50 injured as car rams into public in US

As many as 50 people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people participating in a parade in the US state of Virginia. There was no fatality. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon during the Hiker's Parade at the annual Trail Days festival in the Damascus town, near the border with Tennessee state, a US media report said. Some of the victims were flown by helicopters to ...

Belleville native Haas happy to be back at Bellerive

folks at Bellerive Country Club are keeping their fingers crossed on Tuesday's weather. The corporate pro-am event scheduled for tomorrow is huge in terms of raising money for the event.The forecast is not good. From the National Weather Service's Tuesday forecast: "Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. ...

Lleyton Hewitt Andreas Seppi beaten at Nice Open

Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open.Hewitt, playing in this tournament for the first time, was beaten by Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Seppi fell to Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lu will next play Andujar, a semifinalist at this month's Madrid Open.Carlos Berlocq of Argentina and ...

Arias trial wraps for day after series of motions

Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.The judge denied both motions, and Arias planned to take the stand Tuesday. Jurors will find out then if she tells them the same thing she told a local reporter: She'd rather be executed than spend her life ...

Shareholders Ok Freeport-McMoRan bid for Plains

PHOENIX (AP) -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold said Monday that its $6.9 billion bid for Plains Exploration & Production was approved by a majority of that company's shareholders.The deal is expected to close on May 31. When that happens, Freeport-McMoRan, currently a mining company, said it will transform into U.S.-based natural resource company with a top global portfolio of ...