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China celebrates role as Olympic host (AP) -

Fireworks are set off over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Friday Aug. 8, 2008, in Beijing.

China didn't just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global power. Disasters, environmental problems and human-rights disputes preceded the games, and questions abound about how they will unfold.


Holmes sinks 3 straight birds, leads PGA (AP) -

J.B. Holmes follows his drive on the sixth hole during the second round of the 90th PGA Championship golf tournament Friday, Aug. 8, 2008 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich.

J.B. Holmes hung on to shoot a 2-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead into the clubhouse midway through the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday. Out on the course, first-round co-leader Jeev Milkha Singh was at 2 under early in his round. While Holmes, who spurted to the outright lead with three consecutive birdies on the back nine, was the only player to finish the second round below par,...


Security tight as Games get under way (AP) -

Passengers ride a subway in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008 amid threats from an Islamic group that attackers might target buses, trains and planes during the Olympics. On Thursday, a videotape purportedly made by the Turkistan Islamic Party — a militant group seeking Xinjiang independence — was released with threats to launch attacks.

Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west. The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off without any obvious signs of trouble, a day after an Islamic group seeking independence for Xinjiang province threatened to...


Lawyers want Clemens' suit kept in Texas (AP) - Roger Clemens' lawyers asked a federal judge to reject attempts by Brian McNamee to dismiss the former pitcher's defamation suit or have it moved from Texas to New York. In papers filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court in Houston, they responded to a July 2 motion filed by attorneys for McNamee, Clemens' former personal trainer.
Favre introduced to NY at City Hall (AP) -

New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre listens to a question at a New York City Hall news conference, Friday Aug. 8, 2008. The Jets acquired Favre from the Green Bay Packers for a conditional draft pick late Wednesday night.

Brett the Jet left the cheeseheads behind and got a few cheesecakes from the mayor in a big New York welcome. Brett Favre, the New York Jets' newest quarterback, was introduced to the city by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a packed City Hall news conference Friday. "Just like home," a wide-eyed Favre said as he walked into the Blue Room and was greeted by dozens of flashing camera lights.