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Francisco Cervelli, 23, has found himself as the Yankees' starting catcher after leg injuries to the veterans Jorge Posada and Jose Molina.

(Telecompaper) Brazilian operator Oi reported first-quarter net revenue of BRL 7.487 billion, up 3.5 percent from the year-earlier period. Fixed-line gross revenues rose 3.6 percent to BRL 8.97 billion, and mobile revenues increased 28.4 percent to BRL 2.2 billion. EBITDA dropped to BRL 2.191 billion versus BRL 2.548 in March 2008, while net earnings of BRL 10 million were down from BRL 564 a year ago due to higher financing costs. Revenue-generating units increased by 1.7 million versus December 2008 and 10.3 million since March 2008 to a total 57.7 million. The mobile activities added a net 1.8 million customers in Q1, taking the total base to 31.8 million, up 6.1 percent in the quarter and 45.3 percent versus March 2008. Prepaid additions accounted for 90 percent of the total, while the 26,857 new postpaid users were helped by the new Oi Ligadores campaign. Oi Conta Total had 1.161 million users at year-end, up 9.4 percent in the quarter. On the fixed broadband market, the subscribe

Music News: Questionable org collects royalties, doesn't pay up -- The China Audio-Video Copyright Assn., set up in 2007 to collect copyright fees, which it began doing in 2008. The org considers karaoke singers to be performers, and so fees must be hammered out in accordance with record company contracts. The org, which has collected 80 million yuan ($11.8 million), now says there is no money to distribute

General Motors is notifying 1,100 of its 6,000 dealers today that it will not renew their franchise agreements when they expire by October 2010.

Cliff Lee is pitching like it's 2008 again. He's rarely throwing pitches right over the middle of the plate, and when he is, he is disguising them well.

International News: British producers' work to receive retrospective -- Croatia's biggest annual cultural event, the Zagreb Film Festival, will celebrate the work of British producers Mike Downey and Sam Taylor with its first-ever retrospective in October.

Front Page: Show gives ABC edge in total viewers for night -- On a night that all but wrapped up Thursday's portion of the 2008-09 primetime season, 'Grey's Anatomy' was the dominant force, powering ABC to an easy victory among adults 18-49 along with a narrow edge in total viewers over CBS, according to preliminary nationals from Nielsen.

The study shows that is the case in 17 to 23 percent of RU-486 cases. Dr. Donna Harrison, president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, tells OneNewsNow there was ...

Gerard Butler has been charged with criminal battery. The Scottish actor is accused of punching a paparazzo in the face as he was getting into his limo outside Crown Bar in los angeles at 2 a.m. on October 7 2008.

MEXICALI, Mexico (UPI) -- Census data indicate an extraordinary decline in Mexican immigrants going to the united states, Mexican officials say. Recent information shows a 25 percent drop, about 226,000 fewer people, emigrated from Mexico to other countries during the year that ended in August, 2008, The New York Times said Friday....