John J Finnin

C.J. Wilson isn’t a lock to fail next season, but he’s definitely not dependable enough to commit a $16 million annual salary to. And Albert Pujols for eight years? Risky. Too many sizeable free agent contracts are busts. John Lackey, Alfonso Soriano, Barry Zito, and AJ Burnett are just a few examples. Unless a player is young, durable, and consistently fantastic, dedicating even 1/8 of your payroll to a single body is completely senseless. Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia (his current enormous contract, not the one he is about to sign), Adrian Gonzalez, and Matt Holliday are all looking like good investments.

The three very ... different music artists are nominees this year. Also on the new ballot are the Beastie Boys, Chic, Donovan, Dr. John, the J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits and Chuck Willis.

They may have been the most intense 18 seconds in the whole of American history. From the moment that flight controllers declared John Glenn’s capsule “GO” for flight, to the instant of lift-off, the hopes of an entire nation rode on the shoulders of two men: John Glenn and T. J. O’Malley...

“The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels is picketing his own Van Nuys set and cast members – including Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski as well as WGA members Steve Carell, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling and Paul Leiberstein – are not crossing the picket line. Losing its cast shuts NBC’s highest-rated sitcom down a lot faster than other series

Through 90 minutes of debate, John McCain had a lot to say about me, but he didn't have anything to say about you," Obama told a cheering crowd at the J. Douglas Galyon Depot in downtown Greensboro. "He didn't even say the words 'middle class.' He didn't even say the words 'working people.'

Sen. John McCain took no chances in his primary fight with former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a talk radio host mounting a challenge from the right against the 2008 Republican presidential candidate.

The role was previously played by J.K. Simmons in the Sam Raimi trilogy and according to a report from What is Playing, Webb has a shortlist of actors ready to take his place.

After John Kennedy was shot in downtown Dallas on November 22, 1963, Johnny Calvin Brewer was listening to the radio while working behind the cash register at Hardy's Shoe Store on West Jefferson Avenue in Oak Cliff. At around 1:15 p.m., the radio broadcaster announced that another gunshot had been fired, this time at Officer J.D.Tippit, who had stopped a man who fit the assassin's description on West 10th Street, not far from Hardy's

AirAsia Bhd. may need to buckle up for turbulent weather: The bid by Asia's largest budget airline to buy Indonesia's Batavia Air has caught the attention of politicians and bureaucrats, who want a closer look before allowing another high-profile buyout by a foreign firm. While analysts and

Chilean beverage company and Coca-Cola bottler Embotelladora Andina SA's (AKOA, AKOB, ANDINA-B.SN) second-quarter net profit fell 23% year-on-year to 11.36 billion Chilean pesos ($23.6 million) on higher sales costs, the company said late Tuesday.

Australia's Molopo Energy Ltd. (MPO.AU) said Wednesday it sold its coal-seam-gas assets in Queensland state to PetroChina Co. (PTR) for A$41 million.

LIMA, Peru--Peruvian mining company Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN, BUENAVC1.VL) said Tuesday second-quarter net income totaled $152.6 million, or 60 cents a share, down from $197.6 million, or 90 cents a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.

Allstate Corp. (ALL), the largest publicly traded home-and-auto insurer in the U.S., swung to a second-quarter profit as the company raised rates and natural disasters proved far less costly.

Total SA (TOT) challenged the Iraqi authorities Tuesday as it announced the acquisition of a 35% interest in two oil-exploration blocks in Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq, just days after the central government in Baghdad blacklisted Chevron Corp. (CVX) from contracts in the

Shares of the social networking site slid 6.2% as investors continue to worry about decelerating user growth, lackluster earnings and its ability to sustain its rich valuation.

Chilean beverage company and Coca-Cola bottler Embotelladora Andina SA's (AKOB, ANDINA-B.SN) second-quarter net profit fell 23% year-on-year to 11.36 billion Chilean pesos ($23.6 million) on higher sales costs, the company said late Tuesday.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) expects a new port terminal it has agreed to purchase in Brazil's northern Para state to streamline exports of grains from the country's central breadbasket, a company executive said Tuesday.

Colombian stocks fell Tuesday as heavily traded oil shares declined in line with a 2% drop in global prices for a barrel of oil.