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By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government suspended on Friday a controversial $3.6 billion, Chinese-led dam project, a victory for supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and another sign of apparent reform in one of Asia's most repressive states. [More]

The era of big American physics ends Friday with the retirement of the Tevatron particle accelerator, which has been recreating the Big Bang under four miles of Illinois prairie for 25 years.

(AP) -- Physicists on the team that measured particles traveling faster than light said Friday they were as surprised as their skeptics about the results, which appear to violate the laws of nature as we know them.

Physicists around the world expressed astonishment and scepticism in equal measure Friday after European scientists reported particles apparently travelling faster than light.

Steve Stricker withdrew from the BMW Championship on Friday because of weakness in his left arm that first began to bother him nine months ago.

Add pro golfers to the list of folks annoyed with Notre Dame these days.

SAINT-NOM-LA-BRETECHE, France (AP) -Continental Europe picked up 3 1/2 out of five points in Friday's fourball matches to reduce Britain and Ireland's lead to one point in the Vivendi Seve Trophy.

David Peoples has shot a 6-under 66 Friday and is tied atop an American-dominated leaderboard with Michael Allen and Mark Calcavecchia after the first round of the Songdo IBD Championship.

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Lee threatened the Louisiana coast with torrential rains and flooding on Friday and shut nearly half of U.S. offshore crude oil production and a third of its gas production.

Rory McIlroy shot a 2-under 69 Friday to share the lead after the second round of the European Masters.

By Joe Rauch WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene closed in on the Atlantic coast on Friday, triggering emergency preparations that included unprecedented evacuations and mass transit shutdowns in New York City as the menacing storm approached. [More]

UCLA star Patrick Cantlay won two matches Friday at Erin Hills to advance to the U.S. Amateur semifinals, while defending champion Peter Uihlein dropped out in the quarterfinals.

Ignacio Garrido shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Johnnie Walker Championship.

Peter Uihlein defeated Scott Langley 2 and 1 in match play Friday in his attempt to become the first golfer since Tiger Woods to successfully defend his title.

PGT: Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey is halfway to his first PGA Tour win after shooting a 5-under 65 on Friday to take a three-shot lead at the Wyndham Championship.