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WASHINGTON – Basketball star Hakeem Olajuwon (search) says his mosque’s donations to groups the government later determined to be terrorist fronts were meant to help the poor, not sponsor terrorism. A Houston mosque that Olajuwon established and supported gave more than $80,000 to groups the government has labeled fronts for …

NEW YORK – Jason Giambi (search) is sorry. He just wouldn’t say for what. The All-Star first baseman twiddled his thumbs, crossed his legs and fidgeted in his chair when he came to Yankee Stadium on Thursday to make his first public comments since it was reported in December that …

HARARE, Zimbabwe – A prize-winning track athlete who competed in women’s events was actually a man, a court in Zimbabwe (search) has been told. Samukaliso Sithole (search), who competed in domestic and regional competitions, faced charges of crimen injuria, or psychological offense, in the Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo, the state-run …