AFP - SanDisk Corporation introduced the world's highest-capacity MP3 player and priced it to take a bigger bite of the market dominated by Apple's iPod.

Reuters - The U.S. government will not require recorders in autos but said on Monday that car makers must tell consumers when technology that tracks speed, braking and other measurements is in the new vehicles they buy.

AP - The number of mobile phone users in China, already the world's biggest telecoms market, has grown to more than 431 million, a government news agency reported Tuesday.

Reuters - SanDisk Corp. on Monday introduced a new digital music player that stores twice as many songs as the popular iPod Nano for nearly the same price and cut the cost of existing models ahead of the holiday shopping season.

Reuters - Twenty-five years after John McEnroe told an umpire "You cannot be serious," a technology making its grand-slam debut next week aims to make line disputes a thing of the past.

AP - Tim Stauffer was eating breakfast in Portland, Ore., when he got the call late Monday morning from the San Diego Padres — get to the airport and check in.

AP - Landon Donovan and Santino Quaranta scored in the first half to lead the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on Sunday night.

AP - Drew Bledsoe lobbed two passes into the end zone and saw his receivers make terrific catches on both in his preseason debut for the Dallas Cowboys.

AP - Marion Jones broke her silence on her positive drug test Monday, saying she was startled by the result and wants the second sample examined quickly.

AP - Aaron Brooks dropped back to pass on his second play from scrimmage and found tight end Courtney Anderson for an easy 9-yard completion.

AP - Evgeni Malkin skated again with several NHL players Monday at the Los Angeles Kings' practice rink, and his agent said he was optimistic the 20-year-old hockey star will soon become a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

AP - In a brief respite from another scorching August workout, Jim Tressel hesitated when asked to look back on his first five years as Ohio State's coach.

AP - All signs point toward Tiger Woods being ready to go on another roll.

AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova wanted to get some work in before the U.S. Open.

AP - John Gibbons and Ted Lilly exchanged words on the mound during a pitching change.

AP - Aaron Rowand got a jarring reception in his return to Chicago — from his own teammate, too.

AP - An endangered manatee made a rare appearance in Rhode Island waters during the weekend, a state marine biologist said.

AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is due in China for a visit aimed at forging closer energy and economic ties, as interest also centered on whether the trip would boost his anti-US platform.

AP - Pockmarked muck blots this formerly lush marsh on Cape Cod. Dead plant roots jut from barren mud once covered with wavy mats of marsh hay. New England scientists began noticing dead patches like this one near Lieutenant Island four years ago and called it sudden wetland dieback. Then more such spots were found.

AP - The St. Louis Zoo introduced reporters Monday to its 3-week-old baby elephant, a toddling 346-pounder who's already getting the hang of using her trunk.