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    The Obama administration is set to announce approval of a 1,000-megawatt solar project on federal land in Southern California, the largest in a series of solar projects given the go-ahead in recent weeks.


  • Miami Heat's Chris Bosh reacts after being fouled by a Charlotte Bobcats player during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, April 8, 2011. The Heat won the game 112-103. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

    Heat will be good, but apparently not beloved

    LeBron James will suit up in black next week, making his transformation complete.


  •  Mel Gibson

    Culture Briefs

    "[Jodie] Foster and [Mel] Gibson have a long history. ... It's somewhat laudable to stand by a friend with a tarnished reputation. But when the friend in question is someone accused of spousal abuse, threats and the most vicious and appalling of sexual and racial slurs, maybe she'd want to distance herself a little," writes Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon.


  • FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison (92) hits Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (11) during the second quarter of a an NFL football game in Pittsburgh.  Harrison was fined $75,000 on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, for his hit against Massaquoi. (AP Photo/Don Wright, File)

    Browns' Mack questions Harrison's tactics

    Two of the nastier hits Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison delivered on Cleveland players last Sunday are getting all the publicity.


  • FILE - This is a Sept. 26, 2010, file photo showing Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee prior to an NFL  football game against the Denver Broncos, in Denver. McAfee was arrested for public intoxication after he reportedly took a pre-dawn swim in a canal in a nightlife district. Police arrested McAfee about 5 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010,  in the Broad Ripple neighborhood and took him to an arrest processing center. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

    Colts punter arrested for public intox after swim

    Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee was arrested for public intoxication Wednesday after police said he took a pre-dawn swim in a city canal and told them "I am drunk" as he tried to explain why he was sopping wet.


  • In this publicity image released by Universal Republic Records, members of the band Atomic Tom, from left, Tobias Smith, Eric Espiritu, Luke White and Philip Galitzine, are shown. (AP Photo/Universal Republic Records)

    Armed with only iPhones, a rock band goes viral

    Armed with only iPhones, an inventive rock band has gone viral by way of the subway.


  • James not affected by racially charged tweets

    Heat forward LeBron James says he isn't affected by people sending him negative and often racially charged messages on Twitter.


  • Liverpool's soccer club chairman Martin Broughton, right, John Henry, 2nd right, the US financier who heads New England Sports Ventures, owners of Boston's Baseball Club Boston Red Sox, and Liverpool's CEO Christian Purslow, 3rd right, face the media in central London, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. Liverpool was sold to the owners of the Boston Red Sox on Friday after a bitter trans-Atlantic court fight over the storied English club with the previous American owners. The 300 million pound ($476 million) deal with New England Sports Ventures ends the turbulent three-year ownership by Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

    Liverpool players meet new American owner

    Liverpool players met their new owner Saturday as attention turned from the long and bitter boardroom fight to the fortunes of the relegation-threatened team.


  • Liverpool players meet new American owners

    Liverpool players met John Henry and New England Sports Ventures executives on Saturday, a day after the group won a courtroom fight for ownership of the relegation-threatened team.


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