Luiz Felipe Scolari to leave Portugal job to manage Chelsea

Luiz Felipe Scolari may not have any experience in the European Champions League. Yet that's where the similarities end between him and the man he is replacing at Chelsea, Avram Grant.

Scolari was announced as the new manager at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, bringing with him a resume that includes a World Cup title, European Championship experience and accolades that were not awarded to Grant _ an unpopular choice from the moment he replaced Jose Mourinho in September.

Neither Mourinho nor Grant could deliver Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich his cherished European cup, with Grant fired after losing last month's final in a penalty shootout.

Scolari …

Lawyer: Deal lets Limbaugh beat drug case pain-free

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Rush Limbaugh and prosecutors in the long-running pain-killer fraud case against him have reached a dealcalling for the only charge against the commentator to be dropped ifhe continues treatment, his attorney said Friday.

Limbaugh was booked on a single charge that was filed Friday, saidTeri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Jail. He leftabout an hour later, after being photographed and fingerprinted andhe posted …

eScout announces alliance with Bank of Montreal

An alliance with Bank of Montreal has been announced by eScout, Lee's Summit, Mo. The partnership will enable Bank of Montreal to offer its 440,000 commercial customers free access to eScout's business-to-business marketplace. In the United States, the firm said, more than 75,000 buyers and 100 suppliers buy and sell goods and services online with eScout.

"We are pleased to be going to Canada in partnership with Bank of Montreal," said Sandy Kemper, founder and CEO of eScout. "By bringing …

Pinkel reaches 'verbal agreement' on new deal

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel agreed to a new contract Monday, two weeks before his 12th-ranked Tigers were set to play in their second straight Big 12 title game.

Pinkel said he hopes to sign the contract "in the next couple of days." The school's Board of Curators, which must approve the deal, is scheduled to meet tomorrow.

The school announced last week that it was planning a second raise in two years for Pinkel, who has led the Tigers to a 21-4 record the last two seasons, including 9-2 this season.

This year, Missouri is 9-2, winning the Big 12 North for the second straight season. The Tigers will play in the conference championship …

What earnings reports have revealed about ads

Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet, media and advertising companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising:

April 15: Google Inc. says revenue surged 23 percent from last year, its best growth rate since the summer of 2008. Prices paid for Google ads were 7 percent higher than the average at the same time last year.

April 16: Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper publisher, reports its smallest drop in ad revenue in more than a year: 8 percent. CEO says year is "off to a great start."

April 20: Yahoo Inc. reports first revenue growth in 18 months. Although total ad …

Paving projects to continue until 7 p.m. in areas of city

Paving projects were to continue in the city today along UpperWoodland and Baird, Bellvue, Woodland and Warren drives until 7 p.m.

Work began at 7 a.m. today, and the city …

More than 1 million children work in Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP) — A newspaper says that despite the economic advances achieved by Brazil over the past few years, children from low-income families are still forced to work in Latin America's biggest country.

The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper says Wednesday that its analysis of preliminary 2010 census figures compiled by Brazil's government statistics agency shows …