The Wire

  • Bae wins Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour title

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:59pm

    (AP) — Sang-Moon Bae won the Bryon Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke lead.

  • Tornadoes hit Kan., Okla.; no injuries reported

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:53pm

    (AP) — Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

  • Boychuk breaks Game 2 tie, Bruins top Rangers 5-2

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:52pm

    (AP) — Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

  • Sweden wins world hockey title

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:51pm

    (AP) — Sweden became the first home team to win the world hockey championships in 27 years, beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday for its ninth title.

  • Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:44pm

    (AP) — With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.

  • Rays hit 2 HRs, beat Orioles 3-1 for 3-game sweep

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:41pm

    (AP) — Matt Moore pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to stay unbeaten, Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

  • Rangers put Kinsler on DL, recall Profar

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:39pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 5:39pm

    (AP) — The Texas Rangers have placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list because of bruised ribs and recalled top prospect Jurickson Profar from Triple-A Round Rock.

  • Phillies' Ruiz, Howard set for MRI exams

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:38pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 5:38pm

    (AP) — Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz and first baseman Ryan Howard will have MRI exams Monday.

  • Indians blank Mariners 6-0

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:20pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 5:21pm

    (AP) — Cy Young himself wouldn't want to mess with the Indians right now.

  • Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 5:01pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 5:02pm

    (AP) — Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.

  • Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:51pm

    (AP) — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life.

  • Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:48pm

    (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.

  • Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:38pm

    (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands.

  • Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:24pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

  • Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:23pm

    (AP) — Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

  • AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:19pm

    (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.

  • Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 4:17pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 4:27pm

    (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.

  • Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:57pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 3:57pm

    (AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.

  • Ferguson's managerial career ends with 5-5 draw

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:55pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 3:55pm

    (AP) — Alex Ferguson. Former Manchester United manager.

  • McDowell beats Jaidee to win World Match Play

    Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:53pm

    Updated on May 19, 2013 at 3:53pm

    (AP) — Graeme McDowell made amends for last year's defeat to capture the World Match-Play Championship on Sunday, defeating Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee 2 and 1 in the final on the Thracian Cliffs course.