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Nationals end Dodgers series with loss, rainout

BaseballSept 9, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Too bad the Washington Nationals couldn’t hop on the plane and follow the Los Angeles Dodgers to sunny California.The Nationals lost a series to the Dodgers this week, and what a messy one it was. It rained Tuesday, nearly ruining Stephen Strasburg’s comeback game. It rained Wednes
Lewis eyes hometown success at LPGA

GolfSept 9, 2011

ROGERS, Arkansas (AP) ― Stacey Lewis still feels like she has plenty to prove, even now.Even during a season in which she’s won her first major championship and has posted eight top-10 finishes, the former Arkansas golfer isn’t content.Lewis will have the chance to add to her growing resume when the
Roddick match moved; Nadal, Murray win

More sportsSept 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Even in Thursday’s perfect weather, Andy Roddick ran into trouble completing a rain-delayed victory over David Ferrer at the U.S. Open ― this time, because of water gathering behind a baseline in the second-largest stadium.At least there was progress at Flushing Meadows after two wet
Court to decide Kwak’s fate

Social affairsSept 9, 2011

The embattled top educator of Seoul may have to face the music Friday, officials said, as the court was expected to make decision upon an arrest warrant sought by prosecutors. Prosecutors asked the court on Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant on Seoul’s education superintendent Kwak No-hyun on allega
Pregnant women among 26 caught for drug offenses

Social affairsSept 9, 2011

Twenty six people, including a lady in her ninth month of pregnancy were caught by the police using methamphetamine and marijuana, Yonhap News reported. Busan police department said Friday that they arrested nine people and booked 17 people without detention for selling and injecting illegal dr
Dolphins beat Italian swimming champ in race-off

More sportsSept 9, 2011

TORVAIANICA, Italy (AP) -- Italian swimmer Filippo Magnini once ruled the pool in the 100 meter freestyle, but on Thursday he met his match dolphin-style.Italian two-time world champion in the 100-meter freestyle Filippo Magnini plays with a dolphin during a performance at Zoomarine's aquatic amusem
Gov't to expand welfare benefits for low-wage workers

PoliticsSept 9, 2011

The government and the ruling party agreed Friday to expand welfare benefits for low-wage workers in small workplaces and set guidelines banning discrimination against temporary workers as part of efforts to increase job stability, party officials said.The agreement came at a meeting among the Grand
Dutch woman calls ex-boyfriend 65,000 times

World NewsSept 9, 2011

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch prosecutors are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year.The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent phone calls. Police arrested the suspected
Seoul gov't to reduce working hours for pregnant employees

Social affairsSept 9, 2011

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday it will reduce the working hours of its pregnant employees by one hour to give them more time for prenatal care.The move comes as South Korea is struggling to raise its low birthrate through diverse incentives.Pregnant female employees will be able to wo
Nearly seven out of 10 S. Koreans cremated

Social affairsSept 9, 2011

Nearly seven out of every 10 South Koreans were cremated in 2010, the government said Friday, pointing to a rapid change in people's views on the practice.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, out of the 255,403 South Koreans who died last year, 172,276, or 67.5 percent, were cremated, mo
'I'm gonna die:' 9/11 horror in victims' own words

World NewsSept 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) -- They called on God and they called for human help, but in the end the victims who phoned from 9/11's inferno knew there was no one to hear their screams.Most of the nearly 3,000 people blown apart on September 11, 2001, when hijackers turned four planes into missiles against
Obama unveils plan to revive U.S. economy

Sept 9, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama, looking to jolt both the U.S. economy and his presidency, proposed a $447 billion plan for creating jobs in a high-profile, nationally televised speech before Congress late Thursday.Obama, facing a tough re-election fight next year, looked to stem the eroding confide
Designer Galliano convicted in anti-Semitism case

FashionSept 9, 2011

PARIS (AP) -- John Galliano's drunken anti-Semitic ravings cost him his job at Paris luxury house Christian Dior and gave him a criminal record but didn't land him in jail, a Paris court ruled.The court found Galliano guilty on two counts of “public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, ra
Lee says gas project may proceed 'faster than expected'

PoliticsSept 9, 2011

　President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday said the purported project to pipe Russian gas through North Korea into South Korea could take shape "faster than expected" as it would benefit all three countries.　"A time will come for the three parties -- South and North Korea as well as Russia -- to discuss (
Personal data of 800,000 Samsung Card customers may have been leaked

BusinessSept 9, 2011

(Yonhap News) Samsung Card Co., South Korea's leading card firm, is suspected of having come under an online security breach that could have leaked about 800,000 customers' personal data, sources said Thursday. Samsung Card has asked the police to investigate an employee regarding the sus