Baseball's season opener is a time of hope and nostalgia. We look forward to warmer weather and the prospect of a winning team, and we remember the trailblazing players who made the game what it is today. One of the finest men to grace the field, Roberto Clemente, was the first Latin American to help win a World Series as a starter. He was also the first to be awarded both the National League and World Series MVP. Clemente's inspiring story spread worldwide after his untimely death transporting emergency supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims.
BERLIN (AP) — The release of a vast trove of documents and other data on offshore financial dealings of wealthy, famous and powerful people around the world is raising questions over the widespread use of such tactics to avoid taxes and skirt financial oversight.
Reports by an international coalition of media outlets on an investigation with the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists brought to light details of offshore assets and services of politicians, businesses and celebrities, based on a cache of 11.5 million records.
