly swollen knee, forcing him to scrap his latest chance to pass the Washington Redskins conditioning test and keeping him exiled from practice for yet another day.


Overton has 3-shot lead at Greenbrier Classic (AP)

Sports - 1 hour 5 min ago

AP - Jeff Overton overcame a tough start to shoot 4-under 66 Saturday for a three-stroke lead entering the final round of the inaugural Greenbrier Classic.


Hack attack hits ATM jackpots (AFP)

Technology - 1 hour 5 min ago

AFP - Computer security researcher Barnaby Jack jokes that he has resorted to hiding cash under his bed since figuring out how to crack automated teller machines remotely using the Internet.


Informant says WikiLeaks suspect had civilian help (AP)

Top Stories - 1 hour 13 min ago

AP - An Army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case said Saturday.


3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison (AP)

Top Stories - 1 hour 18 min ago

AP - Police were using helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee.


Cards get Westbrook from Cleve, send Ludwick to SD (AP)

Sports - 1 hour 18 min ago
AP - The NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals were the prime players in a three-team trade Saturday, getting pitcher Jake Westbrook from Cleveland and sending outfielder Ryan Ludwick to NL West-leading San Diego.

Ferrero to meet Starace in Umag final (AFP)

Sports - 1 hour 59 min ago

AFP - Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero coasted into the final of the ATP Croatia Open on Saturday with a straight sets win over Italy's Andreas Seppi.


Former UNM asst. coach sues over altercation (AP)

Sports - 2 hours 1 min ago
AP - A former assistant football coach has sued the University of New Mexico and coach Mike Locksley over an altercation between the two men last year.

Engineers prepare to seal ruptured BP oil well (AFP)

Top Stories - 2 hours 4 min ago

AFP - Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm.


3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well (AP)

Top Stories - 2 hours 12 min ago

AP - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.


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