AP - Andrei Kirilenko had 22 points, a career-high 18 rebounds and blocked four shots in the second half as the Utah Jazz rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat the Phoenix Suns 107-99 Tuesday night.

AP - Jim Slater scored in the fourth extra shootout session Tuesday night, lifting the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-4 victory over the sliding Boston Bruins.

AP - Richard Jefferson scored 21 of his 27 points after halftime, and the New Jersey Nets broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter, beating the Washington Wizards 112-100 on Tuesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

AP - The experimental drug that caused convulsions and organ failure in the first humans it was tested on only left monkeys with swollen glands, and there was nothing to predict the disastrous effects on people, the drug company's chief scientist said Tuesday.

AFP - Wales captain Gareth Thomas has insisted the new national team coach must stay true to the attacking game that saw the side secure a Six Nations Grand Slam last season.

Reuters - Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens on Monday said he is considering a mechanism in which the Federal Communications Commission would be charged with ensuring that consumers can go wherever they choose on the Internet or run any Internet-based application.

AP - Germany has agreed to lead a European Union mission to send hundreds of troops to Congo when the African nation holds a series of landmark elections starting in June, the German Defense Minister said Monday.

AFP - Thomas Lubanga, a militia warlord accused of using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, appeared before the International Criminal Court as its first defendant facing trial for war crimes.

AP - Kevin Garnett helped Minnesota end a seven-game losing streak, scoring a season-high 37 points in the Timberwolves' 95-89 victory over the sloppy Sacramento Kings on Sunday.

AFP - Calm returned to Paris after riot police teargassed scores of demonstrators in the wake of a demonstration by an estimated million people who took to the streets of France to protest a widely unpopular new labour law.

AP - The International Criminal Court, which has a Congolese rebel leader in jail as its first defendant, will have speedier proceedings than the U.N. special tribunal for Yugoslavia, the court's chief prosecutor said Saturday.

AP - Goalie Tim Thomas signed a three-year contract extension with the Boston Bruins, general manager Mike O'Connell said Saturday.

A man and a woman arrested in connection with the murder of Thomas Devlin are released.

AFP - Thomas Lubanga, the leader of a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia accused of war crimes, is in the custody of the International Criminal Court as the permanent war crimes court's first detainee.

AFP - Demonstrators overturned cars and threw petrol bombs at police who repelled them with tear gas and water cannon as a show of force by hundreds of thousands of French students against the government over job reforms turned increasingly violent.

AP - Patrice Bergeron scored the winning goal in the shootout and Tim Thomas stopped three shots to help the Boston Bruins snap a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

AP - Larry Brown and Stephon Marbury feasting on each other's liver is one of those stories that renews your faith in karma. The only way it could possibly get better is if Isiah Thomas dropped by and demanded a table for three.

AP - LSU won the Southeastern Conference regular season title, features the SEC player of the year in Glen Davis and also boasts the league's top newcomer in freshman standout Tyrus Thomas.

AP - Tim Thomas is still learning his role the Phoenix Suns. On Tuesday night, he got a lesson in just how fast his new team can play.

AP - Darcy Tucker scored the only goal in a shootout and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.