After surgery, Mystics' Beard hopes for Olympic nod (AP)
Alana Beard's locker looked like a miniature hospital ward after Washington Mystics games last season. Electrodes were attached to her left shoulder, connected to an imposing-looking stim machine that sat on the floor. "I don't know how I managed to get through an entire year," she said. She not only played, she excelled again, finishing fourth in the WNBA in points (18.8) and steals (1.94) per...
In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.
Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly
in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government
economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month,
a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.
