Serena Williams beats sister Venus at Wimbledon – Houston Chronicle

Serena Williams beats sister Venus at Wimbledon – Houston Chronicle
WIMBLEDON, England Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title. She wasn’t facing just anyone, of course. She was playing her older

US, Russia are ‘equals’: Obama – Yahoo News
MOSCOW (AFP) The United States wants to forge new relations on an equal footing with Russia , President Barack Obama said in a television interview broadcast Saturday to the Russian-language audience. “America respects Russia, we want to build relations where we deal as equals,” he told the

Europe’s free, state-run health care has drawbacks – WTOP Radio
LONDON (AP) – As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given. The concept has been enshrined in Europe for generations. Health systems are built so inclusive that

Nathan s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: Joey Chestnut Defends Mustard Yellow Belt, Holds Off Kobayashi – Transworld News
Joey Chestnut has captured his third straight Mustard Yellow Belt at Nathan s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island on Saturday, devouring a world record 68 hot dogs in ten minutes to hold off six-time champion Kobayashi who ate 64.5 hot dogs to finish second. Both Chestnut and Kobayashi

Honduras leaves OAS after body decries coup – Columbian
Honduras rebuffed demands by the international community to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and pulled out of the Organization of American States, thrusting the poor Central American nation deeper into political crisis and isolation. Zelaya was traveling in Central America but planned to return to

Palin keeps low-profile after surprise news – Columbian
Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is staying out of the public eye after her surprise announcement that she will leave office more than a year before her term is complete. Her spokesman, David Murrow, confirms Palin is in Juneau this weekend for the state capital’s Fourth of July celebrations. But

More than 1 million seek tix for Jackson memorial – WTOP Radio
Michael Navarro, left, Michael Navarro, Jr., 7, center, and Gina Rodriguez, all from Los Angeles, sign and photograph a large poster at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 4, 2009, which will be the site for the late pop star Michael Jackson’s memorial service taking place Tuesday

SC Serial Killer Claims Fifth Victim – AOL
(July 4) – A 15-year-old South Carolina girl who was shot earlier this week by a man authorities say fits the description of a serial killer has died, police said Saturday. Abby Tyler died at 11:25 a.m. Saturday at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Chief Rick Turner of the Gaffney Police

VP Biden celebrates July 4 with US troops in Iraq – Asbury Park Press
BAGHDAD Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden began Independence Day by greeting

Car dealer fights Chrysler over franchise – WTOP Radio
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) – A poster in Jim Tarbox’s office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: “Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph.” It’s a fitting slogan for Tarbox, whose business is suddenly in peril after Chrysler ended its franchise