As federal investigators try to determine why an Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia sped up in the minute before it derailed, Amtrak's top official said the national passenger railroad takes full responsibility for the deadly wreck.
Pele was in stable condition in a hospital on Thursday after undergoing surgery for an enlarged prostate - just the latest health scare for the Brazilian soccer legend.
AC Milan, at the center of takeover uncertainty and with coach Filippo Inzaghi unlikely to survive until next season, can have a hand in the Champions League shakeup when it faces Roma on Saturday.
With Chelsea having sewn up the title, attention in the Premier League this weekend switches to the grim battle for survival and the scrap for European places.
Real Madrid and Barcelona can't afford a Champions League hangover as their La Liga title hopes will again be on the line on Saturday when they host Valencia and Real Sociedad respectively.
After six months at sea, including 17 days on the 5,000 nautical mile leg from Brazil, less than four minutes separated the two top finishers in the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race on their arrival in Newport.
Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton seeks to build on his 27-point lead in this year's title race with another victory for Mercedes at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.
Percy Sledge was a struggling 25 year-old soul singer, making ends meet by working as a hospital orderly, when, on the recommendation of a patient, in February 1966 he walked into a small studio in the town of Sheffield, Alabama, owned by a local disc jockey named Quinn Ivy to make his first record.
"When my grandfather went to America, it was like the Beatles," says John Mucha. "He made the front pages of the newspapers and was feted wherever he went."
The high cost of housing in Beijing and other metropolises has forced people to move outside their city, but that means they face a daily trek that can take hours on crowded buses
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