Maria Sharapova pulled out of Saturday's semifinals at the Italian Open with a left calf strain. Sharapova will still take over the No. 1 spot in the world rankings Monday due to Justine Henin's retirement. She said the injury would not affect her preparations for the French Open, which begins next weekend.
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.
