Los Angeles A porn actor wanted for allegedly murdering a co-worker with a samurai-style sword died after jumping from a cliff edge following a standoff with law enforcement, the police said.

BP’s oil spill cap, designed to stop a huge leak from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, is currently catching around 10,000 barrels a day, its CEO Tony Hayward told the BBC on Sunday.

Steven Finn took five wickets as England thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 80 runs inside three days in the second Test to wrap up a 2-0 series victory at Old Trafford here on Sunday.

Brazil full-back Maicon says his countrymen are more focused on winning a sixth World Cup in South Africa than maintaining the stylish legacy of their predecessors.
Brazilian fans have always demanded ‘o jogo bonito’ (the beautiful game) and in the past have gorged themselves on the skills of supremely gifted individuals such as Pele, Gerson, Zico and Ronaldo.

Diego Maradona’s stewardship of the Argentinian national side is a negative factor which could harm his country’s chances, according to 1978 champion and former international teammate Osvaldo Ardiles.

Regarded as the conductor of the orchestra for club and country, midfielder Xavi Hernandez is often an unsung hero for Barcelona and Spain.
His importance can not be underestimated with his simple, yet highly effective, passing crucial to make Spain tick and he will have to be at his best if the European champions are to go all the way at the 2010 World Cup finals.

The free-spending role of corporations in California’s electoral system has come under fire as the state prepares to vote on two referenda which opponents have condemned as a “hijacking” of democracy.

A court convicted France’s interior minister Brice Hortefeux on Friday for voicing a racial insult about a young man of Arab origin, prompting renewed calls for him to step down.

A South Carolina legislator faced calls to resign on Friday after using a racial slur against President Barack Obama and an Indian-American candidate for governor.
“We already got one raghead in the White House. We don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion,” Republican state senator Jake Knotts said on Thursday on a talk show, according to local media.

Pope Benedict XVI spoke on Saturday of the need for “good, holy and well-formed priests,” as the Roman Catholic Church has been embroiled for months by the scandal of paedophilia among the clergy.