Archive for July, 2009

Saunders unveiling

Saunders unveiling

Saunders to be unveiled Thursday as Wizards coach WASHINGTON (AP) -Flip Saunders officially has the job on the Washington Wizards’ bench, complete with an $18 million, four-year contract and the task of picking up the pieces from one of the worst seasons in …

Tragedy troubles angels

Tragedy troubles angels

Angels struggling on and off the field following Adenhart tragedy ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels returned home Tuesday and found the shrine still sitting at the front of the stadium, the T-shirts still hanging untouched in the locker, all the painful reminders …

RCR swaps crews

RCR swaps crews

RCR swaps crews for slumping Harvick, Mears CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Richard Childress Racing will swap the crews for slumping drivers Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears following this weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway. Both teams have underperformed this season …

Home Office Leaker

Home Office Leaker

The civil servant arrested for leaking Home Office documents to the Tories has said he does not regret doing so as he believed it was in the public interest. Christopher Galley also told the BBC he was only responsible for four of the 20 documents leaked over …

G20 Officer Fiasco

G20 Officer Fiasco

A woman who was filmed being struck by a police sergeant at the G20 protests has described his actions as “very violent and unnecessary”. Film footage showed an officer hitting Nicola Fisher, 35, from Brighton, across the face with his hand and on her leg …

Brown email scandal

Brown email scandal

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised over e-mails sent by his former aide Damian McBride. In a letter to the head of the civil service, Sir Gus O’Donnell, Brown said the controversy sparked by a senior aide’s slurs against several high-profile Tories …