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Southern California native John Merrick captured his first US PGA Tour title with a playoff triumph over Charlie Beljan at Riviera Country Club.

Lawyers for five alleged 9/11 plotters urged a military judge to give them two days to visit the super-secure prison and cells where their clients are being held.

Charlie Beljan shook off an uncomfortable night in hospital, firing a one-under par 71 on Saturday to stay atop the leaderboard in $4.7 million US PGA event at Walt Disney World resort.

Charlie Wi got off to a quick start Thursday and will try to make his one-stroke, first-round lead stand up in the US PGA Tour's season-ending event at Walt Disney World Resort.

England's Gary Christian is among the players battling to secure his PGA Tour card for next year as the 2012 season wraps up at Walt Disney World Resort.

Davis Love is excited to play host to some of the US PGA's top players when the $4 million McGladrey Classic opens Thursday, but he cannot get the US Ryder Cup loss to Europe off his mind.

A British couple who scooped a record 190 million euros in the EuroMillions lottery said Tuesday that they would carry on running their music shop and try to give their children a normal upbringing.

A British couple who scooped a record 190 million euros in the EuroMillions lottery said Tuesday that they would carry on running their music shop and try to give their children a normal upbringing.

Webb Simpson seized the lead at the Greenbrier Classic Friday, and the US Open champion won't have to worry about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at the weekend.

US Open champion Webb Simpson seized the lead in the weather-disrupted Greenbrier Classic, where Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were headed for an early exit.

President Barack Obama jabbed Mitt Romney before crucial Latino voters Friday, saying America's immigration gridlock made "no sense" and vowed to keep trying to change it.

Mitt Romney pledged to pursue bipartisan immigration reform that strengthens borders and speeds legal entry, as he assured Hispanic voters he was a stronger White House pick than President Barack Obama.

Mitt Romney laid out a bipartisan immigration reform plan Thursday that includes strengthening borders and speeding legal entry, as he assured Hispanic voters he was a stronger White House pick than President Barack Obama.

Rights activists urged Mitt Romney to clarify his position on immigration and President Barack Obama's move to soften deportation rules when the White House hopeful addresses a Latino convention Thursday.

A Christian conservative group is planning to protest Disney World's annual Gay Day by flying two warning messages over the park. ?A Christian conservative group is planning to protest Disney World's annual Gay Day by flying two warning messages over the park, media watchdog RightWingWatch.org reported. The Florida Family Association has contracted two planes to fly over the park dragging giant banners that read, ?WARNING Gay Pride Day at Disney Saturday.? The group said it wanted to ?warn unsuspecting families? and condemn the ?public promotion of homosexuality.? ?Florida Family Association will fly two planes to warn unsuspecting families about Gay Day at Disney which is scheduled for Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando.? ?Florida Family Association has received many, many letters and emails from people across the country who patronize Disney World in Orlando to find themselves in the middle of one of the annual Gay Days at Disney.? One letter, the group said, read

The US PGA Tour will start its season in October beginning in 2013 and tweak qualifying methods for players as a result, US PGA commissioner Tim Finchem announced on Tuesday.

Orlando on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to announce it would enter the competition to host the 2018 Gay Games. The City of Orlando on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to announce it would enter the competition to host the 2018 Gay Games, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The Olympic-style sporting event will return to the United States in 2014 with Cleveland, Ohio serving as the host city. The quadrennial sporting event was last held in Cologne, Germany. Other cities expressing interest in hosting the next event include London, Paris, Las Vegas and possibly Brazil. The bid will be prepared by Converge Orlando Inc., the LGBT Convention & Visitors Bureau for Central Florida. Mikael Audebert told WKMG that the event could be worth $150 million in economic impact. ?We're going to make it happen,? he said. The group also unveiled a tourism campaign aimed at the gay traveler. ?They tend to be more recession proof, continuing to travel when other groups curtain,? said Converge Orland

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Obesity experts on Friday applauded Walt Disney World for shuttering a new attraction that drew fierce criticism for its potential to shame overweight children and misrepresent the causes of the global obesity crisis.

(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman who faked her own kidnapping while actually at Disney World was sentenced on Thursday to 100 months in prison for swindling her employer and family members out of more than $600,000.

Captain Hook would certainly approve: the Walt Disney Co. has overturned a rule in place since 1955 banning facial hair for its US theme park workers.