Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies

Quarantines were lifted on two Central California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators found no link between the illness and food the diseased bovine might have consumed, federal officials said Friday.
Ballplayers say it's their choice how to slide

FILE - In this July 23, 2008, file photo, Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson, right, slides into third for a triple as Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon reaches for the late tag in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo. Addressing whether sliding feet-first or head-first is more efficient, Granderson of the New York Yankees says he's scraped up his hand sliding into home and tries to avoid it, and the same goes for diving into first base. Taking batting practice and infield practice are rituals in baseball.



FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public

Electronic screens inside the Nasdaq stock market announce the listing of Facebook shares before the start of trading, Friday, May 18, 2012 in New York. The world's definitive online social network raised $16 billion in an initial public offering that values the company at $104 billion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)It's Facebook's big day.



Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove

Fire burns through trees on the Hewlett wildfire in the Poudre Canyon northwest of Fort Collins, Colo., on Thursday, May 17, 2012. More than 50 homes were evacuated on Thursday. The fire has grown from 1.5 square miles to 8 square miles in the last day as erratic wind gusts of up to 50 mph moved into the area fueled by thunderstorms that didn’t produce rain. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Federal authorities have blamed a Colorado man for starting a wildfire that has burned about 12 square miles in the northern part of the state.



Djokovic, Nadal, Serena Williams advance in Rome

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their quarter final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Friday, May 18, 2012. Djokovic won 7-5, 6-1. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)A week after Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal made early exits in Madrid on an experimental blue court, both showed they remain a force on red clay Friday by reaching the Italian Open semifinals.





Close Window