PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday faced a regional vote that opinion polls suggested would mean heavy losses for his center-right UMP party in the last ballot box test before he comes up for re-election in 2012. Unemployment in France is running at more than 10 percent, public finances are under growing strain and a series of controversies ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gay media group GLAAD honored the TV series "Brothers & Sisters" and singled-out actress Cynthia Nixon for her work at a Saturday night gala highlighting gay marriage rights. "We are bringing marriage back to its fundamentals and revitalizing it from its roots up," "Sex and the City" actress Nixon said in accepting an honorary award at the ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Brian Rafalski scored a powerplay goal in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Northeast Division leading Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. The victory moved the Red Wings, who have won five of their seven games since the season resumed after the Vancouver Olympics, one point ahead of the idle Calgary Flames in the ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - The struggling New York Knicks denied Dallas a season's best 14th consecutive victory with a lopsided 128-94 win over the Mavs on Saturday. The victory was the Knicks first over the Mavericks in nine tries dating back to Jan 11, 2006. It was their first win in Dallas since December 16, 1999. The Knicks also gained a ...