HALLADAY PITCHES 6-HITTER, BLUE JAYS BEAT RED SOX (AP)

AP - If this was Roy Halladay's final start for the Blue Jays, he made it a good one.

CAVALIERS SIGN MOON TO OFFER SHEET (AP)

AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed restricted free agent Jamario Moon to an offer sheet.

PADRES' EDGAR GONZALEZ IN HOSPITAL AFTER BEANING (AP)

AP - Padres second baseman Edgar Gonzalez remained hospitalized Sunday with dizziness after he was he was hit in the head by a 93 mph pitch Saturday night.

WOMAN HIT ON HEAD LEARNS DANGERS OF CELEBRITY GOLF (AP)

AP - Sally Capehart learned first hand the dangers of attending a celebrity golf tournament. She was watching from about 10 yards left of the par-3, 17th green bordering Lake Tahoe on Sunday when the tee shot of Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub hit her on top of her head.

81-YEAR-OLD QUALIFIES FOR NASCAR WEST SERIES RACE (AP)

AP - 81-year-old Hershel McGriff has become the oldest driver to take part in a national NASCAR series race after qualifying for a Camping World West Series event at Portland International Raceway.

MADONNA VISITS FAMILY OF DEAD MARSEILLE STAGE HAND (AFP)

AFP - US pop star Madonna on Sunday visited the family of a French stage hand who died during an accident as her concert stage was being set up in the Mediterranean port of Marseille.

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PROMOTER: HATTON ISN'T UP TO FIGHTING CHAMP KHAN (AP)

AP - With Amir Khan now a world champion, many English boxing fans will be hoping to see him in the ring with Ricky Hatton.

CONTADOR WINS 15TH STAGE TO TAKE CONTROL OF TOUR (AP)

AP - Lance Armstrong all but conceded the Tour de France on Sunday to his teammate and rival Alberto Contador after the Spaniard blew away the pack and seized the yellow jersey as the race entered the Alps.

FOCUS OF RIO TINTO CASE MAY BE COMMERCIAL, AUSTRALIA SAYS

China?s investigation into whether four employees of the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto stole state documents may be treated as a commercial case rather than an espionage case, Australia?s foreign minister said Sunday.

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WATSON, WESTWOOD TIED FOR LEAD AT DRAMATIC OPEN (AP)

AP - Tom Watson is tied with England's Lee Westwood for the British Open lead with three holes remaining as he tries to become the oldest major champion in golf history.

FOOTBALL PLAYER FALLS FROM BUSCH GARDENS RIDE (AP)

AP - A University of South Florida football player was recovering at a hospital after falling 35 feet from a gondola ride while working at Busch Gardens in Tampa, team officials said.

SOLDIER HELD IN AFGHANISTAN IS 23-YEAR-OLD IDAHOAN (AP)

AP - A soldier from Idaho who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan has been captured, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, a day after he was seen in a Taliban video posted online.

ASTRONAUTS DEAL WITH FLOODED TOILET IN ORBIT (AP)

AP - The bathroom lines just got a lot longer at the linked space shuttle and space station.

CARLA BRUNI SINGS IN NY AT MANDELA SHOW (REUTERS)

Reuters - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sang at a concert in New York to commemorate Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday -- the first time she has sung in public since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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FISHER MOVES INTO LEAD AT BRITISH OPEN (AP)

AP - England's Ross Fisher has snatched away the British Open lead from Tom Watson, who's trying to become golf's oldest major champion.

POPE GIVES FIRST SUNDAY SERMON SINCE WRIST MISHAP (AFP)

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI urged the unemployed not to lose hope in the midst of the global economic downturn, in his first Sunday sermon since breaking a wrist.

FILM SHOWS STUDENTS BATTLE RACISM FOR MIXED PROM (REUTERS)

Reuters - As Barack Obama campaigned to become the first black U.S. president, teenagers in the small Mississippi hometown of Hollywood star Morgan Freeman battled racism to hold their high school's first integrated prom.

ITALIAN CO-DRIVER DIES IN RALLY CRASH IN BULGARIA (AP)

AP - Rally organizers say an Italian co-driver has died after a race car he was in went off the road and slammed into a tree.

PRINCE FANS STORM MONTREUX FOR RARE EUROPEAN SHOW (REUTERS)

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SAUDI PHONE OPERATOR MOBILY'S PROFITS UP 49% (AFP)

AFP - Mobily, Saudi Arabia's second mobile phone network operator, said on Sunday that net profit jumped 49 percent to 1.155 billion riyals (308.7 million dollars) in the first half from a year earlier.

GREEN INC.: PEACOCKS AND PASSIONS ON DISPLAY IN SENATE CLIMATE DEBATE

The chief concern surrounding any potential climate legislation in the United States is this: how will it affect the ability of American industry to compete around the globe?

CARLA BRUNI, OTHERS PERFORM AT NYC MANDELA CONCERT (AP)

AP - A flock of global entertainment notables and politicos, including France's first lady Carla Bruni, toasted Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday with an all-star concert at Radio City Music Hall.

TOSHIBA WILL SELL BLU-RAY PLAYER THIS YEAR (PC WORLD)

PC World - Exactly a year and five months after Toshiba brought an end to the high-definition disc format war, the Japanese consumer electronics company confirmed its plans to produce its own Blu-ray Disc player. Previously, rumors trickled in about Toshiba considering such a move; Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun this weekend reported that Toshiba will adopt the format it once battled against.

VIDEO: CAPTIVE SOLDIER FEARS HE WON'T GET HOME (AP)

AP - The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, said in a video posted by the Taliban that he's "scared I won't be able to go home."

CORNER OFFICE | SHANTANU NARAYA: CONNECTING THE DOTS ISN?T ENOUGH

Adobe Systems? chief says that by setting a common vision and having ?scary-smart? people, companies can reach goals they didn?t think possible.

PADRES' EDGAR GONZALEZ LEAVES GAME AFTER BEANING (AP)

AP - The San Diego Padres' Edgar Gonzalez was helped off the field after he was hit in the head by a pitch in the sixth inning of Saturday night's game against the Colorado Rockies.

VIOLINIST PERLMAN INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION (AFP)

AFP - Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, whose mastery has enraptured millions around the world, believes one of his proudest achievements is imparting his knowledge and love of music to a new generation.

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ED WHITE, JIMMY STEWART INDUCTED IN AVIATION HALL (AP)

AP - Astronaut Edward White, who gave his life as part of man's race to the moon, was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame on Saturday along with the first female shuttle pilot and the late Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart.

BUSCH EARNS ANOTHER NATIONWIDE WIN (AP)

AP - Kyle Busch continued his domination of the NASCAR Nationwide Series by sailing to victory in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night.

BREWERS BEAT REDS, SLUMPING HARANG 5-1 (AP)

AP - Craig Counsell's solo homer started a four-run rally against Aaron Harang on Saturday night, and the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen emerged from its struggles with three scoreless innings, protecting a 5-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

HONDURAS, USA ADVANCE TO GOLD CUP SEMI-FINALS (AFP)

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TOSHIBA LAUNCHES BLU-RAY AFTER DVD SETBACK: REPORT (AFP)

AFP - Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said.

HAREN PITCHES DIAMONDBACKS TO 4-2 WIN (AP)

AP - Dan Haren allowed one run over eight innings, Miguel Montero homered and had four hits, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Saturday night.

SPACEWALK DAY: ASTRONAUTS INSTALL NEW PORCH ON LAB (AP)

AP - Astronauts working inside and out installed a porch for experiments on Japan's enormous space station lab Saturday, accomplishing the major objective despite microphone static that often drowned out the spacewalkers' voices.

MAN WHO WENT TO THE MOON AND CAME BACK AN ARTIST (AFP)

AFP - Forty years after Alan Bean became the fourth man to walk on the moon, the now 77-year-old former astronaut still likes to share his memories of space flight with a broad audience -- by painting them.

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JACKSON REUNION TOUR IN THE WORKS? (E! ONLINE)

E! Online - Michael Jackson's death left a huge void in the music world. His brothers may be trying to fill at least one of them with the rebirth of the Jackson?.four.

STARS IN NEW YORK HONOR MANDELA WITH BIRTHDAY BASH (AFP)

AFP - Dozens of big-name performers and actors gathered at a major charity concert in New York to pay tribute to iconic anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela on his 91st birthday.

DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: DRIVERS AND LEGISLATORS DISMISS CELLPHONE RISKS

Extensive research shows the dangers of distracted driving. But drivers increasingly talk and text and state legislators have done almost nothing about it.

HORNADAY WINS THIRD STRAIGHT NASCAR TRUCK RACE (AP)

AP - Ron Hornaday held off a late surge from Mike Skinner to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck race Saturday at Kentucky Speedway, the third consecutive victory for the series points leader.

MARLINS-PHILLIES GAME POSTPONED (AP)

AP - The Florida Marlins' game against the Philadelphia Phillies was postponed after a 90-minute rain delay Saturday with the Marlins leading 2-0 in the second inning.

VICTIM OF EXCESS, A WESTERN RESORT FOR THE RICH IS SOLD

The Yellowstone Club is in new hands after a $115 million deal that the new owner hopes will close the door on its much publicized descent into bankruptcy.

HONDURAS BEAT CANADA 1-0 TO REACH GOLD CUP SEMIS (AFP)

AFP - Walter Martinez converted a first-half penalty to lift Honduras to a 1-0 victory over Canada and a place in the Gold Cup semi-finals.

KHAN WINS 1ST TITLE FIGHT, OUTPOINTING KOTELNIK (AP)

AP - Highly touted Amir Khan finally lived up to lofty expectations, earning a unanimous decision over Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday to capture the WBA junior welterweight title.

OFF THE SHELF: CHINA?S WIDE REACH IN AFRICA

In a new book, two journalists examine an economic partnership that has grown dramatically in recent years.

THE BOSS: ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT

Speaking up for yourself is an important part of getting ahead in business, says Jill Granoff, chief executive of the apparel company Kenneth Cole Productions.

SEEKING BUSINESS ALLIES, CLINTON CONNECTS WITH INDIA?S BILLIONAIRES

Hillary Rodham Clinton began her visit to India by discussing climate change, education and health care with private-sector potentates.

SANTANA, METS HOLD OFF BRAVES, 5-1 (AP)

AP - Johan Santana threw seven scoreless innings to take some pressure off New York's struggling offense and the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Saturday.

CRONKITE TO BE BURIED IN MO. AFTER NYC FUNERAL (AP)

AP - Walter Cronkite's final resting place will be next to his late wife in Missouri, where the two first met, his chief of staff said Saturday.