Bosnia's judicial system lacks resources, is overloaded with cases and doesn't have a supreme court but it still "remarkably" functions, a U.S. federal appeals judge said Wednesday.
After meeting with her Bosnian colleagues for three days, Judge Margaret McKeown of San Diego, California, said Bosnia's judges and …
That's good news at a time when many can't afford a new car.How did Acura come up with the lower price? It wasn't done withmirrors.
The new front-drive coupe, which recently went on sale, is basedon Honda's $17,890 Accord coupe. Previous Acura coupe prices startedat $39,400 because the car was derived from the costly Acura Legendsedan. Base prices of the 2.2CL (Contemporary Luxury) are $22,110with the standard five-speed manual transmission and $22,910 with aslick shifting four-speed automatic, which was in the model I tested.The quiet, …
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge who pointed a gun at himself while at the courthouse, berated his boss in a bizarre televised rant and admitted to regularly smoking marijuana was ousted from the bench for life by the state's top court Tuesday.
The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous opinion barred Catoosa County Magistrate Anthony Peters from ever holding another judicial office in Georgia, concluding he has done "nothing to show that he has any ability to live up to the high standard of conduct expected of members of the judiciary in Georgia."
Peters had said during an April hearing that the violations took place during a "rough patch" in his life, and his attorney blamed his …
A cast of graybeards, rising stars and a lame duck once in charge convenes Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider giving President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, a lifetime appointment as a justice.
This collection of 12 Democrats and seven Republicans can ask Kagan questions on virtually any topic _ or pontificate or crack wise _ during what amounts to a nationally televised job interview.
But it's not entirely about the nominee. The lawmakers themselves are some of the nation's best political performers, and five are campaigning for re-election.
What's new is the experience level of committee members. Three have …
A 140-year-old lakeside Winnetka mansion once owned by CarsonPirie Scott founder Robert Scott sustained an estimated $1 million indamage Thursday from an extra-alarm blaze caused by a painter'storch, fire officials said.
More than 40 firefighters from 14 communities - includingSchaumburg, which is more than 20 miles away - rallied to fight thefour-alarm fire at 1175 Whitebridge Hill Road.
The blaze broke out shortly before 11 a.m., on the southeastside of the home, damaging the second floor.
Fire officials said painters stripping paint with a torchaccidentally started the fire. There were no injuries and the homewas not destroyed.
"It began …
Save the squash for carving and use canned for recipes
One of the guilty pleasures that I like to indulge in from time to time is to curl up on the sofa on Sunday afternoons and tune in to the lineup of cooking shows on public television. I love them all"Julia and Jacques," "America's Test Kitchen," "Cooking Secrets of the CIA."
One day in particular, however, a tidbit of advice offered on one of these shows made me want to jump up and shout "Hallelujah!" And here it is: There's no need to make your own pureed pumpkin when you can use the stuff right out of the can.
Yes, freedom at last! My suspicions were confirmed and I was now free to use one of my favorite …
Greece's police chief says gunmen who sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire used the same rifle used in another attack on a police bus nearly two weeks ago.
This has raised concerns that an extremist group is at work.
A policeman was seriously wounded in the pre-dawn attack Monday and is listed in critical …
Hospitals around the state are deciding not to give Medicarepatients a break on their bills because they fear federal prosecutionfor paying the elderly people illegal kickbacks.
St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago, St. Joseph Medical Center inJoliet and St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin will tell more than 20,000members of their senior programs in letters later this month that thehospitals no longer will waive Medicare deduct-ibles and co-payments.Other hospitals Downstate have notified, or soon will notify, seniorsof such changes.
The programs, set up by about 20 Illinois hospitals, offered tosave seniors $492 in deductibles and up to $246 a day in co-paymentsfor …
PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.N. inspectors arrived in North Korea on Saturday to monitor the communist country's long-anticipated promise to scale back its nuclear weapons program, while the top U.S. nuclear envoy said he expected Pyongyang's reactor to be shut down in a matter of days.
An initial shipment of oil aid arrived hours earlier Saturday, in return for Pyongyang's pledge to close down its main nuclear reactor. The move would be the North's first step in nearly five years toward the de-nuclearization of the peninsula.
The 10-member team from the International Atomic Energy Agency was heading directly to Yongbyon, about 60 miles northeast of the capital, to begin …
Iraqi officials say at least 15 civilians have been wounded in a car bombing near a medical compound west of Baghdad.
Police and hospital officials say the explosives-laden car was parked near a compound that houses several clinics in the town of Abu Ghraib.
The officials gave the casualty toll on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized …
HADITHA, Iraq (AP) — In this town which saw 24 unarmed civilians die in a U.S. raid seven years ago, residents expressed disbelief and sadness that the Marine sergeant who told his troops to "shoot first, ask questions later" reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time.
They were outraged both at the American military justice system and at the refusal of Iraq's Shiite-led government to condemn the killings and at least try to bring those responsible to face trial in this country.
"We are deeply disappointed by this unfair deal," said Khalid Salman Rasif, an Anbar provincial council member from Haditha. "The U.S. soldier will receive a punishment that is suitable for a …
With David Beckham bent over clutching his ankle, the Galaxy's first exhibition outside North America seemed doomed to go down as a failed marketing exercise.
When the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder bent a trademark free kick into goal 18 minutes later and 80,295 people rose to their feet cheering, it suddenly was an unqualified success.
Brand Beckham certainly enhanced its status in Australia, despite the Los Angeles Galaxy's 5-3 loss to Sydney FC in an exhibition at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night.
As second-half scorer Landon Donovan later said, if Beckham had gone off in the 27th minute after a clumsy challenge from Sydney player Brendon Santalab, the Galaxy's offseason tour was as good as over.
According to local reports, Beckham is contracted to play 55 minutes in each match against A League clubs Sydney here and at Wellington Phoenix on Saturday.
"I always try and stay on whether I'm injured or not," Beckham said. "I'm quite a stubborn person. When I want to stay on, there's not many people who can convince me to come off.
"The first time I'd heard about the 55 minutes I was contracted to play was yesterday. I was happy to play the whole game."
Beckham has built his multimillion dollar fortune, together with pop star wife Victoria, the former Posh Spice, on giving the fans what they want whether it be on the field or the red carpet.
"It was an entertaining match for the 80,000 fans. That's what they wanted, to see some goals and to see a bit of an exhibition. They got that," he said.
After fearing a recurrence of the ankle injury he picked up in his last game for Real Madrid that contributed to him missing all but five games in his debut MLS season for Galaxy, Beckham quickly regained his composure and his touch.
The Galaxy were trailing 3-0 a minute before halftime when was awarded a free kick 24 yards out following a foul on Carlos Pavon. Enter Beckham.
He calmly curled it into the top left corner of the net.
The 32-year-old former England captain raised his arms to celebrate and then swapped high-fives with teammate Kevin Harmse before walking off for halftime, giving Sydney's Brazilian import Juninho a hug on the way to the tunnel.
"In that sort of situation there's always a certain amount of pressure on me to score, because I think people expect you to do it every time there's a free kick given in that position," Beckham said.
"I was really happy to score tonight because of the amount of fans and the attention that there has been on myself and this game tonight, so I was really pleased."
He also was determined to prove he's no pushover.
Robbie Middleby was cautioned for a body check on the Galaxy captain in the 49th minute, but Beckham got even in the 64th. He slid in under Middleby, then got up, flashed a smile and hugged the Sydney player as referee Mark Shield produced a yellow card.
"It's part of the game. You get kicked, but you carry on," Beckham said. "I knew he'd done it on purpose, so I bided my time and gave him a friendly one back. We laughed and joked about it after and it was all in good fun."
Sydney opened the scoring immediately after Beckham's first free kick, from the left, in the 19th minute, with Alex Brosque scoring on the counterattack.
Brosque scored again in the 26th and Ruben Zadkovich fired a right-footed shot from the top of the area past Galaxy goalkeeper Joe Cannon in the 30th.
The Galaxy scored on either side of halftime thanks to Beckham and Edson Buddle, but Middleby restored Sydney's two-goal lead with a shot into an open net in the 54th.
The teams traded goals in the last minutes of regulation.
Iain Fyfe swooped on a fumble by substitute goalkeeper Steve Cronin to make it 5-2 and U.S. team star Donovan beat Sydney goalkeeper Clint Bolton for the final score.
Ruud Gullit said he saw enough in his first match in charge of the Galaxy to expect bigger things next MLS season.
Beckham said Gullit had made a difference.
"He's only coached us for two days, and he's worked us really hard. It's good for us," he said. "He's been one of the best players in the world. He's a manager and a player we can all learn from."
Beckham is scheduled to launch a perfume brand in Sydney on Wednesday and leave with the team for New Zealand on Thursday for the second leg of the tour.
He's been trailed by paparazzi and constantly under the media gaze at a series of celebrity and sponsor events since arriving in his private jet on Sunday.
Beckham mixed with celebrities at a harborside function on Monday night, including an appearance from entertainer Elton John and actor Anthony LaPaglia, who stars in the CBS show "Without a Trace" and is part owner of Sydney FC.
And the match had a heavy marketing angle. The Galaxy reportedly sold 20,000 jerseys in Australia. Sydney, which attracts an average of 15,200 for its A-League matches, played in front of its biggest crowd ever.
Next stop for Galaxy is Westpac Stadium in Wellington, where 28,000 of the 35,000 seats have already been sold for Saturday's match.
NEW YORK (AP) — How bad is the current job market? At least 74,040 people would like to work for Charlie Sheen.
Internships.com said Wednesday that's how many people have applied for Sheen's internship position since he posted it Monday. The actor said he would pay someone to help leverage his social media network this summer.
The posting was also a paid advertisement from Internships.com. The application wasn't exactly extensive: It limited applicants to 75 characters or less.
On Monday, Sheen was fired by Warner Bros. Television from the hit CBS show "Two and a Half Men." In a webcast Tuesday evening, Sheen lambasted the decision.
CLEVELAND - With a helping hand from a teammate even younger than him, LeBron James pushed the Cleveland Cavaliers as close as they've ever been to the NBA finals. James scored 25 points - 13 in the fourth quarter - and rookie Daniel Gibson added a season-high 21 as the Cavaliers evened the Eastern Conference finals with a 91-87 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 4 Tuesday night.
The 21-year-old Gibson made 12 free throws, Drew Gooden added 19 points and Eric Snow hit a crucial free throw in the final seconds for the Cavaliers, who have never played in the finals, and now need two victories to get there.
Game 5 is Thursday night in Auburn Hills, Mich.
The Cavs are making just their third visit to the conference finals, and each time they've been tied 2-2 before losing in six games. When he was drafted, James promised to bring the championship-starved city a title and he's closing in on one quicker than anyone expected.
Chauncey Billups scored 23 points, Rip Hamilton 19 and Tayshaun Prince 15 for the Pistons, who needed last-second wins to go up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series and are suddenly the team looking for answers.
| W L Pct GB |
| New York 34 23 .596 _ |
| Boston 33 24 .579 1 |
| Toronto 33 27 .550 2 1/2 |
| Tampa Bay 29 30 .492 6 |
| Baltimore 24 33 .421 10 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Detroit 31 26 .544 _ |
| Minnesota 28 31 .475 4 |
| Chicago 27 31 .466 4 1/2 |
| Kansas City 24 32 .429 6 1/2 |
| Cleveland 25 34 .424 7 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Texas 33 24 .579 _ |
| Los Angeles 28 27 .509 4 |
| Seattle 28 29 .491 5 |
| Oakland 26 30 .464 6 1/2 |
| ___ |
| Sunday's Games |
| Detroit 9, L.A. Angels 6 |
| N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 |
| Toronto 4, Kansas City 0 |
| Texas 6, Boston 3 |
| Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 4 |
| Oakland 3, Baltimore 0 |
| Seattle 4, Minnesota 2 |
| Monday's Games |
| Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4st game |
| N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3 |
| Toronto 6, Texas 3 |
| Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 1nd game |
| Oakland 4, Minnesota 3 |
| Tuesday's Games |
| Kansas City at Cleveland |
| Seattle at Baltimore |
| L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay |
| N.Y. Yankees at Boston |
| Toronto at Texas |
| Detroit at Chicago White Sox |
| Minnesota at Oakland |
| Wednesday's Games |
| Kansas City at Cleveland |
| Seattle at Baltimore |
| L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay |
| N.Y. Yankees at Boston |
| Toronto at Texas |
| Detroit at Chicago White Sox |
| Minnesota at Oakland |
One of Dick Cheney's daughters says the hospitalized former vice president could go home on Monday after receiving medication to treat a fluid buildup related to his aggressive form of heart disease.
The 69-year-old, who has had five heart attacks, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Friday after experiencing discomfort. His last heart attack _ described as a mild one _ was in February.
Liz Cheney tells "Fox News Sunday" that her father is feeling better and hopes to be released on Monday.
Cheney's office says Cheney has received intravenous medication and that he's "markedly improved."
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ One of Dick Cheney's daughter says the hospitalized former vice president could go home on Monday after receiving medication to treat a fluid buildup related to his aggressive form of heart disease.
The 69-year-old, who has had five heart attacks, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Friday after experiencing discomfort. His last heart attack _ described as a mild one _ was in February.
Liz Cheney tells "Fox News Sunday" that her father is feeling better and hopes to be released on Monday.
Cheney's office says Cheney has received intravenous medication and that he's "markedly improved."
Next stop: Cleveland.
The White Sox claim they haven't given much thought to theirgames at Jacobs Field tonight and Wednesday, even though they droppedsix of seven to the Indians there last season to ignite theirembarrassing drop from first place before the players' strike late in1994 to 32 games out.
But this, they say, is another year and a small series."It's too early in the season," Frank Thomas said. "We're onlygoing in there for two games. It's more of a gauge to see what kindof team we are. I'm sure they'll be up for us, just as they werelast year."Manager Terry Bevington said the two games "aren't going to makeor break our season. We want to win them both, but there are 135games left."WATCHFUL EYES: When Chris Snopek isn't playing, he's takingmental notes."I can learn a lot on a night like this, just watching guys likeRobin (Ventura) and Harold (Baines) prepare for weather like this,"he said of the misty rain and cold."They don't complain about it; they do something about it."Y'ALL COME BACK: The club announced unused tickets and ticketstubs will be good for another Monday night, not including Labor Day."We wanted to thank all fans for bearing with us on atough-weather night," chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said.PICK ONE: Bevington will choose between Kirk McCaskill, BrianKeyser and Joe Magrane for the Wednesday game at Cleveland afterKevin Tapani starts tonight.Tapani's 2-0 start is the best in his six-year career.IMPROVING: The three-game sweep, coupled with an April 6victory in Anaheim, gave the Sox four victories over the Angels todouble last season's 2-10 record.
The 2003 "pre-emptive" war against Iraq has been lauded by its proponents as a new model to address growing dangers posed by "rogue" states with weapons of mass destruction (WMD). To this day, senior U.S. officials such as Undersecretary of State John Bolton insist that the war was necessary because "the international regime that tried to enforce restrictions on Iraq obviously didn't succeed." Or did it?
A far different story has emerged than the one told by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Although Iraq clearly failed to fully comply with UN disarmament mandates, by March 2003 it was apparent from the work of the UN inspectors that Iraq did not retain weapons of mass destruction that could pose an urgent threat. Years of intrusive UN inspections had dismantled the bulk of Iraq's unconventional arsenal and effectively contained what remained of its WMD capabilities.
Meanwhile, U.S. and British intelligence did not uncover reliable, new information about Iraqi WMD activity to justify the abandonment of inspections. Nevertheless, senior U.S. and British leaders systematically misrepresented earlier national intelligence assessments in order to exaggerate the Iraqi threat and cast doubt on the utility of inspections. Over the last few weeks, each of their key charges has been discredited.
An ongoing public inquiry in the United Kingdom has shown that the September 2003 British claim that Iraq could "deploy some WMD within 45 minutes" was based on questionable single-source intelligence and was included over the objections of some British intelligence analysts. To date, no chemical or biological weapons have been uncovered.
In Washington, a similar pattern of deception occurred. National Security Council officials repeatedly ignored high-level CIA and State Department objections to the charge that Iraq was seeking processed uranium for weapons from Africa. As a result, the discredited uranium allegation was not only repeated in Bush's January 2003 State of the Union address but in numerous other prewar statements and op-eds by top officials.
Another contested U.S. claim was that Iraq sought high-strength aluminum tubes for enriching uranium. In a classified October 2002 intelligence estimate, however, State and Energy Department intelligence agencies dismissed that interpretation as "highly dubious." Nevertheless, Bush and his cabinet repeated the claim without qualification. When the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) investigated the claim and found that the tubes probably were for rockets, U.S. officials questioned the IAEA's credibility.
The administration also charged that Iraq had unmanned aircraft "probably intended to deliver biological warfare agent" and could be used to carry out attacks on U.S. cities. The Air Force intelligence office, however, disagreed, saying that the small aircraft were for reconnaissance. Fresh evidence from Iraq now supports the Air Force assessment.
Another major U.S. charge was that Iraq had mobile facilities to produce biological weapons agents. In April and May, the United States discovered two mobile labs, and claimed they were used for bioweapons agent production. But the Defense Intelligence Agency now indicates the trailers were used to produce hydrogen for weather balloons.
A defensive White House might be hoping that the U.S. Iraq Survey Group will discover new proof of prewar WMD programs. Such findings would not alter the fact that the administration's most dramatic claims about unconventional Iraqi weapons were wrong. The key question before the war was not whether Iraq had WMD programs in the past. Rather, did Iraq have active programs or weapons posing an imminent threat?
Taken together, the evidence shows that after a decade of inspections and sanctions, Iraq's nuclear weapons program was dormant. Its chemical and biological weapons programs, while illegal and potentially dangerous, were probably geared to support rapid production capabilities rather than maintaining active stockpiles.
Intelligence is meant to inform government decision-making, not to be invoked or discarded selectively to justify predetermined political decisions. The conduct of the Bush and Blair administrations on Iraq has severely damaged the credibility of their governments, their intelligence assessments, and their leadership on other global issues.
The Iraq episode underscores the fact that international weapons monitoring and inspections are vital to augment limited national intelligence capabilities and provide an objective, factual basis for collective international enforcement of the nonproliferation regime. As the United States faces the next round of WMD proliferation challenges, it cannot afford to abandon its first and best line of defense against global WMD dangers: intrusive inspections and the arms control rules and institutions that make them possible.
-Daryl G. Kimball
Revised policy guidance issued by Financial Crimes Enforcement Network releases some financial institutions from filing a duplicate report with FinCEN and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Under the previous policy on transactions involving a person or entity on the OFAC block list, financial institutions filed a report with OFAC and a suspicious activity report. FinCEN is removing the suspicious activity report requirement unless the institution has suspicious information not included in the blocking report or if the facts and circumstances warrant a separate filing of a suspicious activity report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were virtually blinded. At least 10 people were killed.
Visibility was so poor that when rescuers first arrived, they could only listen for screams and moans to locate victims, police said. At least 18 people were hurt.
Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup south of Gainesville on Interstate 75, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire that may have been intentionally set. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame.
Photographs of the scene revealed a gruesome aftermath, with twisted, burned-out vehicles scattered across the pavement and smoke still rising above the wreckage. Cars appeared to have smashed into the big rigs and, in one case, a motor home. Some cars were crushed beneath the heavier trucks.
Reporters who were allowed to view the site saw one tractor-trailer that was burned down to its skeleton, charred pages of books and magazines in its cargo area. Bodies were still visible inside a burned-out Grand Prix. The rubber on the tires of every vehicle had burned away, leaving only steel belts.
State police estimated that wreckage was strewn for nearly a mile in both directions.
Steven R. Camps, 23, of Gainesville, said he and some friends were driving home early Sunday morning in separate vehicles.
His friend was ahead of them as they headed toward Gainesville on Interstate 75 and called to warn them of heavy fog and smoke. The friend told Camps he had just seen an accident and warned them to be careful as they approached the Paynes Prairie area just south of Gainesville.
A short time later, Camps said traffic stopped along the northbound lanes because of heavy smoke and fog.
"You couldn't see anything. People were pulling off the road," he said.
Camps said he and his friend began talking to a man in the car stopped next to them about the road conditions, when another vehicle hit them man's car.
Camps said the man's vehicle was crushed under a semi-truck stopped in front of them. Camps said his car was hit twice, but he and his friend were able to jump out. They took cover in the grass on the shoulder of the road.
"You could hear cars hitting each other. People were crying. People were screaming. It was crazy," he said. "If I could give you an idea of what it looked like, I would say it looked like the end of world."
He said cars and trucks were on fire and they could hear explosions as the vehicles burned.
"It was happening on both sides of the road, so there was nowhere to go. It blew my mind," he said. "It was like a war zone. It literally looked like someone was picking up cars and throwing them."
At least 18 people were treated at an area hospital.
Dr. Timothy Flynn, chief medical officer for Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida, said three of the six patients being treated in the trauma center needed surgery. Four patients remain in the hospital's emergency room, and eight people have been treated and released.
Flynn said most people had head and chest injuries or broken bones. Those treated at the trauma center had the most serious injuries.
All six lanes of the interstate — which runs virtually the entire length of Florida — remained closed at midday as investigators surveyed the site and firefighters sprayed foam on the wreckage to put out the last of the fires.
It was not clear when the highway would reopen because part of the road melted, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Patrick Riordan said. That means transportation inspectors have to first sign off on the road before it can open to traffic again.
At some point before the pileup, police briefly closed the highway because of the fog and smoke, which came from a fire in the Paynes Prairie area south of Gainesville. The road was reopened when visibility improved.
Riordan said he was not sure how much time passed between the reopening of the highway and the first crash.
Traffic was being diverted onto U.S. 301 and State Road 27, Riordan said.
Ludie Bond, a Florida Forest Service spokeswoman, said the fire began Saturday, and investigators are determining whether the fire was intentionally set or caused by accident. She said there were no controlled burns in the area and no lightning.
She said the fire had burned 62 acres and was contained but still burning Sunday. She said a similar fire nearby has been burning since mid-November because the dried vegetation is so thick and deep. She said no homes are threatened.
Four years ago, heavy fog and smoke were blamed for another serious crash.
In January 2008, four people were killed and 38 injured in a series of similar crashes on Interstate 4 between Orlando and Tampa, about 125 miles south of Sunday's crash. More than 70 vehicles were involved in those crashes, including one pileup that involved 40 vehicles.
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Associated Press Writer Freida Frisaro in Miami contributed to this report.
It was probably a bad omen when a group named Stormy Weather sangthe national anthem Monday night.
And it certainly wasn't a good sign for the Cubs that FrankCastillo, one of their struggling starting pitchers, was already outof the game when Mother Nature provided a 60-minute encore in thethird inning.
But the positives would outweigh the negatives for the Cubs bythe end of this 11-inning marathon as Rick Wilkins crushed his firstcareer grand slam to cap off a 10-6 come-from-behind victory overPhiladelphia at Wrigley Field.
Wilkins homer was his 25th, placing him second behindHall-of-Famer Gabby Hartnett for most homers by a Cub catcher in aseason. Hartnett had 37 in 1930.
"What can I say," Wilkins said. "It's very satifying to reapthe rewards from your hard work."
Before his blast off reliever Roger Mason, Wilkins was 0-for-5at the plate Monday - and 0-for-14 vs. the Phillies this season.
"I didn't have a good night at the plate with the exception ofone swing," Wilkins said. "But I've been doing things (offensively)which I always thought I was capable of."
The Cubs bullpen showed it was more than capable, bailing outCastillo by allowing just three hits in nine innings of shutoutrelief.
The Phillies poured it on Castillo early and often Monday.
Castillo was lifted after giving up hits - includingback-to-back home runs to John Kruk and Dave Hollins - to the firstfour Phillies he faced in the four-run third.
"Frankie was in trouble early," Wilkins said. "He made somemistakes tonight and if you do that, this team is going to poundyou.'
Officially, Castillo gave up six runs on eight hits in twoinnings, including the home run (No. 16) Lenny Dykstra hit tolead-off the game.
After Dykstra sent Castillo's 2-2 pitch into the right-centerbleachers to start the game, Dave Hollins (two-out single) scoredfrom first on Darren Daulton's opposite-field double and the Philliesled 2-0.
But the Cubs came right back and gave Castillo another chance,scoring three runs in the first with three doubles off starter CurtSchilling.
Dwight Smith, who led off with a two-base hit, scored whensecond baseman Mariano Duncan committed an error on Ryne Sandberg'sgrounder. Sandberg scored from first on Mark Grace's double toright, and the game was tied.
Grace, who advanced to third on Derrick May's deep fly to right,scored the go-ahead run on Sammy Sosa's double to center.
Castillo fell apart in the third.
After Castillo gave up a single to Dykstra, a triple to Duncanand the homers to Kruk and Hollins, Lefebvre him in favor of relieverShawn Boskie. Boskie held the Phillies scoreless on one hit in threeinnings.
After cutting the Philadelphia lead to 6-4 in the fifth, whenSmith, who had led off the inning with a single and was balked tosecond, scored on a single by Sandberg, the Cubs tied the game in theseventh with a little help from relief pitcher Dave West.
Grace, who scored Sandberg (lead-off single) with his seconddouble of the night and his 999th career hit, crossed the plate withthe Cubs sixth' run when West threw two wild pitches to Sosa.
May, who kept the Cubs' chances alive when he beat out a two-outinfield hit in the 11th inning, pulled his left hamstring on theplay. He will be re-evaluated today.
The Dutch financial regulator says it has suspended trading in shares of luxury carmaker Spyker Cars NV Tuesday in expectation of a press release.
The regulator said Tuesday it stopped trading "pending a press statement" by Spyker.
Spyker's shares leapt 70 percent Monday on speculation investors in the loss-making Spyker will buy Saab Automotive from General Motors Co., a deal which could help Spyker.
The companies said Monday they were in talks but have not reached a deal.
Spyker spokesman Mike Stainton has declined comment on why trading was suspended. Shares were up 2.8 percent at euro3.908 ($5.50) before trading was halted Tuesday.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
AMSTERDAM (AP) _ The Dutch financial regulator says it has suspended trading in shares of luxury carmaker Spyker Cars NV Tuesday in expectation of a press release.
The regulator said Tuesday it stopped trading "pending a press statement" by Spyker.
Spyker's shares leapt 70 percent Monday on speculation investors in the loss-making Spyker will buy Saab Automotive from General Motors Co., a deal which could help Spyker.
The companies said Monday they were in talks but have not reached a deal.
Spyker spokesman Mike Stainton has declined comment on why trading was suspended. Shares were up 2.8 percent at euro2.908 before trading was halted Tuesday.
Second placed Great Western had the chance to go clear at the topif they could beat Brig o Dee, who they recently trounced in a cup.
The game was a tight affair with few chances in a goal-lessfirst half.
Iain GUNN broke the deadlock when he found space at the backpost and fired Great Western ahead.
Brig threw a extra man forward but Western held out until BarryWOOD, pictured, popped up in the last couple of minutes to smashthe ball home.
WTR took the early advantage with a Grant WOOD double giving themthe edge over FC Charlotte.
Charlotte keeper Scott MARLOW was injured but able to continueoutfield, and he bagged a double to make it 2-2.
But with time running out Rami ELMEJIRAB popped up to win thegame for WTR.
Charlotte had two of their players sent off in the lastminute.
Bath: Homelessness charity the Genesis Trust is inviting peopleto join its Canal Challenge, which is now in its fifth year.
The charity is looking for more than 100 participants to besponsored to cycle, run, canoe or walk the 12-mile route from TheGeorge in Bathampton to the Cross Guns at Avoncliffe and back onApril 18 at 10.30am. Alternatively, people can complete the six-mile route from Dundas Aqueduct to the Cross Guns and back.
Trust director Paul Solly said: "It is a beautiful walk or cyclealong the canal and a fantastic way to raise money for the homelessand disadvantaged in Bath. Last year we raised nearly pounds4,000and this year we hope to raise more than pounds5,000."
For a registration form for the challenge visit www.genesistrust. org.uk, ring Lynne Hardy on 01225 463549, or pickup a form at The Wood Works at 1-3 James St West.
Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday, leaving dozens of people injured, as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the return of a president ousted in a military coup.
President Manuel Zelaya said he would seek to return to his country Thursday and reclaim control of the government. He said he would accept an offer from the head of the Organization of American States to accompany him to Honduras.
Across Latin America, leftist leaders pulled their ambassadors from Honduras and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala would cut trade with neighboring Honduras for at least 48 hours. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for Hondurans to rise up against those who toppled his ally.
"We're ready to support the rebellion of the Honduran people," Chavez said. He later vowed to halt Venezuelan oil shipments to Honduras and called for its soldiers to rise up against "that tyrannical, puppet government."
Protests outside the presidential palace grew from hundreds to thousands, and soldiers and police advanced behind riot shields, using tear gas to scatter the protesters. The demonstrators, many of them choking on the gas, hurled rocks and bottles as they retreated. At least 38 protesters were detained, according to human rights prosecutor Sandra Ponce.
Red Cross paramedic Cristian Vallejo said he had transported 10 protesters to hospitals, most of them with injuries from rubber bullets. Congresswoman Silvia Ayala said she counted 30 injured at a single Tegucigalpa hospital and an Associated Press photographer in another area close to the palace saw protesters carrying away another five injured people. It was not clear how they were hurt.
Zelaya said more than 150 people were injured and 50 were arrested but added that he didn't "have exact figures, because I'm not there."
Officers also briefly detained four journalists from the AP and three from Venezuela-based Telesur, arresting them at their hotel with rifles drawn, loading them in a military vehicle and taking them to an immigration office, where two officials demanded to see their visas. The group was released a short time later.
In Washington, Obama said the United States will "stand on the side of democracy" and work with other nations and international groups to resolve the matter peacefully.
"We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the democratically elected president there," Obama said.
"It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition rather than democratic elections," he added. "The region has made enormous progress over the last 20 years in establishing democratic traditions. ... We don't want to go back to a dark past."
The Organization of American States called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to consider suspending Honduras under an agreement meant to prevent the sort of coups that for generations made Latin America a tragic spawning ground of military dictatorships.
During a meeting of Latin America laeders in Nicaragua, OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza offered to accompany Zelaya back to Honduras and work for reconciliation and the restoration of the democratic order.
Zelaya said he would accept the offer and wanted to make the trip Thursday, after attending a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to seek support from its 192 member nations.
"I am going to ask you to accompany me, you offered, and I accept your offer," Zelaya said, moments after receiving a standing ovation from the gathered leaders.
Honduras' new government, however, was defiant. Roberto Micheletti, named by Congress to serve out the final seven months of Zelaya's term, vowed to ignore foreign pressure and began naming Cabinet members, including a new minister of defense.
"We respect everybody and we ask only that they respect us and leave us in peace because the country is headed toward free and transparent general elections in November," Micheletti told HRN radio.
He insisted Zelaya's ouster was legal and accused the former president himself of violating the constitution by sponsoring a referendum that was outlawed by the Supreme Court. Many saw the foiled vote as a step toward eliminating barriers to his re-election, as other Latin American leaders have done in recent years.
Despite the protests at the palace, daily life appeared normal in most of the capital, with nearly all businesses open. Some expressed relief at the departure of Zelaya, who alienated the courts, Congress, the military and even his own party in his tumultuous three years in power.
"A coup d'etat is undemocratic and you never want to support it, but in the case of this guy and his government, maybe so," said Roberto Cruz, a 61-year-old metalworker.
But Zelaya retains the loyalty of many of Honduras' poor, for having raised the minimum wage and blaming the country's problems on the rich _ despite the considerable wealth he enjoys as a successful rancher.
Farmworker Jesus Almendares, 30, said he was skipping work to protest the coup.
"It's a tremendous shame, yet another proof that the armed forces control the country _ they and the businessmen," he said.
Zelaya was arrested in his pajamas Sunday morning by soldiers who stormed his residence and flew him into exile. A day later, back in suit and tie, he sat beside Chavez and other allies at a Nicaragua meeting of the nine-nation ALBA alliance, which agreed to pull its ambassadors from Honduras and reject the replacement government's envoys.
Zelaya said the coup only proved the need to transform the Honduran system of government, apparently referring to the constitutional changes he had been promoting.
"A lot of times problems like this crisis serve to propel transformation and change," he said.
Recalling his detention, he said his daughter hid under her bed for 35 minutes while masked soldiers burst in to the residence and searched for him. He was on the phone with a media outlet when the soldiers ordered him to drop the cell phone, he said
He said the soldiers were shaking as they pointed their guns because they were "facing the president of the republic, and they knew it."
"I said, I'm not going to drop it. If you have been ordered to shoot, then shoot," Zelaya said.
He said the soldiers simply yanked the phone from his hand.
Venezuela's Chavez told the gathered leaders that "it's the moment to act" to restore Zelaya. "I'll do everything possible to overthrow this gorilla government of Honduras. It must be overthrown," the socialist leader said.
While Obama said Zelaya is still president, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hedged on that point at an earlier news conference, suggesting that both the ousted president and his foes should make compromises.
Asked if the administration would insist that Zelaya be restored to power, she said: "We haven't laid out any demands that we're insisting on, because we're working with others on behalf of our ultimate objectives."
Mexico's government, one of the most conservative in Latin America, joined leftists in denouncing the coup and offered protection to Zelaya's exiled foreign minister. It said late Monday it would withdraw its ambassador.
The president of Latin America's largest nation, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said on his weekly radio program that his country will not recognize any Honduran government that doesn't have Zelaya as president "because he was directly elected by the vote, complying with the rules of democracy.".
Coups were common in Central America until the 1980s, but Sunday's ouster was the first military power grab in Latin America since a brief, failed 2002 coup against Chavez.
It was the first military ouster of a Central American president since 1993, when Guatemalan military officials refused to accept President Jorge Serrano's attempt to seize absolute power and removed him.
Honduras had not seen a coup since 1978, when one military government overthrew another.
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Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Marcos Aleman in Tegucigalpa, Ian James in Caracas, Venezuela, and Ben Feller in Washington.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — NATO's triumphant, 7-month air campaign against Libya ended Monday, setting the country on the path to a democratic transition less than two weeks after the capture and killing of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
The alliance turned down a Libyan request to extend the protective umbrella for a few more weeks, apparently eager to exit on a high note and wrap up a costly mission at a time of financial austerity.
The relatively quick victory in Libya represented a major boost for a Cold War alliance bogged down in a 10-year war in Afghanistan, a 12-year mission in Kosovo and the seemingly never-ending anti-piracy operation off the Somali coastline.
The operation's critics — including Russia, China and the African Union — have argued that NATO misused the limited U.N. resolution imposing a no-fly zone and authorizing the protection of civilians as a pretext to promote regime change.
But with alliance airstrikes helping open the way on the battlefield following a lengthy stalemate, revolutionary forces eventually captured Tripoli in late August and brought an end to the war with the death of Gadhafi on Oct. 20.
"Together, we succeeded. Libya is finally free," NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a joint news conference in Tripoli with Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, Libya's interim leader.
Addressing the Libyans, he said: "You acted to change your history and your destiny. We acted to protect you."
In the past seven months, NATO warplanes flew 26,000 sorties, including more than 9,600 strike missions, destroying more than 1,000 tanks, vehicles, and guns.
U.S. planes flew a quarter of those missions, mostly in support roles such as air refueling and surveillance of the battlefields, while the European allies and four partner nations conducted the vast majority of ground attacks.
As NATO pulled out, Libya's leadership, the 51-member National Transitional Council, was taking another step toward a democratic system, to be operational within two years. The council chose a new prime minister, U.S.-educated electrical engineer Abdurrahim el-Keib, who is to appoint a new government that will pave the way for general elections.
El-Keib, an NTC member from Tripoli with a doctorate from North Carolina State University, said he would appoint the government within two weeks.
The new government will oversee the drafting of a constitution. The NTC started out as an impromptu group of anti-Gadhafi activists, but evolved into a more carefully chosen interim government after the fall of the Gadhafi regime, said Jalal el-Gallal, an NTC spokesman.
Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO chief, suggested the possibility of a future partnership with a democratic Libya, but made clear that NATO is ending its role. Asked about reports of unsecured weapons sites across Libya, Fogh Rasmussen said that "it is now primarily the responsibility of the new authorities in Libya to make sure that weapons are properly secured."
Abdul-Jalil confirmed the presence of chemical weapons sites, and said foreign inspectors were arriving later this week to deal with the issue.
Libyan leaders had requested an extension of NATO protection for a few more weeks, but Libyan officials said that was turned down. NATO leaders have repeatedly emphasized that although overall the campaign went very well, the conflict placed a significant burden on some alliance capabilities.
"I think the critical resource that was stretched in the course of this was intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance," Adm. James Stavridis, NATO's top military commander, told The Associated Press in Brussels.
Some senior officers in NATO suggested the alliance needed to extract itself quickly from at least one of those engagements at a time when defense budgets in Europe and the United States are being slashed as part of public spending cuts and other austerity measures designed to deal with the economic crisis.
"Within the alliance ... we're concurrently doing Afghanistan, Libya for the past seven months, the Balkans, piracy (and) a counter terrorism operation in the Mediterranean," said Stavridis, who as the Supreme Allied Commander has ultimate responsibility for the wars and all other operations.
He noted that Libya represented the first completion of a NATO operation.
Asked whether NATO would possibly be providing training for the new Libyan army, Stavridis said that the focus of international assistance to Libya should be on a bilateral basis with Arab and Western nations.
"At the moment there's no discussion with in NATO about a follow-on role," he said. "We're not planning on anything nor have we been tasked with anything at this point."
The ouster of Gadhafi would not have been possible without NATO.
In the early days of the armed rebellion, anti-Gadhafi fighters rapidly seized territory, particularly in Libya's east, but quickly lost ground again, and by late March, Gadhafi's troops were advancing toward the rebellion's stronghold, the eastern city of Benghazi.
NATO interceded, armed with a U.N. Security Council mandate to protect Libyan civilians, and flew its first bombing sorties at the end of March. However, the alliance often appeared to be doing much more than shielding civilians.
It worked closely with revolutionary forces, its airstrikes of regime targets paving the way for rebel advances in those areas. It also widened the range of targets, going not just after tanks and rocket launchers, but also symbols of the Gadhafi regime, including his sprawling residential and government complex, Bab al-Aziziyah, in downtown Tripoli.
At one point, NATO bombed Libyan naval vessels after the Libyan navy tried to mine the harbor of the besieged rebel-held port of Misrata and tried to carry out attacks on shipping there.
With the end of NATO's Libya mission, the alliance has faced some calls to intervene in Syria's uprising.
But Fogh Rasmussen said NATO has no intention to get involved in Syria.
"I can completely rule that out," he said. "Having said that, I strongly condemn the crackdowns on the civilian population in Syria. What has happened in Libya sends a clear signal to autocratic regimes all over the world — you cannot neglect the will of the people."
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Associated Press writer Rami al-Shaheibi in Tripoli contributed report.
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Swedish cars are synonymous with safety. Both Volvo and Saab tookto the world rally stages in the 1960s to prove how rugged and sturdytheir cars were.
TV footage of the time showed Saab's jumping the crest of a hillbefore barrel rolling into a ditch. As with today's rallying, a groupof spectators helped to put the car back on its wheels before thedriver, although little shaken, went on his way with seemingly nodamage to his trusty Saab.
Teen dies after
SUV goes over
embankment
One person was killed in a single vehicle crash in SissonvilleTuesday night, Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said.
It happened about 7:35 p.m. on Frogs Creek Road near Page Road.Four teens had been in a Chevrolet Blazer when the driver lostcontrol and crashed over an embankment.
One of the teens suffered serious injury and died from hisinjuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene and was notimmediately identified. The three others in the vehicle were notinjured.
Frogs Creek Road was closed for about three hours whilefirefighters worked at the scene. Firefighters from Sissonville andRand volunteer fire departments responded.
The body was taken to the office of the state Medical Examiner.
Kanawha Sheriff's deputies are investigating.
nscala@wvgazette.com
With its hold on first place in jeopardy, West Virginia State didthe little things necessary down the stretch to tighten the grip.
Tony Cornett milked the clock before draining a long 3-pointer,part of his game-high 25-point night. Joe Benjamin came up with a keysteal. Christopher Dunn took a courageous charge.
And speaking of little things, how about Nat Moles? With the gameon the line, the 5-foot-11 senior stepped to the free-throw lineeight times in the final minute - and swished every one of them.
It all added up to an 83-79 win Thursday night over Alderson-Broaddus before a crowd of 987 at Fleming Hall.
The win keeps the Yellow Jackets (11-6 overall, 7-1 West VirginiaConference) all alone atop the conference standings. A-B, with achance to pull even with State, fell to 12-5, 5-3.
"I felt no pressure," said Moles, a former Riverside High Schoolstandout who came into the game hitting 84 percent from the line. "Tome, if you practice [free-throw shooting] every day, it should justcome fluent. And we shoot at least 100 a day."
Cornett's night included a 12-of-18 effort at the foul line and 18points in the second half. Also for the Jackets, Veselin Veselinovhad 14 points, Moles finished with 13 and Dunn had 10.
Derrick Bell led A-B with 21 points. Also in double figures forthe Battlers were Joe Roberts (18), Mike Tucker (13) and Stephen Dye(11).
State was coming off its only conference loss, a painful 73-72setback Saturday at Glenville State.
"The feeling of how we lost that Glenville game sticks with youfor three or four days, so we really wanted to bounce back," saidState coach Bryan Poore, who picked up his 100th career win with theJackets. "One of our goals is to not lose two in a row. A-B is aquality club. Any time you beat them, it's a good win. They beat usthree times last year."
The Battlers had a chance to do it again Thursday night. Withthree minutes to go, they trailed just 71-69. Cornett pushed the leadback to four with a pair of free throws, and then A-B hit a dryspell, coming up empty on the scoreboard until 31 seconds remained.
"We just had a little lull there," said A-B coach Greg Zimmerman."But we had a chance right up to the finish."
That's because State also went cold, and the score remained 73-69into the final minute. The turning point came when Tucker, A-B's 6-6center, drove strong to the basket and made the hoop - but it wasnegated when he was called for an offensive foul, with Dunn on thereceiving end.
Zimmerman disputed the charge call, and was hit with a technicalfoul with 43.6 seconds left. That's when Moles began his free-throwshooting clinic, hitting the two technicals plus two more after hewas fouled again after the Jackets retained possession. Thatincreased State's lead to a seemingly safe 77-69.
But a three-point play by Tucker and three foul shots by Dye - hewas fouled by Moles while attempting a 3-pointer with 6.5 secondsleft - cut State's lead to just two points, 81-79.
Moles, though, had the answer, hitting two more free throws with5.3 seconds remaining to ice the victory.
"Nat Moles is awful tough at the free-throw line," said Poore."This is our home court, and we pride ourselves in protecting ourhome court. Our guys hate to lose."
State led most of the first half, but never by more than fourpoints, and the Jackets took a slim 33-32 lead into the break.Alderson-Broaddus hurt itself in the opening 20 minutes by connectingon just 2-of-8 foul shots.
The Battlers took the lead in the opening minute of the secondhalf on a driving banker by Bell, but Cornett answered with an insidebucket to put the Jackets up 35-34. They would never trail again, butthere were plenty of anxious moments down the stretch, includingseveral ties.
A-B held a commanding 40-25 rebounding edge, but the Battlers werehurt by 20 turnovers (to 11 for State).
A-B's Tucker had a game-high 11 rebounds to go with his 13 points,but only two of those points came in the first half.
Poore said a key to the win was keeping a close eye on Dye, theMarsh Fork product who came into the game as the Battlers' leadingscorer (16.9 per game) and with a WVC-best 46 3-pointers.
"We wanted to chase him off all the screens, get him out of hiscomfort zone," Poore said. "We kept running people at him, tried totire him out."
It worked as Dye hit just 2-of-9 from beyond the arc.
State is home again Saturday for a 3 p.m. contest against Davis &Elkins. A-B returns to the Kanawha Valley the same day to take on theUniversity of Charleston.
To contact staff writer Nick Scala, use e-mail or call 348-7947.
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL: State answers the challenge; Jackets edge A-B, stay in first placenscala@wvgazette.com
With its hold on first place in jeopardy, West Virginia State didthe little things necessary down the stretch to tighten the grip.
Tony Cornett milked the clock before draining a long 3-pointer,part of his game-high 25-point night. Joe Benjamin came up with a keysteal. Christopher Dunn took a courageous charge.
And speaking of little things, how about Nat Moles? With the gameon the line, the 5-foot-11 senior stepped to the free-throw lineeight times in the final minute - and swished every one of them.
It all added up to an 83-79 win Thursday night over Alderson-Broaddus before a crowd of 987 at Fleming Hall.
The win keeps the Yellow Jackets (11-6 overall, 7-1 West VirginiaConference) all alone atop the conference standings. A-B, with achance to pull even with State, fell to 12-5, 5-3.
"I felt no pressure," said Moles, a former Riverside High Schoolstandout who came into the game hitting 84 percent from the line. "Tome, if you practice [free-throw shooting] every day, it should justcome fluent. And we shoot at least 100 a day."
Cornett's night included a 12-of-18 effort at the foul line and 18points in the second half. Also for the Jackets, Veselin Veselinovhad 14 points, Moles finished with 13 and Dunn had 10.
Derrick Bell led A-B with 21 points. Also in double figures forthe Battlers were Joe Roberts (18), Mike Tucker (13) and Stephen Dye(11).
State was coming off its only conference loss, a painful 73-72setback Saturday at Glenville State.
"The feeling of how we lost that Glenville game sticks with youfor three or four days, so we really wanted to bounce back," saidState coach Bryan Poore, who picked up his 100th career win with theJackets. "One of our goals is to not lose two in a row. A-B is aquality club. Any time you beat them, it's a good win. They beat usthree times last year."
The Battlers had a chance to do it again Thursday night. Withthree minutes to go, they trailed just 71-69. Cornett pushed the leadback to four with a pair of free throws, and then A-B hit a dryspell, coming up empty on the scoreboard until 31 seconds remained.
"We just had a little lull there," said A-B coach Greg Zimmerman."But we had a chance right up to the finish."
That's because State also went cold, and the score remained 73-69into the final minute. The turning point came when Tucker, A-B's 6-6center, drove strong to the basket and made the hoop - but it wasnegated when he was called for an offensive foul, with Dunn on thereceiving end.
Zimmerman disputed the charge call, and was hit with a technicalfoul with 43.6 seconds left. That's when Moles began his free-throwshooting clinic, hitting the two technicals plus two more after hewas fouled again after the Jackets retained possession. Thatincreased State's lead to a seemingly safe 77-69.
But a three-point play by Tucker and three foul shots by Dye - hewas fouled by Moles while attempting a 3-pointer with 6.5 secondsleft - cut State's lead to just two points, 81-79.
Moles, though, had the answer, hitting two more free throws with5.3 seconds remaining to ice the victory.
"Nat Moles is awful tough at the free-throw line," said Poore."This is our home court, and we pride ourselves in protecting ourhome court. Our guys hate to lose."
State led most of the first half, but never by more than fourpoints, and the Jackets took a slim 33-32 lead into the break.Alderson-Broaddus hurt itself in the opening 20 minutes by connectingon just 2-of-8 foul shots.
The Battlers took the lead in the opening minute of the secondhalf on a driving banker by Bell, but Cornett answered with an insidebucket to put the Jackets up 35-34. They would never trail again, butthere were plenty of anxious moments down the stretch, includingseveral ties.
A-B held a commanding 40-25 rebounding edge, but the Battlers werehurt by 20 turnovers (to 11 for State).
A-B's Tucker had a game-high 11 rebounds to go with his 13 points,but only two of those points came in the first half.
Poore said a key to the win was keeping a close eye on Dye, theMarsh Fork product who came into the game as the Battlers' leadingscorer (16.9 per game) and with a WVC-best 46 3-pointers.
"We wanted to chase him off all the screens, get him out of hiscomfort zone," Poore said. "We kept running people at him, tried totire him out."
It worked as Dye hit just 2-of-9 from beyond the arc.
State is home again Saturday for a 3 p.m. contest against Davis &Elkins. A-B returns to the Kanawha Valley the same day to take on theUniversity of Charleston.
To contact staff writer Nick Scala, use e-mail or call 348-7947.
This week Showtime, by chance, will be airing a pair of very different programs. But each of them has "American" in its title _ and each is well worth your considering.
Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT, "This American Life," the sublime human-interest magazine, returns for its second season.
Then Saturday at 9 p.m. EDT, "An American Crime" stars Ellen Page in the dramatization of a tragedy that will still shock you 40 years after it happened.
You might think of them as "American" bookends for the week ahead.
"This American Life," of course, is TV's version of the long-running weekly public radio series that tells real-life stories about ordinary people who turn out to be unique in unexpected ways. As with the radio version, it's hosted by Ira Glass.
Each episode has a theme. The premiere deals with people who find escape without going too far. In the inner city of Philadelphia, young men have gained pride and brotherhood by adopting a bit of cowboy culture _ they ride horses.
Then a 27-year-old Tampa man with a severely crippling disease finds ways to break free of his doting mother.
"I started feeling like a typical disability cliche," he explains, "and it bothered me."
Adapted from real life, "An American Crime," takes an unflinching look at a gruesome exercise of human cruelty and complicity.
The setting is Indianapolis of 1965, where 16-year-old Sylvia Likens and her youngster sister Jennie are left by their parents in the temporary custody of Gertrude Baniszewski, a single mother of five who's coming unwound.
As Gertrude inflicts her punishment on Sylvia in escalating ways, the film is terribly disturbing to watch. Its saving grace: the performance by Catherine Keener as a pathetic monster, and, even more remarkable, Ellen Page ("Juno") in the role of the preyed-upon teen.
Drawing from transcripts of the murder trial (Bradley Whitford plays the prosecutor), "An American Crime" examines the big questions arising from this case: How could anyone have done what this woman did? And why didn't anybody come to Sylvia's rescue in the weeks her torture and imprisonment raged on?
This film shows, and makes you feel, how painfully elusive the answers are.
Other shows to look out for:
_ Share some magic spells with Dave! "The Late Show with David Letterman" will be featuring magicians every night this week. Starting things off will be Lance Burton on Monday. Comic magician Mac King performs on Tuesday, while illusionist Dirk Arthur appears Wednesday. Steve Wyrick presents his larger-than-life illusions on Thursday. Then magician superstars Penn & Teller finish the week in their irreverent, masterful style. "Late Show" airs weeknights 11:35 p.m. EDT on CBS.
_ He was shot to death the day before his 45th birthday on April 1, 1984 _ by his own father. Everyone remembers the death of Marvin Gaye. And everyone remembers the music he made. But the life he lived isn't nearly as familiar. A new "American Masters" portrait, "Marvin Gaye: What's Going On," aims to fill in the gaps. Gaye's early hits included "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," as well as romantic duets with Tammi Terrell, who died from a brain tumor in 1970 after collapsing in his arms on stage during a concert. This tragedy drove him to write and record his seminal album "What's Going On" (1971). A decade later, "Sexual Healing" was his final hit. Along the way, he battled depression and substance abuse. Adding to his burden was the stormy relationship with his father, a traveling minister and strict disciplinarian at whose hands he died after an argument. The documentary hears from Nick Ashford, Mos Def, Berry Gordy, Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson, among others. It airs 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday on PBS (check local listings).
_ What happens when a sense you've been living without for 65 years is suddenly given to you? In the documentary "Hear and Now," a 2007 Sundance Film Festival award winner, filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky tells about the cochlear implant surgery that enabled both of her parents to hear for the first time. Paul and Sally Taylor led successful lives despite their deafness, with engineer Paul even helping develop a telecommunication device for the hearing-impaired. The decision to undergo surgery that let them hear brings many joys, as when Sally first hears water lapping onshore at a favorite lake. But there are many psychological ramifications that aren't necessarily considered before the surgery is performed. The documentary gets its television premiere 8 p.m. EDT Thursday on HBO.
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EDITOR'S NOTE _ Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org
BATTING_Doumit, Pittsburgh, .533; Fukudome, Chicago, .500; Pujols, St. Louis, .500; Kendall, Milwaukee, .500; Loney, Los Angeles, .462; Ramirez, Florida, .462; Wright, New York, .462.
RUNS_Weeks, Milwaukee, 7; Utley, Philadelphia, 6; Young, Arizona, 5; Prado, Atlanta, 5; Milledge, Washington, 5; Nady, Pittsburgh, 5; Rollins, Philadelphia, 5; Guzman, Washington, 5.
RBI_Hall, Milwaukee, 7; Nady, Pittsburgh, 7; Escobar, Atlanta, 6; Wright, New York, 6; Jones, Atlanta, 6; Mclouth, Pittsburgh, 5; Fielder, Milwaukee, 5; Utley, Philadelphia, 5; Belliard, Washington, 5.
HITS_Guzman, Washington, 9; Doumit, Pittsburgh, 8; Nady, Pittsburgh, 8; Jones, Atlanta, 8; Mclouth, Pittsburgh, 7; Hairston, San Diego, 7; Furcal, Los Angeles, 7.
DOUBLES_Beltran, New York, 5; Mclouth, Pittsburgh, 3; Wright, New York, 3; Castillo, San Francisco, 3; Johnson, Washington, 3; Berkman, Houston, 3; Kendall, Milwaukee, 3.
HOME RUNS_Utley, Philadelphia, 3; Upton, Arizona, 2; Zimmerman, Washington, 2; Willingham, Florida, 2; Hairston, San Diego, 2; Hall, Milwaukee, 2; Nady, Pittsburgh, 2; Ankiel, St. Louis, 2.
STOLEN BASES_Bourn, Houston, 3; Young, Arizona, 2; Hart, Milwaukee, 2; Weeks, Milwaukee, 2; Berkman, Houston, 2.
STRIKEOUTS_Cueto, Cincinnati, 10; Owings, Arizona, 9; Sanchez, San Francisco, 8; Perez, New York, 8; Santana, New York, 8; Sheets, Milwaukee, 7; 12 are tied with 6.
SAVES_Isringhausen, St. Louis, 2; Hoffman, San Diego, 2.
OK, what's the deal here - are the Cubs and White Sox indivisional races or not?
Yes, the Cubs are in a race.
No, wait. They just dropped two of three to the second-placeExpos. OK. Fine. That's that.
Now the Sox, no way they're in a race. No, wait. They justswept the second-place Twins. OK. Fine. That's that.
So, there you go. The Cubs - no. The Sox - yes. Or is it theother way around? Or neither? Or both?
What a stupid summer. Well, best as we can tell, the Cubsindeed are in a race. Of course, everybody in the NL East exceptPhiladelphia is in that race. It doesn't matter if you're three,four, five games under .500 and seven or …
Plasticine clay is a bendable material that is easily manipulated by students of all ages. It's a great material to work with because it doesn't dry out from day to day, so high-school students can work on an extended project. They don't have to worry about the clay drying and cracking, and the entire work of art doesn't have to be completed in just a couple of days. Another plus is that two or more colors can be blended to create new tones, and you can also marbleize the clay!
The difference between plasticine/polymer clay and others is the compound is actually not really clay, but fine particles of polyvinyl chloride suspended in plasticizer. Most clay is made of particles of silicate immersed in water, which is why it dries out so easily.
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Instead of making a freestanding project with this clay, my students studied famous works of art and painted with clay, mostly using their fingers.
First, we each chose an artist's work to use as a …
Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer
ALBANY -- New York Giants coach Jim Fassel said there's a good chance that quarterback Jason Garrett will run the second-team offense in Saturday's preseason game against the New York Jets.
Garrett, a 10th-year veteran out of Princeton, is vying with Jesse Palmer to be the top backup to starter Kerry Collins.
Garrett has served that role for the Giants for the past two seasons. But Palmer, a second-year pro out of Florida, has taken most of the second-team snaps this summer. Garrett has played with the third string.
Fassel is trying to determine whether the strong-armed Palmer should take over the backup …
Finding success stories in the European auto industry today isn't easy.
Most carmakers and suppliers are struggling in a market characterized by intense competition and relentless price pressure.
Yet we have identified 15 executives who have succeeded under often difficult circumstances.
Our 2004 Eurostars are managers who prove everyday that conviction and focus, a sound strategy, proper execution and the willingness to take risks can yield tremendous results.
This holds true for each of our Eurostars, who work in different positions at different automakers and suppliers. If anything, our Eurostars show that there are plenty of opportunities to thrive in Europe.
Whether they are increasing the profitability of a big car company, boosting the visibility of a model or expanding sales of a key automotive product, our 2004 Eurostars are winners.
Editors and reporters at Automotive News Europe enjoy selecting the Eurostars each year. We cover the industry day in and day out and the awards give us an opportunity to stop and say "Well done" to those who have excelled.
In association with Accenture, we are delighted to announce our 2004 selections.
Congratulations to all the 2004 Eurostars.
Sales & Marketing Executive
Thierry Dombreval
Executive Vice President …
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