Spurs rally to stun Heat in Game 1 of NBA Finals

MIAMI (AP) — Six years later, the San Antonio Spurs still have that winning NBA Finals formula of good defense and a little luck on offense.

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Heat beat Spurs in Game 2 to tie NBA Finals

MIAMI (AP) — Mario Chalmers marched toward midcourt with a message.

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Suspect in killing of UK soldier arrested on release from hospital

By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - One of two men accused of murdering a British soldier on a London street last week was arrested by detectives after being discharged from hospital on Friday. Michael Adebolajo, 28, had been undergoing treatment after being shot by police in the aftermath of the attack on Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, southeast London last Friday. He is now in custody at a south London police station where he is being quizzed

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Pistorius forced out of hiding for trial hearing

The double-amputee Olympian will appear at a court hearing ahead of his murder trial.

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Suspect arrested in attack on French soldier

PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities arrested on Wednesday a man suspected of stabbing a French soldier in an attack that took place days after the May 22 killing of a British serviceman in London by men shouting Islamist slogans. "He was known (to police) but we cannot speak of radical Islamism," Interior Minister Manuel Valls told iTele television. "I remain very cautious," he added. ...... Read more...

Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money-laundering charges

By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money-laundering charges, just days after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's genocide conviction was overturned. A U.S. grand jury decided in 2009 that Portillo, who was in office from 2000 to 2004, should face charges that he laundered $70 million through U.S. banks. ...... Read more...

Autopsy: Ric Flair's son died from drug overdose

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An autopsy report says the son of famed professional wrestler Ric Flair died from a toxic combination of heroin and prescription drugs... Read more...

Bridge collapse a major break in trade corridor

SEATTLE (AP) — For farmers, business owners and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington's bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents much more than a close brush with tragedy. As much as $20 billion in freight travels to and from Canada and along the busy north-south corridor each year.... Read more...

'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested

LONDON (AP) — Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo came to be radicalized.... Read more...

NYSE asks SEC to reinstate volatility curbs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext asked U.S. regulators on Friday to allow it to reintroduce rules to curb excessive trading volatility after several New York Stock Exchange-listed securities recently experienced sharp unintended drops. NYSE had a system in place to slow trading when a stock's price moved rapidly over a short period of time, but had to cancel it when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission introduced market-wide rules

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Barbara weakens to tropical storm, kills 2 people

The storm drenched a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast.... Read more...