Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who've been there so many times before. The Memphis Grizzlies looked like the first-timers still trying to adapt to their first conference finals appearance. Tony Parker had 20 points...

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs struck first in the Western Conference finals by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 on Sunday. The Spurs avoided a repeat of their Game 1 loss from when the teams met two...

THOMAS BEAUMONT

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny -- a claim that tea party activists had made...

PHILIP ELLIOTT

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) ?Û" The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Gary...

RONALD BLUM

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) -- Conductor James Levine has returned from an absence of more than two years to lead the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall. The 69-year-old Levine was left partially paralyzed by a fall in August 2011 and is regaining use of his legs. He conducted from a...

Updated: 43 min ago

BOSTON (AP) — Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Boychuk put a 40-foot shot from the right inside the near...

Updated: 43 min ago

BOSTON (AP) — Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Boychuk put a 40-foot shot from the right inside the near...

Updated: 44 min ago

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs struck first in the Western Conference finals by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 on Sunday. The Spurs avoided a repeat of their Game 1 loss from when the teams met two...

Updated: 59 min ago

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings got much younger this year, rebuilding with rookies and prospects pushed onto the ice. For much of the lockout-delayed season, it didn't look good for them. The storied franchise used to chase Stanley Cup titles with key players in their late 30s and 40s...

Elizabeth Larner

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

Kristen and Rob call it quits Robert Pattinson has finally had enough. After finding out that his girlfriend and former co-star, Kristen Stewart, cheated on him last July with Rupert Sanders, director of "Snow White and the Huntsman," Rob decided to give Kristen another chance. But he may be...