NEW YORK — Long regarded as the best closer in baseball, Mariano Rivera now has more saves than anyone else, too. Rivera set the major league record with No. 602, pitching a perfect ninth inning Monday and preserving the New York Yankees’ 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. With fans standing and cheering from his first pitch to his last, Rivera retired Trevor Plouffe, Michael Cuddyer and Chris Parmelee to end it. Parmelee looked at strike three — it appeared to be Rivera’s signature cutter — and Yankee Stadium roared in approval. Read full article > >

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Mariano Rivera gets 602nd save in Yankees win over Twins

The Irish government has started contributing towards the cost of the major A5 Londonderry to Aughnacloy road upgrade, the BBC learns.

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Irish government’s £19m to A5

The competition to supply new trains for Crossrail, the major London train link, is delayed until January 2012.

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Crossrail delays competition bid

After a planned $4 toll increase on the major Hudson River crossings drew gasps and political backlash, the agency unveiled a more modest measure.

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City Room: Port Authority Proposes Less Drastic Toll Increase

Luke Donald says he would swap his world number one ranking for Phil Mickelson’s four major victories as he prepares for the US Open.

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Donald targets first major title

NATO planes, led by British RAF aircraft, dropped bombs on Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound Saturday. While the compound is where Gaddafi only sometimes lives, British Defense spokesman Major General John Lormier called the hit a…

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NATO Planes Hit Gaddafi’s Tripoli Compound

The Green Investment Bank, one of the major policies of the UK coalition government, will begin operating in April 2012, according to Nick Clegg.

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Green bank to open in April 2012

Apple has already surpassed Google as the most valuable brand in the world, and it appears the tech giants will soon go head to head in the realm of cloud music. The Los Angeles Times reports that Apple has “tentative agreements” with four major record…

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Apple Woos Big Record Labels

Google and the major record labels failed to agree on a price for the licenses, creating a roadblock for the firm.

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Google’s Digital Music Service Falls Short of Ambition

On March 15, two months after a deadly shooting spree in Tucson left a U.S. congresswoman in critical condition, the nation’s leading gun-control activists took seats in Room 4525 at the Department of Justice to push the Obama administration for more firearm regulation. In the hour-and-a-half-long meeting, Assistant Attorney General Christopher H. Schroeder, who has coordinated the government’s work on the issue, went around a long conference table soliciting views from representatives of the major advocacy and law enforcement groups.

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Over a barrel? Meet White House gun policy adviser Steve Croley

Manny Ramirez is retiring from Major League Baseball due to “an issue” with drugs, the league said Friday. In a statement, MLB said it had “recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issue under Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment…

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Manny Ramirez Quits Baseball

One of the major factors in the success so far of the “Jasmine Revolution” — the wave of pro-democracy revolts across the Middle East — has been the empowering international press coverage of the protests. read more

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No Coverage Zone: Media Ignores Brutal Crackdowns By US Allies Bahrain And Yemen

Cory Joseph’s mother did not have to persuade him to shovel snow. The basketball goal was part of the driveway in their Major Oaks neighborhood in Toronto.

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No Stranger to Pipelines, Texas Builds One to Canada

Nine officers are facing disciplinary action for failing to flag any potential warning signs in the behavior of Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. The nine officers were in Hasan’s chain of command at the Walter…

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Nine Officers Disciplined Over Fort Hood Shooting

Former PM Sir John Major has defended his successor, Tony Blair, over his decision to improve relations with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2004.

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Major defends Blair over Gaddafi