AP - Rodney Carney kept top-seeded Memphis from becoming another victim of Bradley's surprising NCAA run.

AP - Amare Stoudemire was in the Phoenix Suns' starting lineup Thursday night against Portland for his first appearance of the season.

AP - Google Inc.'s stock will be added to the Standard & Poor's 500 index, a long-anticipated rite of passage that lifted the online search engine leader's recently sagging shares.

AFP - Taiwan's opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou said he sought and received support from US officials for a proposed resumption of negotiations with China.

AP - Google Inc.'s stock will be added to the Standard & Poor's 500 index, a long-anticipated rite of passage that gave the company's recently slumping shares an immediate boost.

AP - Walk into any store that sells or rents video games, and chances are you'll find only a few shelves, if any, for personal computer games amid the aisles dominated by console software.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. named Steve Sinofsky to oversee its core Windows business on Thursday, choosing someone from the company's Office business software unit to lead an operating system division beset by delays and missed deadlines.

AP - Microsoft Corp. announced a broad reorganization Thursday of the unit that produces its flagship Windows operating system, two days after the company said the new consumer version of Windows would not be ready for the holiday season as planned.

AP - The Easter Bunny has been sent packing at St. Paul City Hall.

Paul Collingwood says England want to keep on improving after recording their first Test win in India for 21 years.

AP - Roadside bombs targeting police patrols exploded in Baghdad and nearby Iskandariyah on Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding a dozen others, police said.

AFP - The man widely considered a top contender for president of Taiwan in 2008 said that if his party returns to power it will seek resumed negotiations and a peace deal with mainland China.

AP - Conor Jackson gave new meaning to creating a buzz in spring training.

AP - Carson Palmer still faces many uncertainties as he rehabs his left knee.

AP - The College Board disclosed Wednesday that 27,000 SAT college entrance exams missed being re-scanned following the initial discovery of scoring problems, including those of another 375 students who were given incorrectly low marks.

AFP - The man considered a top contender for Taiwan's presidency said that if his Kuomintang party returns to power in 2008 it will resume negotiations and seek a peace deal with China.

AP - Carson Palmer still faces many uncertainties as he rehabs his left knee.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a big football fan, ruled out applying for the job of NFL commissioner after Paul Tagliabue retires.

AFP - Samaresh Jung of India moved closer to a record seven gold medals at the Commonwealth Games by winning the fifth title at the shooting ranges here.

AFP - President George W. Bush hinted at a years-long US deployment in Iraq, saying that future US presidents and Iraqi governments would decide when the last US soldiers leave that war-torn country.