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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Sometime Saturday evening, a professional skateboarder will throw down some big tricks at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, watch his rivals fall off one by one and walk away with $150,000....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Brandon Crawford hit a two-run single for his first RBIs since April and the San Francisco Giants capitalized on shoddy fielding by St. Louis to give Matt Cain support on a rare shaky day as the Giants beat the Cardinals 7-5 on Thursday....

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri senator hospitalized after she became light-headed has returned to the state Capitol....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Columbia business owner and community leader has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for illegal sending more than $200,000 to friends and family in Iraq while the country faced U.S. sanctions....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- It wasn't the two-run single by J.J. Hardy in the seventh inning that caused the most angst for Royals reliever Aaron Crow, even though they wound up being the deciding runs....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Medical examiners found evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin's system after he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, according to an autopsy released Thursday in a massive package of evidence....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Sporting crumpled catwalks and smashed lifeboats, the U.S. Navy vessel USS Essex managed to glide into San Diego Bay on Thursday, 24 hours after colliding with a tanker when the aging warship's steering apparently failed....

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Police investigating the disappearance of a young girl from her family's southern Arizona home say child welfare workers went to the household in December....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council called for an agreement between Sudan and South Sudan on the status of the disputed, oil-rich border region of Abyei and extended the U.N. security force's mission there by six months....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Attorneys hammered at the credibility of John Edwards and his once-trusted aide as arguments in his campaign corruption trial ended Thursday, leaving jurors to decide whether the presidential candidate's sex scandal cover-up amounted to a crime or a litany of lies....

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities couldn't find the driver of a pickup truck after it rolled over along a Northern California freeway. But he was there a week later when they went back to search for more clues....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council called for an agreement between Sudan and South Sudan on the status of the disputed, oil-rich border region of Abyei and extended the U.N. security force's mission there by six months....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece swore in 300 legislators for just one day before it dissolves Parliament and calls new elections, among them 21 lawmakers from Golden Dawn - arguably the most far-right party to be involved in a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany....

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading close to 1,000 pounds of cocaine. Now reverberations from a drug raid that locals say killed four innocent people are being felt from the sultry jungles of Central America to Capitol Hill....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran....

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada won his bid to leave the grounds of the mental hospital where he is being kept, a criminal review board ruled Thursday....

MEXICO (AP) -- A federal judge in Mexico has ordered two army generals placed under a form of house arrest pending an investigation for possible links to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, authorities said Thursday....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming the league's top executive made false statements that tarnished Vilma's reputation and hindered his ability to earn a living playing football....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- During another seven grueling hours of cross-examination that frustrated all sides, Roger Clemens' accuser explained the evidence he kept in a beer can - and why his story about it has changed....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, and the Oakland owner maintains he's focused on San Jose rather than a move outside the Bay Area....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The Olympic torch was passed to London - witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas....

All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another when an 11-horse field lines up for the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. A victory, and I'll Have Another will have a chance to become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years if he goes on to win the Belmont Stakes next month in New York. But a whole bunch of 3-year-olds are out to spoil the party. Some are taking another shot after losing in the Derby, and others, known as "new shooters," skipped...

GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) -- Defending champion Suzann Pettersen didn't last long at the Sybase Match Play Championship, and neither did three well-known Americans....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece swore in 300 legislators for just one day before it dissolves Parliament and calls new elections, among them 21 lawmakers from Golden Dawn - arguably the most far-right party to be involved in a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Taking a company public isn't as simple as collecting Facebook friends....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets fell by $5.35 billion to $2.563 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday....

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) -- Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday it returned to a profit in the first quarter as it benefited from a gain on the sale of underperforming stores. The troubled retailer also said it would spinoff a stake in its Canada unit to focus on turning around its U.S. business....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is willing to testify at a congressional hearing this spring on the bank's $2 billion trading loss....

Profiles of President Barack Obama's two nominees to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board who were confirmed by the Senate on Thursday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Herbert Breslin, who helped propel Luciano Pavarotti to international fame during 36 years as the tenor's manager, has died. He was 87....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Doug Dillard, an influential banjo player who helped shape rock `n' roll and introduce the nation to bluegrass music during a popular run on "The Andy Griffith Show," died Wednesday in Nashville. He was 75....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Larry King said Thursday that his talk show will resume this summer on the new digital network Ora.TV, earlier than he or the network had anticipated....

NEW YORK (AP) -- May, it turns out, is a manly month, and a funny one at that....

Jane Fonda gave the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival one of its best looks on Thursday in a stretch, form-fitting, two-tone gown by Stella McCartney....

NEW YORK (AP) -- BET's hit series "The Game" has lost another star: Pooch Hall isn't returning for the show's sixth season....