CANTON, Ohio Quarterback Tom Ramsey led a second-half chargethat resulted in two touchdowns as the defending AFC champion NewEngland Patriots defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 21-16 in the annualHall of Fame game yesterday.
Ramsey, listed as the third-string quarterback on the rosterbehind Tony Eason and Steve Grogan, completed 17-of-23 passes for 254yards. He completed 7-of-8 for 144 yards and one touchdown in thethird quarter to help the …
SAN ANTONIO - AT&T Inc. posted a 61 percent increase in second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, lifted primarily by its buyout of BellSouth Corp. but also aided by gains in wireless subscribers and revenue.
AT&T, the nation's largest provider of broadband Internet and land and wireless phone services, said net income rose to $2.9 billion, or 47 cents per share, from $1.81 billion, or 46 cents per share in the prior year's quarter. Wireless subscribers rose by 1.5 million to 63.7 million, AT&T said.
A fraction of that growth during the quarter was driven by the introduction of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, for which AT&T is the exclusive carrier. The device, which …
Authorities have arrested a Scottsdale man who they say pretended to be a highly decorated Marine, wearing a uniform and ribbons representing the prestigious Navy Cross and Silver Star.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Thursday that 31-year-old John William Rodriguez was booked into Maricopa County jail …
Katie Parker's pitching is top of the line. And she is only ajunior.
Parker struck out 10 and walked none to lift No. 19 Johnsburg toa 7-0 victory over Grayslake Tuesday.
"Katie hasn't walked a girl in 64 innings," Johnsburg coach JimMeyers said. "She's had 94 strikeouts in 66 innings. She gave upthree hits in this game so that dropped her ERA to 0.21."
Johnsburg is 10-0 and 7-0 in the Northwest Suburban.
Parker (10-0), who recorded her fifth shutout this year, has notgiven up an earned run since the second game of the season.
Dawn Stewart and Dawn Pelczynski went 2-for-3 and scored twice. BASEBALL MAINE SOUTH 5, GLENBROOK SOUTH 4: With …
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of Germany's Bundesbank says the European Central Bank must not print euros to rescue heavily indebted governments from the eurozone crisis.
Jens Weidmann, who sits on the ECB's rate council, says creating new money to prop up government finances "undermines the incentives for sound public finances."
He said Tuesday that governments would then rely on the "sweet poison" of central bank financing rather than risk offending voters by cutting spending or raising taxes to reduce their deficits.
Adding new money to the existing stock can be inflationary, although the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have both done it in their …
Reform Jewish leaders in Poland said Thursday they were launching a nationwide union of Reform Judaism.
More than 100 members of Poland's Reform community voted to create a union called Beit Polska, which will submit registration papers to the Interior Ministry next week, group president Pawel Szapiro said.
Rabbi Burt Schuman, who leads Beit Warszawa, the union's largest community, said the decision reflected the "incredible dynamism" and appeal of Reform, or Progressive, Judaism in Poland.
"People were looking for a contemporary Judaism ... to experience Jewish practice, Jewish culture and our great tradition of Torah and rabbinic …
Former Northwestern player Ben Johnson scored a career-high 32points, and Kris Humphries added 26 to power Minnesota to a 91-84overtime victory Sunday against Furman in Minneapolis.
"[Minnesota] coach [Dan] Monson said he wasn't going to invite meback," said Paladins coach Larry Davis, a former Golden Gophersassistant who fell to 0-2 against his old team. "One of these years,we might figure out how to beat them."
Adam Boone scored six of his 17 points in overtime to helpMinnesota (2-1) pull away. His three-pointer with 1:05 left inovertime gave the Gophers an 88-82 lead, and Furman (2-2) never gotcloser.
"I felt fortunate to get to overtime," Boone said. "I …
