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Posted on May 21, 2013 at 1:16am

(AP) — Jason Marquis combined with four relievers on a four-hitter to win his fifth straight start and Will Venable homered to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 win against the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 1:15am

(AP) — Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 1:13am

(AP) — Ryan Vogelsong broke his throwing hand on a swing after pitching himself toward his first win in seven starts, and the San Francisco Giants returned from a terrible road trip to beat the Washington Nationals 8-0 on Monday night.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 1:07am

The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:50am

(AP) — San Francisco Giants right-hander Ryan Vogelsong broke his pitching hand when he fouled off a pitch in the fifth inning Monday night.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:43am

(AP) — Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:38am

(AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:36am

(AP) — Patrick Corbin was a maestro on the mound, making his slider move all over the place.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:35am

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:32am

(AP) — A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen seized for ransom by armed North Koreans two weeks ago were released Tuesday, easing the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:22am

(AP) — Adam Dunn has been insisting all season he feels great, even while he was piling up strikeouts at the beginning of the year.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:11am

(AP) — Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:10am

(AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:08am

(AP) — Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:03am

(AP) — Things weren't going well for Johnny Cueto in his return from the disabled list, so he had a conversation — with himself.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:34pm

(AP) — President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:33pm

(AP) — Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing into disarray proceedings that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first such guilty verdict for a Latin American leader.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:31pm

(AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 120 patients, including about 50 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:30pm

(AP) — Okla. hospitals say they have treated about 120 people, including 50 kids, after major tornado.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:29pm

The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :