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Alma residents Jerry and Jean Knight peeked through the open driver's side window at the dashboard of a pristine ‘51 Mercury parked on St. Louis's downtown Mill Street Thursday, with a hundred or so other vintage and classic cars.

Mercury whizzing through Virgo skies is currently giving you several options - either to meet, greet and organise the social herd or to plunge into tracts of detailed work and administration. Either way, the advantage is all yours.

Panicked residents fear a partially dismantled building where a recent blaze killed two firefighters and stripped away protective coverings may be releasing some of the toxic contaminants that blanketed the neighborhood on Sept. 11, 2001. Some experts, however, aren't so sure. The Aug. 18 blaze at the derelict former Deutsche Bank building began on a floor layered with asbestos, lead, mercury and ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Diana Taurasi wasn't the scoring leader in the WNBA's regular season. She wasn't voted as best defender, either.

The Phoenix Mercury are one victory away from winning their first playoff series in nine years. The top-seeded Mercury look to finish off the No. 4 seed Seattle Storm when the teams meet in Phoenix on Sunday in Game 2 of their best-of-three, fi...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Diana Taurasi wasn't the scoring leader in the WNBA's regular season. She wasn't voted as best defender, either.

As consent forms for free flu shots for students are being sent home this week, a group of concerned parents is warning that the vaccines may contain thimerosal — a preservative containing mercury.

SEATTLE - Diana Taurasi wasn't the scoring leader in the WNBA's regular season. She wasn't voted as best defender, either.

AUG. 25, 1959: The mercury edged near the 90-degree mark as members of the Womens Organization of Oneida Golf and Riding Club launched match play for their annual club championship tournament. Fifty-six golfers vied in opening round matches in flights for 18 hole and 9 hole competitors. Defending champion is Miss Abett Icks, 19. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Karl Icks, 401 Arrowhead Drive, ...

Mars in Gemini wears an ''I run with scissors'' T-shirt when Mercury's around. Critical thinking is a positive use of this edgy energy, while criticism unintentionally slights. Think before you act. A second influence, Venus and Neptune, soften hearts, increasing vulnerability and sensitivity.

CODY -- Visitors to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center are getting free medical advice this week from Dr. James Madison DeWolf, a U.S. Army surgeon who uses leeches, mercury, beef extract and turpentine to cure his patients.

Today is Saturday, August 25, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 2nd degree Virgo Moon.............. 25th degree Capricorn Mercury........... 12th degr...

Today is Saturday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2007 with 128 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn, Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter.Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include Czar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) of Russia, in 1530; Allan Pinkerton, founder of the private detective agency, in 1819; author Bret Harte ...

Boxed in again, Lauren Jackson still didn't have any solutions. There was no one to defer to as reporters cornered her in the Storm locker...

SEATTLE — Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Friday night.

Diane Taurasi scored 22 points and bullied Lauren Jackson defensively with elbows and arm locks to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Friday night.

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Diana Taurasi's defense frustrated the Storm offense all night during a 101-84 victory Friday in Seattle.{s} Photos | Christon scores 16, lifts Liberty

With a 101-84 victory over the Seattle Storm, the Western Conference top-seed Phoenix Mercury took a 1-0 lead in its best-of-three West semifinals series and now will return home to US Airways Center on Sunday at 4 p.m. one victory away from a trip to the Western Conference Finals.

Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series tonight.

SEATTLE -- Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Friday night. Phoenix c...

Alma residents Jerry and Jean Knight peeked through the open driver's side window at the dashboard of a pristine ‘51 Mercury parked on St. Louis's downtown Mill Street Thursday, with a hundred or so other vintage and classic cars.

Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Friday night. Penny Taylor also upstaged Jackson, her fellow Australian and good friend, with 22 points as Phoenix earned its first playoff win since Aug. 27, 1998.

SEATTLE -- Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round...

Associated Press - August 25, 2007 12:35 AM ET SEATTLE (AP) - Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle...

Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Friday night.

Diana Taurasi scored 22 points and played rugged defense on Lauren Jackson to lead the top-seeded Phoenix Mercury over the Seattle Storm 101-84 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series Friday night. Penny Taylor also upstaged Jackson, her fellow Australian and good friend, with 22 points as Phoenix earned its first playoff win since Aug. 27, 1998.

Storm forward Lauren Jackson received a playful nudge in the back from Phoenix guard Diana Taurasi after the whistle blew in the third quarter of Seattle’s 111-101 win against the Mercury on Aug. 4.

The six-man team aboard Pop A Top scored its first victory Saturday in the Mercury/SeaVee Pompano Beach Saltwater Showdown, catching the tournament's largest fish -- a 47.6-pound wahoo -- plus four kingfish for a winning weight of 128.3 pounds. The crew earned $21,660.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Careful with that antique clock. It could be the source of a mercury hazard.

Would you live in a house built on a landfill? How about a site where a petrol station once stood? What about in a converted chemicals factory? Or an apartment tower recently cleared of asbestos? When the matter is put so starkly, few people would say "yes".

How can you look your best and still keep cool when the mercury climbs? Urban offers some pointers. Beauty tips, dress and make-up advice for mature women in their 50s and 60s.

Roz Savage, who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean last year, has had to a abandon her attempt to be the first woman to row solo across the Pacific, the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News report. The Coast...

If you lived on Mercury, you wouldn't enjoy it. Nothing to breathe, nothing to drink, hot enough to vaporize your shoes. But at least you would be able to do one thing you can do on Earth.

JACKSON — The Tourism Division of the Mississippi Development Authority was recently recognized as having the best state tourism office international marketing project.

Known to the alchemists and long used as a detonator to set off dynamite--mercury fulminate has a checkered past. Now, more than 300 years after the discovery of this explosive compound, German researchers have been able to characterize its crystal structure and thus finally reveal the molecular structure of mercury fulminate.

Known to the alchemists and long used as a detonator to set off dynamite—mercury fulminate has a checkered past.

While summertime heat is causing the mercury to creep up to record levels, other records are also being surpassed.

Expect a chance of thunderstorms all weekend as the mercury soars, according to the National Weather Service in Binghamton. Today: Chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy. High 89.

Guitarist and songwriter Brian May has completed his doctorate in astrophysics — three decades after he put academia on hold to form the rock group Queen.

Our reporter, Mercury in Virgo, wants specific answers from politician Jupiter, who evades the particulars. Moderator, please! Break your questions down into bite-size pieces, and well-reasoned logic moves to higher ground. Then bipartisan understanding is achieved. Hurrah!

As a frequent addition to the list of America's most polluted cities, Houston is no stranger to having more than just oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air. But a University of Houston study found a few surprising results in the air Houstonians breathe day in, day out: mercury and formaldehyde. [click link for full article]

BLUEFIELD, Va. — As the mercury soared to a sweltering 93 degrees, returning students in Tazewell County were faced with muggy classrooms Thursday. “It’s going pretty good, and the students seem pretty excited,” Graham High School Principal John O’Neal said.

Netflix founder Reed Hastings gives the impression of a happy warrior. When he sat down with the Mercury News this week, the 46-year-old chief executive talked about the "excitement" of battling Blockbuster in the online DVD rental business and the "amazing" future for Web-based video

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Stamford St Martins I would like to pass on a very big thank you to the Mercury for its help with our Stamp out Leprosy campaign.

Nikki Kelley, practice manager of Sheepmarket surgery, says that the O845 number change is necessary to "improve the service patients receive" and that she is receiving many comments "from people who are very pleased with the new system." (Mercury last week).

In the Mercury on August 10, there were two letters, one from R Britton, a Gipsy Council member and Mark Horn, a councillor from Bourne.

Storm forward Lauren Jackson received a playful nudge in the back from Phoenix guard Diana Taurasi after the whistle blew in the third quarter of Seattle’s 111-101 win against the Mercury on Aug. 4.

CODY -- Visitors to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center are getting free medical advice this week from Dr. James Madison DeWolf, a U.S. Army surgeon who uses leeches, mercury, beef extract and turpentine to cure his patients.

Today is Friday, August 24, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 1st degree Virgo Moon.............. 11th degree Capricorn Mercury........... 10th degree...

Today is Friday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2007 with 129 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn, Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter.Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include pioneer British abolitionist William Wilberforce in 1759; Joshua Lionel Cowen, inventor of the electric toy train, in 1880; English author ...

Los Angeles was a WNBA team going nowhere fast, but on July 20, the Sparks came into US Airways Center and put a whomping on the Mercury and their psyche.

Two Staunton River High School students were injured in a wreck Thursday afternoon, officials said. The students, both girls, were traveling eastbound on Virginia 24 in a Mercury Cougar. The 16-year-old driver tried to turn left onto Virginia 801, and the car was hit by a westbound Jeep about 5:30 p.m., said Virginia State Police Trooper J.A. Kent.

Southeast Missouri has a new standard by which to judge heat waves. Thursday marked the 29th day that the temperature reached at least 90 degrees, breaking the record set in 1983. Outdoor workers all...

The Mercury's championship aspirations will undergo a quick test in a first-round, best-of-three series that opens tonight.

POP.

In the company?s new ad campaign, 18 women step up to deliver a unified message: We?re athletes, so ditch the female modifier.

Alma residents Jerry and Jean Knight peeked through the open driver's side window at the dashboard of a pristine ‘51 Mercury parked on St. Louis's downtown Mill Street Thursday, with a hundred or so other vintage and classic cars.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is a hot day," the woman on the public address system announced at the start of proceedings in Nagai Stadium here yesterday. With the mercury at 27 degrees Celsius and the humidity approaching 70 per cent, it was the Japanese equivalent of a statement of the bleedin' obvious. "Please drink a lot, and if you feel uncomfortable please see a doctor," she added. The message ...

Want to stay safe on the road? Increase your chances by avoiding these sets of wheels.

How can you look your best and still keep cool when the mercury climbs? Urban offers some pointers. Beauty tips, dress and make-up advice for mature women in their 50s and 60s.

Feeble inspections make it easy for importers to slip through high-mercury seafood

For many blacks, the jobs they thought would come overnight with democracy and the end of apartheid have never materialized.

RESOLUTE BAY - Arctic char in Resolute Lake contain amounts of methyl-mercury that exceed what Health Canada considers safe to eat regularly.

CODY, Wyo. - Visitors to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center are getting free medical advice this week from Dr. James Madison DeWolf, a U.S. Army surgeon who uses leeches, mercury,

It's been more than seven years since the Phoenix Mercury played a postseason game and nearly nine years since they won one. The top-seeded Mercury, however, take the WNBA's highest-scoring offense and longest active win streak into their best-of...

Other World Computing announced on Thursday that it has reduced the price of its Mercury Blu-ray external and internal drives. These drives read and write Blu-ray, DVD, DVD-RAM, CD and virtually every optical media, according to OWC.

For years, the cross-over appeal of athletes wanting to be musicians and musicians wanting to be athletes has been more than apparent. Recently, it's Phoenix's newest forward Grant Hill who's been testing the rockstar waters with his cameo in Nickelback's new video, "Rockstar."

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bag of Fast Fixin’ frozen chicken strips made by an Oklahoma company and purchased by a family from a Lancaster County grocery store contained mercury and glass shards, but tests on other bags from the same lot found nothing, state officials said Wednesday.

In USA TODAY, Greg Boeck writes "transitioning from college to the WNBA, Diana Taurasi went from postseason phenom to playoff phantom. At the University of Connecticut, she was a three-time national champion (2002-04) and back-to-back Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2003-04). With the Phoenix Mercury, she missed the playoffs her first three seasons. That changes Friday, when Taurasi makes her ...

A Lancaster County family got a nasty surprise in a bag of frozen chicken, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Mercury music prize-nominated Jamie T is planning to take a break from live gigs and begin recording his new record after the Carling Weekend.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. sales chief Henri Richard will leave the company in September, AMD said Wednesday.

Community centers, pools open to keep people cool during as mercury heads toward 98.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A bag of chicken strips made by an Oklahoma company and sold in Pennsylvania has been found to have mercury and glass shards in it.

CHELSMFORD, Mass. - August 9, 2007 - Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced that it was selected by the Remote Sensing Applications Center of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service to support two wildfire monitoring and forest mapping projects in 2007 with the VistaNav(TM)-SSR Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The Remote Sensing Applications Center, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides ...

Apartments given the all-clear.

Mark Fiore creates animated political cartoons from an undisclosed location somewhere in San Francisco. His work appears regularly on select news web sites and is seen by millions, perhaps even scrillions, of people.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A fire at a power substation on Wednesday forced the nation's largest public utility to ask major industrial customers to reduce their electricity use as a heat wave continued.

UPI horoscopes for Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.

Today is Thursday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2007 with 130 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn, Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter.Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include poet and novelist Edgar Lee Masters in 1869; Gen.

Today is Thursday, August 23, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 30th degree Leo Moon.............. 29th degree Sagittarius Mercury........... 8th degr...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A bag of Fast Fixin' frozen chicken strips purchased by a family from a Lancaster County grocery store contained mercury and glass shards, but tests on other bags from the same lot found nothing, state officials said Wednesday.

Four months after the Phoenix Mercury and San Antonio Silver Stars made blockbuster trades on draft day, the former Western Conference doormats have made it back to the WNBA playoffs.

THE mercury finally soared yesterday as much of Scotland enjoyed one of the hottest days of the year.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.

A growing number of vehicles are using bulbs with light-emitting diodes or LEDs, instead of conventional halogen or incandescent bulbs in the interior. Here are some domestic vehicles that feature LED lighting. Ford Motor Ford Taurus X Ford Flex Ford Focus Ford Mustang Ford Escape Mercury Sable Mercury Mountaineer

CODY, Wyo. - Visitors to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center are getting free medical advice this week from Dr. James Madison DeWolf, a U.S. Army surgeon who uses leeches, mercury,

A bag of Fast Fixin' frozen chicken strips purchased by a family at The Sharp Shopper grocery store in Ephrata contained mercury and glass shards, but tests on other bags from the same lot showed no contaminants, state officials said.As a result, the state Department of Agriculture is taki...

After outcry over a permit extension that allows oil company BP to continue dumping ammonia and mercury into Lake Michigan, Rep. Mark Kirk urged a boycott of the company and said he would not buy their gas.

Each year, the local sports landscape gets more and more competitive. This is not only the case in the number of sports that a kid has to choose from, but the number of options in each respective sport.

THE mercury finally soared yesterday as much of Scotland enjoyed one of the hottest days of the year.

WHITING, Ind. -- A proposal to allow BP to greatly increase the amount of pollutants it discharges into Lake Michigan from its refinery here has prompted a bitter war of words between officials in Illinois and Indiana.

Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury makes her debut in the WNBA playoffs against the Seattle Storm Friday, where the fourth-year player finally gets a chance to show off her crunch-time spunk and swagger on her sport's biggest stage.

OCEANSIDE -- A front of warm air sitting over North County pushed the mercury up to 82 degrees Tuesday at the Oceanside Municipal Airport setting a record ---- well, sort of.

A western Pennsylvania doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy who died after the doctor administered a chemical treatment, state police said. The boy, Abubakar Tariq Nadama, went into cardiac arrest at the office of the doctor, Roy E. Kerry, after undergoing chelation therapy on Aug. 23, 2005. Chelation (pronounced kee-LAY-shun) removes heavy ...

AMD sales chief Henri Richard will leave the company in September, AMD said Wednesday.

A doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday for administering a chemical treatment that state police say killed a 5-year-old autistic boy.

A bag of Fast Fixin' frozen chicken strips purchased by a family from a Lancaster County grocery store contained mercury and glass shards, but tests on other bags from the same lot found nothing, state officials said Wednesday.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is expected to release a statement later Wednesday confirming the departure of its sales chief, shortly after AMD reported its third straight quarterly loss.

LAKEHURST -- Two drivers were injured this morning after a sport utility vehicle overturned after colliding with a car, police reported. The collision happened about 11 a.m. just west of the Route 70 circle and invovled a Mercury Grand Marquis and a Mitsubishi Outlander, police said. The names of the drivers and additional information were not immediately available. Police said the preliminary ...

A doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday for administering a chemical treatment that state police say killed a 5-year-old autistic boy.

After a brief “cool front” for this area, the mercury is expected to once again rise to 100 degrees or higher in coming days, said Mike Edmonston, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson.

This year's heat wave tied a record for length this morning when the mercury climbed above 90 at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on its way to a predicted high of 99. At about 11 a.m. the temperature...

by Colleen Wolfe soboblog@baltimoreguide.com August is a brutally hot month in Baltimore and completely unforgiving for anyone who enjoys exercising outdoors. While many flock to air conditioned gyms or even put exercise regimens on the back burner while the mercury hovers in the 90s, the soaring temperatures aren’t a deterrent to the Federal Hill Runners Club. “We [...]

The company that invented the CD, the Walkman and the PlayStation will soon become an environmental pioneer, too: Sony says it will offer free recycling of all its products in the United States.

RE Coun Horn's letter in last week's Mercury: Coun Horn seems to think that we need to be "Conservatives" to understand the problems of so-called travellers – the Government-enacted legislation placing the problem of traveller sites with local councils – in other words – the hard-pressed council tax payer will foot the bill again.

For the first time, the Mercury News was invited along to watch as the arrests were made.

By Sara Wykes | Special to the Mercury News For thousands of years, women have woven rugs, incorporating into each some element of identity - a color or pattern that would mark that rug as surely as a "Made in" label does.

A Tucson man was shot and killed on the East Side early Tuesday in the 34th homicide in the city so far this year.

Today is Wednesday, August 22, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 30th degree Leo Moon.............. 16th degree Sagittarius Mercury........... 6th deg...

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2007 with 131 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include French composer Claude Debussy in 1862; Charles Jenkins, inventor of airplane brakes and the conical drinking cup, in 1867; writer, critic ...

The Mercury are given a shot to win the WNBA championship because of a late-season run that has been led by a re-emergence of Diana Taurasi from a midseason funk that included a suspension for a confrontation with officials.

Two teenagers remain in critical condition Tuesday following an accident about 4:45 p.m. Monday at Grand River and Edgebrook Drive, according to Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte. One of the teens, a 16-year-old boy, was driving a 1996 Mercury Sable without an adult in the car, as required under his Level 1 license. He was found to be at fault in the crash for failing to yield. The Sable, ...

Each year, the local sports landscape gets more and more competitive. This is not only the case in the number of sports that a kid has to choose from, but the number of options in each respective sport.

OCEANSIDE -- A front of warm air sitting over North County pushed the mercury up to 82 degrees Tuesday at the Oceanside Municipal Airport setting a record ---- well, sort of.

Another August high temperature record was set in Rome on Tuesday, and more could be on the way this week.The high hit 101, breaking the previous mark of 99 set in 2005 and marking the fifth time this month the mercury climbed to a new record. Click here to find a list of cooling locations, including maps, where people who are in danger of overheating can go to cool off.And the peak ...

A Hawaiian fish traditionally tossed back into the sea by fishermen is appearing as a delicacy on a growing number of city menus. Local chefs are touting a yellowtail-like Kona Kampachi as a wonder fish — succulent and flavorful, packed with Omega-3 fatty acids, and boasting mercury levels so low, they're virtually undetectable. "It is like foie gras without the guilt," the head chef at Barbounia ...

RALEIGH -- The temperatures keep pushing the mercury higher in North Carolina. In Raleigh, the temperature set an all-time record high at 105 degrees. This month's heat wave is also pushing up the prices on power bills, making it more difficult for some people to pay.

For the first time, the Mercury News was invited along to watch as the arrests were made, an effort by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to show Bay Area media the inner workings of a growing national crackdown on immigrants who are deportable because of criminal convictions, and others who

Immigration agents arrested three South Bay residents early Tuesday, part of a federal sweep for illegal immigrants who have ignored previous deportation orders. For the first time, the Mercury News was invited along to watch.

Health officials have cleared the chemical that forced the evacuation of a Jackson apartment building.

After an outcry over a permit extension that allows oil company BP to continue dumping ammonia and mercury into Lake Michigan, Rep. Mark Kirk urged a boycott of the company and said he would not buy their gas.

PHOENIX (AP) -- With 11 victories in their last 12 games, the Phoenix Mercury are running right into the postseason on a roll.

Supply reduces to 35 pc as most produce in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar spoilt due to rains Monsoon may have put an end to the scorching summer but it has left the prices of the vegetables in the city soaring again. While some vegetable prices have increased only by a few rupees, some have doubled due to scarce supply or spoilt produce. Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad Market Produce Committee says the prices ...

Expect to see Ohio Valley Wrestling's Chett the Jett to be moved up to the main roster sometime soon. According to once source John Laurinaitis told him that he would be given a Polish gimmick and brought up within the coming weeks.

FBI agents spent Monday searching Calabazas Creek for the body of Dawn Sanchez, who prosecutors believe was murdered in 1991, a source told the Mercury News.

PHOENIX (AP) -- With 11 victories in their last 12 games, the Phoenix Mercury are running right into the postseason on a roll.

Several of the WNBA's biggest stars take center stage this week as the postseason tips off Thursday. But the time is nearing, players say, when they will have to choose between the WNBA and playing overseas. Some say it won't be the WNBA.

LANSING - The Travel Industry Association of America honored Travel Michigan with two Mercury Awards - one for the Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign for its Pure Michigan campaign, and the other for Best State Tourism TV Spots.

Disruption is easy to spot - in hindsight. The railroads were always going to be better than canals and wagon trains. The telephone was bound to edge out the telegraph. The transistor was clearly superior to vacuum tubes. In recent years, digital cameras have stolen the market for film, the iPod has started to replace the CD and Google seems to be disrupting just about everything else.

Wins Best Storage Products for OWC Mercury Blu-ray Drive July 16, 2007, Woodstock, IL -- Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today it has won the American Photo 2007 Editor's Choice Award for Best Storage Products for the OWC Mercury Blu-ray Drive(TM), its cutting-edge Blu-ray drive solution that is 100% compatible with any ...

As the mercury climbs past 90 degrees, 6-year-old Mary Kate Mulligan decides it is time to open up shop. ... - By DARRELL SMITH Sacramento Bee

Eating fish is good for you, as almost every study confirms. But there are certain fish, such as swordfish and shark, that people may not want to eat. Large fish belonging to these species often contain relatively high levels of mercury, a neurotoxin, and regulatory agencies are doing a surprisingly poor job of keeping such culprits off American dinner plates. That criticism has been voiced by ...

Forecasters expect today to be the second day in a row that the mercury will hit a record-matching 96 degrees.

Today is Monday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2007 with 126 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn, Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter.Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include German philosopher Georg Hegel in 1770; novelist Theodore Dreiser in 1871; English automaker Charles Rolls in 1877; novelist C.S. Forester in ...

Today is Tuesday Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2007 with 132 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

Today is Tuesday, August 21, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 29th degree Leo Moon.............. 4th degree Sagittarius Mercury........... 4th degree...

PHOENIX - With 11 victories in their last 12 games, the Phoenix Mercury are running right into the postseason on a roll.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to Weston-super-Mare for the first time in 30 years was a story too good to miss for the Weston & Somerset Mercury.

Each year, the local sports landscape gets more and more competitive. This is not only the case in the number of sports that a kid has to choose from, but the number of options in each respective sport.

From The Associated Press PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their fifth straight win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Sacramento Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Clovis experienced its first two triple-digit temperature days in 2007 on Sunday and Monday. The record high for Aug. 20 is 105 set in 1930, according to AccuWeather.com data that dates to 1913.

Here are several practical ways you can start running a green office.

Well, nobody got hurt. The rest of Sunday was made up of details, wrinkles to iron out, momentum to sustain and some final non-simulated action before the postseason.

Having accomplished a significant feat for the first time in a decade, Friday night's Mercury locker room celebration for winning the Western Conference regular season championship was befitting of a team only interested in what's next.

As the mercury climbs past 90 degrees, 6-year-old Mary Kate Mulligan decides it is time to open up shop. At her age, though, a business owner doesn't exactly go it alone.

As a frequent addition to the list of America`s most polluted cities, Houston is no stranger to having more than just oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air. But a University of Houston study found a few surprising results in the air Houstonians breathe day in, day out: mercury and formaldehyde.

PHOENIX -- With 11 victories in their last 12 games, the Phoenix Mercury are running right into the postseason on a roll. The Mercury (23-11) open the playoffs at Seattle (17-17)...

As a frequent addition to the list of America's most polluted cities, Houston is no stranger to having more than just oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air. But a new study found a few surprising results in the air Houstonians breathe day in, day out: mercury and formaldehyde. This is the first time mercury has been measured in Houston's air, and scientists are still trying to figure out what it's ...

FBI agents are searching Calaveras Creek for the body of Dawn Sanchez, who prosecutors believe was murdered in 1991, a source told the Mercury News.

The Travel Industry Association of America honored Travel Michigan with a Mercury Award for the Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign for its Pure Michigan campaign. In addition to receiving the highest award from TIA, the Pure Michigan campaign also won a Mercury Award for the Best State Tourism Television Commercials.

"You say Rolls, I say Royce, You say God, Give me a Choice..." Unlike, Freddie 'Queen' Mercury, the politicians of Punjab don't have dearth of choice when it comes to selecting a vehicle. Exquisite sedans and robust SUVs are there for their taking! But some cursory observation skills and interactions with some of 'young and happening' politicians of the region reveal that these men have a ...

CFLs score over normal bulbs, but mercury is the sore point that needs to be addressed. If households in Delhi replace four ordinary bulbs with four compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), their annual savings would be around Rs 273 crore. Startling figure.

Crews worked throughout the weekend at two Jackson apartments, but the weather didn't cooperate.

Police say it's no coincidence we've seen five shootings in less than a week, during the worst heatwave in years. When the mercury rises, police say so do emotions, and that leads to more confrontations that end in violence.

Last week we talked about Mercury, so this week our planetary parade proceeds to Venus. It's the brightest object in the sky, the hottest object in the solar system, and it's probably one of the most deadly places to go and visit. You might be amazed to know that spacecraft have actually reached the surface [...]

WASHINGTON----Allied Capital Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of its majority equity interest in Mercury Air Centers, Inc. to Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC .

PHOENIX (AP) -- Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their fifth straight win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Sacramento Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Taiwan has concerns about airborne mercury and arsenic pollution to raise with China and a great deal of clean-up expertise to offer the polluted mainland, but Beijing's refusal to deal with the island stymies cooperation, Taiwan's environment minister said Friday.

Appears to have been an accident.

Naming her second album after her dear old ma, rapper Mathangi Arulpragasam continues to push musical boundaries to their edge. Back in 2005, MIA’s electro-rap and Sri Lankan roots got her noticed and subsequently, she picked up a Mercury nomination.

To stay cool during the August heat wave, residents are heading for water. Water parks are always crowded during the summer. But at a time when the mercury is rising daily to nearly 100 degrees, even more people seek the solace of a cool splash.

Today is Monday, August 20, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 28th degree Leo Moon.............. 22nd degree Scorpio Mercury........... 2nd degree Vir...

Today is Monday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2007 with 133 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Mars and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, in 1833; poet Edgar Guest in 1881; horror writer H.P.

From The Associated Press PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their fifth straight win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Sacramento Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams.

PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to its fifth straight win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Sacramento Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams.

As the mercury climbs past 90 degrees, 6-year-old Mary Kate Mulligan decides it is time to open up shop. At her age, though, a business owner doesn't exactly go it alone.

Each year, the local sports landscape gets more and more competitive. This is not only the case in the number of sports that a kid has to choose from, but the number of options in each respective sport.

PHOENIX Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead Phoenix to its fifth straight win. Phoenix (23-11) enters the postseason as the top seed from the Western Conference. The Mercury open the postseason at No. 4 seed Seattle on Friday. The Monarchs begin the playoffs at home against second-seeded San Antonio on Thursday.

The regular season ended in a way that has become a refrain. There was a victory, this time over Sacramento.{s} Photos from the game

In 2004, U.K.-based independent label Memphis Industries released the sample-heavy, intentionally lo-fi and daringly jarring "Thunder, Lightning, Strike," the Go! Team's debut full-length CD.

A plan by Suffolk politicians to ban the sale of some standard incandescent lightbulbs by 2012 in favor of compact fluorescent ones that contain mercury could produce a flood of discarded bulbs containing a tiny amount of mercury, a known health hazard.

Brunson 7-13 10-13 24, Powell 2-13 4-4 8, Griffith 5-8 1-1 11, Newton 2-6 5-5 9, Penicheiro 0-6 0-0 0, Lawson 3-11 0-2 7, Williams 2-11 5-5 9, Haynie 2-7 0-0 5, Robinson 0-4 0-0 0, Frohlich 0-2 0-0 0, Atkinson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-82 25-30 73.

Conservationists are warning that if sea temperatures continue to be high, coral reefs off Ishigakijima island, Okinawa Prefecture, may develop more cases of large-scale bleaching.

Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their fifth consecutive win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Sacramento Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams.

PHOENIX -- Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their fifth straight win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Sacramento Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams. Penny Taylor added 14 points and Cappie Po...

PHOENIX -- Diana Taurasi scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to its fifth consecutive win, an 87-73 victory Sunday over the Monarchs in the regular-season finale for both teams.

WASHINGTON - Taiwan has concerns about airborne mercury and arsenic pollution to raise with China and a great deal of clean-up expertise to offer the polluted mainland, but Beijing's refusal to deal with the island stymies cooperation, Taiwan's environment minister said on Friday.

Updated: 17 Aug 2007 Hewlett-Packard's PC business and software sales from its Mercury Interactive acquisition helped produce a net profit of $1.8 billion, for a 29 percent increase, with a 16 percent boost in revenue in the fiscal third quarter, according to financial results released Thursday.

Hatha yoga — 8 to 9 a.m. Today through Thursday. Mercury Hall, 615 Cardinal Lane. $5-$10. 236-1226, www.mercuryhall.com.

A judge won't allow Casey Nicole Kerr to have access to her bank accounts, vehicle. Aug 10, 2007 — Casey N. Kerr still won't be able to use bank accounts where she deposited her lottery winnings, or drive her 2008 Mercury Mariner.

Rapper Kanye West scores his first UK number one single, while Elvis Presley tops the album chart.

A mercury spill at a Jackson apartment complex forced residents from their homes while officials checked for contamination and health problems.

The man killed early Saturday was Lorenzo Alejandro Hernandez-Marquez, 28.

JACKSON, Mich. -- A mercury spill at an apartment complex where children had been playing with the toxic metal forced residents from their homes while officials checked for...

A handful of residents waited on front lawns Saturday afternoon, hoping to get the OK to go back into their apartments. Some were wearing hospital bracelets and blue slippers, and having their homes monitored for mercury, a poison that can cause health problems.

Hess is comparing apples to oranges The problem with Mercury News architecture writer Alan Hess is that he has never found his heart in San Jose.

As Mr. Wingtips enters the sign of the problem solver today, the four-letter word for a systematically organized life is ... NEAT. Mercury in Virgo is a crossword puzzler extraordinaire, whose crafty, cunning and industrious clarity calls to mind handy solutions for our toughest problems.

Thought for the Day: Mercury leaves Leo and enters meticulous Virgo at 9:01 a.m. The earth signs of Virgo, Capricorn and Taurus – plus the water signs of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces – will be in line to get inspirational ideas.

Today is Sunday, August 19, 2007 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT): Sun............... 27th degree Leo Moon.............. 10th degree Scorpio Mercury........... 30th degree Le...

UPI horoscopes for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007.

Today is Sunday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2007 with 134 to follow.The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Uranus, Mercury and Neptune. The evening stars are Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include English poet John Dryden in 1631; Connecticut clockmaker Seth Thomas in 1785; statesman Bernard Baruch in 1870; aviation pioneer Orville Wright ...