Cavs deal with Chinese investors falls apart
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A deal to sell a Chinese investment group a minority share of the Cleveland Cavaliers has collapsed....

Browns lose rookie RB in 13-10 win over Bears
CLEVELAND (AP) -- On crutches again, Montario Hardesty hobbled toward the stadium's exit after his first NFL game for a doctor's appointment....

Browns' Hardesty hurts knee
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland Browns rookie running back Montario Hardesty left his exhibition debut because of an injured left knee....

Browns have a new Man(gini)
BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- On one of the recovery days he built into his team's training camp schedule, Eric Mangini leans back in a plush chair inside his apartment-sized office overlooking the Browns' lush practice fields, spits tobacco juice into an empty cup and lets out a hearty laugh....

Browns' Rogers fined by NFL
BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers will not be suspended by the NFL for carrying a loaded gun into an airport....

NFL looking at Suh's rough play against Browns
BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh grabbed Jake Delhomme's face mask, twisted it, wrapped his arms around the Browns quarterback's head and slammed him to the ground....

Choo drives in 5 to power Indians
SEATTLE (AP) -- Shin-Soo Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night....

White Sox beat Indians 6-4 in Manny's debut
CLEVELAND (AP) -- For the second straight game, Manny Ramirez watched from a few feet away as one of his new teammates hit a game-winning homer. Claimed off waivers by Chicago for his renowned power, Ramirez provided only a bloop a single in his debut but he was on deck when Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give the White Sox a 6-4 win and three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday....

Royals beat Indians 6-2, avoid three-game sweep
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Kila Ka'aihue hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning to help Bruce Chen and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 Sunday....

Hall of Famer Feller being treated for leukemia
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Bob Feller, the third-oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Famer, is being treated for leukemia....

LaPorta's homer helps Indians beat Athletics 3-2
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Matt LaPorta, Justin Masterson and the young Cleveland Indians are learning dogged determination can get the job done....

Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast

By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-03T16:39:29Z

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England as a weaker but still dangerous storm....

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER 2010-09-03T15:24:39Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work....

Airport official: plane crashes outside Dubai

By 2010-09-03T16:45:17Z

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, an airport official said. There was no immediate word on casualties....

Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites

By ABDUL SATTAR and ISHTIAQ MAHSUD 2010-09-03T17:12:16Z

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding....

Police release scientist in Miami airport scare

By JENNIFER KAY 2010-09-03T16:45:52Z

MIAMI (AP) -- Investigators on Friday released a scientist detained at Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a senior law enforcement official....

Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone

By ANNE GEARAN 2010-09-03T15:07:30Z

COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province....

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds

By PAUL HAVEN 2010-09-03T15:06:50Z

HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance....

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-03T14:44:16Z

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water....

Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show

By CAITLIN R. KING 2010-09-03T15:25:38Z

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last....

Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games

By BARRY WILNER 2010-09-03T16:44:45Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could return on Oct. 17 against Cleveland....