`Pirates' breaks Memorial Day record
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.
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&quot;Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World&#39;s End&quot; weathered intensified international  competition, but maintained its lead for a third consecutive  weekend with an estimated $51.3 million from 103 territories.
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Ichiro&#39;s 3-for-5 night at the plate versus Texas on Friday gave those in attendance at Safeco Field a night they will never forget, as the Mariners&#39; right fielder set a new single-season hits record with 259.
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Just in time for Memorial Day in the U.S., Ancestry.com has posted what it calls the largest collection of U.S. military records available and searchable online.
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In shattering one of Major League  Baseball's (MLB) oldest records, Ichiro Suzuki did more than  just write his name in the history books.
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Baltimore used 10 pitchers, setting a major league record for a nine-inning game. The Yankees drew 14 walks, their highest total since 1980.
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1911 &#151; Cy Young, 44, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 for his 511th and final major league victory.
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Greg Maddux became the first pitcher in Major League history to record 10 wins for 20 consecutive seasons after the San Diego Padres crushed the Philadelphia Phillies 14-3 on Friday.
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Hollywood's box office record books have been transformed. The sci-fi adventure "Transformers" had an unprecedented Tuesday haul of $27.4 million in its official debut, beating a record of $15.7 million set last year by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
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Take three strangers and put them together on a Nassau County beach during Memorial Day weekend.  Add a helpless child, then throw in some treacherous rip currents, and suddenly you have an incredibly inspiring story of heroism.  Real heroism.
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Brady Clark drove in four runs and Milwaukee used a six-run third inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Monday. Geoff Jenkins homered leading off the second, then followed Clark&#39;s two-run single in
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Johnny Depp and his pirate friends are keeping all the box-office treasure for themselves. Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" remained the top movie for the third straight weekend, hauling in $35 million and lifting its total to $321.7 million after just 17 days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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There was no doubt for whom the heavy metal bells were tolling on Sunday &#151; Trevor Hoffman and his 479 career saves. The San Diego Padres' 38-year-old closer pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of a roaring crowd to become baseball's career saves leader in a memorable 2-1 win for the NL West leaders over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Johnny Depp&#039;s boozy, woozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow has plundered the box office, with &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; taking in a record &#36;132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The film has made record-breaking box office collections.
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Johnny Depp and his pirate friends pulled in a lot of plunder, but fell far short of a record opening day.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million.