Giants outfielder Dan Ortmeier was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a broken left middle finger.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and his young daughter posed for pictures and swapped team jerseys with members of the Brazilian team — the one that plays that other, international kind of football.

Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, reflecting the widespread frustration with the military government there.

Jordan and France signed Friday an agreement to help the Arab kingdom develop its nuclear energy program for peaceful purposes.

The U.S. military says an American service member has been removed from duty in Iraq after receiving complaints that Marines were handing out coins promoting Christianity.

Lebanon's prime minister designate, Fuad Saniora, began consultations Friday with heads of parliamentary blocs on forming a new national unity Cabinet in line with an Arab League brokered deal that ended a long political crisis.

The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than doctors had predicted.

Officials say a single-engine plane has crashed on Interstate 85 in central North Carolina, injuring the pilot and bringing traffic to a crawl.

Parents' hopes of quick reunions with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's ranch were dashed Friday after their attorneys and a judge clashed over proposed restrictions.

Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, reflecting the widespread frustration with the military government there.

Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, reflecting the widespread frustration with the military government there.

The world must ensure the success of the Beijing Olympics because any disruption of the games will drive China into its shell with "serious long-term consequences" for Asian and world economies, Singapore's leader has warned.

Macedonian authorities promised tight security for Sunday's national elections at the close of a campaign marred by violence, including an assassination attempt against an ethnic Albanian opposition leader.

Diplomats from 111 nations have formally adopted a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs.

Growing pressure on Iran to explain what could be secret nuclear weapons work has left Tehran increasingly defensive — and the U.S. and its allies hopeful they can exploit the situation to wrest concessions from Tehran.

Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.

A former Credit Suisse investment banker convicted of insider trading was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday by a judge who said Wall Street professionals were failing to understand that it was a serious crime to cheat in the markets.

Ford Motor Co. plans to build its new Fiesta subcompact at a factory near Mexico City for sale in the U.S., the company said Friday.

Giants outfielder Dan Ortmeier was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a broken left middle finger.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and his young daughter posed for pictures and swapped team jerseys with members of the Brazilian team — the one that plays that other, international kind of football.

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Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.

Amy Winehouse gave a brief performance in front of 90,000 people Friday in her first concert since leaving rehab.

Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.