Sadowski sparkles for Giants in debut

Ryan Sadowski scattered four hits over six scoreless innings in his major league debut and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 7-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Matt Downs hit his first major league homer and Nate Schierholtz had four hits, including a homer for the Giants, who snapped a six-game skid in Milwaukee after watching a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the ninth crumble Saturday night.

With the shadows creeping across the infield, the 26-year-old Sadowski (1-0) worked in and out of trouble and the Giants took advantage of Brewers starter Jeff Suppan's sudden struggles.

Suppan (5-6) labored through a 43-pitch …

Papal Pilgrimage Has a Light Side

DENVER Pope John Paul II wraps up his American visit Sunday withan outdoor mass expected to attract a half-million people.

And when he leaves, World Youth Day 93 will be over.

But Denver won't soon forget his visit - or the sometimes goofyantics that accompanied it. Here's a look at the odder side of thisworldwide gathering of young Roman Catholics: Comedian Don Novello took his Father Guido Sarducci character on theroad, showing up here on a Denver rock station to provide"commentary" during the pontiff's visit.

Novello ditched the robe and floppy hat he once wore on"Saturday Night Live," where he was the comedy show's "Vaticancorrespondent." Instead, he …

Arabs allow 1 month for deal to save Mideast talks

SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Arab League foreign ministers threw their weight behind the Palestinian president's refusal to negotiate with Israel unless it renews restrictions on West Bank settlement construction, but gave U.S. mediators another month to keep peace talks from collapsing.

The grace period, agreed to Friday night at a meeting of the 22-member Arab bloc in Libya, gave the U.S. some critical breathing room but also came with a warning to Israel of the dangerous consequences should it refuse to compromise.

Washington welcomed the outcome and pledged to forge ahead with efforts to keep both sides at the table in talks that began just over a month ago. They are the first …

Prison official and relatives killed in Dagestan

MOSCOW (AP) — The deputy head of prisons in Russia's violent republic of Dagestan has been killed in a drive-by shooting, along with his driver, a daughter and a nephew.

The Investigative Committee, Russia's top investigative body, says the shooting took place Friday morning in the Dagestani capital Makhachkala. The four victims were driving in a car when they were sprayed by automatic …

Expo highlights local talent

Expo highlights local talent

Bnai Jacob Synagogue opened its doors Sunday for an Art Expofeaturing area artists who displayed their work and offered hands-on demonstrations of what they do. Artists from …

Jasmine Guy penetrates into terrible anguish of Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur

"Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary" was written by Jasmine Guy and published and released by Atria Books in New York, N.Y., London, England, Toronto, Canada and Sidney, Australia. The biographical and autobiographical story, written with the literary gift of Jasmine Guy and the sincerity of Afeni Shakur provides a wonderful retrospective of the life of a superstar entertainer, Tupac Shakur and his mother. It is indeed a passionate story that touches the heart, told with honesty and in an unbridled manner.

Beneath the black silken blanket of terrible anguish, Shakur suffered bitterly as she wiggled beneath the soft texture of ethnicity, pulling it tightly over her body …

Bush pledges to quickly sign US bailout bill

President George W. Bush says he will quickly sign a massive $700 billion bailout bill for the financial industry into law, applauding Congress for clearing the measure.

Bush appeared outside the White House not long after the measure was passed by the House of Representatives 263 to 171. That represented …