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Syria's army sent reinforcements to a rebel town near Damascus and clashes raged south of the city on Friday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged a 'concerted push' to end the conflict after talks with her Russian counterpart. The world’s chemical weapons watchdog asked Syria to sign up to a convention banning their use, as an opposition leader called on the international community to stop President Bashar al-Assad’s regime unleashing a chemical arms “disaster.” Inside Syria, activists feared a new ground assault on Damascus suburbs where military reinforcements poured in, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “The army bombed orchards...

Murdering Dystiny Myers like 'killing a fly with a bazooka,' defendant says Man steps into path of big-rig truck on Highway 101 near San Luis Obispo Ice rink coming to Atascadero for holidays — and beyond Former Cal Poly football coach can be charged for assault NFL Preview - Dallas (6-6) at Cincinnati (7-5) (ET) North County investment fraudster sentenced to five years in prison Deals! View All...

NASHVILLE, Tenn — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Zack Greinke is going to have to be pulling on another team's jersey before Jerry Dipoto is willing to publicly say that the Angels are out of the race to retain his services, but the Angels general manager sure sounded like a man content to take what he's got to spring training. Asked Thursday morning if he is ready to move on without Greinke, Dipoto said: "We are prepared to. You have to make smart decisions." Dipoto spoke repeatedly about being...

NEW YORK - Mere blocks from Broadway and the most famous stages in the world, hockey offered two riveting, Tony Award-deserving performances on Thursday night - separated by an intermission just long enough to resurface the ice. First up was NHL players association executive director Donald Fehr, who used Jedi-like mind games to interrupt press conferences with players, re-approach the podium and erase all the optimism he spun five minutes earlier. After a voicemail from the NHL left on the phone of his brother Steve, his special counsel, Fehr said suddenly these 82-day labor negotiations went from "very close if not on top of one another" to "this looks like it's not going to be resolved in...

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels says the suggestion that he would attempt to play Manuel Pascali against Celtic despite the defender being suspended - a story carried widely by the media - was a wind up and the Italian will definitely not play. Full story: The Sun Wolves are poised to recall in-form striker Leigh Griffiths from his loan with Hibernian in January, dashing the Edinburgh club's hopes of a cut-price permanent transfer. Full story: Daily Record Other Scottish Premier League clubs, who have benefited from Uefa money because Celtic qualified for the group stages of the Champions League, will not receive any extra for the Glasgow side progressing...

Coach Rod Carey and his Northern Illinois players have been making the rounds this week, soaking in the attention that comes from winning the Mid-American Conference championship and receiving its first invite to a BCS bowl. Local and national media appearances, a pep rally at the Convocation Center on campus and a holiday celebration party at the University Club in Chicago have helped the Huskies push aside...

Murdering Dystiny Myers like 'killing a fly with a bazooka,' defendant says Man steps into path of big-rig truck on Highway 101 near San Luis Obispo Ice rink coming to Atascadero for holidays — and beyond Former Cal Poly football coach can be charged for assault NFL Preview - Dallas (6-6) at Cincinnati (7-5) (ET) North County investment fraudster sentenced to five years in prison Deals! View All...

Carolina Panthers free safety Haruki Nakamura waited 10 weeks before watching the video of the first game against Atlanta. There in the wide angle of the coaches' tape, Nakamura watched himself back-pedal at the snap of the ball, then turn and run, too late, toward Falcons receiver Roddy White. Then he saw White go over him to catch a 59-yard pass that changed the game and, arguably, the Panthers' season. "Going back and watching that stuff - and I think even the coaches said - not all of it was my fault," Nakamura said this week. "But at the same time, I was the person there to make the play. "And I didn't make the play." White's...