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US beats Jamaica 1-0 in WCup qualifying

Herculez Gomez curled a free kick in the 55th minute for the lone goal as the United States beat Jamaica 1-0 in World Cup qualifying Tuesday.

September 11, 2012

View from abroad: US facing woes, but still No. 1

NEW YORK — Anyone worried about an erosion of America's global status might consider this modest fact: Facebook is the dominant social network in Mongolia.

By By David Crary, Associated Press , March 24, 2012

U.S. rig count increases by 3

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 3 this week to 1,672. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 967 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 696 for oil. Nine were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago this week, the rig count stood at 1,069.

October 30, 2010

U.S. national swimmer dies in overseas race

Fran Crippen, a medal-winning open-water swimmer on the U.S. national team, told his coach he wasn't feeling well late in a race before he died in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.

October 23, 2010

U.S. rescuers may have killed Afghanistan aid worker

At first, NATO blamed a Taliban bomb for the death of a captive British aid worker during an American rescue attempt in eastern Afghanistan.

October 12, 2010

US beats Russia, moves into semis at worlds

ISTANBUL (AP) — Chauncey Billups made the promise. Kevin Durant made sure it was kept. And by beating Russia on Thursday, the Americans brought a little joy to one of the players who will never forget what happened against the Soviets exactly 38 years earlier. Durant scored 33 points to lead the United States to an 89-79 victory that moved it within two wins of its first world basketball title since 1994. The victory came on the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s win over the Americans for the 1972 Olympic gold medal, a game with an ending so controversial the U.S. players refused to accept their silver medals.

September 10, 2010

2010 World Cup: Key moment for U.S. soccer

IRENE, South Africa (AP) — The bars are stocked across America, and the pubs are getting ready in England. A 70½-foot billboard of Clint Dempsey stands near Penn Station in Manhattan, and there’s even a large poster of Landon Donovan in a store along Piccadilly Circus. American soccer has never been more popular in the United States or its players more well-known across the world. And on Saturday comes the first competitive match between the U.S. and England since the great American upset at the 1950 World Cup. For one afternoon, millions will be watching from California to New York island. Like never before in the United States, this is the sport’s moment.

June 11, 2010

Canada wins gold in a classic

Rest assured, Canada, the national honor is served. With a flick of the wrist from The Next One, Sidney Crosby, Canadians found Olympic redemption Sunday. The pall of a luger’s death, a series of embarrassing glitches, a first half so dismal the hosts conceded the medals race, a loss to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game. All but forgotten.

March 01, 2010

Winter Olympics: U.S. jolts Canada 5-3 as Rafalski scores twice

The United States pulled off its biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament. Brian Rafalski scored two goals and set up another, and Ryan Miller held off a flurry of shots to lead the Americans.

February 22, 2010

U.S. debt will keep growing even with recovery

It’s bad enough that Greece’s debt problems have rattled global financial markets. In the world’s largest economic and military power, there’s a far more serious debt dilemma. For the U.S., the crushing weight of its debt threatens to overwhelm everything the federal government does, even in the short-term, best-case financial scenario — a full recovery and a return to prerecession employment levels.

By By Tom Raum, The Associated Press , February 15, 2010

Confusion in Europe after U.S. demands more security

Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across the world on Monday, but all European airports did not appear to be following a U.S. demand for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries. U.S. officials in Washington said the new security measures would be implemented Monday but there were few visible changes on the ground in Europe, which has thousands of passengers on hundreds of daily flights to the United States.

By By Gregory Katz, The Associated Press , January 05, 2010

Letter to the editor: United States needs a comprehensive energy policy

I’m responding to Tom Magin letter published Dec. 14 in The Jamestown Sun concerning federal cap-and-trade legislation. I oppose Waxman-Markey, the cap-and- trade bill now before Congress, as well as a recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling concerning carbon dioxide regulation. In fact, I testified against the cap-and-trade bill before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works last July.

By Gov. John Hoeven , December 30, 2009

U.S. beats Switzerland 3-0 at world juniors

Jack Campbell made 22 saves and the United States remained unbeaten at the world junior hockey championship with a 3-0 victory over Switzerland on Sunday. Chris Kreider, Matt Donovan and A.J. Jenks scored for the Americans (2-0), who opened the tournament with a 7-3 victory over Slovakia on Saturday night.

December 28, 2009

U.N. negotiators look to U.S.

U.N. climate negotiators looked Wednesday to the United States to bring fresh ideas — perhaps in the form of extra billions of dollars — to try to salvage a bare-bones political agreement by the end of the week on controlling global warming. The U.S. must find ways of meeting demands by a suspicious world on reducing greenhouse gas emissions without exceeding what Congress will allow. It must also find the cash in a tight budget.

By By Arthur Max, The Associated Press , December 17, 2009

Man gets 2 years for flying stolen plane to U.S.

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.

November 03, 2009