CORRECTED: McGinley's generosity saves U.S. from record defeat
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Paul McGinley's generous act of   conceding a half to opponent JJ Henry in Sunday's singles saved   the United States from possibly suffering their heaviest defeat   in the Ryder Cup.
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A sloppy handoff contributes to the United States losing to Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday in the 400-meter relay. The U.S. men and women sweep the 1,600 relay.
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Nick Rimando made 13 saves to help Real Salt Lake tie the New England Revolution 0-0 on Saturday night. Matt Reis made two saves for New England, which improved to 5-2-3.
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The Americans could have used him on Sunday when Spain won the best-of-five final 3-2. It was Spain&#39;s second title, which kept the United States from adding to its record total of 31.
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As expected by most analysts, uncertainty during the US presidential election period has proven negative for the US dollar. While George W. Bush is currently more likely to win the election, the race between
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(An earlier version of this story mistakenly attributed comments from a report by Democratic Cen. Carl Levin of Michigan in October 2004 to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general. A correct version of the story follows.)
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The kid salvaged an otherwise tough night for the United States at Nagai Stadium.
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The U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday it was awarding what might have been its richest-ever single contract at $24 billion, but it erred by a factor of 1,000.
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Bronze is better than nothing. That's one Olympic lesson the U.S. men's basketball team was able to understand. The Americans took the third-place game seriously Saturday night, earning some revenge and salvaging some self-respect in a 104-96 victory over Lithuania. Although they didn't get what they wanted in Athens, they didn't embarrass themselves in their finale, either.
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(Corrects to show Merrill write-downs and adjustments totaled about $16 billion instead of $14.1 billion in paragraph 7.)
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By Benjamin J. Romano, Seattle Times  CORRECTION: Information in this article, originally published December 13, 2006, was corrected December 18, 2006. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the price of a Pioneer P3DX robot at a Microsoft laboratory.
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Corrects spelling of U.S. ambassador's name in paragraph three to Schieffer
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FOXBOROUGH -- The US appeared to have nearly everything in its favor against Panama in a Gold Cup quarterfinal yesterday. But the US nearly squandered its momentum with several missed opportunities before breaking through in the second half for a 2-1 victory at Gillette Stadium.
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&quot;Looks like you were right on about Cal getting passed over for the Rose Bowl bid. I don&#39;t think it would have made a bit of difference if Cal had won by 110 points instead of just 10.
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KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina  - Britain's Colin  Montgomerie lost to an American for the first time in matchplay  singles as the United States beat the Rest of the World 14-10  to retain the UBS Cup on Sunday.
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Democrat challenger Larry Kissell conceded defeat Wednesday to Rep. Robin Hayes, after the initial phase of a hand recount showed the result was not likely to change.
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Even the United Nations sponge who called the United States "stingy" immediately retracted the insult, saying he had been misinterpreted and that the U.S. was "most generous." But The New York Times was ...