Sen. Kennedy returns home after being released from Duke hospital.
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Neighbours' longest-standing character Harold Bishop is leaving the Australian soap after 16 years.
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America's two largest hot dog makers are waging a wiener war as grills fire up this summer, hoping to win over customers and secure the No. 1 spot atop the stagnating frank market.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Venezuelan Luis Gonzalez has protested his innocence after being hit with a 12-month ban from Japanese baseball.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bolivia's soccer team was given a reprieve from what it calls soccer apartheid when the sport's world governing body on Tuesday suspended its ban on internationals played at high altitude.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee praised Beijing on Tuesday for setting a "gold standard for the future" in its preparations for the Games, which begin in a month. China, meanwhile, poured scorn on critics abroad, saying complaints of human rights abuses were just so much "noise pollution" which could not prevent the success of the Games. While conceding that concerns remained about air pollution and broadcasting issues, chief International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspector Hein Verbruggen said Beijing "looked ready." "The quality of preparation, the readiness of the venues and the attention to operational detail for these Games have set a gold standard for the future," he said in a statement. China has transformed its capital for the August 8-24 Games, which it hopes will promote domestic stability and showcase a newly confident nation to the rest of the world. While the 31 sporting venues may be ready, the run-up to the Games was...
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AP - Thousands of demonstrators, some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks, defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign.

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Barclays Bank has apologised to thousands of customers after long delays in opening its Tax Haven cash ISA.
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"We're beginning to see signs that the stimulus may be working," Bush said.
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AP - A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros.
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A woman walks into a jeweller’s shop and pockets a ring worth £10,000. As she leaves, she is arrested by store detectives. They retrieve the ring. The woman is prosecuted and convicted of theft. Even though the ring has been recovered the court makes a confiscation order against her for £10,000. Where is the justice in that?
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President Mutharika announces plans for a massive irrigation project to boost Malawi's food production.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Medicare bill opposed by the White House won final congressional approval on Wednesday with the help of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who returned to the Senate floor for the first time since brain surgery last month.

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Supreme Court will review court decision on Navy sonar use
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AP - Emil Brown homered and drove in three runs, Rajai Davis had a career-high four hits and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday night.

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AP - He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?

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A-Rod's emotional connection to Madonna may have been more powerful than sex.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U.S. diplomat for the first time look positive and he expects progress.
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