AP - Steve Nash looked good in a different shade of orange.

AP - Barry Bonds tried to keep his name out of the BALCO scandal, sending his lawyer into meetings with company representatives to ask for protection, according to a new book.

AFP - Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has denied holding talks with the Football Association (FA) for the England manager's job.

AP - A group of voters sued the state and 18 counties Tuesday in a bid to prevent them from using Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting machines in California's general election.

AP - Barry Bonds didn't return to spring training in time for the Giants' exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, but is expected to be in San Francisco's lineup Wednesday night.

AP - The Seattle Seahawks have agreed on the parameters of a new contract with San Francisco 49ers free agent linebacker Julian Peterson.

AP - Barry Bonds didn't return to Arizona in time for the start of the San Francisco Giants' exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, apparently held up by travel delays.

Reuters - The average price U.S. drivers paid for gasoline soared 13.8 cents, the third biggest weekly increase on record, to hit $2.50 a gallon for the first time since last October, the government said on Monday.

AP - The Seattle Mariners traded lefty Matt Thornton to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Joe Borchard on Monday.

InfoWorld - Red Hat formally announced at a press event in San Francisco last week its Integrated Virtualization strategy, aimed at simplifying CPU virtualization deployment for RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) customers. The initiative includes integration of virtualization software, known as a “hypervisor,” into Red Hat’s Linux kernel, as well as the formation of a Virtualization Resource Center to support customer efforts.

AP - Dr. David Smith founded the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic during the summer of love. It was 1967, he was 28 and he practiced his own brand of rock 'n' roll medicine — treating drug overdoses, sexually transmitted diseases and the common cold.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) - Anti-war rallies are being held throughout the world to mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war. Marches have been held in New York, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney and Istanbul. In London, police said about 15,000 people...

AFP - Spain's second-largest bank, BBVA, is "very actively" looking to expand its operations through acquisitions, mainly in Europe, the United States and Asia, the bank's chairman said.

AP - Barry Bonds gave his legs their stiffest in-game test of the spring, scoring from first on a double and running after balls in the outfield during the San Francisco Giants' 7-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday.

Lynda Fisher - AHN Staff Writer San Francisco, CA (AHN) - Internet giant Google's legal troubles seem to be never ending these days as a civil complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose by KinderStart.com. The company has accused the search engine of blacklisting hundreds of...

Lynda Fisher - AHN Staff Writer San Francisco, CA (AHN) - Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security secretary, said Friday that the U.S. government would assist California in patching up its fragile levee system. However, he did not declare the pre-emptive federal disaster declaration that Gov....

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter San Francisco, CA (AHN) - Del Monte Foods Co. says it is buying Milk-Bone dog treats and other Kraft Foods Inc. brands for about $580 million. The deal comes two weeks after the canned fruit and vegetables distributor announced its acquisition of Meow Mix...

AP - Army documents released Thursday substantiate assertions by Janis Karpinski, the highest-ranking officer punished in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, that she was innocent of two principal allegations lodged against her by the officer who initially investigated the abuse matter.

AP - The San Francisco 49ers re-signed linebacker Brandon Moore to a five-year contract Thursday, keeping a player they developed from an undrafted free agent into a starter.

AP - Commissioner Bud Selig is proceeding cautiously before deciding whether baseball should launch an investigation into allegations that Barry Bonds used performance-enhancing drugs for at least five seasons.