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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Graeme McDowell opened the day looking like someone who knows how to win the U.S. Open.

Phil Mickelson opened the day looking like someone who has lost it a lot.

In search of his first major victory, McDowell started the third round with a pair of birdies Saturday to extend his lead to four strokes early on a windblown Pebble Beach course that was only playing easy for those who were playing well.

Trying to win his first U.S. Open after a record five second-place finishes, Mickelson started with two bogeys that dropped him to 1-over par, and suddenly six shots back of McDowell.

Ernie Els and Ryo Ishikawa, who began the day tied with Mickelson for second, each bogeyed to start the day, leaving Dustin Johnson, who opened with two pars, alone in second place.

Tiger Woods made four birdies and three bogeys to move to 3 over through 11 holes.

With the leaders on the course, it was sunny and 61 degrees with gusts up to 20 mph at Pebble Beach — possibly treacherous conditions even though there were some good scores early.

Davis Love III, a two-time winner of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, went out in 5-under 30 en route to a 3-under 68 that left him at 4-over 217 for the tournament.

Tom Watson, the 60-year-old playing his fifth U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, also got in on the act until missing short putts over the final couple of holes. Watson still managed a 1-under 70 to complete three rounds in 6-over 219.

Watson warned that the greens, which he said makes a player feel like he's "putting over a heard of turtles," would get more difficult as the wind dried the course out in the afternoon.

"The backs of those turtles get higher and higher, and the winds will come up and it will dry out the lower parts of these greens," he said. "It will get more bumpy. It's always been the case here."

Woods called the greens "awful" after his opening round Thursday, then drew some criticism from the USGA before he headed to the course for the third round.

"As far as the greens are concerned, he's wrong," USGA executive director David Fay said. "That old statement that you're entitled to your opinion? He is entitled to his opinion, but he's off on his facts. These putting surfaces have never been better."

Woods' biggest problem early didn't have so much to do with putting. After driving the ball to 40 yards from the green on the par-4 third, he tried a flop shot from a tight lie to the back, right pin location and knocked it over the green. His chip rolled to 10 feet past the hole and he missed for his second straight bogey.

But he took advantage of No. 4, where the tee box has been moved to only 284 yards from the hole to make it drivable. Woods' tee shot landed just short of the green and after a chip and a putt, he had the first of three straight birdies. He had a 15-foot putt for eagle on No. 6 that barely missed.

Also taking advantage of the easier layout was Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, who aced the 181-yard, fifth hole — the first hole-in-one at the U.S. Open since 2006.

The famous par-3 seventh hole was playing at 99 yards — a lob wedge for almost everyone. Ian Poulter, at even par through six holes, hit his shot into the left rough and was picked up on the TV mike saying, "How on earth are you supposed to play to that?"

While the USGA was moving up tee boxes, it was not as liberal in watering the course overnight, and the wind was gusting up to 20 mph, which could dry the course and make things progressively more difficult for the afternoon and evening rounds.

He starts the final round of the U.S. Open with a three-stroke lead over Graeme McDowell and five clear of Tiger Woods, staring history smack in the face. All he has to do is finish it.

Johnson, who played college golf at Coastal Carolina and lives in Myrtle Beach, looks like he's ready to do it. He's made very few mistakes through three rounds and used his enormous power to overwhelm Pebble Beach at times.

But doing it for three days is different from doing it on the fourth, especially when the greens are bumpy and the nerves are raw. That's not to say Johnson can't get it done, only that this is very different from winning the AT&T National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach the past two years.

Before the Open started, I didn't put a lot of stock into Johnson's two February wins at Pebble Beach. He'd only played three rounds at Pebble Beach in those two multi-course tournaments and the set-up is so different from what it is this week. It's wet in the winter, firm right now.

Evidently, it doesn't matter to Johnson.

He is so long and strong, that he's playing a different Pebble Beach than everyone else. Even Tiger Woods marvels at Johnson's length, calling him "stupid long."

He drove the par-4 fourth hole, playing a short 286 yards, with a 4-iron Saturday. He hit a 273-yard, uphill 3-iron over the sixth green and hit a 206-yard 7-iron to set up a birdie at the 17th hole.

If you caught the slow-motion replay of Johnson's swing with a driver on Saturday, you saw one of the most athletic rips you'll ever see. He gets the club so wide it allows him to generate enormous speed with his 6-foot, 4-inch frame and then he seems to compress it all as he makes his downswing.

To use one of the most over-used words in the English language, it's awesome.

"He stood up and had no fear," said Graeme McDowell, his playing partner, after seeing Johnson shoot 66 Saturday.

"But he has to sleep on a three-shot lead. We'll see how he feels (Sunday)."

Johnson just smiled when told of McDowell's comment.

"I think I'm going to feel good," Johnson said. "It's going to be very hard. I have to stay patient and keep playing like I've been playing and I'll be tough to beat."

When the inevitable question came about having Woods looming in third place, though five shots back, Johnson faced it like he faces Pebble Beach -- going right at it.

"He's the best player in the world," Johnson said. "It's not a shock to see him right there. All I can do is worry about myself. I can't control what he does. I can only control what I do."

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President Barack Obama met on his own turf with top BP officials on Wednesday to press his demands that the London-based oil giant pay into a claims fund for victims of the worst oil spill in the nation's history.

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO Tony Hayward, and other officials walked slowly as a group from the Southwest Gate of the White House, where they were dropped off, and climbed the steps leading to the West Wing.

The meeting comes the morning after Obama vowed to an angry nation that "we will make BP pay for the damage their company has caused." BP is the majority owner of the deep water well that blew out on April 20, killing 11 rig workers and triggering the spill.

It was Obama's first meeting with BP officials since the spill. While Hayward has served as the voice of the company, the White House has been emphasizing the role of the company's chairman, Svanberg, instead.

Obama in his speech to the nation from the Oval Office backed creation of a fund administered by an independent trustee to pay damages and clean up costs associated with the spill.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats have suggested the fund be established with $20 billion from BP.

In his Oval Office address, Obama described the battle against the spill in combat terms, calling it o — a "siege" on the shores of America.

Joining the president at the meeting were Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and the secretaries of energy, interior, commerce, homeland security and labor.

For the president, the tough diplomacy with a few officials behind closed doors is a bookend to his attempt to reach millions at once. Using a delivery in which even the harshest words were uttered in subdued tones, Obama did not offer much in the way of new ideas or details in his speech to the nation Tuesday night. Instead, he mainly recapped the government's efforts, insisted once again that BP will be held to account and tried to tap the resilience of a nation in promising that "something better awaits."

Now, at the White House, Obama said he will tell the chairman of the British-based oil company that it must set aside "whatever resources are required" to compensate the Gulf Coast people whose lives have been upended because of what he called BP's recklessness.

What's more, Obama said this new damages fund, used to pay claims to workers and business owners, won't be run by BP. He said an independent third party will be in charge to ensure people are paid in a fair and timely way.

The cost of such a fund would be enormous. The White House insists is has the legal authority to make it happen.

Still, administration officials also acknowledge a negotiation is at play here, and key issues remain unsolved.

Among them: Who will oversee the escrow fund, who will make that decision, how large will the fund be and whether BP will pay the salaries of oil workers idled by a six-month moratorium on new deep-water oil drilling.

The company said in a statement that it shares Obama's goal of "shutting off the well as quickly as possible, cleaning up the oil and mitigating the impact on the people and environment of the Gulf Coast. We look forward to meeting with President Obama tomorrow for a constructive discussion about how to best achieve these mutual goals."

In another development, BP said it began burning oil siphoned from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico as part of its plans to more than triple the amount of crude it can stop from reaching the sea. The company said oil and gas siphoned from the well first reached a semi-submersible drilling rig on the ocean surface around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Reaction to Obama's speech was mixed.

Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana said recovery work in the Gulf doesn't reflect the urgency that Obama suggested in his speech. "I just know being on the ground that that's not yet the reality," he said on CBS's "The Early Show."

Obama's forceful tone about BP's behavior shows how far matters have deteriorated. The White House once had described BP as an essential partner in plugging the crude oil spewing from the broken well beneath nearly a mile of water. Now Obama says BP has threatened to destroy a whole way of life.

An Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday showed 52 percent now disapprove of Obama's handling of the oil spill, up significantly from last month. Most people — 56 percent — think the government's actions in response to the disaster really haven't had any impact on the situation.

Controversy doesn’t seem to leave Tiger Woods as a porn star claims that the ace golfer is the father of her son.

The 29-year-old, Devon James today said that Woods, 34, is the father of her son, Austin T James, whose middle name is allegedly after Tiger.

“She was 19 and was attending a Christian school programme where they met. Soon, they started a relationship and she became pregnant. But, she decided not to tell Tiger,” a source close to James told the NY Daily News.

James never had a DNA test to prove her claim, the source admitted and further said that “she knows he is the father of her son because he is the only African-American man she dated at that time.” However, James’ mother, Sandra Brinling, who has custody of the child described her daughter as a “pathological liar” who knows Austin’s real dad, according to Daily News.

“(My daughter is) only out to lie, steal and cheat.

All she is looking for is to get money from (Woods),” said Brinling.

Woods has been in trouble since his extra-marital affairs with dozens of women became public last year. Shocking details of his private life received worldwide attention with several of the golfer¿s mistresses coming forward to provide information about his infidelity.

The cover-up was busted after his wife Elin found out about his extra-marital affair with, Rachel Uchitel, a New York party planner, which led to an argument and accident on November 27 when Woods crashed his SUV outside his Florida mansion sustaining minor injuries.

The golfer had apologised for his behaviour, spent 45 days in rehab for sex-addiction and has spoken of continuing his treatment.

After the sex scandal broke, Woods took a five month break and then entered the Masters in April.

This is the second time since Woods was busted that a woman has claimed him as dad of her kid. The first one was Theresa Rogers in December who said that she had Woods’ baby in 2004 but kept quiet after getting a multi million-dollar deal for her silence.

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Towards the World Cup 2010, various preparations have been made. South Africa as the host of this event has done many good preparations to face the most prestigious football event this. Not only South Afrik, all participating teams had been preparing his players who will compete in the World Cup 2010. All the best players who are owned by the participating countries were brought to South Africa and hopes to become the champion.
One of the countries who became members of the United Kingdom have announced their players. Fabio Capello has confirmed that 30 players who will strengthen England's World Cup 2010 had been determined. This squad includes six players Tottenham are included in the list, including central defender Michael Dawson.
Dawson got good value with his performance during an extraordinary season with Spurs, where he has helped the Spurs to qualify the top four of the league for next season's Champions League competition. He will join the squad for England with Spurs defender who is also his team mate, Ledley King.
Previously, Capello has consistently stated that he will not pick players who are still injured. However, Capello gave it another thought to include the King who had a chronic knee injury and Gareth Barry, who also suffered an ankle injury

Barack Obama President of the United States expressed its support to the U.S. soccer team that will compete in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Obama recognizes the richness of the world soccer tournament that might not be echoed in the public eye the U.S. than the country's favorite sport, Uncle Sam was the baseball and basketball. But he believes many of which support the national team will compete in South Africa.
Known as a big fan of basketball, Obama said he would continue to monitor the travel of U.S. national team in World Cup 2010.
Vice President Joe Biden, who will attend the first U.S. match in 2010 World Cup against England later on June 12, was also present at the White House to greet the team members.
Also present at the event was former President Bill Clinton, who recently inaugurated as honorary chairman of the committee who will fight for the U.S. as World Cup host in 2018 or 2022.
Clinton planned to attend some matches at the World Cup in South Africa later said he was particularly impressed with the team costume leather football boots used by players.
Obama also approved the U.S. team for World Cup champion in 2010 is the football fashion.

World Cup 2010 will start soon. Various things have been prepared by the host, South Africa, to welcome the most prestigious football event this. Starting from the stadium where the match until the accommodation for the players or visitors from abroad has been prepared. Not only the host, are all participating teams also preparing their best players.
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In Group B, Argentina can be said to have a lighter opponent. Hurdles that include heavy enough to overcome are Nigeria. Precisely, Nigeria became an enemy that must be faced in the first match, and the 2010 World Cup Prediction thinks this party will become the benchmark step squad next Maradona.
Very, very fair if Argentina is regarded by many football observers will not be difficult to step into the next round of World Cup 2010 at this time. Viewing the history of Argentine soccer team past and a row of squad players such as the recent Tango Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Aguero feels there is no one else who joined the team in group B could sabotage step Argentina, as well as Nigeria that will become the first opponent them.
However, football is not an exact science, a star-studded team is not guaranteed to qualify for the World Cup finals with ease. Argentina is the latest example of the most obvious. Argentina stumbled in the qualifying round after suffering defeats six times although eventually escaped to the South African 2010 World Cup.
Want to know directly who the champion at the inaugural party group B?

The Netherlands team architect, Bert van Marwijk, published the names 23 players who will be carried to South Africa. Van Marwijk finally etched 4 players from the squad firstly They are Vuron Anita, Ron Vlaar, Orlando Engelaar and Jeremain Lens. Van Marwijk decision clearly be bad news for Anita, who had just made his debut with the Orange team when it became a substitute in a friendly in Germany contra Mexico, Thursday early morning. The game itself was won by Robin van Persie et final score 2-1. Meanwhile, Vlaar which displays an impressive performance this season with Feyenoord had to miss some training sessions in Austria because of injuries. Among the four players, only Engelaar who never tasted the experience competing in major tournaments, when included in the squad for Euro 2008. The rest, the players are not surprising choice van Marwijk public. Inter Milan playmaker Wesley Sneijder clearly squad after showing mature performance throughout the season. Similarly, Bayern Munich duo, Arjen Robben and Mark van Bommel. Striker AC Milan, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, who is often criticized because their performance is below an expectation, is still trusted as the spearhead with Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), and Robin van Persie (Arsenal).