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Susan Shroder

Susan Shroder

Hession and Heffernan lead Irish charge in CorkIrish Independent... not least Alistair Cragg -- now based in San Diego but still coached by John McDonnell -- whose early season form has demonstrated that he has put his ...and more »

Melvin officially joins Padres organizationPadres.comIn San Diego, Melvin is reunited with Padres CEO Jeff Moorad and team president Tom Garfinkel, both of whom were in Arizona as recently as last season. ...and more »

Hession and Heffernan lead Irish charge in CorkIrish IndependentINJURY has forced local star Derval O'Rourke out of tomorrow's Cork City Sports where top Irish Olympians Paul Hession and Robert Heffernan ...and more »

Melvin officially joins Padres organizationPadres.comSAN DIEGO -- As reported on Monday, former Arizona manager Bob Melvin has accepted a job as an adviser to Padres general manager ...and more »

MLB Roundup: Astros win un-bee-lievable gameAsbury Park PressAP • July 2, 2009 The Houston Astros — who once had the "Killer B's" — beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute ...and more »

NL CapsulesSI.comThe Astros won three of four in the series and outscored the Padres 20-7. San Diego has lost eight of nine games against Houston dating to last season. ...and more »

Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing.

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.

The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.

A federal judge in Dallas said he will consider a modest request for money to pay lawyers and accountants to look through R. Allen Stanford's personal assets to find money untainted by an alleged $7 billion fraud.

A Massachusetts company says the federal government has approved a $43 million loan guarantee to help finance a 20-megawatt energy storage system for New York's electrical grid.

In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

Concert promoter AEG Live's chief executive says insurance will help cover any losses on the now-canceled Michael Jackson concert series if the pop star died accidentally, including of a drug overdose, but not if he died of natural causes.