AP - Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is used to answering questions from reporters.

AP - With the economy spiraling downward and sponsors running away faster than Usain Bolt, the Olympics needed money.

AP - Top-ranked Jiyai Shin and Julie Inkster took the early clubhouse lead at the Women's British Open after shooting 1-under 71 in the first round at Royal Birkdale.

AFP - Former Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is set to be appointed as Fulham boss within the next 48 hours, according to reports in England on Thursday.

AP - Albert Haynesworth finally showed up for work — and quickly learned the Washington Redskins won't be cutting him any slack.

AP - West Virginia University says men's basketball coach Bob Huggins has been released from a Las Vegas hospital.

AFP - US cyclist Taylor Phinney will make his debut for the RadioShack team of Lance Armstrong at the Tour of Denmark from August 4-8, the team confirmed on Thursday.

AFP - Australian top seed Samantha Stosur and Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA Bank of the West Classic on Wednesday by ousting qualifiers.

AP - About the time Shane Carwin's 40th consecutive punch hit him in the face, Brock Lesnar realized he couldn't argue if the referee stopped their fight and took away his UFC heavyweight title.

Reuters - Seven-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao made a vow to improve life in his poor southern hometown and to help the Philippines win a first Olympic gold medal in his maiden speech as a lawmaker in Congress.

AP - NASCAR team owner Jack Roush remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition Wednesday, one day after he walked away from a plane crash in Wisconsin.

AP - Procter & Gamble, the U.S.-based consumer products giant, signed on as a global Olympic sponsor through 2020 on Wednesday in the second 10-year multi-million-dollar marketing deal this month for the International Olympic Committee.

AP - Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they had popped in before clearing the area ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie last week, federal officials said Wednesday.

AP - Drivers across the country woke up to higher prices at the gas pump on Monday, as retail gasoline rose overnight.

AP - BP's Tony Hayward, whose gaffes added insult to oil-spill injury for the Gulf Coast, is on his way out as CEO, a U.S. government official said Sunday. Many residents found small comfort in that as BP's biggest mistake under Hayward continued to foul their waters, their beaches and their way of life.

AFP - BP will sacrifice embattled chief executive Tony Hayward within days as it tries to rebuild its image in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, reports said Sunday.

AP - Bonnie is barely a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico and the storm with winds near 30 mph (50 kph) is not expected strengthen as it heads toward the site of the blown-out oil well.

AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie was forecast to keep pushing toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, while most of the Eastern U.S. remained extremely hot and muggy.

Reuters - BP Plc moved ships and workers back to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill site as a storm eased on Saturday, and it could begin pumping mud into the blown-out well to try to plug the leak within three days.

AFP - Oil prices rallied close to 80 dollars on Friday as Tropical Storm Bonnie swirled towards the Gulf of Mexico but pulled back slightly as traders awaited stress test results on Europe's banks.

AFP - The evacuation of vessels responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could last no longer than 48 hours if forecasts for oncoming Tropical Storm Bonnie are accurate, a US official said Friday.

AP - Typhoon Chanthu killed three people before weakening into a tropical storm Friday after making landfall in southern China's Guangdong province.

AP - The number of Vietnamese missing from tropical storm Conson increased to 17 Monday following dozens of deaths in the Philippines and China.