Thursday Links: Hughes to be named Fulham boss, Man United v MLS All-Star highlights, Latest Real Madrid gossip

                                            North America + Manchester United defeated the MLS All-Stars 5-2 in Houston.+ Jerome Soloman: Manchester United puts MLS in its rightful place. + The Vancouver Whitecaps won a coin toss Wednesday against the fellow 2011 expansion Portland Timbers, earning the right to pick first among eight different MLS player acquisition procedures. + The Whitecaps ...

Thursday Links: Chelsea bid for Ramires, Inter in talks with Mascherano, and the inferno of an MLS hotstove

                                                   North America + Mexican National Team captain Rafa Marquez has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to join the Red Bulls. + Uruguay international Alvaro Fernandez is reportedly headed to Seattle Sounders. + Grahame L. Jones: Galaxy would take on a lot with high-maintenance Ronaldinho. + Reda Agourram, Tony Donatelli and Antonio Ribeiro ...

Gulf War vet, former FBI agent has 'a burning desire to serve'

Advance File PhotoMichael GrimmSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Michael Grimm is still all Marine, from the lapel pin on his pin-stripped suit to the high sheen of his shoes. And he still gets jazzed talking about his undercover days as an...

Women's Yorkie Missing, Maybe Dognapped

Trouble for a mother and daughter from Detroit who own Yorkies. One of their beloved pets has disappeared and may have been dognapped.