AP - If nothing else, the Washington Wizards can beat the Detroit Pistons. For the second time this season, the Wizards broke out of a slump by beating the NBA's top team. Gilbert Arenas scored 34 points and Caron Butler had 30 in Saturday night's 110-92 victory over Pistons.

AP - Paul Pierce has been on a scoring tear that not even Celtics legends Larry Bird, Bill Russell or John Havlicek could match.

AP - Paul Pierce made a 22-footer at the buzzer to help the Boston Celtics beat the Washington Wizards 116-115 in overtime on Tuesday night.

AP - A Nobel Peace Prize winner who favors a contentious free trade agreement with the U.S. was declared the country's president-elect on Tuesday — more than a month after the vote that gave him a razor-thin victory over his closest rival.

AP - Allen Iverson had 47 points and 12 assists, and Chris Webber added 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 119-113 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

AP - Gilbert Arenas scored 46 points, including 33 in the first half, and the Washington Wizards beat the New York Knicks 110-89 Saturday night for their ninth straight home win.

AP - Gilbert Arenas scored 33 points in the first half of the Washington Wizards' game against the New York Knicks on Saturday night.

AP - Gilbert Arenas scored 26 points, and the Washington Wizards shut down LeBron James in the second half to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 102-94 Friday night.

AP - Union leaders in Costa Rica said Thursday that Oscar Arias will have four difficult years as president and follows through with vows to strike a free trade deal with the United States.

AP - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias won Costa Rica's Feb. 5 presidential election by 18,167 votes, one of the country's closest races ever, according to official results released Wednesday.

AP - Gilbert Arenas had 34 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 90-78 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.

AP - Being one of the best in the West might not be good enough for Dallas. Finish second in their conference, and the Mavericks likely open the second round in San Antonio. Win the West and Dallas still probably gets the defending champions in the conference semifinals — but might have to go through Kobe Bryant just to get there.

AP - Dirk Nowitzki finally won the 3-point contest Saturday night after coming close twice before, beating Gilbert Arenas and Ray Allen at All-Star weekend.

AP - Gilbert Arenas is going to be busy for a guy who wasn't originally supposed to be at All-Star weekend.

AP - Washington's offseason moves are finally paying off. Gilbert Arenas had 27 points, four assists and three steals as the Wizards completed a perfect five-game homestand Sunday with a 107-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Reuters - Gilbert Arenas had 32 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to help the Washington Wizards beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 101-89 in National Basketball Association play on Friday.

AP - Gilbert Arenas, still feeling snubbed despite his day-late All-Star selection, turned his frustration into 32 points Friday night and outshone All-Star starter LeBron James in the Washington Wizards' 101-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

AP - Gilbert Arenas is headed to the All-Star game after all.

AP - Gilbert Arenas scored 45 points and Caron Butler added a season-high 34 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Washington Wizards to a 129-124 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.

AP - Costa Rican electoral officials began counting votes by hand Tuesday in a laborious effort to determine the winner of one of the country's closest presidential races in history.