Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Indianapolis, IN, United States (AHN Sports) – Bruno Junqueira is out and Ryan Hunter-Reay is in this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 after Andretti Autosport and A.J. Foyt Racing worked out a deal for the driver swap. Junqueira qualified 19th for the 100th running of the storied event, but Hunter-Reay and [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – A recent study on Americans and their spending found that many are holding back on nonessential spending, such as vacations or dining out, since the beginning of 2011 as a result of the rise in gasoline prices. “The sensitivity to gasoline [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Concord, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne is eligible to double dip and run at both Iowa and Charlotte this weekend but employers Roush Fenway Racing and Wood Brothers have decided to hold Bayne out. Despite Bayne being cleared last week by doctors at [...]

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN Entertainment) – Adele spends her eighth week at #1 on the Billboard Albums chart with her latest, “21.” The album, featuring her current #1 hit “Rolling in the Deep,” sells another 156,000 copies, earning her the most weeks at #1 since Taylor [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Commerce, GA, United States (AHN Sports) – Antron Brown raced to his second win of the season whe he held off his teammate Tony Schumacher Sunday in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Joining Brown atop the podium as class winners as well was Jack Beckman, [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Dover, DE, United States (AHN Sports) – It took nine laps of overtime before Carl Edwards survived a last-lap melee and came away with the win in Saturday’s 5-Hour Energy 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. The former Dover winner was in front of the violent [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Strasbourg, France (AHN) – The European Court of Human Rights rejected a bid by a known car racer to limit news on celebrity indiscretions. The ruling comes at a time that bloggers are circumventing super injunctions issued by British courts in favor of celebrities by posting a list of notorious [...]

AHN News Staff Rome, Italy (AHN) – Italian Justice Minister Angelino Alfano has welcomed the arrest of six mafia suspects, including Neapolitan Camorra mafia boss Feliciano Mallardo, along with assets worth more than $861 million in a police raid. The assets also include 300 residential flats in Rome. Following the success of the raid, the [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Darlington, SC, United States (AHN Sports) – Baby-faced Kasey Kahne gave his momma an early Mother’s Day gift Friday when he won the pole for Saturday night’s Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Kahne toured the Lady In Black at 181.254 mph, breaking the old track record set by [...]

John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent Louisville, KY, United States (AHN Sports) – With a draw near the middle of the field, Dialed In has been installed as the favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Dialed In drew the No. 8 post Wednesday and is a 4-1 favorite according to Daily Racing Form [...]