Sunday, July 22, 2012

Factbox: British Open champion Ernie Els

Factbox: British Open champion Ernie Els

Factbox: British Open champion Ernie Els

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:54 PM PDT

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Factbox on South African Ernie Els, who won the 141st British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes in Lancashire, England on Sunday. * Born October 17, 1969 in Johannesburg, South Africa. * An accomplished junior tennis player, Els started playing golf aged nine and began taking it seriously five years later. * Crowned South African amateur champion aged 16 and turned professional in 1989. * Joined the European Tour in 1992 and two years later joined the PGA Tour when he announced his arrival by winning the U.S. Open in an 18-hole three-way playoff. ...

Lovato, McHale pair for Teen Choice hosting duties

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2012 file photo, Kevin McHale arrives at the world premiere of "The Hunger Games," in Los Angeles. Pop star and new Kristin Stewart will surely be sailing away with a few new surfboards at this year's Teen Choice Awards.

Norway marks anniversary of Breivik massacre

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

People gather at an event on Utoeya Island to mark the first anniversary of the attacks by Anders Behring BreivikNorwegians on Sunday marked a year since right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik massacred 77 people, at a poignant memorial ceremony on the island of Utoeya where most of his mainly teenage victims fell.

Els wins British Open after stunning Scott collapse

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Ernie Els of South Africa holds up the Claret Jug after winning at the British Open golf championship at Royal Lytham & St AnneLYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - South African Ernie Els won the British Open by one stroke from Adam Scott on Sunday after the Australian suffered an extraordinary late collapse on an incident-packed final day. World number 13 Scott, chasing his first major championship, started the last round with a four-shot lead and seemed to be cruising to victory as he maintained that cushion with six holes to play. ...

Rights groups urge Nepal to block colonel promotion

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Nepalese soldiers march past during Army Day celebrations held on a military parade ground in Kathmandu in 2010Human rights groups urged Nepal on Sunday to block the promotion of a senior army officer implicated in hundreds of cases of disappearance and torture during the nation's ten-year civil war.

Obama heads to Colorado to meet shooting victims

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:48 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves from the steps of Air Force One prior to departure for ColoradoUS President Barack Obama headed to Colorado on Sunday to meet victims of the cinema shooting massacre, as Aurora residents flocked to church services in memory of the 12 slain moviegoers.

Emboldened Syrian rebels push into Aleppo

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP - This citizen journalist image shows a dead body lying in the street in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, Saturday, July 21, 2012. This week, fierce fighting between troops and rebels reached the Syrian capital, the central bastion of Bashar Assad's rule, shattering parts of the city and sending thousands of people fleeing to neighboring Lebanon and Iraq. Activists and residents reported a tense calm in Damascus Saturday but said sporadic gunfire and explosions could be heard throughout the night. (AP Photo)A new rebel group boasting some 1,000 fighters launched an operation Sunday to capture Syria's largest city, Aleppo, while government troops using helicopter gunships and heavy artillery rolled back opposition gains in the capital Damascus.

Barry Larkin inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Barry Larkin speaks at an inductee press conference at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., Saturday, July 21, 2012. Larkin will be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday. (AP photos/Heather Ainsworth)Former Cincinnati Reds star Barry Larkin has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Wiggins makes British history at Tour de France

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey is followed by teammate Mark Cavendish of Britain and Peter Sagan of Slovakia, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey as they pass the Arc de Triomphe during the 20th stage of the the Tour de France cycling race over 120 kilometers (74.6 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.

Working poor stand at center of Medicaid debate

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT

In this July 12, 2012 photo, Andrea Gallegos, left, and sister Rosario Perez pose for a photo at a family home, in Brownsville, Texas. Both are without health insurance and have battled cancer. Texas already has one of the nation's most restrictive Medicaid programs, offering coverage only to the disabled, children and parents who earn less than $2,256 a year for a family of three. Without a Medicaid expansion, the state's working poor will continue relying on emergency rooms _ the most costly treatment option _ instead of primary care doctors. The Texas Hospital Association estimates that care for uninsured patients cost hospitals in the state $4.5 billion in 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Jose Gallegos' company eliminated employee health insurance to save money, so when his gut started hurting and his skin took on a yellow tinge, he resisted seeing a doctor. When he finally went to the emergency room, physicians diagnosed stomach cancer.

It's a crazy feeling for relieved "Big Easy" Els

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:40 PM PDT

LYTHAM ST ANNES (Reuters) - British Open champion Ernie Els described his crazy feelings after taking advantage of a stunning late collapse by Australian Adam Scott to win his fourth major title on Sunday. Els birdied the last hole to finish on seven under par and as the South African munched a sandwich on the practice green expecting a playoff at best, Scott suffered his fourth successive bogey on the 18th to hand the Claret Jug to the 42-year-old. "It is amazing," Els told reporters. "I'm still numb. It still hasn't sunk in. ...

Stenhouse Jr. wins pole for Chicagoland Nationwide

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Danica Patrick looks to the track during qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Reigning NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has won pole position for Sunday afternoon's race at Chicagoland Speedway.

NRG Energy to buy GenOn in $1.7B stock deal

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:39 PM PDT

NRG Energy said Sunday that it reached an agreement to buy wholesale power provider GenOn Energy in an all-stock deal worth about $1.7 billion.

NCAA to punish Penn State; Paterno statue removed

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Workers handle the statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno before removing the statue Sunday, July 22, 2012, in State College, Pa. The famed statue of Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding the once-sainted football coach accused of burying child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant. (AP Photo/John Beale)The NCAA announced Sunday that it will issue sanctions against Penn State in the wake of a scathing report that found that top university officials buried child sex abuse allegations against a now-convicted retired assistant and led to the tearing down of the famed statue of once-sainted coach Joe Paterno.

Colorado mourns dead in cinema massacre as Obama heads to scene

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Crosses are seen at a memorial for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in AuroraAURORA, Co. (Reuters) - Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead on Sunday from a shooting rampage by a "demonic" gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie. President Barack Obama headed to Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday to meet families grieving their losses Friday's mass shooting that has stunned the nation and rekindled debate about guns and violence in America. ...

ACC enters another season facing new questions

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford speaks to the media during the conference's college football kickoff news conference in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Summers aren't quiet anymore for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Israel alert for attacks abroad, eyeing Olympics

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 22, 2012. The Israeli government is asking the country's Supreme Court to delay the evacuation of an unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost by a month. The court has ordered the Migron outpost dismantled by Aug. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tbbon, Pool)Israel's prime minister said Sunday that his country is on alert for plots to kill more of its citizens overseas, after speculation that last week's suicide bombing of a tour bus in Bulgaria was a rehearsal for a spectacular attack on Israel's Olympics team.

18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Bombs struck two Sunni towns at sundown Sunday just as Iraqis were preparing to break their holy day's fast, killing 18 and wounding more than 50, officials said. Two earlier bomb blasts killed a policeman and wounded dozens of people.

Santo inducted into baseball Hall of Fame

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:31 PM PDT

2012 National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee, Ron Santo's children from left, Ron Santo; Jr., Jeff Santo and Linda Santo speak at an inductee press conference as part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y., Saturday, July 21, 2012. (AP photos/Heather Ainsworth)The late Ron Santo, star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs and later a broadcaster for the team, has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Deputies think Jackson safe after reported missing

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, Michael Jackson follows his mother, Katherine Jackson, as they arrive for court on the opening day of his child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, Calif. Katherine Jackson has been reported missing, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says she may be with family members. The agency says another family member reported her missing Saturday night, July 21, 2012 because he couldn't speak with her and was concerned. The sheriff's department says deputies are trying to reach Jackson and are asking her to contact them.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Authorities said Sunday they believe Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson and the guardian of his three minor children, is safe in Arizona with family members after she was reported missing.

Eight injured in riots at Syrian refugee camp in Turkey

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT

KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Four Syrian refugees and four members of the Turkish security forces were hurt on Sunday when riots broke out at a refugee camp in Turkey near the Syrian border, the Dogan News Agency said. The clashes erupted when a group of 1,500 or so ethnic Turkmen refugees from Syria arrived at the camp, near the town of Islahiye, witnesses told Dogan. Television footage showed armored personnel carriers entering the camp and police firing weapons into the air to disperse groups of men fighting each other with fists and clubs. ...

German fencer Bokel elected chair of athlete panel

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:27 PM PDT

The sun sets behind the Tower Bridge with a display of Olympic rings, on Saturday, July 21, 2012, in London. The 2012 London Olympics opens Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Former Olympic fencer Claudia Bokel of Germany has been elected chair of the IOC athletes commission and will serve on the rule-making IOC executive board.

Feared regime forces assault Syrian capital

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:23 PM PDT

An image grab from video released by Shaam News Network on July 21, shows an explosion alleged to be in HomsFeared forces led by President Bashar al-Assad's brother used helicopter gunships Sunday in a new assault on rebels in Damascus, activists said, as clashes also raged in Syria's second city Aleppo.

Afghanistan warns Pakistan over cross-border shelling

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:21 PM PDT

An Afghan street vendor crosses the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan through Torkham Gate at Torkham in MayAfghanistan on Sunday warned Pakistan any further cross-border shelling could significantly harm relations, just days after the leaders of the two strife-torn neighbours met for peace talks.

US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

In this July 16, 2012, photo, Laura Fritz, 27, left, with her daughter Adalade Goudeseune fills out a form at the Jefferson Action Center, an assistance center in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Both Fritz grew up in the Denver suburbs a solidly middle class family, but she and her boyfriend, who has struggled to find work, and are now relying on government assistance to cover food and $650 rent for their family. The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

Police getting ready for RNC convention in Tampa

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls, but the protesters expected to cram into the city for the Republican National Convention will be a different sort of crowd, and the police are trying to be ready.

'Dark Knight Rises' reportedly earns $160 million

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:17 PM PDT

This undated film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Christian Bale as Batman in a scene from the action thriller "The Dark Knight Rises." A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, July 20, 2012, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Ron Phillips)"The Dark Knight Rises" was on track to earn $160 million, which would be a record for 2-D films, over the weekend following a mass shooting at a Colorado screening of the Batman film.

Somali militants execute 3 said to inform CIA, MI6

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:17 PM PDT

Somalia's most powerful militant group says it publicly executed three of its members because they had spied on the militants for the U.S. and British intelligence agencies.

Ernie Els wins stunning Open when Scott collapses

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Ernie Els of South Africa kisses the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club, Lytham St Annes, England Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Ernie Els felt something special could happen at the British Open, and it did.

Israel marks Munich massacre anniversary in London

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

The Olympic Stadium is visible beyound an installation of artificial wildflowers in the Olympic Park at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 22, 2012, in London. The opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games are scheduled for Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Complaining that the Olympic movement is still ignoring their pain, Israelis marked the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre on Sunday with a modest service in the atrium of a London apartment block.

Woods brought to his knees by Lytham bunker

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Tiger Woods knelt down to play an extraordinary bunker escape shot on the way to an ugly triple-bogey seven which cost him a chance of winning the British Open on Sunday. The 14-times major champion carded a final-round 73 to finish in a tie for third spot with fellow American Brandt Snedeker, four shots behind champion Ernie Els of South Africa. Woods pared the first five holes as he sought to overturn a five-shot deficit on overnight leader Adam Scott before finding a greenside bunker at the sixth. ...

Jitters played no part in collapse, says Scott

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:12 PM PDT

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Adam Scott denied his remarkable late collapse was down to nerves after tossing away his chance of British Open glory with four bogeys in the last four holes in Sunday's closing round. The 32-year-old Australian began the day four strokes clear of the field and maintained that cushion over his title rivals with six holes to play before his late blunders handed victory to South African Ernie Els. ...

Wiggins wins Tour de France

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles past the Arc de Triomphe during the 20th stage of the the Tour de France cycling race over 120 kilometers (74.6 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)It was a rare sight at the Tour de France: The yellow jersey holder charging down the streets of Paris at the head of the peloton, trying to set up a teammate for a sprint victory on the final stage.

Syrian army overruns Damascus district: activists

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Members of a Syrian army division under the command of President Bashar al-Assad's brother drove rebels out of the northern Damascus district of Barzeh on Sunday and summarily executed several young men, a witness and opposition activists said. "At least 20 Fourth Division tanks and hundreds of its members entered Barzeh this afternoon. I saw troops go into the home of 26-year-old Issa al-Arab. They left him dead with two bullets in his head," opposition activist Abu Kais said by phone from the district. ...

Gunman kills 3 NATO workers in Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Afghan boys read the Quran during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the city of Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 22, 2011. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are experiencing the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)NATO says a person wearing an Afghan national security force uniform turned his weapon against civilian contractors working with the U.S.-led military coalition, killing three.

Syrian forces bombard Damascus, fight rages in Aleppo

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Members of Syrian Free Army are seen at Qusseer neighbourhoodBAB AL-SALAM, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded parts of Damascus with helicopter gunships on Sunday, witnesses said, driving rebels out of a northern district a week after opposition fighters launched a major assault on the capital. Members of a Syrian army division under the command of President Bashar al-Assad's brother summarily executed several young men, a witness and opposition activists said. ...

Obama to offer comfort after Colorado shooting

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:56 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington for a trip to visit the families of victims of the shooting in Aurora, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President Barack Obama dashed to Colorado on Sunday to meet with families of those gunned down in a movie theater and to hear from state and local officials about the shooting that left 12 people dead and dozens more injured.

Santa Monica trailer park community threatened

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:53 AM PDT

A woman walks past mobile homes at the Santa Monica Village Trailer Park in Santa Monica, Calif., Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The city's Planning Commission recently recommended the 3.8-acre park's zoning be changed to allow a developer to bulldoze its modest, rent-controlled homes and replace them with nearly 200 much-higher-priced apartments and condominiums, as well as more than 100,000 square feet of office and retail space. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Sandwiched between a brake shop, gritty industrial buildings and a few modest storefronts is a little neighborhood that time has seemingly forgotten.

Hezbollah may get chemical arms if Assad folds: Netanyahu

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu opens weekly cabinet meeting at his office in JerusalemWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "great threat" to Israel from the Syrian conflict is that the Damascus government may collapse and its stock of chemical weapons and missiles fall into the hands of the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Interviewed on the U.S. "Fox News Sunday" television program, Netanyahu said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government would fall and that he was worried that a chaotic "regime collapse" might leave Syria's weapons sites unguarded. ...

NCAA to announce 'corrective' measures for Penn St

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:52 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2011 file photo shows NCAA President Mark Emmert speaking during the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics meeting in Washington. Emmert says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. In a PBS interview Monday night, July 16, 2012, Emmert said he doesn't want to "take anything off the table" if the NCAA determines penalties against Penn State are warranted. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)The NCAA announced Sunday that it will levy "corrective and punitive measures" against Penn State in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky and a scathing report that found school leaders covered up allegations against the now-convicted former assistant football coach.
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