AP - Kazakhstan's 5-2 victory over Latvia in men's hockey Tuesday made the United States the last team to qualify for the quarterfinals. The Americans will play Finland, the top team in Group A, on Wednesday.

AP - All that pre-Olympic talk about a U.S.-Austria rivalry in Alpine skiing seems a little silly now. Through seven of 10 events, the Austrian ski racing machine that has long dominated the sport has produced nine medals, three of them gold. The Americans have one, an unexpected gold for Ted Ligety in the combined.

Reuters - Italian police carried out an anti-doping search on quarters near the Austrian cross-country coaches' base at the Winter Olympics on Monday night, an Italian police source said on Tuesday.

AP - The banned Austrian ski coach at the center of a doping investigation at the Turin Olympics crashed his car into a police roadblock Sunday evening after leading authorities on a bizarre chase.

AP - Walter Mayer, the banned Austrian ski coach at the center of an International Olympic Committee doping investigation into the country's biathlon and cross-country teams, crashed his car into a police barrier Sunday evening after leading authorities on a bizarre chase.

AP - Italian authorities found no immediate evidence of banned substances in a surprise late-night sweep through the living quarters of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country teams, the first anti-doping raid on Olympic athletes involving police.

AP - President Bush said Friday that calming Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region will require "probably double" the current number of international peacekeepers and a coordinating role for NATO.

Andy Murray books a quarter-final place at the SAP Open in San Jose with a 6-4 6-2 win over Yeu-Tzuoo Wang.

AP - Another record lottery jackpot is up for grabs.

Canadian Press - CALGARY (CP) - A small chain of independent bookstores will not sell the current issue of Western Standard magazine, which includes caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have caused riots overseas.

AP - The 2006 NFL season most likely will start in Pittsburgh on Sept. 7, keeping with a recent trend of beginning the schedule with the current Super Bowl champion.

AP - With a chance to send the United States to the Davis Cup quarterfinals, Andy Roddick wanted to pace himself and make sure he finished the job. After growing nauseated and losing his opening match two days earlier, Roddick had a methodical, straight-set win over Romania's Razvan Sabau on Sunday to move the Americans into the next round against Chile.

AP - Laura Bush said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism of her husband's administration was "out of bounds," arguing that the former first lady should show some empathy for the current White House occupants.

AFP - Ukraine police have stumbled upon a delectable type of drug during a nightclub raid -- chocolates laced with a hefty dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms, an official said.

Reuters - As the recognized network of the Olympics for almost a quarter-century, ABC Sports made the "up close and personal" profiles standard fare for how we learned about the world's elite amateur athletes. NBC Sports, the current Olympics standard-bearer, took the features to new levels, adding cultural and historical vignettes.

Reuters - Sony Pictures on Thursday disclosed prices for movies on its new Blu-ray DVD format, setting a target range seen as a 15-to-20 percent premium to the current DVD standard.

AP - Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo beat Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-2, 6-2 Thursday to reach the Gaz de France quarterfinals.

Macworld.com - Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) on Thursday announced that it has developed and tested software that would enable it to continue to offer its wireless e-mail service to BlackBerry users if a court orders RIM to shut down the current form of the service in the U.S.

AFP - Indian software and service export revenues are seen surging by 32 percent in the current financial year as global companies increase outsourcing, an industry group forecast.

Four U.S. presidents -- including President George W. Bush -- were among the luminaries at Coretta Scott King's funeral Tuesday. Among some speakers' accolades and tributes to the civil rights icon were criticisms of the current administration's actions -- the war in Iraq and domestic eavesdropping.