AP - Mike Piazza wasn't making any bold predictions about Italy's chances in the World Baseball Classic as he reported to spring training Friday morning.

Reuters - U.S. radio companies reporting earnings next week may disappoint some investors after a challenging year for the mature medium, which faces soft advertising trends and growing competition from devices like iPod portable music players and satellite radios.

AP - Screams and cheers greeted the Rolling Stones as they pulled up to their beach-front hotel Friday in a huge police motorcade, and die-hard fans were already staking out spots before an enormous stage on Copacabana Beach, where up to 2 million people were expected to attend the band's free concert Saturday night.

AP - Another novelist might shy away from facing the horror of 9/11 head-on. Another novelist might turn to allegory or symbolism to describe that terrible time.