Subotic makes Serbia's World Cup roster

Defender Neven Subotic, who grew up in Salt Lake City and played for a U.S. youth national team, has made Serbia's World Cup roster.

A 21-year-old who plays for Borussia Dortmund, Subotic made one start and three substitute appearances for the U.S. at the 2005 FIFA Under-17 World Championship, where he played alongside forward Jozy Altidore, a member of this year's American World Cup team.

Subotic left the U.S. national team program after he was passed over by coach Thomas Rongen for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. He made his debut for Serbia in March 2009.

Subotic was born in Serbia and spent several years living in Germany when he was young. …

Ideas for the schools

The schools need more money. Here are a few ideas:

1. Stop servicing students so far out of the school district theydon't even have a legal right to be in the country.

2. Stop stealing from the school fund, supposedly funded by thelottery.

3. Start asking if less might be …

Spill panel: No evidence of saving $ over safety

WASHINGTON (AP) — The BP oil rig explosion and spill wasn't about anyone purposely trading money for safety, investigators on a special presidential commission said Monday. Instead it was more about seemingly acceptable risks adding up to disaster.

Investigators at the commission's hearing outlined more than a dozen decisions that at the time seemed questionable but also explainable. It was how those cascaded and crashed together that fueled catastrophe.

Yet there was no evidence of a conscious decision on the BP rig to do things on the cheap at the expense of safety, investigators stressed several times. Likewise, representatives of the companies involved in the disaster …

Survey ranks real estate firms

For the first time, a national marketing research firm is taking a look at the buying and selling of homes. Previously, J.D. Power and Associates has surveyed customers about new-home builders, cars and cell phones.

Keller Williams ranks highest among real estate companies in satisfying home buyers, while Prudential ranks highest in satisfying home sellers, according to the firm's new study.

The inaugural study measures customer satisfaction of home buyers and sellers with the largest national real estate firms. Overall satisfaction is determined by examining three factors for the home-buying experience: agent (65 percent); office (21 percent) and services (13 …

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Long before F�lix Gonz�lez.-Torres piled candies in corners or Rirkrit Tiravanija served up pad thai, Daniel Spoerri created work that related to its audience through the belly: For his "trap pictures," which he started making while affiliated with Nouveau R�alisme in the early 1960s, he affixed the crockery and detritus left by his dinner guests to the table and hung the tabletops on …

LA Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims

LOS ANGELES - After a whirlwind weekend, the negotiations that produced a landmark $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse are moving from the cathedral to the courthouse.

Attorneys from both sides, as well as Cardinal Roger Mahony, are expected in court Monday to enter a formal settlement agreement with Judge Haley Fromholtz. The deal marks the end of more than five years of negotiations and is by far the largest payout by any diocese since the clergy abuse scandal emerged in Boston in 2002.

Mahony, leader of the nation's largest archdiocese, apologized Sunday to the hundreds of …

Judge to rule on Chrysler dealer contracts Tuesday

Chrysler headed back to bankruptcy court Tuesday to get a judge to approve the termination of 789 dealer franchises, while Chrysler's plan to become a stronger automaker partnered with Italy's Fiat awaits action by the nation's highest court.

The sale of Chrysler's assets to Fiat Group SpA had been expected to close more than a week ago, but Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's decision to delay the sale now threatens to derail Chrysler's restructuring plans.

More than 25 attorneys representing hundreds of dealers from across the country argued in bankruptcy court Tuesday that little would be gained by terminating their franchises, while Chrysler …