AP - Fifteen-point deficits are nothing to Utah. The fifth-seeded Utes erased another one, this time in the first half, and went on to rout No. 4 seed Arizona State 86-65 Monday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

AP - The White House on Monday called for new elections in Belarus after independent observers said the re-election of hard-line incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was a farce.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer Calgary, Alberta (AHN) - Shani Davis has set a world record in the men's 1,500 meters. Davis, an Olympic silver medal winner, finished in 1 minute, 42.68 seconds, breaking the mark of 1:42.78 set in 2005 by U.S. teammate and rival Chad Hedrick, at the ISU...

Playbill - Broadway's reigning Best Musical Tony Award winner Monty Python's Spamalot celebrates its first anniversary March 17 at the Shubert Theatre.

AP - Brad Bryant won his first Champions Tour title Sunday, closing with a 5-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Bobby Wadkins, John Harris and 2005 winner Mark Johnson in the Toshiba Classic.

AP - Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko won a third term with 82.6 percent of the vote according to final preliminary results, Central Election Commission chief Lidiya Yermoshina said early Monday.

Reuters - Polls opened in Belarus on Sunday in a presidential election where President Alexander Lukashenko seeks re-election against a liberal opposition who vow to contest any attempt to rig the polls.

James D. Martin, Jr., a partner in the firm of Martin Kane Kuper, was name the winner of Middlesex County Bar Association's Civil Trial Practice Award. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2006]

AFP - Queen Elizabeth II presented the winner's cup at a Singapore horse race first held in her honour 34 years ago, ending a sentimental two-day visit to the former British colony with which she said ties are as strong as ever.

James D. Martin, Jr., a partner in the firm of Martin Kane Kuper, was name the winner of Middlesex County Bar Association's Civil Trial Practice Award. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2006]

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter (AHN) - The Blue Jays sign Roy Halladay to a $40 million, three-year contract extension. The 2003 AL Cy Young winner signed a $42 million, four-year contract in 2004. The extension will pay him $10 million in 2008, $14.25 million in 2009, and $15.75 million in...

AP - Three No. 1 seeds are featured on the second day of first-round action in the NCAA basketball tournament. Villanova and Memphis are preparing for afternoon tipoffs in Philadelphia and Dallas. The Wildcats take on play-in game winner Monmouth, while the Tigers go up against Oral Roberts.

Reuters - He was the Mexican narcotics officer in "Traffic," a born-again ex-con in "21 Grams" and a corrupt cop in "Sin City." Now actor Benicio Del Toro looks forward to playing "The Wolf Man."

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Nome, AK (AHN) – Jeff King is the winner of this year’s Iditarod sled dog race. He drove his dog team into the Bering Sea town of Nome on Wednesday to capture the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the world's premier dog-sled event, for the...

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

AP - American author Katherine Paterson was named Wednesday the winner of the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature.

AFP - Former European Commission president Romano Prodi appeared the clear winner over Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in their first prime-time TV debate ahead of next month's legislative elections.