California sues EPA over greenhouse gas regulations: ; Officials say state's more aggressive law would require emissions be cut by one-third

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California sued the federal government inits struggle to set the country's first greenhouse gas limits oncars, trucks and SUVs, asking the Environmental Protection Agency toreview its decision to deny the state a waiver that would allow itand 16 other states to regulate emissions.

Dismissing California's arguments that it faced unique threatsfrom climate change, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said lastmonth the federal government had a national plan to raise fueleconomy standards. California officials on Wednesday provided newdata in an attempt to show their program is superior to the federalplan.

"I think we are coming back strong not …

CDC hopes to say goodbye to syphilis

CDC hopes to say goodbye to syphilis

The number of syphilis cases in the United States has been at its lowest since it began to ravage many African American households in 1941. The debilitating disease noted for affecting African American communities in poor urban and rural Southern communities could soon be non-existent

Those encouraging statistics are from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - HIV, STD and TB Prevention that launched the "National Plan to Eliminate Syphilis," using five strategic stages to decrease the number of cases.

The current national goal is for 90 percent of the counties in the U.S. to be syphilis-free and to reduce …

Finance ministry says turmoil will hurt growth

Germany will likely cut its economic growth forecasts as turmoil on global financial markets risks causing the world economy to stagnate, one of the country's deputy finance ministers said Wednesday.

Deputy Minister Joerg Asmussen said the government's official growth forecasts would be affected by the financial crisis and that "anything but a downward revision would be unrealistic."

Asmussen cited revised figures from the International Monetary Fund, released Wednesday, that show decreased growth estimates for the U.S., Eurozone countries and the world economy in the near future.

Asmussen said the IMF numbers showed "there are …

Tseng wins Women's British Open

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Yani Tseng won the Women's British Openfor the second straight year, beating Brittany Lang by four strokesSunday and becoming the youngest woman to capture a fifth majortitle.

The 22-year-old top-ranked Taiwanese shot a 3-under 69 to finishat 16-under 272. She trailed third-round leader Caroline Masson ofGermany by two strokes entering the final round. Masson closed witha 78 to finish tied for fifth.

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Brazil favored in U-20 semifinal vs. Mexico

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Brazil defender Danilio says his team is still improving, which is sure to get Mexico's attention as the two prepare to meet in one of Wednesday semifinals of the Under-20 World Cup.

Brazil's victory over Spain on penalties in the quarterfinals — after a 2-2 draw through extra time — was regarded by many as the best match of the tournament, featuring end-to-end attacking, dominant possession and two of the best young keepers in the world.

If Brazil gets better, that's bad news for Mexico and a warning to France and Portugal, which meet in the other semifinal. The winners face off in the final on Saturday in Colombia's capital Bogota where a Latin …

Europa League Draw List

Draw for the playoff round of the Europa League (first leg scheduled for Aug. 19, second leg Aug. 26):

Paris Saint-Germain (France) vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) vs. Tavriya Simferopol (Ukraine)

CSKA Moscow (Russia) vs. Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)

Hajduk Split (Croatia) vs. Unirea Urziceni (Romania)

Feyenoord (Netherlands) vs. Ghent (Belgium)

Genk (Belgium) vs. FC Porto (Portugal)

Debreceni (Hungary) vs. Litex Lovech (Bulgaria)

Aris (Greece) vs. Austria Vienna (Austria)

Galatasaray (Turkey) vs. Karpaty Lviv (Ukraine)

Palermo (Italy) vs. …