1. Win the jack of diamonds with the king and draw the defenders' trumps. Next cash the A-Q of diamonds, discarding a club from dummy. Then, to assure the contract, you play the A-Q of clubs!

That is more than a half-century with no Trojans feeling the electricity of the postseason.

Ramirez hit a grand slam in the eighth inning Thursday night as the surging Chicago Cubs rallied for five runs to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 for their sixth straight win.

In another sign of unraveling Russia-U.S. ties, Putin said 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products to Russia.

He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it, too — to help convict him of killing four family members.

More than 200 people have died in Taliban bombings and clashes since longtime U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf quit as president and triggered a power struggle that caused the country's ruling coalition to collapse.

The Titans' victory came despite continued inconsistent play by quarterback Vince Young, who made a few big plays but failed to capitalize on several scoring chances. Young was 13 for 27 for 134 yards passing and ran three times for

The first batch of 700 buses that could ferry residents inland were being sent to a staging area near New Orleans, and officials in Mississippi were trying to decide when to move Katrina-battered residents along the coast who were still

The first fumble gave the Cardinal the lead for good on a safety late in the third quarter. The second came with just 47 seconds remaining, when Darrell Catchings tried to stretch the ball over the goal line before Taylor

Rene Edward Barrios, 26, will be sentenced to somewhere between 10.5 and 21 years in prison next month by Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Fields.

Trust us, Labor Day weekend is gonna be fun. Just look at the slate of opening games around the Pac-10:

Nishikori, 18, began the season by startling James Blake , and became the first man from Japan in 35 years to reach the third round at the U.S. Open with a win Thursday.

Now, can they muster one more run at the playoffs?

Miles Kaufman, 52, was booked into the Pima County jail after his arrest. He was charged with drug possession, felony fleeing and domestic violence/criminal damage.

On Thursday, Atlanta's Mike Gonzalez came on in the ninth and struck out the side to pick up his seventh save in seven attempts and 37th consecutive save overall. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the longest current streak

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they found strong evidence to implicate jalapeno and serrano peppers and a farm in Mexico in the largest outbreak of food-borne illness in a decade. Investigators

And with the last big picnicking and barbecue holiday of the summer just a few days away, there's still time to pick up some of the yellow or white manna for your holiday table.

However, the strength of the 2008 girls season will be highlighted by notable sophomore standouts.

An umpiring crew chief can pick up the phone and ask a replay center in New York to send him all available feeds so he can review boundary calls — was a ball fair or foul, was it over the