Renault handed 2-year suspended ban from F1 in crash scandal; Briatore bannedPARIS — Renault has escaped severe punishment for ordering former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash, receiving only a suspended two-year ban from Formula One’s governing body. White House sends team to Copenhagen, where 2016 summer Olympics host city will be chosenWASHINGTON — The White House is sending an advance team to Copenhagen, Denmark, to make preparations in case President Barack Obama decides to attend the International Olympic Committee’s meeting there next month, an administration official says. Pittsburgh open for business during G-20 summit, but security, unknown keeping many awayPITTSBURGH — Nick Mancini Hartner is like a lot of downtown business operators: He doesn’t know what to expect if thousands of protesters show up for the Group of 20 economic summit or, for that matter, how many customers will show up either. Police seize car from Conn. motel where Yale killing suspect was arrestedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police investigating the murder of a Yale graduate student are still collecting evidence, including a car they towed from the motel where the suspected killer was arrested. In strategic towns, Afghan commandos try new tactic: Persuasion and soccer ballsGHOWS KALAY, Afghanistan — The village is little more than a handful of mud huts surrounded by wheat fields, but the runway at NATO’s main air base in Afghanistan’s south is visible from the town center. There, the Afghan commando, his beard still youthfully scraggly, tried to persuade a small audience of countrymen to turn against the Taliban and rebuild their country. Continual drumbeat of the deaths of the famous mark summer ‘09NEW YORK — We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens. Police chief tells AP motive for Yale graduate student’s killing may never be knownNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Without a confession from a Yale University technician charged with killing a graduate student and bride-to-be in the medical school lab where they worked, authorities may never know the motive, the police chief said. Knowing heat is a danger, football coaches focus on player safety after colleague acquittedLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bart Curtis knows running and conditioning are part of preparing football players for a game. Coyotes owner asks judge to order NHL to mediate bankruptcy issuesPHOENIX — Beleaguered Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes has asked a federal bankruptcy judge for an emergency hearing to order the NHL to mediate the “key sale issues” in the complicated case. Canadian civil rights watchdog criticizes 2010 Winter Olympic Games controlled protest zonesVANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Canadian civil rights watchdog group says protest zones at the Vancouver Games will increase the chances of Olympic demonstrators clashing with police. Boston Celtics co-owner Pagliuca announces senate campaign at basketball team arenaBOSTON — Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca announced Thursday he is a candidate to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Obama pushes health plan at rally, but deep divisions foretell rough road aheadCOLLEGE PARK, Md. — President Barack Obama called reinventing health care a “defining struggle of this generation” on Thursday, even as several Democrats criticized some of the fine print in a Senate proposal the president has praised. Obama renews plea for health care overhaul in campaign-style rally at University of MarylandCOLLEGE PARK, Md. — President Barack Obama is making another impassioned plea for passage of his health care plan, calling it a “defining struggle of this generation.” Tokyo Olympic bid organizers urge new prime minister to visit Copenhagen for IOC voteTOKYO — Tokyo’s Olympic bid organizers have urged new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to join them in Copenhagen for the International Olympic Committee’s vote on the host city for the 2016 Summer Games. Police in killing of Yale University graduate student stake out Conn. hotel roomCROMWELL, Conn. — Police say they’re watching a hotel room in Connecticut where a “person of interest” in the killing of a Yale University graduate student has been staying. Obama drums up support for Chicago Olympic bid, says city would ‘make the world proud’WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama staged a homecoming-style Olympic rally at the White House Wednesday, saying the whole country is rooting for his hometown of Chicago in its efforts to host the 2016 Summer Games. Harper: Tentative deal reached to settle US-Canada dispute over charter flightsWASHINGTON — The U.S. and Canada have a tentative deal to settle a dispute over charter flights that threatened to disrupt the upcoming professional hockey and basketball seasons, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. Israel rejects call for independent inquiry into Gaza war, says its military probes are enoughJERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday rejected U.N. calls to open an independent inquiry into its conduct during last winter’s Gaza Strip military offensive and said it would launch a diplomatic offensive to block any attempt to bring its soldiers before an international war crimes tribunal. Talks could result in settlement of lawsuits stemming from D. Wade’s failed outside venturesMIAMI — Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s legal team hopes that talks beginning Wednesday help him resolve legal disputes that could otherwise be an off-court distraction if they drag into the season. Emmanuel Adebayor charged by FA with violent conduct over Man City incidents vs. ArsenalMANCHESTER, England — Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was charged with violent and improper conduct by the Football Association on Tuesday for his alleged stamp on Robin van Persie and for his goal celebration in Saturday’s 4-2 victory over Arsenal. Report: Renault’s Pat Symonds offered immunity in F1 probe into crash scandalLONDON — Formula One’s governing body has offered immunity to the Renault team’s No. 2 official in exchange for full disclosure into allegations that Nelson Piquet Jr. was told to deliberately crash his car in a race last year, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. Boxer Mayweather sued over loan for luxury Mercedes Maybach, bank seeks more than $167KLAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sued by a bank in Las Vegas for more than $167,000 unpaid on a loan for a half-million-dollar luxury car. Short track speedskater J.R. Celski injured in crash at Olympic trialsMARQUETTE, Mich. — J.R. Celski underwent surgery on his left leg after being injured in a crash at the U.S. short track speedskating championships Saturday night, but it won’t keep him off the Olympic team. Chicago doesn’t get the president, might not be getting the OlympicsThey couldn’t persuade the president to twist some arms for his adopted hometown’s Olympic bid, settling for the first lady instead. They don’t have their own special Olympic plane like the Spaniards, and no king to bring along for the ride to Copenhagen. Sports save schools: Colleges are adding sports to boost revenue and increase enrollmentFOREST GROVE, Ore. — Money killed Pacific University’s football program and money is bringing it back. Federal appeals court clears Vikings’ Williamses to play, despite NFL’s effort to suspend themMINNEAPOLIS — A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Minnesota Vikings Pat Williams and Kevin Williams to play all season, despite the NFL’s attempts to suspend them for violating the league’s anti-doping policy. Air Canada sues US secretary of transportation over charter flights disputeATLANTA — Air Canada says the United States’ insistence that the carrier cancel all of its season-long sports charter flights would wreak havoc on the upcoming professional hockey and basketball seasons if it is upheld. Charlotte Bobcats co-owner William “Skipper” Beck dies in SC small plane crash; alone on boardROCK HILL, S.C. — A North Carolina businessman who was a co-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats has died in a single-engine plane crash. AP Interview: IOC president ‘optimistic’ Vancouver will avoid budget shortfallLONDON — International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge is confident the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver will break even despite a budget shortfall. Renault sues Piquet Jr. over race-fixing claims used to “blackmail” it into renewing his dealMONZA, Italy — Renault took Nelson Piquet Jr. to court on Friday over race-fixing allegations that the French team said were used in an attempt to “blackmail” it into renewing the Formula One driver’s contract. |
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