BEIJING (AP) ? At least 38 people have died in a collision between a truck loaded with flammable liquid and a passenger bus on a highway in southern China.
The state-run Xinhua News Agency says the truck rear-ended the bus around 3 a.m. Saturday on the Hukun Expressway in Hunan province. Five people were also injured in the crash.
With socialism at the end of its historical evolution, the 'left' now lacks a coherent sense of what progress is. It has only a ragbag of causes and issues, rational and irrational, urgent and idle: a politics of personal rights and 'lifestyle choices', of anti-racism and environmental protection, of multicultural separatism, individual identity and gender, and much else besides.
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My husband and I are co-authors of the tour guide, The Explorer's Guide, Napa & Sonoma. In our guide, we give you the lowdown on Wine Country, the place that grooms grapes. Over the years, we've collected quite a few secrets.HOYLAKE, England (AP) ? Rory McIlroy only saw birdies at Royal Liverpool, mostly on his scorecard, and even one pheasant that trotted across the eighth green as he was lining up a putt. That was but a minor interruption in his command performance Friday in the British Open.
Once he made a birdie, and then another, nothing could stop McIlroy.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? The Minnesota Vikings will suspend special teams coordinator Mike Priefer without pay for three games this season and donate $100,000 to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights groups, in response to former punter Chris Kluwe's allegations of anti-gay slurs and taunts made by Priefer.
The Vikings announced the punishment Friday as part of a summary of findings by outside lawyers hired in January to investigate Kluwe's accusations, which included a claim he was released because of his gay-rights advocacy.
LEEDS, England (AP) ? Doping has been an unfortunate part of the Tour de France since its inception in 1903. Instead of today's high-tech performance enhancers like blood-booster EPO, riders juiced up on wine and cocaine, even strychnine, to get a lift in the race.
As the sport went prime-time and grew more competitive and lucrative, the crackdown on doping cheats also intensified ? leading to the eventual dethroning of seven-time champ Lance Armstrong, the most famous rider of a tainted era.
LONDON (AP) ? Roger Federer was on the decline ? or so the thinking went.
He was past 30. Had back problems. Tried experimenting with a larger racket. Was a family man, a father to two sets of twins now. Slid down the rankings. Reached zero Grand Slam finals over the past two years. Started losing before the quarterfinals at majors, including in 2013's second round at the All England Club, of all places, to a guy ranked 116th.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? A federal appeals court on Friday put on hold a judge's order striking down Indiana's gay marriage ban, bringing same-sex marriages to a halt and leaving those who've already tied the knot in legal limbo.
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago issued the order two days after U.S. District Judge Richard Young had ruled that Indiana's prohibition on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The decision came shortly after Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, tired of waiting for Young to rule, appealed to the 7th Circuit.
