GORE PICKS LIEBERMAN FIRST JEWISH U.S. MAJOR-PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Al Gore selected Sen. Joseph Lieberman to be his running matetoday, rounding out the Democratic ticket with the first Jewish vicepresidential candidate for a major party in American history.

Gore offered the spot on the ticket in a telephone call at midday,and Lieberman accepted.

Picking the self-styled moral crusader as his running mate signalsan effort by Gore to win over independent and Republican voters anddistance himself from President Clinton's controversies. Liebermanwas the first prominent Democratic lawmaker to openly criticize thepresident's conduct with Monica Lewinsky.

Gore made his decision in Tennessee after discussions late Sundaynight and early …

US striker Robbie Findley completes move to Forest

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Second-tier English side Nottingham Forest has received international clearance to complete the signing of United States striker Robbie Findley on a free transfer.

The 25-year-old Findley, who opted to leave Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake last year at the end of …

Bubba gets serious after taking lead at PGA

While other players waited out the fog delay on the driving range or putting green, Bubba Watson played games on his phone and threw things at Rickie Fowler while his good friend was trying to sleep.

There are, Watson knows all too well, more important things to get worked up about than a round of golf.

Even at a major championship.

The fun-loving Watson earned a share of the early lead at the PGA Championship on Thursday, shooting a 4-under 68. Afterward, he choked up talking about the difficult year his family has endured, with his father battling cancer and his wife having a scare of her own.

"It's kind of emotional now," …

Pooling Talent

EDUCATION

UNITED KINGDOM-A 2005 report on the state of creativity in British business made for gloomy reading. Out of 300 companies analyzed in the government-funded study, many hadn't released a new product or service for two years. To maintain Great Britain as an innovation leader, London's Imperial College recently joined forces with the Royal College of Art (RCA) to create a new, $11.6 million interdisciplinary center, Design-London at RCA-lmperial.

The new "innovation triangle" will combine the talents of …

Mortar Rounds Slam Baghdad's Green Zone

BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds slammed into the U.S.-controlled Green Zone on Tuesday, with one striking within 100 yards of the Iraqi prime minister's offices, a government official said. No casualties were reported.

It was the second attack against the Green Zone in 12 hours, and it underscored heightened concerns about security in the area that is home to the U.S. and British embassies and thousands of American troops.

The first round of explosions occurred at about 10 p.m. Monday and another round struck at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.

U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver said no military personnel were injured and no equipment reported damaged in Monday's …

Karate champs test Issey Miyake's two-piece suit

Business wear got put through the motions at Issey Miyake's fall 2009-winter 2010 ready-to-wear show on Friday, as karate champions in two-piece suits chopped, kicked and yelped their way through a catwalk display of their art.

"We studied the movements of these champions to create a new frame of suit," Dai Fujiwara, artistic director at the Japanese label, told The Associated Press. "If it is good enough for them, it has got to be good enough for the businessmen."

The secret behind the suits' suppleness lies in the fabric _ polyester infused with stretch _ a complex web of folds and built-in accordion pleats that run up and down suit …

`Detox' for son is just too costly

Dear Action Time: I hope you will print this, as other parentsprobably are going through similar anguish.

My son, who just turned 18, has a drug and alcohol problem. Hehas reached out to me for help, and wants to enter a substance-abusefacility. But we can't find any help for him that's within mybudget.

We did get in touch with an organization that gave referrals.But I gave up when a few private groups, hospitals included, quotedprices beyond my budget.

One detoxification program was in the $14,000 range - for amonth. I'm a single mother. I can't afford that.

It looks like only the rich have a chance in this …