Sparks open as favorites to win third championship (AP)
Look out, WNBA. Lisa Leslie is back, and now she has Candace Parker with her. The two have helped Los Angeles garner most of the preseason buzz, and the Sparks are the overwhelming favorites to win their third WNBA championship as the league opens its 12th season this weekend. Leslie, a perennial All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, has returned after a one-year absence following the...
Barack Obama said his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.
AFP - The United States military wanted to test deadly nerve gases on Australian troops in a remote area of far north Queensland in the 1960s but Canberra refused, a report said Sunday.
