A’s sign pitcher Sheets – San Francisco Chronicle
It helps to have Ben Sheets – if he’s a healthy Ben Sheets. “I think I’m 100 percent physically ready to go,” Sheets said at a Coliseum news conference after his one-year, $10 million (plus incentives) contract was made official. “I feel like I’ll be

Three DWIs later, woman jailed – Concord Monitor
Patricia Mondro appears in a video arraignment yesterday in an arm cast and neck brace. Mondro has been charged with three DWIs over a six-day period. A 55-year-old Concord woman arrested three times in six days this month on driving while

Semin scores 2, Ovie blanked as Caps rout Isles – CNN Sports Illustrated
Washington’s stars were blanked from the score sheet, but Alexander Semin scored twice and five other Capitals had multipoint games in a 7-2 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. Washington scored four goals in the first period and surged

Federer drops set, wins opener in Australia – News-Democrat
MELBOURNE, Australia — The last time Roger Federer played at Rod Laver Arena, he left in tears after losing the Australian Open final to Rafael Nadal a year ago. There were no such waterworks Tuesday, just a few tense moments for the Swiss star

Fiery I-89 crash claims two lives – Rutland Herald
MONTPELIER – A 62-year-old Waterbury woman and a truck driver from Fairfield were killed early Monday morning when two milk trucks and a car smashed into each other on Interstate 89 in Montpelier, causing the cabs of both trucks to catch fire. The

Report: County must deal with pension, health care costs to fix – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Those costs – a combined $179 million for 2008 alone and rising – destabilize the rickety budget and help push the county “closer to a full-blown financial crisis,” the report says. The county’s combined long-term pension and health care debt