Fans fear end of golden era, but show goes on
Imagine the scenario? Imagine the scenario? A less informed holder of an expensive U. S. Open men's singles final ticket walks into Louis Armstrong Arena, settles down into a court-side seat and then rubs his eyes in disbelief, checking the smallprint on his stub.
Sep 09, 2014 11:01 AM EDT
Justin Bieber assault charge dropped in Canada
An assault charge against pop star Justin Bieber was withdrawn in a Toronto court on Monday after the prosecutor said there was no reasonable prospect of conviction, clearing up one Canadian legal battle for the superstar just as another begins.
Williams beats Wozniacki for 18th grand slam title
World number one Serena Williams swept past good friend Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday to move up in the record books with her 18th grand slam title.
No-holds-barred comedian Joan Rivers dies at age 81
Joan Rivers, the pioneering comedian known for her acerbic wit, classic put-downs and for asking "Can we talk?," died on Thursday at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after her heart stopped during an outpatient medical procedure.
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Heavyweight coaches ready to lock horns in semis
Michael Chang versus Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic up against Stefan Edberg would have made an intriguing U.S. Open semi-final line-up when they were in their prime.
Sep 05, 2014 10:43 AM EDT
Big pharmacies knock on door of oil-rich North Dakota
North Dakota's oil boom has fueled a construction bonanza for new supermarkets, restaurants and clothing stores. But try finding a Rite Aid, Walgreens or other national pharmacy chain in the state, the fastest-growing economy in the nation, and you'll be largely out of luck.
Sep 04, 2014 11:01 AM EDT
Classical music meets soccer in 'Last Hammer Blow' at Venice
A French film that improbably links soccer and classical music in a tale of a sports-mad teenage boy living in poverty with his dying mother and who meets his estranged conductor father for the first time charmed the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
Sep 04, 2014 10:52 AM EDT
Djokovic, Nishikori take long road to semi-finals
Serena Williams and Ekaterina Makarova sprinted into the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, while world number one Novak Djokovic and marathon man Kei Nishikori were forced to take the long road into the last four.
Sep 04, 2014 10:49 AM EDT
Ukraine steelmen hold their ground as frontline marches towards port
The war is being fought just over the hills. Civilians have started to flee the city. But the men of the vast Ilyich iron and steel works in the Ukrainain port of Mariupol are still in place, pouring molten steel, running the rolling mill and pledging to defend their factory and town from an onslaught by pro-Russian rebels.
Sep 03, 2014 11:16 AM EDT
Dethroned Myanmar beauty queen and pageant officials tussle over tiara
South Korean organizers of the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant threatened to call in the police on Wednesday in their row with dethroned Myanmar beauty queen May Myat Noe, demanding she return a gem-studded tiara from her home country.
Sep 03, 2014 11:07 AM EDT
Federer marches on, youth movement stalls at US Open
Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open for the 10th time in 11 years on Tuesday, while experience finally got the better of youth at the year's final grand slam.
Sep 03, 2014 11:03 AM EDT
Nigeria records another Ebola case in oil city, 17 cases total
Nigeria has a third confirmed case of Ebola in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, bringing the country's total confirmed infections to 17, with 271 people under surveillance, the health minister said on Monday.
Sep 02, 2014 11:26 AM EDT
Drama of mother starving baby grips Venice fest
A film portraying New York City mother who starves her baby because she thinks he is saint-like and food contains impurities has caused a stir at the Venice Film Festival for its switch from light romance to painful psychosis.
Sep 02, 2014 11:17 AM EDT
Williams, Djokovic cruise, Nishikori works late
Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic kept their time in blazing conditions to a bare minimum on Monday as they breezed into the U.S. Open quarter-finals but Eugenie Bouchard's hopes of a maiden grand slam title melted away in the heat.
Sep 02, 2014 11:14 AM EDT
Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises
Wildlife authorities in Florida caught a man who killed and ate 15 gopher tortoises and planned to slaughter 11 more of the threatened reptiles, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Aug 29, 2014 11:19 AM EDT
Comedian Joan Rivers 'resting comfortably' at hospital
Acerbic comedian and fashion critic Joan Rivers is "resting comfortably" and with her family, her daughter said on Thursday, after Rivers reportedly stopped breathing during surgery on her vocal chords and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Aug 29, 2014 10:58 AM EDT
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