France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera shot a 2-under 70 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Irish Open. The 23-year-old Lorenzo-Vera, the PGA European Challenge Tour money leader last year, had a 6-under 138 total on the Adare Manor course. Germany's Marcel Siem (71) was second, and Australia's Richard Green (74) and Spain's Pablo Larrazabal (70) followed at 4 under.
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.
