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A TRAUMATISED father woke from his Sunday afternoon doze on the sofa to find a masked thug holding a gun to his head. Ahmed Brahmini says he has no idea why the gunman and two henchmen raided his family home, in Lancaster Road, South Norwood.

TESTING has been done, assessments completed and the most important date on the calendar can't come quickly enough for dozens of Australia's elite teenage footballers.

Ford's UAW deal will save about $1 billion per year. Now CEO Mulally needs to spend the money building cars people want more than Toyota's

Targeting oldest, wettest areas The European Space Agency (ESA) has compiled a shortlist of places it would like to look for life (past or present) on Mars.…

Had a problem with steering when turning knocking sound from front found to be front strut bearings, When I bought it I did some research and found 1.8 k series were prone to head gasket failure so opted for the 2.5 v6 thinking I would be safe.

Two paparazzi in hot pursuit of Britney Spears around Beverly Hills ended up getting into an accident on Monday that sent one one shutterbug to the hospital. According to the Beverly Hills Police Department , the collision occurred at 5 p.m. at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Elm Drive, about a mile from the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel. One of the photographers, who was ...

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow keeps Fido from delivering his "calling card" in your backyard.So, to the rescue, come companies like Doggy's Doo, a pooper scooper service started a year ago by John and LeAnne Crowley of Marion."I've always wanted to own my own company, be my own boss," says John, 44, who handles logistics at LimoLink in Marion by day and scoops poop by night.So far, they say, ...

Sky-high plans for a sprawling aerospace complex on Sheboygans lakefront are gaining momentum, as developers pursue donors, line up exhibits and work with schools to develop complementary curriculum, officials said Thursday.

India has drawn up plans to send a spacecraft to Mars and have flyby missions to comets and asteroids over the next five years.

The Indian Space Research Organisation will also ramp up the number of transponders on its communication satellites to 500 from the current 175 to meet the growing demand in the various sectors. Government has also proposed to more than double the plan outlay ISRO to Rs 27,305 crore to enable it achieve its ambitious programmes, including facilitating tele-medicine and tele-education services.

Coming into this season, the Temple Wildcats’ defense had a simple-but-ambitious goal: Force at least three turnovers per game. In their season opener against South Garland, the Wildcats made an interception and recovered two fumbles to spark a 21-17 win over a Colonels team that hasn’t lost since.

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

Lake Havasu - The lake level is 447.91 feet. The average water temperature is 63 degrees Striped bass action is gradually slowing down as the water continues to cool.

An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off here on Friday and put into orbit British and Brazilian telecommunications satellites, Arianespace said.

In comparison to a mission to Venus, missions to Mars or the Moon are a cakewalk. With temperatures exceeding 450ºC (840ºF) and pressures over 92 times that of the surface of the Earth, landing a rover on the surface of Venus is quite a feat. This, however, is exactly what a research and development team [...]

BROMSGROVE is the hardest working town in Britain, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics. The town’s employment rate comes second only to the City of London and beats the national and West Midlands average.

The Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. an $18 million contract to provide upgraded data links that can be incorporated in an onboard advanced targeting system called Litening.

Lake Havasu - The lake level is 447.91 feet. The average water temperature is 63 degrees Striped bass action is gradually slowing down as the water continues to cool.

The European Space Agency (Esa) has drawn up a shortlist of the best places to look for life on Mars.

The European Space Agency (Esa) has drawn up a shortlist of the best places to look for life on Mars.

A DRIVER was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries following a three vehicle crash on the A281 near Bucks Green today (Thursday November 15).

More than two years after forging a partnership that technology insiders hoped would spawn a new era of innovation in Silicon Valley, Google and NASA have few tangible products to show for their collaboration. But that that doesn't faze Google's managers, who...

No. 2 Oregon is knocking at the door to the Bowl Championship Series national championship game.

A Carmel Highlands man suspected of killing a bicyclist along Highway 1 has been charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Charles Seaborn already faced two counts of felony hit-and-run and two counts of causing great bodily injury while driving under the influence.

The first vocal concert of the year is on Dec. 6 in the gym. The fourth-grade students will perform at 6:30 p.m., followed by fifth-grade students at 7:30 p.m. Cindy Rash is our vocal music teacher directing the students. Families are encouraged to car pool due to limited parking at Beaver Creek.

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

More than two years after forging a partnership that technology insiders hoped would spawn a new era of innovation in Silicon Valley, Google and NASA have few tangible products to show for their collaboration. But that that doesn't faze Google's managers, who...

Change has been the operative word for the Furman University football team's defense in recent weeks.

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A painting by acclaimed indigenous artist Rover Thomas has sold for $450,000 at auction in Sydney.

Lake Havasu - The lake level is 447.91 feet. The average water temperature is 63 degrees Striped bass action is gradually slowing down as the water continues to cool.

Mixed fortunes for Rodney Marsh in the opening exchanges of I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! On the one hand, the weather closed in and cancelled the football pundit’s scheduled 1,000-feet bungee jump off the side of a helicopter.

Moscow: With India steadily getting into the space exploration business, by 2011, India and Russia will be ready to launch an ambitious Chandrayaan 2 — a joint unmanned lunar exploration programme.

MOSCOW – India and Russia have signed a lunar exploration agreement calling on the countries to jointly develop a robotic orbiter and lander that would launch together in 2013.

India & Russia have signed an agreement to jointly develop a lunar orbiter.

RiverCrest Park, inside the RiverCrest condo development on Commerce Street, will host a dog appreciation event this Sunday.

KentuckySatellite is gearing up to launch its first orbital satellite into space next year, but first it will launch a sub-orbital mission this December to test technology, subsystems and processes that are under development for the satellite.

A PAINTING by acclaimed indigenous artist Rover Thomas has sold for $450,000 at auction in Sydney.

TWO paintings by artist Rover Thomas failed to sell at a Sydney auction last night following debate about their provenance.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Russia's Federal Space Agency Roskosmos have signed an agreement for Chandrayaan-2, a joint lunar research and exploration mission, during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Russia, marking a major milestone between the two nations in the area of outer space.

Fifteen members of the Centennial Conference-champion Muhlenberg College football team, including 10 of the 11 defensive starters, were voted to the All-CC team by the league's coaches.

New products -- including a sub-1 tonne truck launched last year and a small car priced at $2,500 scheduled for launch next year -- would help widen its portfolio further.

Police name three foreign workers who died when a car and a minibus collided in Lincolnshire.

A paparazzo chasingpop star Britney Spears has been injured as his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by another photographer, police say.

Three people are injured in a two-car crash in Aberdeen during an apparent police pursuit.

Three people are injured in a two-car crash in Aberdeen during an apparent police pursuit.

A paparazzi chasing troubled pop star Britney Spears was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by another photographer, police said Tuesday in a statement to AFP. The accident occurred on Monday in Beverly Hills when a photographer driving a Range Rover made an illegal right turn hitting the motorbike and its rider, police sergeant Jay Kim said. The injured photographer was ...

A DRINK-DRIVER pulled over by police after an alert from a member of the public was more than three times the legal limit, a court was told.

Man Accused Of Being Drug-, Alcohol-Impaired The driver of a Range Rover that rammed into a row of cars in Long Island in May, killing a well-known retired UConn professor from Mansfield, will be arraigned this week on charges of second-degree manslaughter and driving while under the influence of alcohol and drugs, the Nassau County district attorney's office said Tuesday.

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

A photographer chasing troubled pop star Britney Spears was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by another paparazzi.

Road Rover Tom skinner checked out the school zone on Arlington Boulevard in front of Greenville's J.H. Rose high school where many drivers were speeding.

A PAPARAZZI chasing troubled pop star Britney Spears was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by another photographer, police say.

"On the eve of a major Sydney art auction, the provenance of several Aboriginal paintings for sale, including four by Rover Joolama Thomas, has been questioned by experts."

I've stated before that I like to look at what I do in this space as small ‘portraits' of life. Today's ‘portrait' involves a Sunday morning drive, looking without really seeing and slowing the merry-go-round of life down just a little.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 -- Irwindale, Calif. -- After years as an OEM manufacturer/supplier, HTK Corporation USA is officially entering the automotive aftermarket with the introduction of its new Pro-e Headrest Video Entertainment System.

Call it a pap smear. Two enterprising paparazzi in hot pursuit of Britney Spears around Beverly Hills ended up getting into an accident on Monday that sent one man to the hospital. Per...

A 43-year-old man is charged with murder following the discovery of a woman's body in Swindon.

I’ve stated before that I like to look at what I do in this space as small ‘portraits’ of life. Today’s ‘portrait’ involves a Sunday morning drive, looking without really seeing and slowing the merry-go-round of life down just a little.

A PAPARAZZI chasing troubled pop star Britney Spears was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by another photographer, police said overnight.

A PAPARAZZI chasing troubled pop star Britney Spears was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by another photographer, police said overnight.

A paparazzo was seriously injured while chasing Britney Spears in Beverly Hills yesterday evening.

A paparazzo on a motorcycle was injured today when another paparazzo in a Range Rover made an illegal right turn and struck the man as they both were following Britney Spears in Beverly Hills, a police official said.

The sand dunes of Mars are in no rush to move across the red planet's surface, new research shows.

ON the eve of a major Sydney art auction, the provenance of several Aboriginal paintings for sale, including four by Rover Joolama Thomas, has been questioned by experts.

Washington, Nov.13 (ANI): A high-tech refrigeration system is being designed to keep a rover functioning for weeks on the searingly hot surface of Venus, claim NASA researchers. According to Geoffrey Landis and Kenneth Mellott of NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the long-lived Venus rover could help scientists understand why Venus, with its runaway greenhouse effect, has ...

Three people are killed and eight injured when two vehicles collide on a main road in Lincolnshire.

Three people are killed in a accident involving four vehicles on a road in Lincolnshire, police say.

Columbus wants to create a place for pooches just north of Downtown.

A paparazzo on a motorcycle was injured when another paparazzo in a Range Rover SUV made an illegal right turn and struck the other as they were both pursuing Britney Spears in Beverly Hills, authorities said.   SLIDESHOW: Britney, Then To Now   SLIDESHOW: Britney Spears Censored!!!

A celebrity spotter is injured while chasing Britney Spears, who is not directly involved in the crash.

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

SOUTHERN PINES — A Sandhills company will help answer an age-old question: Was there ever life on Mars? Scribner Associates Inc., a laboratory supplier for electrochemical researchers, has received a $600,000 NASA contract to build an electronic measuring system.

Russia and India have agreed to jointly explore the moon, according to an agreement signed in Moscow Monday. The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) and the Indian Space Research Organization signed the agreement on the sidelin ...

A schoolboy was caught driving at 115mph in a 40mph zone after a row with his parents over poor exam results.

Hugh Pickens writes "In the 1970s and 80s, several probes landed on Venus and returned data from the surface but they all expired less than 2 hours after landing because of Venus' tremendous heat. It's hard to keep a rover functioning when temperatures of 450 C are hot enough to melt lead but NASA researchers have designed a refrigeration system that might be able to keep a robotic rover going ...

Meeting highly constructive and open, says Vladimir Putin

Moscow: With India steadily getting into the space exploration business, by 2011, India and Russia will be ready to launch an ambitious Chandrayaan 2 — a joint unmanned lunar exploration programme.

The High Court has granted an order confiscating £500,000 of assets from a man cleared of drug smuggling.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh engaged in some diplomatic tightrope walking on the nuclear deal with Moscow when he emerged from a two-hour meeting with President Vladimir Putin and thanked him for his "steadfast support" in supplementing India's nuclear programme and his assistance in trying to get international restrictions, which are still in place, lifted. But minutes after these opening ...

When it began in 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project was expected to be a relatively short-lived project. However, the Spirit and Opportunity rovers currently rolling across the Martian surface have met or exceeded every expectation held. The two rovers are perhaps the most successful program NASA has launched to date. The original life of [...]

PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh ended his summit-level talks with President Vladimir Putin here on Monday with four new agreements and the promise that his discussions with the hosts have 'consolidated and strengthened' bilateral strategic engagements.

URBANA - As November's dates pass on the calendar, many families begin to think about picking out a Christmas tree for the holiday season.

Moscow, Nov 12: India and Russia has resolved a long pending issue on utilization of the rupee debt fund totalling Rs 80 billion for Russian investments and trade and signed an accord on development and production of a multi-role Transport Aircraft.

Russian and Indian space agencies announced their ministers have signed a joint lunar research and exploration pact.

Vinay Shukla Moscow, Nov 12 (PTI) Taking their technological cooperation to new heights, India and Russia today signed a ten-year pact for the joint lunar research involving the launches of

Vinay Shukla Moscow, Nov 12 (PTI) Taking their technological cooperation to new heights, India and Russia today signed a ten-year pact for the joint lunar research involving the launches of spacecraft to the Moon using Indian launch vehicles.

Moscow, Nov 12 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) and India's Department of Space have signed a joint lunar research and exploration agreement, the Russian agency said Monday.

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An efficient refrigeration system first proposed in 1816 could keep a rover functioning for weeks on the hot surface of Venus, say NASA researchers

PAUL GREEN has been part and parcel of a host of Rovers' golden moments – and he'd like to be there for a whole load more. (11/11/2007)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's opening remarks at joint press interaction with Russian President Vladmir Putin on November 12

MOSCOW, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian and Indian space agencies signed on Monday an agreement on joint exploration of the Moon.

The story of Homayoun Ershadi – or at least the story of his movie career – begins at an intersection in downtown Tehran.

As the national interest slowly turns towards a deeper human penetration into space, settlements on the Moon with later expeditions to Mars are becoming more of a reality show than political leadership of the past 35 years would belie This growing interest in space received a huge boost a decade ago with the landing of a small robot vehicle on Mars and from increasingly sophisticated Mars ...

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

EAST CHICAGO | Developers of a new Indiana Harbor live jazz venue were looking forward to Tuesday's hearing before the City Council on their plans, until the meeting's agenda was released late Thursday.

New releases from Alicia Keys, Cam?ron, Seal and Carla Kihlstedt and Satoko Fujii.

Between Wednesday 14 and Sunday 18 November, Aucklanders with a passion for gardening or landscape design can hop on a MAXX bus or train to the Ellerslie International Flower Show at the Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manurewa.

GYPSUM — There are a lot of creative things you can do with astronaut garbage.

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA -- The State Hermitage Museum, the gilded palaces, the exquisite neoclassical buildings, they're all still here, of course. But the changes are evident right away.

A Melbourne couple who forged paintings they claimed were by a renowned Aboriginal artist and sold them for more than $300,000 will spend nine months behind bars.

A driver who failed to stop for a marked police car dies after his car ends up in a ditch in west Oxfordshire.

A driver who failed to stop for a marked police car dies after his car ends up in a ditch in west Oxfordshire.

Visiting Chicago last week, Mel Karmazin reflected on radio stations his companies once owned here and, by extension, the whole industry.

Can India-Russia-China balance American power? As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Russia, a key highlight is the announcement of a joint Indo-Russian mission to explore the moon using a satellite and a lander.

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Russia, a key highlight is the announcement of a joint Indo-Russian mission to explore the moon using a satellite and a lander.

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Russia, a key highlight is the announcement of a joint Indo-Russian mission to explore the moon using a satellite and a lander.

By MIKE JONES NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma's 52-21 victory against Baylor will look good today when pollsters cast their ballots and the BCS computers whirl. And coach Bob Stoops said if you want to pick nits about the Sooners' subpar defensive performance and other less-than-perfect factors in a 31-point win, then fine. "I get a little tired of hearing that," Stoops said Saturday night. "You win ...

Including the 1997-2006 seasons in The Post, Cat's 12-year record in print stands at 332-270 (55.1 percent) against the spread. THE PICKS PACKERS (-6) over Vikings: Vikes HC Brad Childress knows newly signed veteran QB Koy Detmer's capabilities...

Not everyone was thrilled when Kim and Jamie Chilcote brought baby Jack home...

Robinson's streak ends

BLACKSBURG -- Obviously, Frank Beamer has made a U-turn in his thoughts about playing two quarterbacks.

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

At 5-10 and 200 pounds, Virginia Tech junior cornerback Brandon Flowers doesn't look like a hard hitter. Try telling that to Florida State quarterback Drew Weatherford. With 11:56 remaining in the second quarter of yesterday's game between the Hokies and Seminoles, Flowers crushed Weatherford, sidelining him for the rest of the game. Weatherford scrambled left on first and 10 at his own 34-yard ...

A MOTORIST was freed by firefighters from a car and taken to hospital after a collision.

The Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG) has said the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) would not be provoked following an attack being blamed on the breakaway East Antrim Brigade.

DALLAS - If Navy's football players can avoid a letdown in northern Texas, they'll enjoy Christmas in sunny California.

A state-of-the-art north Scottsdale surgery center, posh accommodations for overnight stays, a Zenlike entry with soothing fountains leading to a comfy lobby with bronze sculptures and a fireplace. Mayo Clinic? Hardly.

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The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

WASHINGTON - Two instruments that were cast off NASA's Mars Science Laboratory for being over budget have earned their way back onto the mission, which is scheduled for an August 2009 launch, according to the U.S. space agency's science chief.

Underwater search teams called in to aid a murder investigation in Swindon recover a vehicle from South Cerney.

The two rooms are thousands of miles, continents apart. A man in a blindfold and handcuffs is imprisoned in one. His wife, in the other. This is the setting for Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms” currently being performed by Rover Dramawerks at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

Shares of Ford Motor Co. edged down Friday, pulled down by a drop in the overall market, a day after the automaker reported that its third-quarter loss shrunk substantially, but beat Wall Street predictions.

A WOMAN was dragged out of her car during a robbery in Royton on Tuesday night. The 44-year-old was waiting in her green Range Rover, parked in Middleton Road, at about 9.45pm when two men approached her.

TWO experienced drivers are well underway in one of the toughest car rallys in Britain. Richard Atherton, 45 year-old recruitment consultant, from St Albans, and Adrian Gladwin, a London Tour guide, started the Lombard Rally in Warwick yesterday in their 20 year-old Austin Rover Maestro.

Le Pet Concierge, a pet-sitting service, has opened in Gilbert. The service, run by Charles and Theresa Bohanon, offers pet owners walking services and off-leash play for their animals.

Aww, shucks! Looks like Rover got bored while you ran out to get your nails done. There goes that $20,000 buttercream leather sofa with the built-in Swarovski crystal-embellished remote control. Pity. Actually it’s still a nice piece of furniture -- the teeth marks give it that extra, y’know, edge. ...

No man is an island. No little girl is, either. But bring together 300's warrior king Gerard Butler and Little Miss Sunshine herself, Abigail Breslin, and you have Nim's Island. In the family film based on a children's book, the pair star as a scientist dad and his plucky daughter who live on a tropical Australian isle.

* Partnering with EWEB and the Eugene Hilton to use Sustainable Power during the 3 days of the events at the Hilton, including the Health and Fitness Expo * Use of the Solar Sun Rover as the power source at the finish line at the University of Oregon's Autzen Stadium * Utilize the City of Eugene's "Recycling Toolkit" * Employ "master recyclers" as volunteers - that sort recyclables to the proper ...

by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2007 China will accept private investment to help put a man and a rover on the moon, seeking outside funding for its expanding space ambitions, state media said Thursday.

PARIS - The German government, in a move certain to raise eyebrows among the country's European partners, is proposing to build its own lunar orbiter with all-German technology at a cost of up to 350 million euros ($508 million), the chairman of the German space agency said Nov. 8.

The ban on Fido, Fluffy and Rover has been lifted in Palm Springs parks.

A racing car driver who left a man paralysed after his car hit an oncoming vehicle is banned from driving.

Seminole is one of four DB's from named to ESPN The Magazine All-District Team. Tallahassee , Fla. - Seminole sophomore Myron Rolle was named to ESPN The Magazine's All-District first team on Thursday. The rover was one of four defensive backs named to the District 3 team.

Ford says it expects to sell Jaguar and Land Rover in early 2008, and both to the same bidder.

A MELBOURNE couple who forged paintings they claimed were by renowned Aboriginal artist Rover Thomas have been jailed.

EUGENE -- The pedigree is there. If Casey Matthews plays like his dad Clay on the football field, Oregon has itself a playmaker at middle linebacker.

Temple senior rover Robert Black (27) and the Wildcats will strive to capture the outright District 13-5A championship when they battle the Killeen Ellison Eagles — winners of three straight games — tonight at Leo Buckley Stadium.

The rover will soon begin a 60-metre trek north to a slope that will maximise the feeble winter sunlight reaching its solar panels

The five suspects in the Stephen Lawrence murder no longer swagger around their home turf as they did at the time of the murder. But they can be seen out drinking together or in local gyms

Jaguar and Land Rover have an estimated pension deficit of more than $2bn (€1.3bn), meaning that Ford is likely to have to pay any buyer to take the British luxury car brands off its hands, people close to the situation said.

Get final results tomorrow in The Express-Times.

A 44-year-old woman is dragged from her car by robbers who then steal her vehicle.

A Seffner man touched a 7-year-old girl inappropriately while playing a game with her where he acted like a dog and she lay on the ground with her legs spread, Hillsborough deputies say.

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A 50-year-old man dies after falling ill at the wheel of his car before crashing into a tree.

2007-11-07 08:59:43 India's Amtek Auto Q1 net profit rises to 637.7 mln rupees LONDON (Thomson Financial) - India's Amtek Auto Ltd said its net profit rose to 637.7 mln rupees for the first quarter compared with 508.5 mln rupees in the year-ago quarter.

The University of La Verne women's volleyball team is hoping all those matches against top-notch teams pay off. The Leopards will find out soon as they travel north to Cal State East Bay for the Division III West Region playoffs.

By Mike Copeland

EUGENE -- After Saturday's win over Arizona State, Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon referred to the Ducks' offense as a "big ball" that keeps rolling, gathering momentum.

EUGENE — The Oregon defense continued its season-long bend-but-don’t-break style Saturday. The Ducks gave up yards in bunches n 489 in all n but they made the plays when they were needed.

Victoria Howard, the Boca Raton, Fla., author behind the self-published book "Why Women Love Bad Boys" (AuthorHouse, $15.95), identifies 10 types of bad boys: 1. The misogynist: He loves control, not women. 2. The commitment phobic: He won't settle down with one woman. 3. The narcissist: He's too in love with himself to care about you. 4. The cheater: He uses women to boost his ego.

A Mid-American Conference East Division championship is out of reach for the University of Akron football team. That doesn't mean the Zips merely are playing out the rest of the season. The last three weeks will shape the program as it heads into next season.

For 50 years, Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been known for exploring new worlds; reaching to the stars and bringing back information that give us clues into the origin of the universe itself.

By John Werner

Armed with a radar gun Tom Skinner heads out to see who's speeding and where.

A TEENAGER who was behind the wheel of a Land Rover which was driven into a house has been remanded in custody.

EUGENE — The Oregon defense continued its season-long bend-but-don’t-break style Saturday. The Ducks gave up yards in bunches n 489 in all n but they made the plays when they were needed.

Accident investigators are appealing for witnesses to a crash which killed a 78-year-old man in Ewell.

A decorating firm which hit problems after its owner was jailed for driving offences is closing with 40 job losses.

* Celebration party – £10,000: Delighted Pauline Parkes threw a celebration party at The Angel Inn after collecting the £258,918 lottery winner’s cheque in November 2004. It was a great do which the locals loved – but didn’t come cheap and with the headache the next morning came a hefty bill for the festivities.

After more than 3-1/2 years, NASA's twin Mars rovers continue to thrive.

GOLDEN, Colo. – After more than three and a half years of operation, NASA's twin Mars rovers continue to thrive, showing no signs of stopping as they relay a wealth of valuable data back to Earth about that ancient world's past, present and future.

Player escapes car crash; hopes to rejoin Patroons

Largest event for standard cars set to kick off.

Trimble announced the launch of Trimble VRS Now Service in Ireland. The commercial service provides surveyors, civil engineers and geospatial professionals with instant access to real-time kinematic (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) corrections without the need for a base station.

Virginia Tech's quarterback choice Saturday against Florida State will depend on who best fits the Hokies' game plan, coach Frank Beamer said yesterday, reiterating a point he and quarterbacks coach Mike O'Cain made after last Thursday's 27-3 win at Georgia Tech. "We're in the process of getting our game plan together," Beamer said in a media teleconference during which he was evasive about the ...

Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer remains mum Monday on who will be start at quarterback for the Hokies against Florida State on Saturday.

Last Saturday could have been a memorable day for Jason Ricks. Actually, it was, but for all the wrong reasons.

A view of the moon from the International Space Station. China's first lunar orbiter probe, Chang'e I, has successfully entered the moon's orbit 12 days after its launch. The move is a crucial step in China's year-long mission to photograph and map the surface the lunar surface.

Braking into orbit with a pulse of thrust from an on-board engine, China's first deep space probe arrived in lunar orbit Monday to begin a one-year mission surveying the moon.

BERKELEY - Cal entered Saturday's game against Washington State with a three-game losing streak, so the Bears decided to do something different. They won with defense.

The Oregon Ducks took firm control of the Pacific-10 Conference title hunt, and made another push toward the top of the Bowl Championship Series race, by defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 35-23 in front of an Autzen Stadium record crowd of 59,379 Saturday.

The Washington University volleyball team saw their 20-match winning streak snapped as the Emory Eagles captured the UAA crown in a tightly-fought five-set contest Saturday.

Victory over Irish a matter of Mids' 'ship coming in' An hour after Saturday's 46-44, triple-overtime victory that ended a 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame, Navy coach Paul Johnson had already moved on.

A visitor is reflected in a display of a Chinese rocket at an exhibition in Beijing, 24 October 2007. China's maiden lunar probe successfully entered the moon's orbit on Monday, officials said, a critical step in its year-long mission to photograph and map the surface of the celestial body.

Baylor coach Morriss has unique description of why the Bears must continue to fight.

Victory over Irish a matter of Mids' 'ship coming in' An hour after Saturday's 46-44, triple-overtime victory that ended a 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame, Navy coach Paul Johnson had already moved on.

Joaquim Chissano, the former president of Mozambique, won the $5 million Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The committee responsible for selecting the recipient hopes that Chissano will serve as an example for other African leaders of the correct way to rule a country.

BERKELEY - Cal entered Saturday's game against Washington State with a three-game losing streak, so the Bears decided to do something different. They won with defense.

By Mike Copeland

SOUTH BEND, Ind., - It seemed somewhat fitting that Notre Dame's NCAA-record 43-game winning streak versus Navy would end on the grandest of college football stages.

BEIJING, November 5 (RIA Novosti) - China's first lunar probe, launched from the Xichang Launch Center in the country's southwest on October 24, will reach the moon's orbit Monday morning, the Chinese news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

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A man was killed when he was knocked over by a vehicle along the R554 highway in Germiston on Sunday, said Ekurhuleni metro police. Inspector Jimmy Maboko said the man, 44, was knocked over by a Range Rover around 11.45am near Osborn road.

A man has died after he was knocked over by a vehicle, Ekurhuleni metro police said.

A man was killed when he was knocked over by a vehicle along the R554 highway in Germiston on Sunday, said Ekurhuleni metro police. Inspector Jimmy Maboko said the man, 44, was knocked over by a Range Rover around 11.45am near Osborn road.

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A man was killed when he was knocked over by a vehicle along the R554 highway in Germiston, say Ekurhuleni metro police.