Tampa Fla. ? Prosecutors dropped drunken driving charges Monday against Baltimore relief pitcher Todd Williams, who was arrested after authorities said he caused a three-car crash in November.

Twins win court battle

St. Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota Twins don’t have to play in the Metrodome beyond the 2006 season, a judge ruled Monday in a decision that could increase pressure on lawmakers to approve financing for a new ballpark.

Hennepin County District Judge Charles Porter sided with the Twins in a lawsuit against the team’s public landlord. The ruling gives franchise owner Carl Pohlad more power to move his team. Porter ruled that the Twins lease expired in 2003. The ruling came just hours after Twins officials met with lawmakers about their stalled stadium plan. After a decade of trying to pass a workable stadium plan, the Twins are mulling whether to approach the legislature with another proposal.