DENVER (AP) — Escaping the first round of the playoffs is new territory for Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets. For Chauncey Billups, though, this is old hat. He's used to leading teams to much greater heights. With Billups leading the way and Anthony scoring a career playoff-high 34 points, the Nuggets captured their first playoff series since 1994 with a 107-86 win over the New Orleans Hornets in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Washington Bureau April 30, 2009 WASHINGTON -- In a strikingly defensive explanation of his stance on Bush-era anti-terrorism tactics, President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that the harsh interrogation techniques he has banned might have yielded useful information but said he was nonetheless willing to rule them out on moral grounds. Obama carefully walked the American people through a policy that has led him to release classified memos detailing the Bush administration's legal rationale for techniques