Lots at stake in basketball championships
IZMIR, Turkey – The basketball world championships created more questions than they answered on Wednesday with three of the four groups going down to the wire.
PDEA raids marijuana farm in Davao Sur
MANILA, Philippines – Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday morning discovered a marijuana plantation in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur.
Manila ready to dazzle for historic gay beauty pageant
MANILA – Fifteen muscular gay men strut the stage in a whirlwind of sequins, feathers, gold and glitter while a transvestite dressed as Lady Gaga performs the American pop-star’s latest hit.
Spain slips up again as Turkey beats Greece
ISTANBUL – Holder Spain has no more room for error after suffering its second defeat in three games at the World Championship on Tuesday while hosts Turkey and dark horses France reached the last 16 with two games to spare.
Giuliani daughter sentenced for shoplifting
NEW YORK – A daughter of former New York mayor Rudolf Giuliani was sentenced Tuesday to one day’s work in service to community for stealing items from a cosmetics store, the prosecutor’s office said.