Chelsea

Didier Drogba scored twice as Chelsea maintained its five-point Premier League lead with a 3-0 victory at Arsenal on Sunday, while Liverpool's monthlong search for a league win ended with a 2-0 victory over Everton. Drogba scored toward the end of each half to give him 10 goals in nine games against Arsenal, and defender Thomas Vermaelen turned the ball into his own net at rain-soaked Emirates Stadium in London. Chelsea leads Manchester United by five points and Tottenham by nine.

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I AM feeling a little post-election smugness because I endorsed Clinton early on.When I say Clinton, I mean it in the loosest way.Actually, I mean Chelsea, and her father only in the sense that if he raised her he's got something good going on there.It doesn't matter whom I endorsed, of course, because I'm too young to vote. Because of this minor hindrance, it's dubious that any president will directly champion my interests or even understand what they are. Politicians' ideas of youth are limited to an amorphous rhetorical device, a first cousin of "the future," if you will.

You will find no tears here for the cancellation of Brian Williams' "Rock Center," which was first reported Friday by the New York Times. It was one of the sorriest excuses for a newsmagazine that I have seen in 30 years of reporting on network television. I wrote that as many times in as many ways as I could since its debut. From the hiring of the Chelsea Clinton as special correspondent, to the quotes from Williams comparing his team to the baseball Hall of Famers in Cooperstown, never has such journalistic bankruptcy been promoted with such self-important bluster.

Christian Morales scored two first-half goals Thursday and the Baltimore Bays Chelsea Under-15 Boys clinched a spot in the US Youth Soccer National Championships final in Overland Park, Kan., with a 5-2 win over the Mount Hamilton PAC Tigres of California. After a fifth-minute goal from Jeremy Degraffenreidt and another score from Christopher White in the 35th, Morales scored in the 37th and then again in the 45th minute for a 4-1 lead. Romilio Hernandez scored shortly after halftime for Baltimore, which defeated the Concorde Fire Elite, 4-3, in its opener Wednesday.

Bill Clinton's got a big problem. Bigger than the deficit. And potentially more explosive.Where will our new president send his 12-year-old daughter, Chelsea, the light of his life, to school? Public school or private?You don't have to ask why that matters. His decision will be an early and important test of the man, the father, the president, the politician. It may not be a test he can win.This is about messages. Bill and Hillary Clinton are longtime vocal supporters of public schools. Bill Clinton has made education reform a centerpiece of his political life, Hillary a centerpiece of her private one. If these two turn their politically correct backs on public schools, who will be left?

Washington -- At the ice cream truck parked outside the Sidwell Friends School on a sunny May afternoon, Chelsea Clinton's classmates giggled as they told how the presidential daughter portrayed a fortune-teller at a school carnival."

Don't look now, but Bill, Hillary and Chelsea will be spending time at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts during the next couple of weeks.The Clintons won't be lonely. "Administration heartthrob" George Stephanopoulos will be along, as will America's first feline, Socks.Teddy Roosevelt is slated to drop by with his precocious daughter Alice in tow, and Abe Lincoln also is expected to make a long-awaited reappearance.Now, before you dial 911 to have me carted away, please know that I'm referring to "Chelsea," an original musical production for children that will be presented at Maryland Hall in Annapolis in the coming weeks.

WASHINGTON -- It is easy to pick out the inconsistencies in the Clintons' expression of concern about their daughter Chelsea's becoming the center of press attention.The president and first lady have been given high marks for the special efforts they have made to protect the privacy of their daughter. From all accounts, Chelsea has been an outstanding student with many friends and an active social life.No one would argue that she has had a normal childhood. Most kids don't have Secret Service details following them around.

I AM MARRIED to a man who considers it a privilege to pay taxes, and reminds me that our nation's tax rate is among the lowest in the world. I try hard to remember that about this time every year. It doesn't do me much good, but I offer his attitude in the hopes that it will give some comfort today, to someone.Sleepover with 'Chelsea'One thing that does give comfort is the indomitable energy and enthusiasm of youth. Take, for example, the bevy of students, ages 5 to 18, who are preparing an original musical for presentation at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy I have been complaining for more than a year about what a journalistically bankrupt decision NBC News made in hiring Chelsea Clinton as a special correspondent for Brian Williams "Rock Center. " I have reviewed each of her performances chronicling the downward arc of her learning curve. NBC's make-believe correspondent really did keep getting worse. But this is too embarrassing to even talk about.

Remember when Chelsea Clinton and NBC News launched this misadventure featuring her as a "special correspondent" on "Rock Center" with a fanfare of hype and outright lies about what she and the journalistically-challenged NBC News were up to? Steve Capus, the recently deposed president of NBC News, said "it was as if she had been preparing her whole life" for the job. Clinton herself told "Rock Center" host Brian Williams as part of her first appearance that she took the TV job to lead a more "purposefully public life" highlighting people who are "making a difference.

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Mystique will give way to history when 22 of the world's best soccer players rendezvous on the freshly sodded pitch of M&T Bank Stadium before a sellout crowd of 71,000 on Friday night. If Florent Malouda is any indication, there will be as much curiosity on the pitch as there is in the stands when Chelsea FC stares down AC Milan in the World Football Challenge exhibition, known as a "friendly" in soccer parlance. Malouda, a 29-year-old French winger playing for Chelsea, was clearly intrigued with the prospect of a packed stadium on U.S. soil.

NEW YORK - New York's Chelsea neighborhood is trading in its seediness for a new residential role. These days, construction sites line the avenues of the neighborhood, nearly as plentiful as the street vendors hawking wallets and nail polish. At least nine major residential projects are under construction in the area. As many see it, Chelsea is transforming into the upper West Side, overflowing with young professionals willing to pay $3,000 a month for a one-bedroom apartment. The frenzy of construction up and down the avenues has some residents fretting.