It begins Sunday night. Perhaps not the ideal time to start a baseball season, it being Easter Sunday and this being Red Sox/Yankees and all. These two teams play at a glacial pace, and it should be plenty chilly by the time Mariano Rivera or Jonathan Papelbon comes into the game, probably well after midnight. […]
March 2010
Obama’s speech at Expothe hottest ticket in town
Access to see the president will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Judge strikes down cancer genes patent
The ruling has implications for the biotechnology industry and genetics-based medical research.
Major League Roundup: Errors, poor relief doom Sox against Rays
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Boston Red Sox pounded out 13 hits but couldn’t overcome fielding mistakes, stranded runners and questionable relief Monday night as the Tampa Bay Rays continued their hot spring training with a 9-3 win. Evan Longoria and Nevin Ashley hit solo home runs off Boston starter Josh Beckett. But the real […]
Bruins fail to catch up with Sabres
Boston falls into an early 3-1 hole and Buffalo continues its climb in the Eastern Conference.
Dispatches LA police probe 3rd slaying in Armenian family
– LOS ANGELES Girl finds mother killed one year after father, sister slain More than a year after finding her father and sister shot to death in their apartment, a 14-year-old girl discovered her mother fatally shot behind the wheel of her car in an attack that appeared to be connected to the earlier killings, […]
Kevin Thomas: Beckett sharpens up, gets ready for opener
FORT MYERS, Fla. – There was no more dangerous at-bat for the Red Sox on Monday night than from Tampa Bay minor league catcher Nevin Ashley. Never mind the home run that Ashley sent up into the wind and over the right-field wall in the third inning. It was Ashley’s dribbler in the fifth inning […]
Police: Suspect shot wife, then hid body
In an affidavit, Patrick Dapolito claims the shooting was accidental.
Man facing four years for tossing dog from his car window
David Beers pleads guilty in Maryland to charges of aggravated animal cruelty.
Sports Digest
AUTO RACING Power captures Honda Grand Prix for second straight IndyCar triumph Will Power won the rain-delayed Honda Grand Prix on Monday at St. Petersburg, Fla., his second IndyCar victory in as many races in 2010 and the third of his career. The dominant driver all weekend, Power avoided trouble on a track that was […]