22 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after more storms

By Gene J. Puskar (AP)

The Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates will play a doubleheader Monday after their game Sunday was postponed by rain.

The doubleheader will begin at 12:35 p.m. Jair Jurrjens will start the first game for Atlanta against Zach Duke, and Pittsburgh\'s John Van Benschoten will face Tim Hudson in the nightcap.

Duke and Jurrjens had been the scheduled starters Sunday.

The game was called after a delay of 40 minutes. Light rain in the morning developed into a thunderstorm just before the scheduled 1:35 p.m. start. The tarp was never taken off the field.

By Sue Ogrocki (AP)

Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 21 people in three states.

Six people died in Picher, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution there, and officials held out hope that they wouldn\'t find any more bodies.

Residents said the tornado created a surreal scene as it tore through town Saturday afternoon, injuring 150 people, overturning cars, damaging dozens of homes and throwing...

By Sue Ogrocki (AP)

Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 23 people in three states.

Seven people died in Picher, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution here, and officials held out hope that they wouldn\'t find any more bodies.

Residents said the tornado created a surreal scene as it tore through town Saturday afternoon, injuring 150 people, overturning cars, damaging dozens of homes and throwing...

By SHEILAH MILLER (AP)

Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in the piles of debris left after a tornado rumbled through a day earlier and killed at least seven people.

Officials held out hope that they wouldn\'t find any more bodies in this town, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution here.

Residents said the tornado created a surreal scene as it moved through Picher late Saturday afternoon, injuring 150 people, overturning cars, throwing mattresses and twisted metal high into the canopy of trees.

\"I...

By SHEILAH MILLER (AP)

Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in the piles of debris left after a tornado rumbled through a day earlier and killed at least seven people.

Officials held out hope that they wouldn\'t find any more bodies in this town, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution here.

Residents said the tornado created a surreal scene as it moved through Picher late Saturday afternoon, injuring 150 people, overturning cars, throwing mattresses and twisted metal high into the canopy of trees.

\"I...

By SHEILAH MILLER (AP)

Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache.

A tornado ripped through a 20-block swath of Picher late Saturday afternoon, killing at least seven people. The same storm system then moved into southwest Missouri where tornadoes took the lives of at least 12 others, authorities said.

On Sunday, storms rumbled across Georgia, killing at least one person in Dublin, about a 121 miles southeast of Atlanta, authorities said. Weather officials had not yet confirmed whether the storms...

By Gene J. Puskar (AP)

Tom Gorzelanny shook off Mark Teixeira\'s two-run homer in the first inning to shut out Atlanta during the rest of his 7 1-3 innings, Jason Bay homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates extended the Braves\' road woes with a 5-2 victory Saturday night.

Bay doubled and scored on Ronny Paulino\'s sacrifice fly in the second inning, then followed Jason Michaels\' leadoff single with a two-run homer to left-center in the fourth off Chuck James (2-2). Paulino added a two-run double in the sixth and drove in three runs during Pittsburgh\'s fifth consecutive victory.

The Braves, who came...

By Gene J. Puskar (AP)

Tom Gorzelanny shook off Mark Teixeira\'s two-run homer in the first inning to shut out Atlanta during the rest of his 7 1-3 innings, Jason Bay homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates extended the Braves\' road woes with a 5-2 victory Saturday night.

Bay doubled and scored on Ronny Paulino\'s sacrifice fly in the second inning, then followed Jason Michaels\' leadoff single with a two-run homer to left-center in the fourth off Chuck James (2-2). Paulino added a two-run double in the sixth and drove in three runs during Pittsburgh\'s fifth consecutive victory.

The Braves, who came...

By Morry Gash (AP)

Brewers ace Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts in the first inning of Saturday\'s game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Sheets, the longest-tenured member of the 2008 Brewers, fanned Albert Pujols on an 0-2 breaking ball to reach 1,082 career strikeouts and surpass Teddy Higuera, who pitched for Milwaukee from 1985-91 and 1993-94.

In the final season of a four-year contract, Sheets opened the inning with a groundout before striking out Aaron Miles on a big curveball in the dirt. The right-hander fooled Pujols with the same pitch after the Cardinals\' slugger...

By Morry Gash (AP)

Brewers ace Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts in the first inning of Saturday\'s game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Sheets, the longest-tenured member of the 2008 Brewers, fanned Albert Pujols on an 0-2 breaking ball to reach 1,082 career strikeouts and surpass Teddy Higuera, who pitched for Milwaukee from 1985-91 and 1993-94.

In the final season of a four-year contract, Sheets opened the inning with a groundout before striking out Aaron Miles on a big curveball in the dirt. The right-hander fooled Pujols with the same pitch after the Cardinals\' slugger...

By Morry Gash (AP)

Brewers ace Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts in the first inning of Saturday\'s game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Sheets, the longest-tenured member of the 2008 Brewers, fanned Albert Pujols on an 0-2 breaking ball to reach 1,082 career strikeouts and surpass Teddy Higuera, who pitched for Milwaukee from 1985-91 and 1993-94.

In the final season of a four-year contract, Sheets opened the inning with a groundout before striking out Aaron Miles on a big curveball in the dirt. The right-hander fooled Pujols with the same pitch after the Cardinals\' slugger...

By Paul Drinkwater (AP)

Former President Jimmy Carter often sent his mother to meet with foreign dignitaries and attend state funerals, but it wasn\'t until he started researching a new book about her life that he learned just what the woman known as \"Miss Lillian\" did on those visits.

\"Mama had developed a reputation for expressing unorthodox opinions and not being constrained by any outside advice,\" Carter writes in \"A Remarkable Mother,\" which chronicles Lillian\'s life from her birth in 1898 to her death from cancer in 1983. \"The officials in the State Department were always quite nervous about...

By Eric Risberg (AP)

Freddy Sanchez lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to another dramatic win with a ninth-inning RBI single. Rickie Weeks stopped Milwaukee\'s six-game losing with a big hit of his own in the Brewers\' last at-bat.

And Jimmy Rollins stole the spotlight from both of them with a triumphant return from the disabled list.

The reigning NL MVP hit a two-run homer, an RBI double and also singled in his first game back, sending the Philadelphia Phillies past the struggling San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Friday night.

\"It was great. It makes you smile,\" Rollins said, doing just that....

By Jake Roth (AP)

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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ABC\'s \"This Week\" _ Sens. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.

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CBS\' \"Face the Nation\" _ Howard Dean.

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NBC\'s \"Meet the Press\" _ Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa.; Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.; Michael Eric Dyson, author of a book on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. ; Andrew Young, former Atlanta mayor and an aide to King during the civil rights movement.

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CNN\'s \"Late Edition\" _ Martin Luther King III; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.;...

By Eric Risberg (AP)

Freddy Sanchez lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to another dramatic win with a ninth-inning RBI single. Rickie Weeks stopped Milwaukee\'s six-game losing with a big hit of his own in the Brewers\' last at-bat.

And Jimmy Rollins stole the spotlight from both of them with a triumphant return from the disabled list.

The reigning NL MVP hit a two-run homer, an RBI double and also singled in his first game back, sending the Philadelphia Phillies past the struggling San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Friday night.

\"It was great. It makes you smile,\" Rollins said, doing just that....

By Mel Evans (AP)

The ads were titled \"Help Yourself, Help Atlantic City, Help New Jersey,\" and they made a series of promises, if only voters would pull the \"yes\" lever to legalize casino gambling.

Having casinos in Atlantic City would \"balance taxes, create jobs, boost the economy, and cut down on street crime,\" the advertisements assured.

Thirty years after singer Steve Lawrence tossed the first dice onto a green felt table to kick off legalized gambling on Memorial Day 1978, there is no question that casinos have transformed Atlantic City into a $5 billion-a-year...

By John Heller (AP)

Freddy Sanchez singled home Brian Bixler with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.

Sanchez went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and is 9-for-17 in four games since being moved to the top of the Pirates\' lineup.

With one out in the ninth, Jose Bautista singled off Atlanta reliever Jeff Bennett (0-2). Bixler hit into a forceout at second, and Doug Mientkiewicz singled to put runners at first and third.

Mientkiewicz took second on fielder\'s indifference before Sanchez singled up the middle to...

By John Heller (AP)

Freddy Sanchez singled home Brian Bixler with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.

Sanchez went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and is 9-for-17 in four games since being moved to the top of the Pirates\' lineup.

With one out in the ninth, Jose Bautista singled off Atlanta reliever Jeff Bennett (0-2). Bixler hit into a forceout at second, and Doug Mientkiewicz singled to put runners at first and third.

Mientkiewicz moved to second before Sanchez singled up the middle to give the Pirates their...

By Haraz N. Ghanbari (AP)

A federal judge ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan. The Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty plea to a federal dogfighting charge _ and the resulting impact on his career _ prevented him from repaying the loan.

According to the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Newport News, the loan\'s terms specify that any employment change negatively impacting Vick\'s income constitutes a default on the loan.

Vick is serving a 23-month prison sentence at the U.S. penitentiary...

By Ross D. Franklin (AP)

Brandon Webb is talking with the Arizona Diamondbacks about a new contract and building his case for more cash at the same time.

He became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, tossing his 13th career complete game to help Arizona beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday.

The 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner struck out four and didn\'t walk a batter in his first complete game of the year. He hit one batter.

\"I felt early on I had good stuff, even in the pen,\" Webb said. \"My arm felt great, the best it\'s probably felt in three...

By DRESLING JENS (AP)

Top U.N. officials criticized Myanmar\'s response to a devastating cyclone, calling on its ruling junta Thursday to postpone a constitutional referendum and to ease restrictions slowing the delivery of international aid.

The U.N. now estimates 1.5 million people have been \"severely affected\" by the cyclone that hit last Saturday. Those include 1 million homeless, at least 42,000 missing and more than 22,000 killed in high winds, floods and tidal waves.

\"If we lose time at this critical time, not only will many more people die because of this crisis, I\'m also concerned...

By Tony Gutierrez (AP)

Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

The church records offer a peek into an intricate culture in which men related to the sect\'s prophet, Warren Jeffs, enjoyed favored-husband status in the distribution of wives and all young women were married by 24.

An Associated Press analysis of the records, which authorities seized in a raid last month, show that by the time a girl reached 16, she was more likely to be...

By Tony Gutierrez (AP)

Hand-scrawled bishop\'s records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

The bishop\'s records offer a peek into an intricate culture in which men related to the sect\'s prophet, Warren Jeffs, enjoyed favored-husband status in the distribution of wives and all young women were married by 24.

An Associated Press analysis of the records, which authorities seized in a raid last month, show that by the time a girl reached 16, she was more likely...