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Hershiser would ask why the Mets were playing the infield in at a particular time. Or why they weren't holding the runner on first. Or why they weren't playing a "no doubles" defense.

A year after a public spat with Beijing over censorship, Google Inc. says its business with Chinese advertisers is growing even as the Internet giant's share of online searches in China plunges.

A major Chinese portal announced last week it would no longer use Google for search, compounding its rapid loss of market share since March last year when it closed its local search engine. The future of a Google map service that is a key part of its remaining appeal in China is in doubt.

At a north London gym on a recent evening, Claire Palmer was busy pounding her gloved fists into a punching bag.

To raise money and get fit, Palmer is trying all 30 Olympic and Paralympic sports in the next year — and boxing is on this month's schedule. Palmer, 29, is taking part in the Gold Challenge, a charity challenge trying to get people more active by the time the 2012 Olympics roll into town.

Ford Motor Co (F.N) Chief Executive Alan Mulally's total compensation rose 48 percent to $26.5 million in 2010 when the automaker reported its best net profit in a decade.

Mulally is credited with turning Ford around from the time he became CEO in October 2006, including steering it through the U.S. economic recessions without taking a U.S. government bailout as did the other two major U.S. automakers, General Motors Co (GM.N) and Chrysler, now managed by Italy's Fiat SpA.

As an elderly California man recovered from surgery after being seriously injured by a bomb in his Sunday paper, investigators and neighbors sought answers: Who planted the device? And why?

The force of the blast nearly took off a finger on the man's right hand and caused other injuries to his arm and side, neighbors said.

s Qingdao branch and Chinese website bring together former FDA, USDA and Customs officials and affiliated attorneys with decades of experience to give their Chinese exporting clients a competitive edge on all legal and regulatory compliance, brand development, and marketing concerns.

is directly affiliated with , LLC, a U.S.-based regulatory consulting firm founded by , who formerly served as Regulatory Counsel for FDA’s Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs. Through the ExporttoUSA.com.cn website, FDAImports.com, LLC consultants can expand their dedicated service to Chinese manufacturers and exporters, helping improve the knowledge and skills needed to successfully sell FDA-regulated products in the U.S.A 17 year USFDA veteran, Mr. England and his team at FDAImports.com, LLC are focused on understanding and overcoming obstacles involved with importing and distributing foreign made goods to the U.S. and helping the firm’s clients comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Germany has outpaced the United States as the number two player in clean energy while China keeps racing ahead as the world's green investment leader, a study said Tuesday.

The survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts found strong growth on a global scale for solar, wind and other renewable energy, although one major exception was Britain, which saw a sharp decline after a new government took charge.

When the options boil down to winning or heading home, nobody's better than Kemba and Connecticut.

Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift UConn to its 10th straight victory since finishing off a .500 Big East regular season, a 56-55 win over cold-shooting Kentucky that moved the Huskies a victory away from their third, and most improbable, NCAA title.

US shoemaker Crocs said it was donating 100,000 pairs of its clunky, colorful rubber clogs to victims of Japan's devastating March 11 earthquake disaster.

"Donating 100,000 pairs of shoes is the least we can do to help mitigate the enormous devastation that's resulted from the earthquake and tsunami," said Crocs president John McCarvel.

Before becoming a bride eight times over, Elizabeth Taylor was a 17-year-old starlet scribbling letters to her first fiance, charting on pale pink stationery his progression from her one-and-only to the one who got away.

"I've never known this kind of love before — it's so perfect and complete — and mature," Taylor wrote to William Pawley on May 6, 1949. "I've never loved anyone in my life before one third as much as I love you — and I never will (well, as far as that goes — I'll never love anyone else — period)."

British officials met a top Libyan regime aide in London and gave him a "strong message" that leader Moamer Kadhafi had to step down, a government source said on Friday.

Mohammed Ismail, a key confidant of Kadhafi's powerful son Saif al-Islam, had been visiting family in the British capital in recent days when the British government took the opportunity to make contact, they said.

A woman released from prison on condition that she donate a kidney to her sister said Friday she was upset when she heard Gov. Haley Barbour intends to deny their request for pardons.

"I got down on my knees and cried," Gladys Scott told about 350 people who rallied Friday outside the Mississippi Capitol to support pardons for her and her sister, Jamie Scott.

Dwyane Wade scored 32 points, LeBron James added 27 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, and the Miami Heat turned a tight game into a rout in the third quarter of a 111-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.

Chris Bosh added 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed at halftime but opened the third quarter with a staggering 25-1 run to take control. Miami reduced its magic number for clinching the Southeast Division to one, with Orlando's victory over Charlotte on Friday preventing the Heat from wrapping it up.

The Moreno Valley assault is the third recently of a girl by teenage boys and men. It may have been part of an initiation by a street gang, which used a 15-year-old girl to lure the victim, reports Christine Pelisek.

Seven teenagers in California are accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in a park bathroom, the latest in a series of horrifying gang rapes that have hit the news in recent weeks.

Ex porn star Sasha Grey is finally ready for her closeup. In her new photo book, , Grey turns her lens on her wild XXX-rated world, documenting her rise from porn ingénue to Hollywood multi-hyphenate. The raunchiest—and most bracingly intelligent—name in porn chats with Marlow Stern about losing her virginity, Charlie Sheen, and America’s problem with sex.

has long been one of the most enigmatic figures in porn. The adult-film goddess—to borrow from thelexicon—has been pushing industry boundaries ever since her debut performance mere months after turning 18, when she starred in a gangbang with the notoriously aggressive porn star Rocco Siffredi. A self-avowed feminist in an industry that’s often labeled misogynistic, she’s explored everything from bondage to water sports in an effort to gleefully subvert the male gaze, and society’s sexual hang-ups.

U.S. stocks ended a solid quarter with the barest of moves on Thursday, as investors looked ahead to Friday's U.S. jobs report to provide a catalyst to push indexes to new highs for the year.

After gaining 5.4 percent in the first quarter, the benchmark S&P 500 hovered near 1,330, a level the index has been unable to break despite several attempts in the past month. A strong payrolls number may tip it over and technical momentum could kick in, lifting stocks further.

Tiger Woods described himself as in "competitive shape" for next week's U.S. Masters after playing a practice round at a rain-sodden Augusta National Golf Club earlier this week.

The American world number five, a four-times champion at Augusta National, was surprised by how long the par-72 layout played and noticed subtle changes on the greens at the 11th and 17th.

The official line: Bahrain is back to business as usual. Shiite protesters are off the streets after a month of paralyzing demonstrations. A state-run newspaper's headline declares the Persian Gulf island to be "Back on Track."

But police checkpoints dot the highways around the tiny Sunni-led kingdom. Tanks are deployed around the lavish shopping malls in the capital.

Fears over the Japan nuclear crisis triggered a crushing defeat for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in their German heartland, as the ecologist Greens roared to a historic triumph.

Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) have ruled wealthy Baden-Wuerttemberg, home to industrial giants Daimler and Bosch, for 58 years, but her on-again, off-again support for nuclear power spooked voters ahead of the crucial poll.

Grammy-winning Canadian singer Bryan Adams was honored with a star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame on Monday -- with a little help from fellow countryman and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.

The pair braved an unseasonal Los Angeles downpour to celebrate the 51-year-old being granted the 2,435th star on the storied walkway of stars along Hollywood Boulevard.