The Atlanta Dream will face a stiff test when they take the court for the first regular-season game in franchise history. The Dream start play on the road Saturday against the Connecticut Sun, who feature a much different look from the team that was ousted in last season's Eastern Conference semifinals.
Democrat Barack Obama's appeal to  centrist voters has further opened the door to Republican claims his message of change only applies to the positions he has taken in the past.
AP - Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.
AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.
