The Wire

  • 'Catching Fire' dampened but not drowned at Cannes

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:29pm

    (AP) — Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party.

  • Chella Choi takes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:29pm

    (AP) — Chella Choi shot her second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist, the Swede who broke the course record with a 61 in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

  • Sharks fined $100,000 for GM's comments

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:24pm

    (AP) — The NHL fined the San Jose Sharks $100,000 on Saturday for general manager Doug Wilson's comments criticizing the league for forward Raffi Torres' suspension for the rest of the second round of the playoffs.

  • Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:24pm

    (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.

  • Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:23pm

    (AP) — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

  • Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:16pm

    (AP) — Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.

  • Pacers' Hill cleared to play Game 6 vs. Knicks

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:12pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 7:15pm

    (AP) — Indiana Pacers guard George Hill has been cleared to play Saturday night against the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

  • Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:12pm

    (AP) — It's all about the odds.

  • Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:06pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 7:06pm

    (AP) — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

  • Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:48pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:50pm

    (AP) — Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons.

  • FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:47pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:47pm

    (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

  • Chargers, Freeney agree to 2-year deal

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:46pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:47pm

    (AP) — The San Diego Chargers agreed Saturday to a two-year deal with aging star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million.

  • Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:44pm

    (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops."

  • Bradley keeps lead after 3 rounds at Nelson

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:41pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:42pm

    (AP) — Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys and maintained his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship with 2-under 68 in the third round Saturday.

  • As fireworks crackle, Beckham plays last home game

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:39pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:41pm

    (AP) — Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement.

  • Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:24pm

    (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest .

  • Oxbow has won the Preakness Stakes

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:23pm

    (AP) — Oxbow has won the Preakness Stakes.

  • Will Power grabs early lead in race for Indy pole

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:16pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:17pm

    (AP) — Will Power was the most relieved man in Roger Penske's garage Saturday.

  • Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:08pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 6:10pm

    (AP) — A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime.

  • 2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:33pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 5:35pm

    (AP) — A pair of persistent wildfires continued to burn in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Saturday, although authorities were slowly getting the upper hand.