Blues take command against ailing Stars

Blues 2 Stars 1

DALLAS The St. Louis Blues are starting to look like the team thatwas so dominant early in the season.

Marty Reasoner and Scott Young scored, and Roman Turek made 28saves to help the Blues beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Sunday to open a2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal.

"Getting two on the road is something I think we should feelpretty good about," Blues coach coach Joel Quenneville said.

The Stars played without Mike Modano, who sprained his left anklein Game 1, and lost Shaun Van Allen and John MacLean to injuries. VanAllen took a puck in the mouth in the first period, and MacLean leftwith a bloody nose in the …

DiLiegro lifts New Hampshire over Dartmouth 55-53

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dane DiLiegro grabbed an offensive rebound and hit a jump shot with one second left as New Hampshire spoiled intrastate rival Dartmouth's home opener 55-53 Tuesday night.

Tyrone Conley led the Wildcats (2-0) with 18 points, while DiLiegro's 10 rebounds contributed to New Hampshire's 44-33 edge on the boards.

The Big Green (0-2) shot 59 percent from the field (16 of 27) to lead 34-19 at the break, as Jabari Trotter …

Kyle Busch edges Allmendinger for pole at The Glen

WATKINS GLEN, New York (AP) — Kyle Busch has won the pole for the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International.

Busch, who qualified last after posting the best time in practice, shattered the track record with a lap at 126.421 mph (203.45 kph), depriving Richard Petty Motorsports of a front row sweep. It's Busch's first pole of the season and first on a road course.

AJ Allmendinger was second, just ahead of …

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Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.

The Mariner Energy-owned platform that erupted in flames Thursday was just 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of the spill site, but everything from the structures to the operations to the safety devices were different.

The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile (1 1/2 kilometers) long and 100 feet (30 meters) wide had begun to spread, but hours later said crews were unable to find any spill.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Lehmann in New Orleans said Friday morning that an 87-foot …

Judge drops 3 of 23 charges against Blagojevich

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has dropped three of 23 corruption charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Prosecutors requested the move in hopes of simplifying their case after jurors in Blagojevich's first trial said the original two dozen counts were confusing. Prosecutors say accusations contained in the dropped counts are duplicated elsewhere in the case.

Defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky said Thursday he had no objections to the request.

The 54-year-old Blagojevich faces an April retrial on charges he tried to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat and trying to shake down donors for campaign cash. Blagojevich still face years in prison if convicted on the remaining charges.

Jurors deadlocked on all but one count of lying to the FBI in his first trial.

Children's shop opens

The Early Learning Centre has opened a new store in Bath - threemonths after shutting its previous shop.

The firm, which sells toys, books and babycare products, opened a1,167sq ft shop in Saracen Street on Saturday.

Its previous shop in Cheap Street was closed in May, with thefirm, which is owned by Mothercare, saying it wanted to concentrateon bigger outlets with a wider range of goods.

At that time, it gave no indication it was looking forreplacement premises in the city, and suggested customers should useits Trowbridge branch or its website. It says the new store, openedby the principal of the city's Norland College childcare trainingcentre, Liz Hunt, is bigger than its predecessor.