Reuters - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc moved closer to a potential friendly, $50 billion takeover by Belgium-based InBev NV , sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

AP - Minnesota's Justin Morneau was selected for All-Star Home Run Derby, completing the eight-man field for Monday night's contest at Yankee Stadium.

AP - Superheroes battling inner demons often rule the box office. This time, the superhero was a demon as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" pulled in $35.9 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend film.

AP - They are the ultimate million-dollar babes. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's new twins, a girl and a boy born by Caesarean section on Saturday, are barely a few hours old but already their first photos are worth a fortune.

AP - President Bush on Sunday fondly recalled Tony Snow, his former spokesman who died after a spirited fight against cancer.

AP - For more than three decades, the National Governors' Association has assembled on presidential election years as one of its members made a bid for the White House — a Carter or a Reagan, a Dukakis, a Clinton or a Bush.

AP - Wajih Hameed is an Iraqi general with an attitude.

AP - Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath Sunday morning as another town appeared to have been spared from yet another wildfire in the unprecedented California fire season.

AP - Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared Sunday that Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to making peace — even as a widening corruption probe brings him closer than ever to being ousted from office.

AP - A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said.

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Sydney on Sunday for one of the largest Christian gatherings on Earth, starting a visit set to be marked by his apology for sexual abuse by priests in Australia.

AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and 42 leaders on Sunday launch a union between Europe and its Mediterranean neighbours but tensions among Middle East countries could undermine the grand plan.

Reuters - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins, the hospital where she was staying in southern France said on Sunday.

Reuters - Seventeen civilians and four police were killed in a suicide attack in a bazaar on Sunday in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan, police said.