Unable to find your ball, you drop another ball in the area where the original ball was lost and play from there. What is the ruling? Outlook: Lorena Ochoa is attempting to tie the tour record of five consecutive victories set by Nancy Lopez in 1978

Longtime Masters starter Harison dies - FOXSports.com
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Phil Harison, who introduced everyone from Ben Hogan to Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods during his 60 years as the starter on the first tee of the Masters, has died. He was 82. He died Sunday of natural causes, Augusta National Golf

Scott has to step up his game in the majors - South China Morning Post
One of the most vexing labels in golf is “best to have never won a major,” which is affixed to Sergio Garcia with little debate. But there is another description that is even more burdensome, and it belongs to Adam Scott. Best to never even contend

Full Tilt Poker Signs Title Sponsor Agreement With Sports and - Forbes
LAS VEGAS, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The World Series of Golf(R) (OTC Bulletin Board: WSGF), today announced that online poker giant, Full Tilt Poker, will become the title sponsor of the Las Vegas-based sports and entertainment event that

NEW YORK - Wall Street gave up sharp gains and closed lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point but left investors guessing about the central bank’s next move. The Dow Jones industrial average, momentarily soaring above 13,000 for the first time since early

Texas officials looking at possible abuse among FLDS boys - Newsday
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas officials told legislators Wednesday that they’re investigating the possible sexual abuse of some young boys taken from a polygamist sect’s ranch, as well as broken bones among other children. The disclosures are the first suggestions that anyone other than teenage girls may

US drug agency warns Merck to clean up violations at plant that makes vaccines for children - International Herald Tribune
TRENTON, New Jersey : The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Merck & Co. to correct numerous manufacturing deficiencies at its main vaccine plant, the latest in a string of setbacks for the drugmaker. The agency on Wednesday released a warning letter sent to Merck’s chief executive, Richard T

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) today praised Sen. Barack Obama for denouncing his former pastor, but warned that Republicans will use the association to try to “Swift Boat” the Illinois senator if he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee this fall. Bayh, who is supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

FLDS teen gives birth to boy while Texas officials stand by - San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN MARCOS, Texas Child welfare officials who have taken hundreds of young polygamist-sect members into state custody have yet another child to place: One of the teens has given birth to a boy. The boy is healthy and the mother is doing well, Patrick Crimmins, spokesman for the state Child

GM posts $3 billion loss - Reuters
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday as sales gains in Asia and Latin America overshadowed a slump in the U.S. market, sending its shares up 13 percent. The No. 1 U.S. automaker fell to a net loss of

Firefighters arrive at the site of a fire in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Wednesday April 30, 2008. The fire in a storied building at Hollywood and Vine spit flames 40 feet into the air and burned close to landmarks such as the Capitol Records building and the Pantages Theater. (AP Photo

MasTec reiterates 2008 financial projections - Forbes
Industrial contractor MasTec Inc. reiterated its 2008 financial targets after first-quarter earnings matched Wall Street expectations. MasTec late Tuesday said it expects profit from continuing operations between 85 cents and 90 cents per share on revenue between $1.13 billion and $1.16 billion. The

Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate by quarter-point - Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point, a smaller move than the aggressive easing it undertook earlier this year. The Fed action, announced Wednesday after a two-day regular meeting, pushed the federal funds rate down to 2 percent, its lowest level since

Texas Officials Looking at Possible Abuse Among FLDS Boys - ABC News
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, gather beneath a covered Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, gather beneath a covered porch at one of the structures at their temporary housing, Fort Concho National Historic Landmark

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad idea by many economists and has drawn unexpected support for Clinton rival Barack Obama, who also is opposed. “Score one for Obama,” wrote Greg Mankiw, a former chairman

U.S. report: Al-Qaida gaining strength in Afghanistan - Detroit News
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration reports a 16 percent increase in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2007 because of resurgent extremist activity there and in neighboring Pakistan. A State Department report shows a corresponding rise in the number of people killed, wounded or

Bernanke Urged to Do More to Ease Bank Funding Costs (Update1) - Bloomberg
April 30 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may need to step up his effort to unfreeze bank funding markets as a surge in borrowing costs blunts the impact of the cash auctions the central bank introduced in December. The cost of obtaining funds for three months has risen by 0

Yankees put A-Rod on 15-day DL - Houston Chronicle
NEW YORK Alex Rodriguez is going on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, leaving the New York Yankees without two of their most important players. Rodriguez joins injured catcher Jorge Posada on the DL. The Yankees are waiting for additional opinions on Posada’s ailing

Lorena Ochoa, the best in women’s golf, is also one of the most thoughtful players in the game. The LPGA is in Phoenix this week for the Safeway International, so Ochoa asked to come by the Ping Golf factory to thank the staff that makes her clubs

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Don t doubt Holder; he s not dumb - Tulsa World
Mike Holder has been characterized, some would say unfairly, as the villain in Oklahoma State s controversial basketball coaching change. There s little question OSU s fan base has been split over the dismissal of coach Sean Sutton. There is no

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Phil Harison, who introduced everyone from Ben Hogan to Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods during his 60 years as the starter on the first tee of the Masters, has died. He was 82. He died Sunday of natural causes, Augusta National Golf

Thomas Bj rn excited by Jumeirah Golf Estates partnership - PGA European Tour
Thomas Bj rn believes the impressive new facilities at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, which will host The European Tour s finale next year, are the most exciting he has seen in his career. Bj rn, the Chairman of The European Tour s Tournament

ProLink GPS Now in Play at Stunning Oak Quarry Golf Club - Biloxi Sun Herald
ProLink Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLKH) and the world’s leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite (”GPS”) golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising

Two-year-old Ali Hussein is pulled from the rubble of his family’s home in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The child, who later died in hospital, was in one of four homes allegedly destroyed by U.S. missiles. More than two dozen people were killed when

Savvis swings to 1Q loss, revenue misses Wall Street view - Forbes
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Savvis Inc. reported late Tuesday it swung to a first-quarter loss of $4.2 million, or 8 cents a share, compared with net earnings of $114.5 million, or $2.13 a share, in the same period a year earlier. The mean estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial was for

Shock jocks accused of insulting Alaska Natives back on air - Chicago Sun-Times
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A Clear Channel spokeswoman says an Anchorage shock-jock duo suspended over a derogatory remark about Alaska Native women will return to the airwaves Wednesday. Greg Wood and Chris Wilcox were taken off the air April 15 following public outrage over the comment that had

Firefighters battle blaze northeast of Los Angeles - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
A wind-driven brush fire burns along the foothills of Sierra Madre, Calif., on Monday. SIERRA MADRE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire burned dangerously close to homes at the foot of the rugged San Gabriel Mountains early Monday, but firefighters stood their ground and turned back the flames. The dramatic