Clarence Goodson and Joe Corona scored during an eight-minute span of the first half, and the United States cruised past El Salvador, 5-1, on Sunday in Baltimore to advance to the semifinals of the Concacaf Gold Cup. Eddie Johnson, Landon Donovan and …

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Russia's Svetlana Romashina clinched a second gold medal in as many days when she partnered Svetlana Kolesnichenko to victory in the synchronized swimming technical duet at the Barcelona world championships on Sunday.

Abandoned mines from the 19th-century gold rush could contain rare earth metals, elements vital for the production of smartphones, TVs, hybrid cars, and other electronics. The Associated Press reports that dumps of discarded material from gold rush …

Gold rose 1.3 percent, while copper futures rallied 0.6 percent. West Texas Intermediate crude was set for the highest close since March 2012. Australia's dollar jumped and two-year Treasury yields slipped to a two-month low. Natural gas futures dropped.

SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reuters) – Gold jumped more than 1 percent to its highest level in a month on Monday as the U.S. dollar slipped against other currencies, with gains in Japanese bullion futures adding extra support. FUNDAMENTALS * Gold hit a high of …

Across the West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something else very valuable would be buried in the piles of dirt and rocks they tossed aside. There's a rush in the U.S. to find key components of cellphones, …

Clarence Goodson and Joe Corona scored during an eight-minute span of the first half, and the U.S. cruised past El Salvador 5-1 Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Eddie Johnson, Landon Donovan and Mix Diskerud added …

In the first half of the USA's 5-1 Gold Cup quarterfinals win over El Salvador here on Sunday, U.S. Soccer's one-time golden boy set up the first goal, enable the second and craft another handful of chances. In the second, he would add two more assists …

Hedge funds raised bets on a gold rally before prices capped the biggest two-week gain in 20 months as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke damped speculation that a cut in stimulus is imminent. Speculators increased their net-long position by 56 …