Ryan Howard homered twice, Chase Utley also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 9-5 on Friday night.
Joe Blanton (2-5) threw six effective innings for the Phillies, who have won three straight and four of five after a 5-14 skid dropped them into third place in the NL East. Howard went 4 for 4 with three RBIs and set a career high with four …
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At Oakland, Calif., Dan Johnson hit a grand slam in his firstofficial at-bat back from the minors and the A's gave Hayden Penn (0-1) a rude welcome in his return to the majors, scoring nine runs inthe first inning.
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Oslo-based investment house Terra Securities ASA declared bankruptcy Wednesday after national regulators moved to revoke its license for failing to inform Norwegian townships of the high risks of their U.S. investments.
Four small townships in northern Norway had been embroiled in a conflict with Terra over losses, saying the brokerage failed to inform them of the high risk of 451 million kroner (US$82 million, euro56 million) in investments placed through the American financial giant Citibank.
In a news release, the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, a government agency, notified Terra that it intended to revoke all of its licenses to manage …
The setback for a plan the Cubs had hoped to ram through the state Legislature's fall veto session has sent team officials back to the drawing board to search for alternatives that might include creating a tax-increment-financing (TIF) district around Wrigley.
Another possibility is to broaden the boundaries of a 1 percent tax on downtown restaurant meals used to finance McCormick Place. That tax currently extends as far north as Diversey.
Gene Saffold, …
WASHINGTON After weeks of asserting that as Senate Republicanleader he had to read the fine print before endorsing the U.S.-Sovietintermediate-range missile treaty, Sen. Robert J. Dole of Kansastoday will announce his support for it in an atmosphere of Republicanpresidential politics.
He will make the announcement after meeting with PresidentReagan in an arrangement carefully worked out between Dole and WhiteHouse chief of staff Howard H. Baker Jr. Reagan is expected towelcome Dole's support and congratulate him on his position.
During last week's superpower summit Vice President George Bushpromoted his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination asthe …
WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices shot up more than expected in September, reflecting higher food and energy costs.
The Labor Department reported Friday that its Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, jumped by 1.1 percent in September, more than double what analysts had been expecting.
However, core …
A customer at a Salem, Mass., bar spent the night trapped in a bathroom but told police in the morning he was "comfortable" and even offered to pay his tab.
Laura Walton, the manager of Gulu-Gulu Cafe, says staff arrived at about 8 a.m. Saturday and heard noises coming from the bathroom area. She tells The Salem News they called police because they thought someone was breaking in.
The 26-year-old man told police …
