In a game that head coach Bill Kernen described as one of the 'Runners better wins of the season, the CSUB baseball squad battled back from a four run deficit to beat Nevada 6-5.

Mexico's Carlos Slim, the son of an immigrant shopkeeper who amassed a $53.5 billion fortune and bought a major stake in the New York Times, became the first person from a developing nation to be named the world's richest person.

A terrified 7-year-old boy begged emergency dispatchers to send police to his Southern California home where three armed robbers threatened his parents, according to a recording of the call released Tuesday.

Hong Kong prosecutors on Wednesday issued a new murder indictment against Nancy Kissel, an American who successfully appealed an earlier conviction on charges of drugging and then bashing her husband to death in a luxury apartment complex.

Four California men were charged on Monday with using sophisticated computer programs to fraudulently obtain more than a million tickets to concerts and sporting events and reselling them for a profit estimated at $29 million.

The CSUB baseball squad completed a sweep of Air Force, beating the Falcons 12-4. The Runners improved to 4-0 on the season.

Tim Lincecum might have thought he was on a mound last Friday, not outside a St. Petersburg arbitration hearing room. "My adrenaline kicked in a little bit, just because of what I was going through. Nerves. Butterflies. All the excitement. Tiredness," Lincecum said Thursday of the emotions he felt in the hours before his arbitration hearing was to begin.

A Scottish terrier won America's top dog show Tuesday, and that was pretty predictable. What happened moments before Sadie took the title at Westminster was far more startling.

The Bakersfield College Renegades proved why fans should never leave a baseball game early. Despite falling behind 8-0 after three innings, The 'Gades stormed back to beat Golden West 12-10.

Nancy Kissel has always maintained that she killed her investment banker husband in self-defense, fending off a physical and sexual attack, but a Hong Kong jury found her guilty four years ago of sedating him with a laced milkshake before bludgeoning him to death.

Martha Stewart, baseball manager Tony La Russa and Purina One are joining forces to give away more than 63,000 pounds (that's 11,000 bags) of dog and cat food to people with pets in need.

Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants reached a preliminary agreement on a $23 million, two-year contract ahead of the scheduled start of an arbitration hearing.

The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners are back on the baseball diamond. CSUB held its first official practice of 2010 as the team gets set for its second season.

The Oakland Athletics added another veteran arm to their young rotation, agreeing to terms Tuesday with free-agent righty Ben Sheets on a $10 million, one-year contract.