Byrd takes advantage of conditions at AT&T Classic
Jonathan Byrd took advantage of soft fairways and receptive greens at TPC Sugarloaf on Friday, shooting his second straight 6-under 66 to take a three-stroke lead in the AT&T Classic.
Byrd, seeking his fourth PGA Tour victory, shared the lead with Kenny Perry, Ryan Palmer and two others when the second round began.
The Republican presidential candidate is seeking to bolster his appeal to voters on economic issues by speaking to some of those hardest hit in the recent downturn: auto workers.
AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged hundreds of thousands of young Catholics to beat back a "spiritual desert" spreading through the modern world as he closed Catholic World Youth Day in Australia.
Reuters - Tens of thousands of people filled
Nicaragua's capital on Saturday to celebrate the country's 1979
leftist revolution, giving a lift to President Daniel Ortega as
his government faces simmering protests.