PHOENIX, March 15 (UPI) -- Third baseman Mark Reynolds and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed on a three-year contract extension, sources said.

LONDON, March 15 (UPI) -- Representatives for British celebrity couple Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes say the actress and director have separated.

BAGHDAD, March 15 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared on television but did not address rumors he had been assassinated, speaking instead about overall violence in Iraq.

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 15 (UPI) -- Blacks say they are at less risk of getting cancer -- even though they have the highest cancer incidence and mortality of all groups, U.S. researchers said.

British soccer star David Beckham underwent successful surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon on Monday in Finland, medical officials said.

WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- An additional $162 million in economic stimulus funds will help push broad use of health information technology, the Health and Human Service Department said.

LONDON, March 15 (UPI) -- Organized crime sweeps across Europe have yielded arrests of dozens of people accused of drug and arms trafficking, money laundering and extortion, police say.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15 (UPI) -- Many elderly people treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms are given one or more potentially inappropriate medications, researchers estimate.