Yankees rout woeful Mariners 12-6 – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Yankees rout woeful Mariners 12-6 – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Mike Mussina survived five shaky innings before turning it over to Joba Chamberlain and New York’s reshaped bullpen, and the Yankees pummeled the Seattle Mariners 12-6 on Saturday for their first four-game winning streak of the season. Jason Giambi hit a three-run homer and Bobby Abreu added a two

Obama Says Clinton Meant No Offense With RFK Comment – CBS News
SAN JUAN, P.R. — This afternoon, Barack Obama responded to Hillary Clinton’s comments yesterday when she referenced th assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason she’s staying in the race this year. Obama said he believes that Clinton was not trying to be offensive. “I have learned that when

Authorities find 2 dead in car a day after tornadoes rip through Kansas – International Herald Tribune
KANSAS CITY, Missouri : A spokeswoman for the state of Kansas says two people died when a severe storm system tore through the state with more than a dozen tornadoes. Sharon Watson of the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department says the man and woman from Colorado were found Saturday in a car in a

‘Harry Potter’ film actor fatally stabbed in London – USA Today
LONDON (AP) A teenage actor who will appear in the forthcoming “Harry Potter” movie was stabbed to death in a brawl outside a south London bar early Saturday, police said. Rob Knox, 18, was caught up in a fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup just after midnight, London’s Metropolitan Police

Island Express helicopter crashes in Catalina, Calf. – Chicago Tribune
Rainy weather caused a tour helicopter to crash on an island off the Southern California coast, killing three people and injuring three others, a county sheriff’s deputy said. The helicopter went down on the west end of Santa Catalina Island near Two Harbors on Saturday morning, causing a small fire

Mars spacecraft faces riskiest part of mission – Seattle Times
After a nearly 10-month journey, a NASA spacecraft will land softly Sunday on the northern polar region of Mars, if all goes as planned. The Phoenix Mars Lander is set to touch down in a broad, shallow valley in the Martian arctic plains believed to hold a vast supply of underground ice. Phoenix’s

OK for now, Randolph will have to explain – FOXSports.com
DENVER – New York Mets GM Omar Minaya made a surprise visit here yesterday, but it wasn’t to fire Willie Randolph. At least not yet. Minaya did the exact opposite, in fact, giving his embattled manager another vote of confidence before the Mets fell to 22-24 and extended their skid to a season-high

Lawmakers loyal to al-Sadr denounce Iraqi gov’t – Houston Chronicle
BAGHDAD Lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused the Iraqi government of trying to crush the movement and warned Saturday of “black clouds” on the horizon for truces that have eased fighting between al-Sadr’s militia and security forces. The Sadrist Movement has heightened its

China warns quake death toll could reach 80,000 – Kansas City Star
Residents move their belonging away from their home after they learned that it isn’t safe for staying following last week’s earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China’s Sichuan province, Saturday, May 24, 2008. China’s earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more