NEW YORK (AP) — Maria Sharapova insists she’s more about substance than style, and now she has a second Grand Slam title to prove it. Her strokes as piercing as her shrieks by the end, the third-seeded Sharapova beat No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 Saturday night to win the U.S. Open final.
“This is an amazing honor,” Sharapova said. “I’m so happy that it’s here in New York, my favorite city in the world, in front of the best fans.”
By SARAH KARUSH
Associated Press Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co.’s new chief executive will get an annual base salary of $2 million and an immediate payout of $18.5 million for taking the job, the company said Friday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CARROLL, New York (CNN) — Suspected cop killer Ralph “Buck” Phillips appeared in court for the first time Saturday, the day after he was captured at the end of a five-month manhunt.
He was expected to face a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, said Wayne Bennett, superintendent of the New York state police.
The federal judge in Buffalo, New York, agreed to turn him over to state police to face a charge of the attempted murder of a state trooper, The Associated Press reported.
He was being held in U.S. marshals’ custody at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, a pre-trial maximum-security facility.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts blasted off Saturday into space to rendezvous with the orbiting International Space Station and install new equipment.
After two weeks of frustrating delays, the shuttle rose from its seaside launch pad through a partly cloudy sky at 11:15 a.m. ET. It’s the first space station mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
“By our count, it has been almost four years, two return to flight missions, a tremendous amount of work by thousands of individuals,” said Brent Jett, Atlantis’ commander.
Debris seen hitting the shuttle during liftoff was not a significant problem and the fuel cells were working properly, without the problems that had dogged earlier launch attempts.
