St. Paul Saints Stunt To Play Off Minnesota Senate Race
The independent minor league St. Paul Saints say third-party candidate Dean Barkley will throw out the first pitch at Saturday night’s game against the Sioux Falls Canaries. Read more
Scorched Earth, Craters Mark Sri Lanka’s War Zone (ap)
AP – Sri Lanka’s former war zone is a wasteland, its earth scorched and pocked by craters. Cars and trucks lie overturned near bunkers beside clusters of battered tents. Read more
Ex-skorean Leader Roh Leaps To Death Over Scandal (ap)
AP – Former President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death Saturday ? a shocking end for a man whose rags-to-riches rise took him from rural poverty to Seoul’s presidential Blue House. He was 62. Read more
Ex-skorean Leader Roh Commits Suicide At 62 (ap)
AP – Former President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death Saturday ? a shocking fall from grace for a man whose rags-to-riches rise took him from rural poverty to Seoul’s presidential Blue House. He was 62. Read more
Pakistani Troops Take On Taliban In Main Swat Town (ap)
AP – Pakistani security forces fought street battles with Taliban militants in the Swat Valley’s main urban center Saturday, a critical phase in the effort to wrest the northwest region near Afghanistan out of insurgent hands. Read more