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• Violence flares after Egypt election results
• Beach memorial
• Michigan wildfire destroys nearly 100 buildings
• Mickelson joins group trying to buy Padres
• Egyptians torch Shafiq headquarters as vote triggers violence
• Witness says naked attacker was chewing man's face
• Qatar says 13 children among dead in mall fire
• Sale has 15 strikeouts as White Sox beat Rays 2-1
• New Zealand triplets likely among Qatar mall dead
• Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks
• Cubs end 12-game losing streak, beat Padres 11-7
• Blair says feared fight with Britain's media barons
• UK politicians "bowed" before Murdoch: deputy PM
• Romney promises world's strongest military
• Trainer says boxer Williams paralyzed in US crash
• Va. girl is youngest ever in National Spelling Bee
• Assad faces new international pressure after massacre
• Trainer says boxer Williams paralyzed in Ga. crash
• Despite downgrade, Beryl still soaks Memorial Day
• New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension
• Timeline : Egypt since revolt against Hosni Mubarak
• Manager says boxer Williams paralyzed in Ga. crash
• Beryl cuts soggy path across U.S. southeast
• Prison cell
• Loyola beats Maryland 9-3 for NCAA lacrosse title
• Seeing red
• Cool drink
• Britain announces "pasty tax" U-turn
• New York is vying to become global high-tech hub
• Backhand
• Memorial Wall
• Vote results
• Azarenka overcomes terrible start to win at French
• A photo helps case of German teen alleged abused
• US commandos parachuted into N. Korea: report
• Egypt's Brotherhood scrambling to broaden support
• Egypt crowd attacks candidate's office
• Stevens wins Exergy, stakes claim to Olympic berth
• Elvis Presley crypt up for auction next month
• RIM loses another senior executive

Violence flares after Egypt election results Posted: 28 May 2012 04:52 PM PDT A mob set fire late Monday to the campaign headquarters of one of the two Egyptian presidential politicians facing each other in a runoff that will decide a new leader after last year's popular uprising, the first sign of unrest after the voting yielded divisive candidates.

Beach memorial Posted: 28 May 2012 04:49 PM PDT A woman walks past Arlington West Memorial built on the beach next to Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.

Michigan wildfire destroys nearly 100 buildings Posted: 28 May 2012 04:44 PM PDT Homes and cabins make up a third of the nearly 100 structures destroyed by a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, officials said Monday.

Mickelson joins group trying to buy Padres Posted: 28 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT Phil Mickelson has joined a group of investors who want to buy his hometown Major League Baseball team, San Diego Padres.

Egyptians torch Shafiq headquarters as vote triggers violence Posted: 28 May 2012 04:40 PM PDT CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister made it into the run-off for the country's presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters on Monday, underscoring the divisive outcome of the nation's historic vote. The campaign offices of Ahmed Shafiq, viewed as a symbol of Mubarak's rule, were set on fire after a group of protesters broke into and vandalized the premises, the state news agency reported. An official in the fire service confirmed the blaze had been extinguished without causing any casualties. ...

Witness says naked attacker was chewing man's face Posted: 28 May 2012 04:31 PM PDT A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a downtown highway ramp kept eating and growled at a police officer who fatally shot him to make him stop.

Qatar says 13 children among dead in mall fire Posted: 28 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country's fanciest shopping malls late Monday morning, raising questions about building safety in the booming Gulf state.

Sale has 15 strikeouts as White Sox beat Rays 2-1 Posted: 28 May 2012 04:24 PM PDT Chris Sale nearly made White Sox history in a dominating victory.

New Zealand triplets likely among Qatar mall dead Posted: 28 May 2012 04:19 PM PDT Young New Zealand triplets are believed to be among the 13 children killed in a fire in a shopping mall in Qatar.

Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks Posted: 28 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease could hardly believe it when she was able to speak Sunday for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital more than three weeks ago, her father said Monday.

Cubs end 12-game losing streak, beat Padres 11-7 Posted: 28 May 2012 04:16 PM PDT On a windy day at Wrigley Field, the fortunes finally blew in the Chicago Cubs' favor.

Blair says feared fight with Britain's media barons Posted: 28 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British leaders have no choice but to court powerful media barons such as Rupert Murdoch or risk savage press attacks which are "full on, full frontal, day in, day out," former Prime Minister Tony Blair told an inquiry on Monday. Interrupted by a heckler who accused him of being a war criminal for supporting the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Blair paused briefly before continuing calmly to justify his ties to Murdoch with whom he developed a close friendship. ...

UK politicians "bowed" before Murdoch: deputy PM Posted: 28 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's political class competed to "bow and scrape" before media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Tuesday, in comments aimed at setting his Liberal Democrats apart from the country's two other main parties. The Lib Dems, Britain's third-largest party, has had relatively few dealings with Murdoch and his News Corp media empire, which paid them little attention until they came to power in 2010 as part of a coalition government. ...

Romney promises world's strongest military Posted: 28 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world."

Trainer says boxer Williams paralyzed in US crash Posted: 28 May 2012 03:56 PM PDT Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed from the waist down Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager, George Peterson said Monday.

Va. girl is youngest ever in National Spelling Bee Posted: 28 May 2012 03:50 PM PDT The youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee was running around in a stream with a friend, hunting for rocks. Suddenly, she came charging up the bank and headed straight for her mother.

Assad faces new international pressure after massacre Posted: 28 May 2012 03:47 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed international pressure to end the bloodshed in Syria but, with peace envoy Kofi Annan visiting Damascus, his government blamed Islamist militants for a massacre in which U.N. observers had implicated his army. Annan, on a mission from the United Nations and Arab League, is scheduled to meet Assad on Tuesday, when he can be expected to urge compliance with the tattered ceasefire deal which he brokered between government and rebels nearly seven weeks ago. ...

Trainer says boxer Williams paralyzed in Ga. crash Posted: 28 May 2012 03:41 PM PDT Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed from the waist down Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager, George Peterson said Monday.

Despite downgrade, Beryl still soaks Memorial Day Posted: 28 May 2012 03:38 PM PDT Joyce Connolly and her daughters left their home in Hurricane, W.Va., to head south for a Memorial Day beach vacation — and ended up in the center of Tropical Storm Beryl.

New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension Posted: 28 May 2012 03:36 PM PDT "Maxed out on the medications," is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It's dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day.

Timeline : Egypt since revolt against Hosni Mubarak Posted: 28 May 2012 03:31 PM PDT (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in Egypt since protests against former President Hosni Mubarak began. January 25, 2011 - Anti-government protests begin across Egypt following the January 14 overthrow of Tunisia's president in the first of a series of Arab uprisings. January 28 - Mubarak orders troops and tanks into cities to quell demonstrations. Thousands cheer at news of intervention of the army, which is widely seen as a neutral force in politics, unlike police who are regularly deployed to stifle dissent. January 31 - New government is sworn in. ...

Manager says boxer Williams paralyzed in Ga. crash Posted: 28 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager said Monday.

Beryl cuts soggy path across U.S. southeast Posted: 28 May 2012 03:24 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl cut a soggy path across the U.S. southeast on Monday after swirling ashore in Florida at near hurricane strength. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season lashed the East Coast from north Florida to southern parts of North Carolina, and created a risk of flooding inland, even after it was downgraded to a tropical depression late Monday morning. ...

Prison cell Posted: 28 May 2012 03:21 PM PDT An inmate gestures from her cell inside the national female prision in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 28, 2012. Female inmates ask to join the March truce declared by the Mara-18 and Salvatrucha gangs, to get benefits in jail.

Loyola beats Maryland 9-3 for NCAA lacrosse title Posted: 28 May 2012 03:11 PM PDT Unranked at the beginning of the season, Loyola of Maryland is No. 1 at the end.

Seeing red Posted: 28 May 2012 03:09 PM PDT Spanish Matador Alejandro Talavante makes a muleta pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq's fighting bull during the Pentecost Feria, in Nimes, southern France.

Cool drink Posted: 28 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT Donna, a two-year-old elephant, sprays water in her mouth after playing a game of football with her keepers at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, central England.

Britain announces "pasty tax" U-turn Posted: 28 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservative-led government is to modify a levy on hot takeaway food after months of criticism that its planned "pasty tax" showed it was out of touch with ordinary people. A Treasury spokeswoman said that Value Added Tax (VAT) would not be applied to hot takeaway food that is cooling down after being cooked - for example the popular Cornish pasties which shops rarely sell straight from the oven. ...

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub Posted: 28 May 2012 02:48 PM PDT Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex to be built on an island in the East River.

Backhand Posted: 28 May 2012 02:48 PM PDT Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits to Italy's Potito Starace during their Men's Singles 1st Round tennis match of the French Open.

Memorial Wall Posted: 28 May 2012 02:39 PM PDT A man visits the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington. People around the United States celebrate Memorial Day to honor veterans and those members of the US military who have fallen in past and present wars. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI

Vote results Posted: 28 May 2012 02:35 PM PDT Supporters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq celebrate after the officials results for the first round were announced in Cairo.

Azarenka overcomes terrible start to win at French Posted: 28 May 2012 02:30 PM PDT Only 22, just recently a Grand Slam champion and ranked No. 1 for the first time, Victoria Azarenka is still learning to think like a top player.

A photo helps case of German teen alleged abused Posted: 28 May 2012 02:24 PM PDT The German teen was beaten, forced to sleep and eat with pigs, and whipped while pulling a horse cart, the villagers said. But every time Bosnian police responded to the neighbors' calls about her, they simply couldn't track her down.

US commandos parachuted into N. Korea: report Posted: 28 May 2012 02:23 PM PDT US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in US media.

Egypt's Brotherhood scrambling to broaden support Posted: 28 May 2012 02:18 PM PDT The Muslim Brotherhood is scrambling to broaden its appeal to liberals, leftists and Christians after official results Monday showed that the Islamist group's candidate will face ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister in next month's runoff for president of Egypt.

Egypt crowd attacks candidate's office Posted: 28 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT Security officials and witnesses say several hundred people have ransacked the campaign headquarters of an Egyptian presidential candidate who was ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.

Stevens wins Exergy, stakes claim to Olympic berth Posted: 28 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT Evelyn Stevens won the Exergy Tour following a final-stage breakaway, firmly cementing her claim to a berth on the U.S. Olympic team for the London Games.

Elvis Presley crypt up for auction next month Posted: 28 May 2012 01:58 PM PDT For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.

RIM loses another senior executive Posted: 28 May 2012 01:53 PM PDT Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years.

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