Gold up

Gold for current delivery closed at $967.00 per troy ounce Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, …

Caroline of Monaco, Swedish king, queen give U.S. royal look

Princess Caroline of Monaco on Wednesday doused speculation sheis again pregnant.

The princess held court with the news media in Miami in thetwo-story presidential suite atop the Hotel Inter-Continental. Sheis in Miami for a fund-raising gala supporting ballet companies thereand in Monaco.

When a reporter asked whether she was pregnant again, she said:"Not that I know of." She and her second husband, businessmanStefano Casiraghi, have three children.

"I just had the last one seven months ago, …

Judge declares mistrial in case of teen who gunned down gay student in Southern Calif. class

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judge declares mistrial in case of …

Hosp crashes, out for season with knee injury

Former overall World Cup winner Nicole Hosp will miss the rest of the season after crashing and injuring her right knee in the opening race.

The Austrian team says Hosp was airlifted by helicopter Saturday off the Rettenbach glacier to a hospital in nearby Innsbruck, where she had ligament surgery on her right knee.

Hosp lost control on the upper section of the giant slalom course and slid downhill headfirst for about 50 yards before coming to a stop.

In January, the 2007 overall winner broke the upper part of her shinbone and tore ligaments in her left knee in a crash in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Twins whip Tigers,

Luke Hughes hit two home runs and Jason Kubel added a third, and the Minnesota Twins broke out of their weeklong hitting funk with an 11-4 victory Sunday against the visiting Detroit Tigers.

Hughes drove in five runs for the first time in his career to help the Twins end a seven-game losing streak. They had scored only nine runs in their previous seven games before breaking out.

Brad Penny was roughed up for seven runs, eight hits and two walks in five innings as the American League Central-leading Tigers fell to 52-52 when 20-game winner Justin Verlander doesn't start. They are 21-8 when he does.

Chen, Royals top Indians

Bruce Chen yielded one run and five …

Failed Banks

52-53 - Ameris Bank, Moultrie, Ga, has acquired the banking operations, including all the deposits, of High Trust Bank, Stockbridge, Ga., and One Georgia Bank, Atlanta. The two banks were closed July 15 by state regulators. The FDIC and Ameris Bank entered into loss-share transactions on the failed banks' assets. The loss-share transaction for High Trust Bank was $164.8 million, and the loss-share transaction for One Georgia Bank was $146.3 million. The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund for High Trust Bank will be $66 million and for One Georgia Bank, $44.4 million.

54 - First Peoples Bank, Port Saint Lucie, FIa., was closed by the Florida Office of …

Desperate Housewives star dishes up Frostys, fries

Eva Longoria Parker took time to dish out Frostys and french fries at a Wendy's on Tuesday. The "Desperate Housewives" star worked the drive-thru at the restaurant to help kick off the Father's Day Frosty Weekend, an event that donates 50 cents for every Frosty sold to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and its signature program …