The Yankees have taken a 2-1 World Series lead in their best-of-seven clash with the Phillies thanks to an 8-5 win on Saturday night.

The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — or ICANN — voted to allow the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in so-called domain names at the conclusion of a weeklong meeting in Seoul, South Korea’s capital.

High-profile cyberattacks in July this year that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States was traced to the North Korean government, a news report said Friday. The wave of cyberattacks were aimed at 27 American and South Korean government agencies and commercial Web sites temporarily jammed more than a third of them.

Chelsea defeated Bolton 4-0 for the second time this week as they stayed on top of the Premier League standings with a comfortable win at the Reebok Stadium.

Liverpool’s title hopes suffered a huge setback as they lost 3-1 away to Fulham and finished the match with nine players.

Halloween, (originally spelled Hallowe’en), is shortened term from All Hallows’ Even.

Britain plans to host a “world-class” sporting event at least once every two weeks from now until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

A judge granted “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest a temporary restraining order against a man arrested on suspicion of stalking the radio and television host outside his workplace.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is the largest passenger vessel ever built. This “floating resort” is five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater.

Striker Robin van Persie scored twice against Tottenham in a 3-0 Arsenal victory on Saturday.