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KATE Adie, the BBC's chief news correspondent, has visitedBristol's Cancer Help Centre to pledge support for its work.
In the 1970s Ms Adie spent five years with BBC Radio Bristol andgot to know the centre's founder, Pat Pilkington, when they worked onprogrammes.
Ms Adie said: "I was invited to the centre's opening when it movedhere in 1983 and have kept in touch since.
"A holistic approach to health care is vital. One of the thingsthat is important about the centre in Bristol is that there's no'clinical' atmosphere like a hospital. The staff here are aware ofthe strong link between mental wellbeing and physical health."
Ms Adie added: "Some years ago …
Montreal: Les Editions Logiques, 1997. 503 pages. ISBN 2-89381-450-6
RECENSE PAR DENIS TRUDELLE, UNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE
Dans la premiere partie de son ouvrage, l'auteur introduit le lecteur a la psychomotricite. Pour ce faire, il presente d'abord une synthese des bases fondamentales du developpement de l'enfant, pour ensuite faire le lien entre la psychomotricite et le developpement de l'individu. A cet egard, tout au long de l'ouvrage, l'auteur tente de mettre l'accent sur le vecu corporel et son role dans le developpement integral de la personne. Finalement, c'est avec beaucoup de clarte que sont mises en parallele l'education psychomotrice et les autres composantes de …
The new U.S. ambassador to Russia has taken up his post, replacing William Burns, who has become U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs.
The 54-year-old John Beyrle has served …
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Mercury Finance Co. estimated it will restate last year'searnings to a loss of between $48 million and $55 million, and saidits outside auditors will question its ability to continue as a goingconcern.
Mercury originally reported a $120.7 million profit for 1996.Today it estimated its net worth, expressed as shareholder equity, atbetween $138 million and $145 million, or less than $1 a share. Thestock fell 25 cents to close at $1.75.
Mercury said it expects its outside auditor, Arthur AndersenLLP, to express "doubts about the company's ability to continue as agoing concern, primarily because the company continues to be indefault of its debt agreements."The New …
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1986 Andy Warhol self-portrait that was among the last of his paintings exhibited while he was alive has sold at a New York City auction for $27.5 million.
The stark red-on-black "Self-Portrait" had been estimated to bring up to $40 million at Christie's auction house Wednesday.
The painting is almost 9 square feet (0.84 sq. meters). It's considered a landmark …
New data show that Germany's annual inflation rate climbed above 1 percent in March for the first time since February 2009.
The Federal Statistical Office said in a preliminary report Monday that consumer prices were up 1.1 percent on the year _ up from 0.6 percent in February.
The office said prices were up half a percent on the month.
Heating fuel prices were up 35 percent on the …
MetroPCS Communications Inc., a wireless communication services provider, said Thursday it is withdrawing its $4.7 billion bid for Leap Wireless International Inc.
MetroPCS publicly offered Leap shareholders in September 2.75 shares of MetroPCS for every share of Leap they own.
In withdrawing the offer, MetroPCS said it "has not been able to engage Leap in meaningful negotiations" about a deal.
Leap Wireless said MetroPCS' withdrawal of its bid Thursday "became moot in any case on Sept. 16 when our board rejected it as inadequate." In a statement, Leap officials said they remain "open to substantive discussions concerning …
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The Senate of Canada was created by the Constitution Act, 1867, section 17, which provides that "There shall be One Parliament for Canada, consisting of the Queen, an Upper House styled the Senate and the House of Commons".
The 105 seats in the Senate are apportioned on a regional basis: 24 from the Maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, 10; New Brunswick, 10; Prince Edward Island, 4); 24 from Quebec; 24 from Ontario and 24 from the Western provinces (Manitoba, 6; Saskatchewan, 6; Alberta, 6; British Columbia, 6). In addition, Newfoundland and Labrador have 6 seats and each of the Northwest …
KAZAN, Russia -- Streets are scrubbed. Buildings are painted. Amassive stage in front of the Qol Sharif mosque and beside the mightyVolga awaits thousands of spectators -- including President VladimirPutin -- and the attention of all the nation.
Deep in the Russian heartland, along the river that forms thecountry's historic backbone, the city of Kazan, capital of the mainlyMuslim region of Tatarstan, is celebrating its 1000th birthday.
The big festivities start today, and officials are holding nothingback. Further boosting Kazan's profile is Putin, who is expected toattend concerts and fireworks.
The events will highlight the region's primary ethnic group, theTatars, who trace their lineage back to the feared Mongol hordes thatraced across Russia in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Tatars tend to be moderate Muslims, and Tatarstan has had littleof the ethnic or religious strife that has plagued Russia's otherMuslim regions.
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Still, Stewart's curiosity was piqued. He went off on his own,with research assistance, and Blood Sport is the result. It willgive little comfort to many in official Washington, which Stewartaccurately calls a "culture so inured to partisan distortion and spinthat truth is the most frightening prospect of all." But those whoare interested in solving rather than perpetuating the Whitewatermystery will find much here to satisfy their curiosity, and much toinfuriate them.The details of Whitewater as recounted by Stewart are no lesstedious or trivial than they have been in other journalists' hands;this is not a reflection upon Stewart but the inevitable result ofpenny-ante material. Whitewater, as Stewart recounts it, is largelythe doing of Jim McDougal, the eccentric Arkansas real estateoperator and dabbler in politics who took young Bill Clinton underhis wing back in the 1970s. The 230-acre tract along the White Riverthat has caused so much trouble was just another of hisget-rich-quick schemes; it stands out from the others mainly becausehe persuaded the governor of Arkansas and his wife to go in aspartners.The story as it evolves after that is largely a comedy of errorsinvolving a cast of bumblers and buffoons, some of whom now occupyhigh national office; its one ghastly note is the suicide of VincentFoster, the Little Rock lawyer who came to Washington with theClintons and soon was broken, as he wrote shortly before his death,by "the spotlight of public life in Washington," where "ruiningpeople is considered sport."Apart from that, it is a seemingly endless tale of small-timevenality, carelessness, hypocrisy, conflicts of interest andimpropriety, little of it of interest to the law but all of it hugelyinflated by the refusal of both Clintons to try telling the truth.As best I can tell, the truth is what Stewart has gotten hishands on. The Clintons' real estate and commodities dealings inArkansas seem little more than the misadventures of financial naifswho thought they could make a quick killing and were insensitive tothe impropriety of doing so while in office. Legally there'sprobably enough to justify a few smart slaps on their wrists, butStewart's indictment of the Clintons - unlike their politicalenemies, he delivers it more in sorrow than in glee - is on broaderand deeper grounds.It is that not merely have the Clintons shied away from thetruth, they have tried to suppress it. In the process, they havemade the incident seem far larger than it ever was. Stewart quotes"a White House official" involved in the spin: "The first instinctfrom everybody from Arkansas is to lie."That's a sweeping statement. But if one restricts it to theArkansas political crowd with which the Clintons have hung out, manymembers of which they brought with them to Washington, its essentialtruth becomes harder to escape. It also points out that the cultureof lying is as healthy in Washington as it is in any provincialcapital where politics is ruled by the buddy system.Nothing in official Washington persuaded the Clintons toabandon the wary defensiveness they had developed over the years, andmuch in Washington encouraged them to let it calcify: not merely thekneejerk antipathy of Republicans and cave dwellers but the no lesskneejerk antipathy of the press, which has now been in assault modefor a quarter of a century.The evidence that the Clintons committed any serious legaloffenses, Stewart writes at the end, is slender, and charges thatVincent Foster was murdered are preposterous.But "the Clintons seized what seemed to be opportunities tomake easy money, even when that meant accepting favors or specialtreatment from people in business regulated by the state"; their"reckless" handling of their Whitewater investment apparently cameabout "because they expected others to take care of them by virtue oftheir power and prestige as the governor and his wife," and "thepattern of evasions, half-truths and misstatements that havecharacterized the Clintons' handling of the story" is inexplicable.It seems likely to remain so.In all of this only one person seems to have told Bill Clintonthat "the important thing was to do the right thing, without regardto immediate reactions," that he should look to the judgment ofhistory rather than that of his enemies and the press. The personwho offered that advice was Bernard Nussbaum, Clinton's White Housecounsel. Not merely did Clinton fail to listen, he eased Nussbaumout of office as Whitewater heated up and the circle closed ever moretightly. Nussbaum, it may be recalled, was laughed out of town.Jonathan Yardley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary criticof the Washington Post, where this review first appeared.
The standings say the New York Rangers are the best team in theNHL this season.
So far.
Now the second season begins, and the Rangers will have to provethemselves all over again - something they haven't done in 54 years.
First challenge: The New York Islanders, a team that has provenover the course of the season that they it can beat the Rangers.
"We're not thinking past the first shift" of Sunday'sfirst-round game, Rangers captain Mark Messier said Thursday nightafter a 2-2 tie with Philadelphia that ended the regular season.
They wouldn't dare. The Islanders have been a tough opponentfor them all season, with a 2-1-2 edge.
"We'll have to be at the top of our game," Rangers goaltenderMike Richter said. "They've jumped on us before when we haven'tbeen."
The Rangers-Islanders series will be one of four opening theEastern Conference playoffs. The others: Montreal at Boston, Buffaloat New Jersey and Washington at Pittsburgh.
Western Conference series will open on Monday with San Jose, inits first playoff, at conference winner Detroit, Chicago at Toronto,St. Louis at Dallas and Vancouver at Calgary.
Along with the Rangers-Flyers contest, nine games were played onthe final day of the regular season, including the Blackhawks' 6-4loss to Toronto.
The Islanders shrugged off a 4-1 season-ending loss to aFlorida team they had overtaken for the final playoff spot in theEastern Conference with a great stretch run (5-0-3 before Thursdaynight).
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Track Palin, the oldest child of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has married.
Palin, 22, recently married his high school sweetheart, 21-year-old Britta Hanson, People magazine reported Thursday.
"Yes, they did & we couldn't be any more blessed!" Sarah Palin tweeted Thursday afternoon.
The Palin family attorney, John Tiemessen in Fairbanks, confirmed the marriage in an email to The Associated Press but could provide no additional details.
The ceremony was held in scenic Hatcher Pass, a mountain pass through the Talkeetna Mountains not far from the Palin's home in Wasilla. The newlyweds plan a larger wedding celebration next winter at Alyeska Ski Resort south of Anchorage when family and friends from out of state can travel north.
Track Palin is an Army reservist. He spent a year deployed in Iraq with the Army. When his mother was the GOP vice presidential candidate in 2008, she spoke at her son's deployment ceremony in Fairbanks, one of the few trips back to Alaska while on the campaign trail that fall.
Track Palin enlisted in the Army on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. After the commercial fishing season, he plans to take courses at the University of Alaska.
Hanson is a University of Alaska nursing student. She's the daughter of Rev. Duane and Elizabeth Hanson, People reported.
Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, have four other children and one grandchild.
Chicago Chamber Musicians re-elected Michael Woolever of Hopkinsand Sutter board president; Richard Schnadig of Vedder, Price,Kaufman and Kammholz vice president; Nicholas Weingarten of thePremisys Corp. treasurer; Emory Williams chairman; Larry Combs vicepresident; and Keith Shay secretary.
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association elected Cheryl Muskusof C & J Landscaping president; Herb Buhr, Buhr's Landscaping & LawnCare executive vice president; Cathy Ricciardi of Interior GardenServices vice president; Chuck McGinty of McGinty Brothers Inc.treasurer; Bob Busch of Busch & Sons Landscape Contractors secretary;Mike Pezza of Ground Pros Inc. sergeant-at-arms; Scott Byron ofScott Byron & Co. immediate past president; and Rocco Fiore of RoccoFiore & Sons; Leo Kelly of Kellygreen Design; Tom Kusmerz of BarnNursery & Landscape Center; Eric Moore of Moore Landscapes; JoeScopelliti of Guy Scopelliti Co.; Sue Meier of Koch & SonLandscaping; Tom Nenoff of Assurance Agency; and Barbara Rosboroughof Rosborough Partners directors.
Illinois Benedictine College named Dr. Dominic J. Catrambone Jr.of Catrambone & Pozzi; Dr. Ronald M. Severino of DuPage InternalMedicine; Bro. Charles Hlava of St. Procopius Abbey; and John E.Norton of O'Reilly, Cunningham, Norton and Mancini trustees.
Northwestern University elected David B. Weinberg of Mayer,Brown & Platt; Philip Lee Harris of Kirkland & Ellis; Robert A.Creamer of Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society; John A. CanningJr. of Madison Dearborn Partners; George Norris Gaynor of MercantileGuaranty International; and Richard C. Notebaert of Ameritechtrustees.
United States Tennis Association Chicago District named MichaelMahoney of Tennis Corp. of America president.
Great Lakes REIT elected Jon K. Haahr of Kemper Securities; andWayne M. Janus of JMG Financial Group directors.
Ariel Capital Management named Henry B. Pearsall a director.
National Association of Wom en in Construction named Tina Avery of JR's Rock Transportpresident, Joliet area chapter; Mary Bambic of Will County SharpeningService vice president; Tammy White of Plainfield Home Improvementsecretary; Mary Ellis of Contractors Association of Will and GrundyCounties treasurer; and Betty Lou Husler of Plattville Coatings; andJanet McMillian of Will County Sharpening Service directors.
National Association of Personnel Services named Barbara J.Bruno of H; R Search Inc. vice chairmen.
Illinois Restaurant Association elected Linda Calafiore of theCooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago a director.
Wallace Computer Services re-elected Theodore Dimitriou, Fred F.Canning, and William N. Lane III of Lane Industries directors.
ASC Services Co. named Patricia S. Stoller president and chiefexecutive officer.
Communicate Direct named Roger Simon president.
Santa Fe Railway named Carl Ice vice president-executive; andpromoted Rick Nelson to vice president, carload business unit.
Viacom New Media; Chicago appointed Paul C. Meyer senior vicepresident and general manager.
Resurrection Health Care appointed Robert D. Barrigar seniorvice president, marketing and business development.
CB Commercial Real Estate promoted William Elwood to first vicepresident.
Santa Fe Pacific Corp. appointed Jeffrey R. Moreland vicepresident-law and general counsel.
Mid-America Real Estate Corp. promoted Karen Ciciora and JohnLopez to vice presidents.
Mike Canace joined MorCom Inc. as vice president, sales.
American Hospital Publishing appointed Steven J. Mandell vicepresident, sales and marketing.
The Austin Co. promoted Stephen K. Barnes to vice president andmanager, Chicago district.
W.W. Grainger Inc. named Fred E. Loepp and Timothy M. Ferrarellvice presidents, product line development.
DMB&B; Chicago promoted Kim Burian to vice president.
McClier Corp. named Paul E. Schlattman vice president,information technology group.
International Consulting Solutions appointed Manfred Eggersregional vice president; and Mary-Jo Gremp regional administrator.
Near North Insurance Brokerage appointed Robert A. Carlsonassistant vice president, executive risk management division; andMichael E. Roble assistant vice president and claims counsel, claimsmanagement department.
Superior Coffee and Foods named Steve Zaruba controller.
Chicago Software Association named Edward Denison executivedirector.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange named Ellen G. Resnick seniordirector, corporate communications.
Adler Planetarium named Joyce Parker-Johnson director,marketing; and Kim Clement director, development.
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority named David Caustondirector, festival hall; and Louise Sloan director, marketdevelopment.
Chicago Reader named Kate Friedman art director.
Polaris Service Inc. named David T. Krohn director, U.S. sales; and Tony Comella accountmanager.
Frankel & Co. promoted Nancy Graham Dickens to account director;Colin Kennedy to account supervisor; Jennifer Linden to senioraccount executive; Chris Cancilla to senior copywriter; BonnieLenckus to operations manager and art buyer; Ken Metz to seniorproduction manager; Cathy Leibrock to production manager; and CathySchmidt to senior sweepstakes manager.
Village of Vernon Hills named Bernard I. Citron of Schain,Firsel & Burney Ltd. corporate counsel.
Arthur Andersen named Shahzad Bashir, Tobias J. F. Bishop,William J. Butrym, Walter Cercavschi, Brian J. Clucas, Carl R.Geppert, Mark C. Hargis, Gregory E. Hedges, Frederick W. Julien,Matthew G. Kimmel, Karen L. Kurek, Daniel H. Munger, Holly L.O'Connor, Michael E. Onak, Edgardo Pappacena and Louis L. Wildepartners.
Landau, Omahana & Kopka named Andrew D. Ellbogen partner.
Latham & Watkins promoted Cary R. Perlman to partner,environmental.
Richard J. Hall joined Nykiel Carlin & Co. as partner; andLawrence C. Kuhn as principal.
William M. Mercer Inc. named Patrick Boughey, Ken Cook, KathleenEgan, Bradley Engel, Kristine ford, Kay Hubbell and KennethWeinberger principals; and Anthony Condon, Jean Galovich, Greg Hart,David Jakes, Debra Joseph, Charles Ventura Jr, Victor Villanueva andCarlo Nuzzo associates.
Andersen Consulting named Samuel A. Awad, James C. Bremhorst,Michael J. Connolly, Gary J. Feracota, Steven E. Gratto, Maria E.Koclanis, Thomas E. Marchal, William T. McCarthy, Frank B. Modruson,Michael M. Morison, Martin J. Mulroe, Franklin C. Norman Jr., RobertJ. Russell, Jay C. Saddler, Michael D. Scimo, Jeffrey A. Stocker,David R. Stover, Robert J. Szambelan, and Elizabeth A. Tinkhamassociate partners.
Jeffrey J. Nouhan joined Bickel & Brewer as an associate.
Sharon K. Bennett joined BOSTROM Corp. as facilitator.
Southwest Airlines named Maurice Alexander manager.
Dale M. Costantino joined Knight-Ridder Financial; Americas ascentral region sales manager.
Greater Illinois Title Co. named Rose Prasek manager.
Quill's Office Furniture named Terrance A. Santo generalmanager.
Fun Harbour named Steven H. Hamel general manager.
Ryerson Plastics named Brian A. Kluge general manager.
Media Strategy Training Center named Mary Balice in-housetraining manager.
84 Lumber Co. named Brian Hoehn co-manager.
Michael Green joined the Robert Irsay Co. as project manager;and Rick Malley as drafting manager.
Public Communications Inc. promoted Bob Szafranski to mediaaccounts manager; and Mike Polisky to senior account executive.
Echo Inc. named William Steve Holley product manager.
Jonanna Leopold joined Oak Brook Hills Hotel and Resort as salesmanager.
CHICAGO (AP) — Phil Humber tipped his cap to the crowd as he walked off the mound to a standing ovation Tuesday night.
It was a familiar feeling, but not one he had experienced in a long time.
Paul Konerko and Carlos Quentin homered, and Humber held Seattle's offense in check as the Chicago White Sox beat the Mariners and Felix Hernandez 5-1.
"The only thing that comes close to was my first start in the big leagues at Shea Stadium," the former New York Mets first-round pick said. "After the first inning, they stood up and got loud and everything. It's always nice to hear the fans behind you and I definitely appreciate their support."
Humber (5-3) matched his career high with 7 2-3 innings pitched, the third time he has done it this season. He allowed one run on five hits, struck out five and walked three. Humber lowered his ERA to 2.87 and has won his last three decisions. He hasn't lost since April 30 and has gone at least seven innings in eight of his last nine starts.
"The White Sox gave him an opportunity to get a shot to make the ballclub and he did it," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "I'm very happy about this kid. It's a very nice surprise for the White Sox."
Humber credits his newfound success to the ability to throw more than just his curveball for strikes.
"I've always had a good breaking ball, but in years past I've had to lean on it too much. So now I have three other pitches that I can throw at any time in the count," Humber said. "I came into this year and I wanted to pitch like I didn't have anything to lose. So far, I've been able to maintain that attitude, that aggressive attitude to attack the strike zone."
The White Sox have won a club-record 10 straight home games against Seattle, and 14 of their last 15.
Konerko blasted the first pitch he saw from Hernandez 383 feet over the left-field bullpen to give Chicago a 1-0 lead in the second inning. It was his 14th of the year and second in as many days since missing a pair of games due to minor wrist surgery.
"It's probably going to be until the weekend before I don't feel anything," Konerko said. "But it definitely doesn't stop me at the plate."
Konerko has homered in four of his last six games and has driven in a run in eight straight. The home run also marked Konerko's 1,000th career run scored. He has nine homers in his last 16 games against Seattle.
Hernandez (6-5) gave up five runs on eight hits in 6 2-3 innings, including four runs in the third.
Gordon Beckham led off the inning with a walk and advanced to third on Brent Morel's single. He was cut down at the plate on Juan Pierre's grounder to first, but 44-year-old Omar Vizquel ripped a two-RBI triple into the right-field corner.
"We signed Omar right away for a reason," Guillen said. "Since last year, we know what he can bring to the ballclub. We know how he prepares for games."
Quentin followed with his 15th homer of the year, a 334-foot shot off the bottom of the left-field foul pole. Quentin also hit a solo shot off of Hernandez in a 3-2 loss at Seattle on May 6.
It was Hernandez's shortest outing since May 11 at Baltimore and his first loss since May 17 against Minnesota. He hadn't been charged with more than four earned runs since April 11, when he allowed seven runs against Toronto.
Seattle, which came in tied for the fewest runs scored in the American League, threatened several times early but was unable to piece together a rally.
The Mariners stranded seven runners on base and went hitless in five at-bats with runners in scoring position. They had won their last six series before dropping the first two games to Chicago.
Miguel Olivo got the Mariners on the scoreboard with a sacrifice fly in the fourth, but that also sparked a string of 10 consecutive batters retired by Humber.
"Him and A.J. (Pierzynski) worked well back there together," said Seattle's Adam Kennedy, who was 0 for 3 with a walk. "Different speeds on his fastball, four decent pitches...he threw the ball well."
Carlos Peguero had two hits in the No. 9 hole, playing instead of rookie Greg Halman, who had six hits in his first seven at-bats to start his big league career.
Chris Sale recorded the last four outs for Chicago, which has won six of its last eight.
Morel has hit safely in eight of his last nine games and is 23 for 64 since May 7.
Notes: Konerko's homer was the 379th of his career, moving into a tie for 61st all-time with Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez. ... White Sox CF Alex Rios was left out of the starting lineup for the third straight game. Rios is hitting .199 on the season and Guillen said he will be in the lineup Wednesday. He pinch-ran in the seventh inning and stayed in the game to play center field. ... DH Adam Dunn was given the day off Tuesday to clear his head, like Rios. Dunn, who is hitting just .176, will sit at least one more day, Guillen said. ... RHP Jake Peavy (right groin) said he is likely headed to the 15-day disabled list because treatment isn't working. The White Sox had yet to make the move official. ... Seattle OF Ichiro Suzuki was hitless in four at-bats and has just three hits in his last 27 plate appearances.
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PARIS France's governing Socialist Party delivered a stingingadmonition to Pope John Paul II on Friday, officially "regretting"the visiting pontiff's decision to pray at the grave of a prominentanti-abortion crusader.
"The meaning of such a gesture can only cause discontent andrisks encouraging in our country the determination of those who wagea struggle bearing the mark of intolerance," the party of PrimeMinister Lionel Jospin said in a statement.
The rebuke was issued a few hours before the pope, here for thefour-day World Youth Days festival that has drawn more than 500,000Roman Catholic pilgrims, was expected to travel by helicopter to thetomb of French geneticist Jerome Lejeune in Chalo-Saint-Mars, 40miles southeast of Paris.Vatican authorities described the visit to the grave of Lejeune,a friend and intellectual soulmate of the pope, as private. Thecemetery was surrounded by some 400 French anti-terrorist forces whokept out onlookers and reporters.Lejeune was the founder of Let Them Live, an anti-abortiongroup, and had just been appointed by John Paul II to a high Vaticanpost when he died in April, 1994.Lejeune was renowned in scientific circles around the world forhis discovery of the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. Inpart because of his research, many women choose to end theirpregnancies when tests show evidence of the congenital condition inthe fetus.The Socialist Party statement said that the French right toabortion, in place since 1975, should be respected, and it condemnedprotests at a Paris hospital by anti-abortion groups during the WorldYouth Days events this week.The Socialist Party joined other abortion rights advocates whohad singled out this item on the pope's agenda for criticism. "Thepope is reopening the debate over abortion that once tore thiscountry apart and that no one wants to revive," declared YvetteRoudy, a Socialist former minister of women's rights, before thepontiff arrived Thursday. "The pope is welcome in France as long ashe doesn't meddle in the internal affairs of the republic," she said.French trade unionists, protesting John Paul's strict oppositionto artificial contraception, handed out 10,000 free condoms topassers-by and young Roman Catholic pilgrims gathered in Paris forthe pope's visit.Church and state have been officially separate in France formore than 90 years, and the principle of laicism, or religioustolerance, is stoutly defended here even though most French citizensstill describe themselves as Catholics.Prime Minister Jospin, a Protestant, is expected to meet thepope before he leaves Sunday.
MORGANTOWN - Joe Agreste is, like many others, expecting to bedrafted into Major League Baseball this week. He's also among thelarge group of players who have been drafted before as well as theslightly more exclusive club that has been drafted twice.
"There are about 1,500 players drafted every year and there's alot of talent out there," Agreste said Wednesday from his home inChesapeake, Va. "If you're one of those who do get drafted, you haveto look at it as a privilege."
That said, the fact that West Virginia's junior first basemanwasn't drafted a third time is what stands out.
"Actually," Agreste said, "to a point, that was prettysurprising."
The First-Year Player Draft begins at 2 p.m. today and concludestomorrow. Agreste, senior shortstop Tyler Kuhn and junior right-handed pitcher Josh Whitlock could also be drafted.
"Those kids are going to have very promising careers," Agrestesaid.
His opinion comes from his familiarity with the draft. Agrestewas picked out of Greenbriar Christian High - where he was a three-time All-American - in the 38th round by the Seattle Mariners in2005. Agreste opted for Potomac State and was named first-team all-region and all-eastern district in 2006. The Mariners chose Agresteagain, this time in the 32nd round, and he declined again.
"Getting drafted out of high school was awesome," he said. "Itwas everything you ever dreamed of. Growing up, you want to play probaseball and there's your chance right in front of you. Saying nowas probably the smartest decision I ever made and I did it twice. Ijust wasn't mature enough. I would have probably gone to the leagueand been absolutely - well, I don't know what would have happened."
Agreste returned to Potomac State, played his second season andsigned to play at WVU. Agreste believes that decision was part ofwhat conspired to keep him out of the draft last year.
Even that turned out to be a positive.
"I just used it as motivation," he said. "I'm not going to lie.That really bothered me. But at the same time, I'm kind of used topeople talking down to me and not believing in me. It was the sameway back in high school."
Agreste was the state's player of the year as a senior and hadthe approval of Major League scouts, but people in his home stateweren't convinced.
"I'll throw Radford out there," he said. "Radford (Va.)University told me I wasn't good enough to play Division I baseballcoming out of high school. That motivated me to go to Potomac Stateand prove myself. Maybe I wasn't mature enough or good enough toplay DI and to play professionally back then, but I believed I'd begood enough eventually."
The 6-foot-4, 195-pound lefty batted .369 with six home runs, 45RBI, 15 doubles, six triples and a .620 slugging percentage thispast season. Agreste committed only five errors in 403 totalchances.
He said he's targeted a general area where he'd like to bedrafted, but wouldn't say what that is. Agreste hasn't decidedwhether he'll stay or go, either, but he is certain he's ready ifeverything turns out to his liking.
"I really do because I went out and put up better numbers everysingle year I played," he said. "Every year I got physically better.Mentally, I deal with failure much better now. You're going to dealwith failure seven times out of 10, but you have to be able toadjust. I've learned to adjust quicker and I'm mature enough now todeal with it all."
Contact sportswriter Mike Casazza at mikec@dailymail.com or 319-1142.
COR Meibion Dyffryn Aman is hosting its re-scheduled annualconcert on Saturday.
The event, which was due to take place on December 27, will beheld at Bethel Newydd in Garnant, starting at 7pm.
The concert, which is to celebrate the choir's 20th anniversary,features world renowned soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and her husband,baritone Robert Davies.
Tickets issued for the original date are still valid.
Refunds are available for those who can't make the new date.
AC Milan has hit its stride just in time for Sunday's clash with Inter in the Milan derby.
Including a victory over FC Zurich in the UEFA Cup, Milan has won three straight after opening Serie A with two losses.
"You lose two games and everything is wrong. Then if you win two everything is good," Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said. "That's football."
Three-time defending champion Inter leads the league with 10 points. Lazio and Atalanta have nine points each and Napoli and Juventus have eight apiece, while Milan has six.
"It seems premature to me to start talking about Inter breaking away," Galliani said. "At one point last year they were 11 points in front, then Roma was winning the title 30 minutes from the end of the season. Tittles are won when they are won."
Alexandre Pato scored the winner as Milan beat Reggina 2-1 Wednesday. Inter posted a hard-fought 1-0 win over newly promoted Lecce with a late goal from substitute Julio Ricardo Cruz.
With multiple options to choose from, both Inter coach Jose Mourinho and Milan's Carlo Ancelotti seem settled on their preferred attacks.
Mourinho likes to surround Zlatan Ibrahimovic with Brazilians Adriano and Amantino Mancini, while Ancelotti chooses Kaka to direct Pato and Marco Borriello.
Borriello scored the first goal for Milan on Wednesday but then exited with an apparent muscle injury, which will almost certainly prevent him from playing against Inter.
That could open up a starting spot for Andriy Shevchenko, who scored 14 goals against Inter _ more than against any other club _ before departing for Chelsea after the 2005-06 season. Shevchenko was transferred back to Milan last month, but hasn't scored yet this campaign.
Another former Golden Ball winner, Ronaldinho, has also seen little playing time, which Ancelotti devoted to the Brazil playmaker's form.
"When Ronaldinho gets back in condition, he's going to be decisive for Milan," Ancelotti said. "I hope he recuperates soon."
Inter's outspoken manager Jose Mourinho has been uncharacteristically quiet lately, assigning his assistant coach Giuseppe Baresi to speak with the media, a move that has peaked curiosity.
"I worry about my own job, but if Ancelotti asks me, we could also send (assistant Mauro) Tassotti to talk," Galliani said. "Of course, if I was the CEO of a TV station, I would want to have Mourinho in front of the cameras, but those are problems between Sky and Inter and I don't want to get involved."
Juventus shared the lead with Inter before drawing with Catania on Wednesday and the Bianconeri now visit struggling Sampdoria, which is still seeking its first win.
"After three or four rounds, it's useless to talk about who's leading the standings," Juve president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said. "Let's see how this month ends. We knew September was going to be tough."
Cobolli Gigli will root for Milan to beat Inter.
"It's a question of points," he said.
Midfielder Mauro Camoranesi returns from injury but Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is still out for another game or two with a thigh problem. Striker David Trezeguet won't return before January after undergoing surgery on both knees.
Injury-plagued AS Roma hosts surprising Atalanta, which is without midfielder Daniele De Rossi after he was expelled in a 3-1 loss to Genoa on Wednesday.
Roma captain Francesco Totti is again questionable and Juan, Marco Cassetti, Max Tonetto, David Pizarro and Julio Baptista are each out injured.
Roma is still fuming after a goal by Christian Panucci against Genoa was disallowed after a controversial offside call.
"That was a very serious and unbelievable error," coach Luciano Spalletti said. "If they had allowed us that goal, we wouldn't have allowed another and we probably would have won."
Roma has already lost two of its first four games, after losing only four all of last season.
"It's tough to go on like this," Spalletti said.
Another team that excelled last season, Fiorentina, is also struggling. The Viola are tied with Roma with four points and were shut out 3-0 by Lazio on Wednesday.
"We were never in the game," coach Cesare Prandelli said. "It was the worst performance since I've been here. If we're humble enough, we can bounce back, but for now we're still not playing as a team."
Fiorentina hosts Genoa on Saturday
Sunday's other games are: Bologna vs. Napoli; Catania vs. Chievo Verona; Lecce vs. Cagliari; Palermo vs. Reggina; Torino vs. Lazio; and Udinese vs. Siena.
| All Times EST |
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| EASTERN CONFERENCE |
| Atlantic Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Boston 28 13 .683 _ |
| Toronto 22 22 .500 7 1/2 |
| New York 17 25 .405 11 1/2 |
| Philadelphia 14 28 .333 14 1/2 |
| New Jersey 3 39 .071 25 1/2 |
| Southeast Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Atlanta 28 14 .667 _ |
| Orlando 28 15 .651 1/2 |
| Miami 22 20 .524 6 |
| Charlotte 21 20 .512 6 1/2 |
| Washington 14 28 .333 14 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Cleveland 33 11 .750 _ |
| Chicago 19 22 .463 12 1/2 |
| Milwaukee 17 24 .415 14 1/2 |
| Detroit 15 27 .357 17 |
| Indiana 15 28 .349 17 1/2 |
| WESTERN CONFERENCE |
| Southwest Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Dallas 28 15 .651 _ |
| San Antonio 25 17 .595 2 1/2 |
| Houston 24 18 .571 3 1/2 |
| Memphis 23 19 .548 4 1/2 |
| New Orleans 23 19 .548 4 1/2 |
| Northwest Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Denver 28 14 .667 _ |
| Portland 26 18 .591 3 |
| Utah 24 18 .571 4 |
| Oklahoma City 24 19 .558 4 1/2 |
| Minnesota 9 35 .205 20 |
| Pacific Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| L.A. Lakers 33 10 .767 _ |
| Phoenix 25 19 .568 8 1/2 |
| L.A. Clippers 19 23 .452 13 1/2 |
| Sacramento 15 27 .357 17 1/2 |
| Golden State 13 28 .317 19 |
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| Thursday's Games |
| Cleveland 93, L.A. Lakers 87 |
| Denver 105, L.A. Clippers 85 |
| Friday's Games |
| Orlando 100, Sacramento 84 |
| Miami 112, Washington 88 |
| Toronto 101, Milwaukee 96 |
| Philadelphia 92, Dallas 81 |
| Boston 98, Portland 95, OT |
| Atlanta 103, Charlotte 89 |
| Indiana 105, Detroit 93 |
| Memphis 86, Oklahoma City 84 |
| L.A. Lakers 115, New York 105 |
| New Orleans 96, Minnesota 94 |
| Houston 116, San Antonio 109 |
| Chicago 115, Phoenix 104 |
| Golden State 111, New Jersey 79 |
| Saturday's Games |
| Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. |
| Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m. |
| Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m. |
| Portland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. |
| Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. |
| Chicago at Houston, 8:30 p.m. |
| Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. |
| New Jersey at Utah, 9 p.m. |
| New Orleans at Denver, 9 p.m. |
| Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m. |
| Sunday's Games |
| Dallas at New York, 1 p.m. |
| L.A. Clippers at Washington, 1 p.m. |
| L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 6 p.m. |
Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the country's brutal drug cartels.
Fox's comments, posted Sunday on his blog, came less than a week after President Felipe Calderon agreed to open the door to discussions about the legalization of drugs, even though he stressed that he remained opposed to the idea.
Fox said places that have implemented the legalization strategy have not seen significant increases in drug use.
"We should consider legalizing the production, distribution and sale of drugs," wrote Fox, who was president from 2000 to 2006 and is a member of Calderon's conservative National Action Party. "Radical prohibition strategies have never worked."
"Legalizing in this sense does not mean drugs are good and don't harm those who consume them," he wrote. "Rather we should look at it as a strategy to strike at and break the economic structure that allows gangs to generate huge profits in their trade, which feeds corruption and increases their areas of power."
He said the government could tax the sale of legalized drugs to finance programs for reducing addiction and rehabilitating users.
Fox also called for the quick withdrawal of the military from public security work, a measure Calderon ordered when he succeeded Fox in December 2006 and stepped up a crackdown on the cartels.
Fox, who left office with low popularity, has been criticized by some Mexicans for implementing an anti-cartel strategy aimed at arresting the gangs' leaders.
The approach led to power vacuums that fed fighting among rival cartels, bringing violence that has killed more than 28,000 people since Calderon took office. The government says the largest number of victims have been tied to gangs.
Fox wrote that drug violence has damaged "the perception and image of the country, and economic activity, particularly in tourism and foreign investment."
Mexico already has some of the world's most liberal laws for drug users, after eliminating jail time for possessing small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and even heroin, LSD and methamphetamine in 2009.
In Latin America, several countries have decriminalized possession of small amounts of some drugs for personal use, but legalization has made little headway in the region.
The issue came up at public forum on crime attended by Calderon in Mexico City on Tuesday, where analyst and writer Hector Aguilar Camin said Mexico should take steps toward legalizing "all drugs in general."
"It's a fundamental debate in which I think, first of all, you must allow a democratic plurality (of opinions)," Calderon said. "You have to analyze carefully the pros and cons and the key arguments on both sides."
Hours later, Calderon's office issued a statement saying that while the president was open to debate on the issue, he remained "against the legalization of drugs."
In his blog, Fox harshly criticized rampant drug violence, writing that "the first responsibility of a government is to provide security for the people and their possessions ... today, we find that, unfortunately, the Mexican government is not complying with that responsibility."
The city most affected by drug violence has been Ciudad Juarez, which lies across the border from El Paso, Texas.
Four senior federal police commanders in Ciudad Juarez were removed from their posts after subordinates accused them of having links to drug traffickers.
The action by the Public Safety Department came just hours after 200 federal police officers detained one of their superiors at gunpoint Saturday, alleging he had connections to drug cartels and participated in kidnappings, killings and extortion.
The department said in a statement late Saturday that the commander held by officers earlier in the day was being transferred to Mexico City along with three other officials. All will be investigated for "possible irregular conduct," it said.
LAND: Zimbabwe, landlocked and covering 150,000 square miles (388,500 square kilometers), borders on Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. The area around the capital, Harare, is on a high plateau rising to mountains in the east and sloping down to lowlands in the west and south.
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PEOPLE: About 12 million, based on 2002 census, but an estimated 5 million have since fled as economic fugitives and political exiles. Majority Bantu-speaking people from the Shona and Ndebele tribes. Whites number under 20,000.
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HISTORY: Founded as Rhodesia by British settlers in the late 19th century, it became independent Zimbabwe in 1980 after a seven-year war in which at least 40,000 fighters, most of them black, died. Another 30,000, most of them civilians, were killed in a crackdown on the minority Ndebele people in the five years after independence. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000. More than 700,000 mainly opposition supporters were made homeless in a campaign that destroyed shanty homes and market stalls in the cities in 2005. Up to 4,000 people die each week from HIV/AIDS-related illnesses.
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ECONOMY: Annual inflation runs at over 100,000 percent, the world's highest. Unemployment is at 80 percent, the same percentage that lives on less than US$1 a day.
Turkey's Parliament has approved a bill to clear land mines from the country's border with Syria.
Parliament voted 255-91 Thursday to pass the bill, which is contoversial because it could allow foreign companies to do the job in return for the right to farm the fertile land for up to 44 years. Opposition parties objected that the measure went against Turkey's national interests.
The government agreed to give the priority for clearing the mines to the Defense Ministry or order the Finance Ministry to tender. If both options fail, a local or foreign company could be given the job in return for utilizing the land.
Turkey, a NATO member and U.S. ally, planted more than half a million mines along the 500-kilometer (310-mile) Syrian border in the 1950s to secure the frontier.
When Nelson Gill stepped into a nightclub in his native Belize afew years ago, he encountered a sight that set his head spinning.There was a crowd of adults dancing frenetically to "Big Farm," asong about dogs that say "ruff," frogs that say "ribbit" and roostersthat say "qui-qui-ri-qui-qui" (the Spanish equivalent ofcock-a-doodle-doo).
"Some of the people were even making the animal sounds," saidGill, who wrote "Big Farm" for kids, and never expected it to becomea hit with adults. "It made the …
BALTIMORE (AP) — Barbara Mikulski has been re-elected to a fifth term to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate.
An Associated Press analysis of exit polling data shows the 74-year-old Baltimore resident defeating Republican Eric Wargotz, who is a commissioner in Queen Anne's County.
Mikulski campaigned on her record of bringing home taxpayer …
WASHINGTON - A man wanted in an investigation of shots fired nearthe White House was arrested Wednesday in Pennsylvania, a day afteragents discovered two bullets had struck the executive mansion whilePresident Barack Obama was away, the U.S. Secret Service said.
The Secret Service said it discovered Tuesday that the twobullets had hit the White House, one of them apparently cracking awindow on the level of the president's living quarters, while Obamaand his wife Michelle were on a trip to California and Hawaii. Thepresident has since traveled on to Australia, his second stop on anine-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
The discovery of bullet holes …
Bullets found in White House: ; Suspect arrested in connection with shooting investigationWASHINGTON - A man wanted in an investigation of shots fired nearthe White House was arrested Wednesday in Pennsylvania, a day afteragents discovered two bullets had struck the executive mansion whilePresident Barack Obama was away, the U.S. Secret Service said.
The Secret Service said it discovered Tuesday that the twobullets had hit the White House, one of them apparently cracking awindow on the level of the president's living quarters, while Obamaand his wife Michelle were on a trip to California and Hawaii. Thepresident has since traveled on to Australia, his second stop on anine-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
The discovery of bullet holes …
Pro-gay Lansing mayor to face GOP9S Rick 'The Nerd9 Snyder in Nov. 2 election
LANSING - Lansing Mayor Virg Bemero, who was most gay groups' top pick for the Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan, soared to a win in the Aug. 3 primaries, garnering 59 percent of the vote to opponent Andy Dillon's 41 percent.
The Republican win went to Ann Arbor businessman and former Gateway President Rick Snyder. The self-described "tough nerd" secured 37 percent of the his party's vote; U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra had 27 percent and Attorney General Mike Cox had 23 percent.
Republican voters outnumbered Democrats 2-1.
Bemero received endorsements from Between The Lines, …
According to award-winning novelist and relative of Columbine shooting victim, Daniel Rohrbough, there is a direct link to school shootings and Al-Qaeda. "When I researched school shootings, more and more evidence pointed to how the Internet is being used to infiltrate, deceive, and recruit boys into the dark world of terrorism," says Linda Rohrbough (see also Linda Rohrbough).
Formerly a computer book author, Rohrbough discovered a link between school shootings and Al-Qaeda while searching for answers after her nephew was gunned down at Columbine. "My first inkling of the connection to Al-Qaeda was when I attended the Columbine memorial service. I recognized General Colin …
Byline: Combined wire services
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that claims to cut the fiscal 1987 deficit by $15 billion, apparently enough to avoid indiscriminate reductions under the Gramm-Rudman law, despite criticism that the reductions amounted to "a magic act."
A large portion of the bill's deficit reduction measures, like those in a companion measure passed last week by the Senate, are based on accounting gimmicks and 1-time windfalls, such as sale of government assets.
Meanwhile, House Republicans opposed to a tax overhaul bill mounted a last- gasp campaign Wednesday to block the legislation, but backers of the measure predicted it would clear the House today by a comfortable margin.
"I think it will get the votes ultimately," said House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., D-Mass.
Rep. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said the budget-cutting bill "has so much smoke and fog in it that I should think we would issue everybody in this House a fog lamp." Rep. Robert …
BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH
IN the latest deposit scam to hit the country, fraudsters are tricking companies and business owners into repaying money "erroneously paid" into their bank accounts by Multisure, a company offering legal and funeral cover.
The letterhead is forged and the bank account into which victims are asked to repay the money does not belong to Multisure, its chief executive Denton Goodford has warned.
Goodford warned the public that the individuals featured on the letterhead, namely Keith Kumalo, Deon Schaik and Ronald Stephenson, were not in the employ of Multisure.
A Cape Town company was recently requested to repay R85 …
Since heavily polluting coal and ever-pricier oil will provide most of the world's power for decades to come, nations must make more efficient use of fossil fuels and learn to contain the tons of carbon dioxide industries spew each day, experts said Thursday.
The world cannot wait while alternative resources slowly gain acceptance and countries must move now to store underground the carbon emissions of power plants if the fight against climate change is to succeed, according to industry executives and researchers at an energy conference in Rome.
"The developed world has to develop technology, has to apply technology that already exists that could lead …
The surprise wasn't that DePaul's Stanley Brundy scored andrebounded well in the NBA's rookie camp last week in Portsmouth, Va.The surprise was that he was 8-for-10 from the free throw line. The6-7 Brundy, whose 48.3 percent foul shooting average was the onlystatistic at which he didn't excel during his college career, helpedhis …
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT has declined to decide the fate of Eagle Mountain, a proposed trash dump near Joshua Tree National Park that would be the nation's largest. The dump would be sited in a former open pit mine in Riverside County called Eagle Mountain. By refusing to grant certiorari, the Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that called into question critical aspects of the land swap between the Bureau of Land Management and the dumps developers, Kaiser Ventures and Mine Reclamation. Additionally, the lower court found that the developer failed to analyze alternate locations for the dump …
Byline: TERRY BROWN - Staff Writer
Army Reserve Maj. Richard Bailey of Attleboro, Mass., formerly of Slingerlands, was a bit startled recently as he observed reaction to an explosion near his base camp at Tikrit in Iraq.
The improvised explosive device gave off a strong garlic odor, leaving U.S. soldiers frightened of a possible chemical attack with mustard gas, said Bailey, plans and operations officer for the 399th Combat Support Hospital out of Taunton, Mass.
The solders' and units' reactions were uncoordinated and chaotic at Steicher Contingency Operating Base, he said.
"Explosive, ordnance, disposal technicians determined the insurgents had added harmless household chemicals to the IED and not mustard gas," Bailey said, adding there were reports mustard gas was added to a couple of IEDs elsewhere in Iraq.
He said he could clearly see the base camp needed a coordinated standard operating procedure for …
Byline: Rick Armon
Jul. 24--CLINTON -- In one corner sits an old checkerboard with wooden pieces. In an adjacent room, an old coal shovel leans against a table. And upstairs, a bicycle from 1910 rests. The items are part of the Clinton Historical Society's growing collection of local artifacts for a new museum highlighting the small village's industrial and canal heritage. The nonprofit group is transforming a carriage house tucked behind its Rhoads-Harter House along Main Street into the museum. "This is something we wanted to do to give back to the community," society President Chell Rossi said. "With all the renewed interest in the (Ohio & Erie) …
The Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has taken the unusual step of urging college students to avoid parts of northern Mexico during spring break.
The bureau's Los Angeles field division said Monday that it discourages travel to Tijuana and Rosarito Beach, noting that both cities just south of San Diego have witnessed a lot of …
The puppies were in residence that weekend, which meant the rest of us gorged on calorie-free eye candy, since the boys were untouchable. The best we could do was smell them.
Robbie had a distinct personal funk that shifted a little from day to day: top notes of salt water with middle notes of two rank men - Robbie and the previous night's trick. Kyle, on the other hand, always smelled faintly of Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap, which blended with his naturally sweet disposition to create aromatically the ideal playmate, soulmate, best friend, husband and ultimately survivor, weeping over the grave even as he inherits the fortune. I had a major crush on him.
CNN's …
PHILADELPHIA -- A group of private Philadelphia investors has taken over the ailing $1 million-asset Lee Savings and Loan Association following a supervisory conversion from a mutual to a stock S&L approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking.
Plans to expand the association, renamed the City Savings and Loan Association, will be announced later, according to C. Clay von Seldeneck, one of the investors and chairman of City Savings. Mr. von Seldeneck, who is senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. of suburban Radnor, Pa., emphasized that his interest in the thrift is as a personal investment.
Alan …
ALBANY - Albany County wants to make an investment in itsyoung people. Community agencies that provide services for children and teens are eligible for grants up to $30,000.
County Executive Michael Breslin put the $250,000 Community Youth Investment Grants for services in after-school and summer programs in the budget.
"This initiative gives us the opportunity to reach more children in …
Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer
In the face of vociferous resident complaints, the town Planning Board refused to take action Tuesday night on a proposed 180-unit apartment complex off Route 155.
Developer Elias Weiss has been seeking approval for the project for four years, but residents complained the development as proposed would exacerbate existing traffic problems. They also said it would create a dangerous shortcut through an existing residential neighborhood from Route 155 to the Latham Farms shopping plaza now under development.
The 22-building apartment complex would be adjacent to the current Colonie East and History Hills …
The Pakistani army says security forces have killed about 35 militants in a Taliban stronghold in the northwest of the country.
An army statement said security forces were responding to attacks from militants based around a series of emerald mines in the Swat Valley.
It said two soldiers also died Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast in the north of the valley.
U.S. officials have been pressing their Pakistani allies hard to take tougher action against Islamist militants threatening both Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
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Ahomeowner with a small decorating budget can work wonders withpaint and fabric, according to interior designer Shelly Barrad.
"Design elements using paint run the full spectrum frominexpensive to expensive and include everything from painting simplegeometric patterns free-hand to creating intricate wall-sizedmurals," said Barrad of Shelly Barrad Designs, Inc.
Also, consider faux painting, Trompe L'Oiel and wall texturing,she said.
"Do not limit yourself to walls. Ceilings, floors, even flatweave area rugs and furniture make dramatic canvases.
"Whatever your pleasure, all you need are some acrylic paints, acoat or two of polyurethane to protect …
Citibank customers soon will be able to make deposits at more than 2,000 multifunctional ATMs, or Vcoms, owned by Cardtronics Inc. and deployed in 7-Eleven Inc. convenience stores, J. Chris Brewster, Cardtronics chief financial officer, told analysts today during a conference call. Since January, Citi has been piloting deposit acceptance at Vcoms in 7-Eleven stores in Alameda County, Calif. (CardLine, 1/23). At the time, Citibank executives said if they determined the was successful, the bank said it would rollout deposit acceptance at Cardtronics' Vcoms at 7-Eleven stores throughout California. A Citibank spokesperson declined to say how many 7-Eleven stores would be involved …
SCHENECTADY -- Theresa E. Frazier 37, of Schenectady died suddenly September 18, 1996 in St. Clare's Hospital. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on July 16, 1959. She was employed by NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance. Survivors include her husband Alexander `Ricky` Frazier, one daughter, Christiana Booker; her parents, Norma and Lee McLellan; two brothers, Michael Hurt and Jerome Stowe; four sisters, Marilyn Harrison, Dawn Hunter, Vera Postell and Mary Johnson; her grandmother, Evelyn Gavin,; daughter-in-law of Bernice Frazier; grand …
Israel TV has shown video of tractors digging up coffins at a cemetery for dead Lebanese and Palestinian fighters. The TV report said this was part of a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israel approved the deal last week. In exchange for two Israeli soldiers captured two years ago by the Lebanese guerrillas, Israel is set to free Samir Qantar, a Lebanese …
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Lotus, a United Kingdom-based automaker, has introduced its Evora 2+2 supercar in the United Kingdom.
The model is available on sale in …
