Umpire hit by pitch, taken off field in ambulance - Philadelphia Inquirer

Umpire hit by pitch, taken off field in ambulance - Philadelphia Inquirer
LOS ANGELES - Plate umpire Kerwin Danley was taken off the field in an ambulance after he was struck on the jaw by Brad Penny’s fastball that Dodgers catcher Russell Martin missed in the fourth inning Saturday night. Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said Danley lost consciousness briefly, but was

Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents’ dinner - Seattle Times
President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. “Senator McCain’s not here,” Bush said of GOP nominee-in-waiting John McCain. “He probably wanted to distance

BP says it is hours away from shutting down a major oil pipeline as strike action looms - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Oil giant BP PLC was completing the closure of a pipeline system responsible for delivering almost a third of Britain’s North Sea oil production Sunday. The closure of the Forties Pipeline System is a consequence of a 48-hour strike planned at the Grangemouth oil refinery in central

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