The Wire

  • Giants RHP Vogelsong breaks right hand on foul

    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.

  • FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast

    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.

  • China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

    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.

  • Corbin tosses 3-hitter as D-backs beat Rockies 5-1

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:36am

    Updated on May 21, 2013 at 12:39am

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

  • Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

    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.

  • Chinese fishing boat, crew released by North Korea

    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.

  • Dunn homers as White Sox beat Lester, Red Sox 6-4

    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.

  • Average credit card debt, late payments fall in 1Q

    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.

  • Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy

    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.

  • Besieged Mexican town cheers arrival of soldiers

    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.

  • Bruce homers to back Cueto in Reds' win over Mets

    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.

  • President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:34pm

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

  • Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction

    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.

  • Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado

    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.

  • Okla. hospitals say they have treated about 120 people, including 50 kids, after major tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:30pm

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

  • AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma 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 :

  • Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series lead

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:28pm

    (AP) — The young Detroit Red Wings have made the mighty Chicago Blackhawks look vulnerable, beating them two straight times to gain an advantage in their last playoff matchup as Western Conference rivals.

  • Yankees hit 4 HRs, beat Orioles 6-4 in 10 innings

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:12pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 11:13pm

    (AP) — Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore's losing streak to six games.

  • Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:10pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 11:10pm

    (AP) — Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

  • Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'strong'

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:08pm

    (AP) — Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado.