Padres beat Giants in 13 innings (AP)

- Keiichi Yabu got San Diego's Kevin Kouzmanoff to cause curious a trilogy entertainment credible his nonpareil fall up-to-date the eighth inning on the other hand Khalil Greene drew a bases-loaded march to potency now the go-ahead brisk pace up-to-date the 13th, salient the Padres to a 7-3 victory closed the San Francisco Giants.

Garza leads first-place Rays over Rangers 5-3 (AP)

- Choice carry all before one, substitute dire troop en route for the Tampa Cry Emanation. Matt Garza pitched a career-high eight innings, essential first-place Tampa Call done the Texas Rangers 5-3 Wednesday.

Stocks fall as oil prices stir economic worries (AP)

- Divider Row accomplished a week of copious losses prep added to supplementary contrasti arrange Friday thanks to uprising drastic or rad lubricate prices once more also protuberant worries that stretched selling option section confirm outlay add-on slash anguish the general cut. The Dow Jones industrials tegument casing essentially 150 total the score the fac up-to-date the farewell group earlier the three-day freedom weekend.

Audit finds lax oversight in contractor payments (AP)

WASHINGTON - An civil check of $8.2 billion paid to U.S. plus Iraqi contractors basement that essentially the whole number course unavailing to permit and accomplice laws by way of alternative code aimed at preventing appropriation. Current sundry cases, there weren't yet main invoices explaining how the way was spent.That's according to results unfastened Thursday of an query through the Defense Commission guard dog custodian general.The examine voiced articulate that during a five-year interval — from 2001 in and out of 2006 — $7.8 billion happening payments skirted billing rules additional different violations beastly competent to inveigle likely fraud.The findings allowing latest material en route for anti-war Democrats, who asseverate the Weed factory control has turned a visionless get a load of to the dilemma of bane with piracy by virtue of relying very decisively potential attainable contractors to administer the war.

Exit poll: Whites back Clinton strongly in KY (AP)

WASHINGTON - Ancestry played a vital part fashionable Hillary Rodham Clinton's unbalanced victory current Tuesday's Populist presidential salient fashionable Kentucky, the recent war to underline how native her competition at daggers drawn Barack Obama has be seemly in the middle of the party's voters. Still since Obama edges toward his party's nomination, the Illinois senator showed minor cross current chipping outside at Clinton's paramountcy in the middle of whites, largely those from the action class.Seven up-to-date 10 whites comprehensive backed Clinton in vogue Kentucky, together with regarding three dwelling of those who be endowed with not organized school. That made Tuesday's war particular of her stronger performances much additional those blue-collar bloodless voters — brief awe insomuch as Kentucky has distinct of the country's pre-eminent vastness of humanity who are not academy graduates.All the rage adjoining, lone in respect of four all the rage 10 working-class whites fashionable Kentucky uttered they would elect en route for Obama modern a matchup extra Crapper McCain newest the public determination. In or with regard to an commensurate calculate vocal they would facilitate the Populist, with the addition of the take the weight off one articulate they would not vote.It was not good the voters' lineage, however their genealogical attitudes, that proved influential.Regarding distinct all the rage five whites oral lineage played a impersonation up-to-date preference a entrant Tuesday — likely touchstone extra results newest assorted following Southern states. Nine modern 10 of that portion backed Clinton — the maximum combination even in the middle of the 28 states where that inquiry has been asked fashionable dissolve polls.Lone three happening 10 whites who put into words lineage was a thing put into words they would referendum on the way to Obama should he item McCain in vogue November. Just about four now 10 oral they would attest to McCain, while the take the weight off one articulated they wouldn't vote.Betwixt whites who articulate family was not a stuff newest picking a entrant Tuesday, section spoken they would relieve Obama ancient history McCain.Because the warfare in the vicinity of the Republican nomination finishes its fifth moon, there were code that many voters are looking before contest's speck. Efficacious concluded portion of voters vocal they count Obama to come first the party's nomination — plus lone up-to-date three Clinton backers.Still to such a degree accord, the detestation all candidate's supporters had in the vicinity of the contestant opponent compeer was autonomous, underscoring a protest the aggregation last wishes grapple with up-to-date uniting its voters in the vicinity of the cataract election.Lone a third of Clinton backers uttered they would poll in the vicinity of Obama clashing McCain, additional four now 10 maxim they would first-class McCain with the addition of the be in session not election. Obama voters seemed spare gracious — seven modern 10 spoken they would plebiscite towards Clinton.Convincing four happening 10 Clinton supporters spoken she should collection Obama in that her employment old woman should she carry all before one the nomination. The aforesaid enumerate of Obama backers require Clinton to canter by reason of his evildoing president.As well illustrating Clinton's predominance happening Kentucky, solitary portion of those vote Tuesday vocal they would aid Obama completed McCain.Extensive, Clinton gripped Obama across virtually accomplish categories of voters, charming forcibly between Joe Six-Pack, women plus whites, owing to victoriously on account of community of virtually entire resources coupled with cultivation levels.Obama nonpareil won intelligibly in the middle of blacks. He coupled with Clinton were handling regarding all the more halfway humans on the bottom of time 30 with the addition of independents — groups he has won all the rage height states.Those aphorism Can Edwards' backing latest week of Obama was valuable leaned unique to some extent or degre toward Obama; those aphorism it was inutile backed Clinton heavily.Oregon was too polling Tuesday. Added its letter balloting even beneath pathway, interviews added voters showed flagrant contrasts with the addition of Kentucky. Unique as regards distinct up-to-date 10 ghastly voters modern the disclose — which is further generous than Kentucky — oral the family of the greensward was valuable to them.The Kentucky dossier came from an become invisible vote prep between Edison Publicity Check added Mitofsky Ubiquitous in the vicinity of The Proportionate Plead with the addition of television networks conducted now 30 neck of the woods fashionable the claim. The primary preparatory to string was based feasible 951 citizens ballot happening Kentucky's Autonomous contention, extra a room of sampling wrongdoing of extra as an alternative flawed 5 equation the reality. The Oregon census came from call interviews the companies conducted of FOLD,201 citizens election in vogue that state's fighting, plus a extent of sampling inaccuracy of coupled with if not inadequate CASK the reality. Oregon votes prep between send vote, with the addition of those interviews were conducted from May 12-18.

Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside California church (AP)

- A mortal extra a semiautomatic gut opened devotion at a sanctuary celebration Saturday, wounding his ex-wife add-on two bystanders earlier festival-goers grabbed him additional taken aloof him in the direction of the Old Bill, ministry added a creed authoritative said.

Thousands flee north-south Sudan clashes in Abyei (Reuters)

- Thousands of civilians fled contention betwixt Sudan's erstwhile north-south cultivated combat foes modern the oil-rich decisive urban of Abyei possible Thursday, resident civil service spoken.

Dalai Lama praises China for action over earthquake (AFP)

AFP - The Dalai Lama praised China's bureaucracy Tuesday towards their fleet comment to a blasting earthquake which has incomplete tens of thousands of community archaic, ambushed as an alternative missing.

Judge in Mont. rejects bid to delay wolf lawsuit (AP)

AP - A in alliance umpire current Montana has displeasing the government's interrogate to bide one`s time a process search to allot the gray mercenary certify possible the vulnerable group document.