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The year 2000 left me more bad memories than I like to remember, but the year had one thing: Our dog Kitty saved my life.

Transcript Staff WriterTwo-year-old Kyle Del Nero concentrated on the sky Saturday morning as he waited for...

The inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover has cost taxpayers more than £4.5m, and the bill is increasing by £500,000 a month, new figures reveal.

ARCATA -- Power running, economical passing and sound defense propelled Eureka past Arcata 35-14 at the Redwood Bowl on Friday. The Loggers rushed 44 times for over 250 yards, with 14 of their rushes eating up nine or more yards.

ARCATA -- Power running, economical passing and sound defense propelled Eureka past Arcata 35-14 at the Redwood Bowl on Friday. The Loggers rushed 44 times for over 250 yards, with 14 of their rushes eating up nine or more yards.

Ginger had changed direction and was eagerly paddling toward shore, with owner Karen Pratt behind her trying to discourage progress as much as possible.

Batman is an adorable 3-year-old male mixed breed. He has a handsome short red coat with some white on his chest and chin and black on his muzzle. Batman was recently adopted and his new family thought he was great, but unfortunately their other dog would not accept him.

The photo of Asa Coon's bloody body that is circulating on the Internet was taken by a Cleveland police officer who snapped the picture with his cell phone camera.

In the vitamin and supplement business for more than three years, Coleman Matthew thought he'd about heard it all until a customer telephoned to ask whether it would be all right for her to take the arthritis medicine, Dog Gone Pain, she'd bought from his company for her dog.

This week, we're again sharing excerpts from two of our three new books. We're going to the dogs with fun canine facts from "BowWow: Curiously Compelling Facts, True Tales & Trivia Even Your Own Cat Won't Know" (HCI, $15, 224 pages). Enjoy!

FARMINGTON — It's a little after 12:30 p.m. on Friday and fourth-grade students at Ladera Del Norte Elementary School are not at their seats. They are huddled together, sticking their hands in some wet sand and getting messy.

A woman said a 300-pound man tried to abduct her while she was jogging on Wednesday night.

A woman fought off an attacker who tried to abduct her while she was running in Georgetown Wednesday. She was able to fight the attacker off and he sped away.

Master Gardener Marty Wingate says growing pretty plants is one thing, but when it comes to dealing with the functional parts of our gardens -- recycling bins, garbage cans, dog runs, etc. -- real creativity is needed.

GEORGETOWN -- Georgetown Police say a woman in her 20s stopped an attempted abduction by a man twice her size. Police say Wednesday night the woman was walking on 13th Street near Maple Street in Georgetown when a 300 lb man in an SUV stopped next to her.

Georgetown police say a woman stopped a man who tried to abduct her Wednesday. It happened in the 1100 block of E. 13th Street.

A woman died after her car collided with two other vehicles near to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester.

(Jason Steinberg/Special to The Examiner) Coleman Matthew is the CEO of San Francisco-based Fubao Health, an online vitamin and supplement supplier.

I have often questioned how national identity could accurately depict the holistic diversity America. When I was younger I enjoyed watching the "School House Rock" musical cartoon series. It fascinated me to learn about the egalitarian ideals that constructed American society.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville Farmer's Market will go to the dogs Saturday when residents have a chance to vaccinate or register Rover.

Troops, residents fight for control of Bolivia airport SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia -- Soldiers fired tear gas at angry residents who attempted to storm Bolivia's busiest airport Thursday as the facility became a focal point of an autonomy dispute between the federal government and the country's wealthiest province. Several hundred residents of the city and province of Santa Cruz attempted to ...

To U engineering students, it's known as "Red Rover." There's something different about their Dodge Caravan -- it drives itself. A core of about 15 students is taking this autonomous car to the semifinals of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Urban Challenge next Friday in Victorville, Calif.

TORONTO -- Canadian researchers have discovered that a white, salty substance churned up by the Mars Spirit rover is the first "on-the-spot" evidence of water just beneath the surface of the Red Planet.

CHARLESTON — David Orr’s after-school job is expected to gross more than $100,000 this year, and he has as many as 30,000 customers a day.

Temple’s Lache Seastrunk tries to run past Harker Heights’ Efrin Hornsby (25) during the Wildcats’ 45-42 double-overtime win over the Knights on Thursday night. Seastrunk rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville Farmer's Market will go to the dogs Saturday when residents have a chance to vaccinate or register Rover.

A day after agreeing to debate the prime minister live on television, Labor leader Kevin Rudd says it isn't healthy for democracy to allow the incumbent government to decide when a debate is held.

A top tennis coach is facing jail after being convicted of having a year-long lesbian affair with a 13-year-old girl she was training. Claire Lyte, 29, had been entrusted with helping to develop the next generation of young stars, but instead she took advantage of the infatuated teenager.

A MAN threatened two teenagers in Rednal with a golf club during an assault which took place last Wednesday (October 10). The incident happened at around 9.45pm while the brothers, who were aged 16 and 18, walked past the Hawthorns Social Club.

This is going to be one of those ''do as I say, not as I do'' columns. But you have to give me some credit for admitting it, right?

Mariners in the know agree that the dangers of the past have greatly diminished thanks in large part to the technology and international cooperation of today.

Seminole rover will be a correspondent for Rome Is Burning on ESPN Friday at 4:30. Tallahassee , Fla. - Seminole sophomore Myron Rolle will be in the jungle with Jim Rome on Friday.

The first, which lashed southern England with 100mph winds in the early hours of October 16, will forever be linked with the second, Black Monday three days later, when stock markets around the world collapsed.

Defense and special teams powered Virginia Tech over William & Mary 44-3.

A reminder of one dog’s brave battle against cancer helped another dog find her way home after a five-day adventure. When Peter Athan’s Shar-Pei died over the summer from cancer, the Redding man and his family decided to wait until getting a new pet.

Tests of lunar exploration gear in an Arizona cinder field It looks, for all the world, like someplace out of this world, which is pretty much why NASA scientists and engineers recently journeyed here to a remote volcanic cinder field in northern Arizona.

Team MVPs Offense Darius Miller, Jr.

The well-appointed outdoor dog has many accessories to pick from these days, thanks to nearby companies such as Tails By The Lake at the Village at Squaw Valley, and manufacturers such as Ruff Wear, who retail online and in some REI stores.

Mars' aging twin rovers will explore the red planet for at least two more years under an extension approved by NASA.

Westgold Resources announced that it has received assay results for a further 5 deep diamond drill holes from Explorer 108 (Zn-Pb-Ag±Au-Cu) Prospect, Rover Project. Drilling has extended the zone of high-grade zinc and lead mineralisation a further 80m to the south of the previous drilling. Significant intersections include: 42m @ 4.3% Zn, 1.7% Pb, 13.4g/t Ag, 0.4g/t Au including 7m @ 9.1% Zn, ...

The City of Frisco decided to allow the sale of alcohol in restaurants after midnight less than two months ago. But late Tuesday night, the Frisco City Council decided to repeal the decision.   More Local News

A mysterious white substance churned out of the Martian dust by the wheels of the Spirit rover is the first "on-the-spot" evidence of water beneath the surface of the Red Planet, researchers at a Canadian university declared Wednesday.

Mars' aging twin rovers will explore the red planet for at least two more years under an extension approved by NASA. It is the fifth time the space agency has continued the activities of the solar-powered, six-wheel robots, which landed on opposite ends of the planet in 2004.

TORONTO - Scientists at a Canadian university say they've found the first "on-the-spot" evidence of water on Mars. University of Guelph researchers say a white, salty substance churned up by the wheels of a Mars rover could contain up to 16 per cent water.

Jack Keefer spent the past weekend in Memphis, Tenn., and found his former point guard doing just fine. Mike Conley Jr. has purchased a house on a golf course, is driving a Range Rover and even has enough spare cash to take his former high school coach out to lunch.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA Tuesday announced it was extending for the fifth time the mission of Mars space probes Spirit and Opportunity, in their indefatigable exploration of the Red planet.

More than 94,000 people a year develop life-threatening antibiotic-resistant staph aureus infections in 2005, and nearly 19,000 died from them, according to the new federal estimates. | A1

NASA extends operations for Mars Rovers … Gold nanorods are used to fight tumors … New butterfly species to be named online … Chemists turn killer gas into medical cure ... Health/Science news from UPI.

Most of the schools in the Kyrene and Tempe Union High School districts this year received the state's top label, according to data released this week. No Tempe school was labeled as failing.

Mars' aging twin rovers will explore the red planet for at least two more years under an extension approved by NASA.

NASA extends Mars rover mission for fifth time; robots will explore for at least 2 more years

Mars' aging twin rovers will explore the red planet for at least two more years under an extension approved by NASA. It is the fifth time the space agency has continued the activities of the solar-powered, six-wheel robots, which landed on opposite ends of the planet in 2004. The extension means Spirit and Opportunity will conduct science experiments through 2009 provided they stay healthy. The ...

A NEWLY-formed Crooklands Casuals side were made to fight hard for victory in a cracking game at Longlands Park. On a damp and drizzly Dalton morning, both teams showed great strength in attack and defence from the start.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission vehicles, Opportunity and Spirit, have survived power-robbing dust storms.

The U.S. space agency, for the fifth time, is extending the program for its Mars Exploration Rovers.

Prince Charles stopped to help a motorcyclist who had plunged 15ft off a mountain road, it has emerged.

The body of a truck driver was discovered in the cab of a tractor-trailer on the right shoulder of the Long Beach (710) Freeway on Monday morning, authorities said.

WORRIED parents have renewed their calls for a pelican crossing outside a school following a two-car crash. The accident, at the junction of Holmesdale Road and Croydon Road, Reigate,resulted in a grey Rover mounting the curb and knocking over a give way sign.

A dad missed his wife's first scan of their unborn baby because he was frantically searching for his car which Lambeth Council had towed away.

NASA announced Monday that it has once again extended the mission of its twin Mars...

And there will be no worm.

The two robot rovers now scouring the surface of Mars have just been given their fifth lease on life, and NASA officials say they can continue their mission at least until 2009 - or as long as Spirit and Opportunity can do the job. The rovers landed on...

Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): For the fifth time, NASA has extended the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The decision would keep the trailblazing mobile robotic pioneers active on opposite sides of Mars, possibly through 2009. This extended mission and the associated science are dependent upon the continued productivity and operability of the rovers. "We are ...

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission vehicles, Opportunity and Spirit, have survived power-robbing dust storms.

Federal Labor has accused John Howard of arrogance as the wrangling continues over an election leaders' debate.

Members of Margaret Weinberger’s eighth-grade robotics class at Montgomery Upper Middle School had the opportunity to compare the robots they built with ones displayed by NASA in a video conference call on Tuesday.

Prime Minister John Howard’s plan to hold the leaders’ debate one week into the election campaign is the height of prime-ministerial arrogance, Labor leader Kevin Rudd says.

And there will be no worm.

by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2007 NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.

The missions of Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity managed by the Los Angeles-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be extended again, it was announced on Monday. The extension means the rovers will continue operating on opposi ...

WASHINGTON - NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

The Prince of Wales rushed to help an injured motorcyclist after an accident on a mountain road.

A MAN threatened two teenagers in Rednal with a golf club during an assault which took place last Wednesday (October 10). The incident happened at around 9.45pm while the brothers, who were aged 16 and 18, walked past the Hawthorns Social Club.

The former financial manager of the United Cricket Board, Diteko Modise, will have to wait another month before knowing the outcome of a four-year long court case.

NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

NASA has extended the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity for a fifth time.

The decision could keep the robotic Martian explorers active through 2009.

NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. The decision keeps the trailblazing mobile robotic pioneers active on opposite sides of Mars, possibly through 2009. This extended mission and the associated science are dependent upon the continued productivity and operability of the rovers.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Monday he is pleased with the "breadth and depth" of interest in Ford's British luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover.

Some teenaged girls were offered a glimpse into a career in professional engineering over the weekend at Lakehead University.

After enduring seasonal dust storms much stronger than the rover was designed to survive, Spirit has now been exploring the Red Planet for two Martian years. That is a period of time longer than three years on Earth and more than 10 times the duration of the original 90-day mission.

Police say a series of possible air gun attacks on people, cars and homes in Suffolk could be linked.

Police say a series of possible air gun attacks on people, cars and homes in Suffolk could be linked.

Adelaide Resources Limited (ADN) rose by as much as 25% today after it announced plans for additional drilling at its Rover Project in the Northern Territory following the discovery of the best copper intersection to date. "We have been most enthusiastic from the outset with the prospects of the Rover Field which is geologically analogous to the nearby Tennant Creek Field, a prolific

Members of Margaret Weinberger’s eighth-grade robotics class at Montgomery Upper Middle School had the opportunity to compare the robots they built with ones displayed by NASA in a video conference call on Tuesday.

RAPID CITY, S.D. - The 21st annual He Sapa Wacipi took place Oct. 5 - 7 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. It was estimated that more than 900 dancers from across the country attended.

PASADENA, CALIF. -- Less than a year since beginning the prime science phase of its mission, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has passed a mission-success milestone for the amount of data returned.

Adelaide Resources announced a significant copper intersection in drilling at its wholly owned Rover 4 Prospect within the Rover Project area located 75km SW of Tennant Creek N.T. A vertical reverse circulation hole, RV4ARD10, drilled to a final depth of 342m intersected 15m at 2.07% copper and 0.15 g/t gold from 221 to 236m, including 5m at 3.36% copper and 0.19 g/t gold from 225m. All 1m ...

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After enduring seasonal dust storms much stronger than the rover was designed to survive, Spirit has now been exploring the Red Planet for two Martian years. That is a period of time longer than three years on Earth and more than 10 times the duration of the original 90-day mission.

THE Scout Association of Malaysia has announced plans to organise a National Jamboree next year to celebrate the centenary of the movement in Malaysia.

With RiscPkg in development, is this barking mad? A new program that alerts users to new versions of software and helps punters search for programs to download is nearing completion.

Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is planning Halloween events for participants of all ages.

United players reavealed to have escaped uninjured on way to training.

Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is planning Halloween events for participants of all ages.

London, Oct 14 (ANI): Prince William and Kate Middleton are taking a short break again, this time in Scotland. The couple, who rekindled their nearly five-year relationship recently, are said to be staying at the Queen's Balmoral Estate, reports People Magazine. William and Middleton arrived at Aberdeen Airport on a scheduled flight from London on Oct 11, according to Aberdeen's Press ...

PROBLEM: Greg Ernsberger in Inglewood has a neighbor with eight cats. The cats roam, and they spend a lot of time in Ernsberger's yard and porch, using his planters as litter boxes. The stench is so bad, he says, he can't enjoy sitting outside.

WALKING WITH ENEMIES By Eric Jerome Dickey FICTION The sequel to Eric Jerome Dickey's heart pounding "Sleeping With Strangers" picks up with contract man Gideon in his London hotel room involved in an intimate relationship with two women. He's still trying to hide out from a fellow contract killer, but now he seems to be preoccupied. "Waking With Enemies" shows Gideon's softer side. ...

Members of Margaret Weinberger’s eighth-grade robotics class at Montgomery Upper Middle School had the opportunity to compare the robots they built with ones displayed by NASA in a video conference call on Tuesday.

Last week during practice, Virginia Tech wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman told senior Eddie Royal that he'd have an offensive touchdown in the upcoming game at Duke. To which Royal said he thought, "Yeah, whatever." "I didn't believe him," Royal said. But Sherman's prediction came true. In Tech's 43-14 win over Duke, Royal made six catches for 90 yards and a touchdown, his first on offense ...

The Duke football team lost the battle for field position Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium.

Drivers electric window 'Auto'. All discs. Boot leak. Rust inside the nearside rear door and petrol filler. Buzzing from the gear stick.

Astronauts haven’t landed on the moon since 1972. But now a second space age is lifting off. And we’re not just reaching for the moon. Mars beckons

A Soyuz space craft carrying a Malaysian, a Russian and a US astronaut docked Friday with the International Space Station (ISS), an official at ground control outside Moscow said.

- alternator broke down after 15 days of ownership. - the car eventually self-ignited and was a total loss. The car was bought at a rover dealership, came with one year warranty, had a full service history and one previous owner.

EUGENE -- If there was a vote for the Pac-10 most valuable player at midseason, Washington State coach Bill Doba said he would lean toward Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon.

Riley is a 10- to 12-month old male Rott mix. He weighs about 45 pounds, but still may have some growing to do. Riley is adored by everybody at the kennel where he is staying until we can find him a home. He loves to play with the other dogs and he is so sweet with all the people he meets.

Prince William and his on-off girlfriend Kate Middleton flew to Balmoral yesterday for the first time since rekindling their relationship.   

IN TOMORROW'S PAPER:

LONDON: Prince William and his on-off girlfriend Kate Middleton have flown to Scotland for an unexpected break, a report said yesterday, fuelling talk that they are properly back together.

They're grandpas, now. The crewcuts have given way to snow on the roof.

Members of Margaret Weinberger’s eighth-grade robotics class at Montgomery Upper Middle School had the opportunity to compare the robots they built with ones displayed by NASA in a video conference call on Tuesday.

The Cardinals entered the second phase of their search for a successor to Walt Jocketty.

LOPATCONG TWP. | Doug Jankowski hardly cast a glance over his shoulder, neither early in the race nor late. That's because he held the race in the palm of his hand since his first step off the starting line.

Former World War II flying ace Chuck Yeager's stellar career has included dogfights over Nazi Europe and a sympathetic big screen portrayal in the Hollywood film "The Right Stuff."

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DURHAM, N.C. – Virginia Tech hasn't allowed Duke to score a point in two years and has won the past six meetings. Yet Hokies coach Frank Beamer can still find something to worry about heading into another game against the Blue Devils.

At a recently held press conference BMW CEO, Norbert Reithofer hinted that BMW may introduce another brand to automotive market. Now the folks over at AutoExpress are saying that BMW is planning on reviving the Triumph brand that disappeared in 1984.

Navy's beleaguered defense suffered another significant loss during Wednesday's shootout with Pittsburgh. Starting safety Ketric Buffin left the game after making a tackle in the second quarter and did not return.

coondoggie writes "NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter this week sent back high-resolution images of about 30 proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory, a mission launching in 2009 to deploy a long-distance rover carrying sophisticated science instruments on Mars. The orbiter's high-resolution camera has taken more than 3,500 huge, sharp images released in black-and-white since it ...

Today TMO readers are discussing the merits of a lawsuit against Apple over iPhones that stopped functioning after the 1.1.1 software update

Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton are spending the weekend on the Queen's Balmoral estate having flown into Aberdeen on a scheduled British Airways flight.

PASSENGERS on a scheduled flight from London to Aberdeen were shocked to see Prince William and Kate Middleton join them on board.

A TEENAGER is fuming after he says a 4x4 smashed into his car and drove off. Ian Adams was travelling home from Kendal when the incident occurred at around 9.30pm on Monday.

A motorcyclist suffers serious injuries when his machine collides with a car in the Forest of Dean.

MOSCOW. (Yuri Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - October has brought welcome news. NASA administrator Michael Griffin, on a visit to Moscow, said he looked forward to Russians and Americans flying together to the Moon next decade. International projects, he said, were better paying than national ones.

Out-of-favour Rover Rigters set for loan move? by England

When the season began for the Oregon football team, the secondary was considered the most proven squad on the defensive side of the ball.

Junior quarterback Nate Longshore on Thursday took his first repetitions since spraining his right ankle in Cal's 31-24 win over Oregon on Sept. 29, but coach Jeff Tedford still isn't sure whether he'll be able to play against Oregon State on Saturday. "He's...

SAN FRANCISCO - The United Auto Workers, fresh off two short strikes and two significant labor deals, has saved the toughest for last.     Ford Motor Co.

German carmaker Volkswagen AG has raised its 2007 sales target in China by 12 percent, inspired by a stronger-than-expected performance in the first three quarters.

FARMINGTON — Syd Lieberman tells stories for a living. He tells them about the Holocaust. He tells them about the historic signing of the Declaration of Independence. And he tells a story about the recent rover landings on Mars.

All Texas finalists in nationwide Discovery Channel contest are from Alamo City.

by Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2007 Astrobiology Magazine recently interviewed David Wettergreen, an associate research professor with Carnegie Mellon University's Field Robotics Center.

Junior quarterback Nate Longshore on Thursday took his first repetitions since spraining his right ankle in Cal's 31-24 win over Oregon on Sept. 29, but coach Jeff Tedford still isn't sure whether he'll be able to play against Oregon State on Saturday. "He's...

If you’ve watched more than three documentaries in the last year, you’re probably just as ashamed to be a human being as I am. Wartime atrocities, domestic political shenanigans, global warming and human rights violations are among the recently detailed subjects.

Less than a year since beginning the prime science phase of its mission, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has passed a mission-success milestone for the amount of data returned.

The news from Infosys is not bad, but it is not good enough. The company is doing a sterling job of managing margins in an extremely hostile currency environment, but it still is not good enough to generate outperformance for its investors.

The first set of highly detailed color images from a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera will help scientists chose a landing site for a new rover due to be launched in 2009.

AIX EN PROVENCE, France, Oct 11, 2007 (AFP) - One of France's longest-running murder cases came to a dramatic close Thursday when a 69 year-old lawyer was convicted of killing the heiress to a Riviera casino fortune exactly 30 years ago.

More DVDs aimed at children are heading to a store near you.

Mars rover controllers begin scouting for safe and productive winter spot.

The Mars Exploration Rovers have weathered two drab winters on the Martian surface, and mission managers are already looking ahead to yet a third chilly season. All this from a mission that was only designed to last 90 days.

AUTOMOTIVE group ARB Corporation expects good growth in the current financial year as sales of big four-wheel drive vehicles revive.

ASK Ben Nelson and he'll tell you the greatest tragedy is he will never lead The Advertiser's SANFL Team of the Year into battle.

Scorers ~ East Fife : Cameron (40 pen), McManus 73, Linn 77, Smart 88. ROVERS suffered their fifth successive defeat — but that only tells half the story of the 90 minutes at Methil.

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): University of Arizona astronomers operating the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, (HiRISE) onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has released 143 colour images of possible landing sites on the Red Planet. The pictures are deemed valuable for researchers studying possible landing sites for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a mission to deploy ...

EUGENE -- Oregon is playing at home Saturday against Washington State. Could that be accurate?

A CAR parked at Tennyson High School in Mablethorpe was set alight in the early hours of this morning in a suspected arson attack.

A more than century-old porno photo, believed to be one of the first in the world, will go under the hammer in the Big Apple next week. The antique photograph may hail from the 1800s - an era famed for its stuffiness - but there is nothing demure...

Today, we salute you, Mr. Irish Rover writer. (Mr. Irish Rover writer.) No matter the topic, you take offense. As a white, Irish Catholic kid from a suburb of Chicago, you truly know what persecution feels like. (But my best friend is a black Jew.)

Oregon's game against Washington State this Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Autzen Stadium, will be Cougar quarterback Alex Brink's first chance to play in front of his hometown crowd since his senior high school season, five years ago when he lead the Sheldon Irish to an OSAA state championship.

Andrew Nesi Presents "Real Men of Genius" (REALLL MENN OF GENNNIIUUSSSS) Today, we salute you, Mr. Irish Rover writer. (Mr. Irish Rover writer.) No matter the topic, you take offense. As a white, Irish Catholic kid from a suburb of Chicago, you truly know what persecution feels like.

BLACKSBURG -- Calisthenics were finished yesterday afternoon when the Virginia Tech football team began practice by splitting into position groups. The offensive linemen trotted to one side of the field. The quarterbacks and running backs jogged to a far corner. Defensive coordinator Bud Foster gathered his starters on another side and shouted a word that perks their ears.

MERCY Regional College made it third time lucky with a runaway victory against Brauer College yesterday in the Country Cup football final.

It's been a good year for the Roses ? Kate and Justin Rose's first full year of married life, which began with the Englishman outside the top 50 best golfers in the world and could yet end, particularly if he does well in the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth which starts today, with him inside the world's top 10. Also, they have both got new cars this year. In January, Rose bought his ...

- 3rd quarter revenue (6/30/07) increases 23% year-over-year and 12% sequentially to $44.5 million- 4th quarter revenue (9/30/07) increases 32% year-over year to approximately $47 million- Fiscal 2007...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMCORE Corporation ( Nachrichten ), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, today announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal 2007 third quarter ended June 30, 2007. The fiscal 2006 results in this announcement include ...

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EMCORE Corporation , a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, today announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal 2007 third quarter ended June 30, 2007.

Sophomore rover is a one-of-a kind person. Myron Rolle may be a man of few words, but his actions speak volumes.

At only 5'9 and 188 pounds, you might not know it, but Antone Smith is pound for pound the strongest player on the football team. In the weight room, Smith can bench press 225 pounds for 34 repetitions and has a mind-blowing maximum bench press of 480 pounds.

FLOWOOD -- As the ball arced slowly toward the plate and settled into the catcher's glove, Shawn Johnson lazily tossed her bat toward the dugout and started down the first base line. The umpire's call of "strike two," rather than "ball four," stopped her in her tracks.

A motorcyclist suffers serious injuries when his machine collides with a car in the Forest of Dean.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Wednesday in the Napa Valley:

If Thanksgiving dinner leaves you disappointed this year, never fear. Just wait a week for the inaugural Extraordinary Dining Society Dinner, where you can sip great French wines...

STATESBORO - Chris Covington felt excitement and uneasiness before he made his first hit with Georgia Southern's defensive unit.

ABC's Brian Ross reviewed the Nixon tapes and Fred Thompson's role in Watergate, finding:

ABC's Brian Ross reviewed the Nixon tapes and Fred Thompson's role in Watergate, finding:

DALE Smith will return as coach of Rand-Walbundrie next year. Only 12 months after handing over the reins to Marcus Osborne, Smith has agreed to take on the position with former Azzi medallist and North Albury rover Clinton Gilson as his assistant coach.

Nasa is experimenting with a new, more flexible generation of space suits in anticipation of a new mission to the Moon by the year 2020 ? and it is doing it in the same dusty crater in the Arizona desert where the original Apollo astronauts prepared themselves for their first experience of solid ground in outer space.

ASUNCION—Paraguay quedaría contento con un empate el sábado contra Perú en el inicio de las eliminatorias para la Copa del Mundo, afirmó el martes el delantero guaraní Nelson Haedo Valdez.

It looks, for all the world, like someplace out of this world, which is pretty much why NASA scientists and engineers recently journeyed here to a remote volcanic cinder field in northern Arizona. In this barren, black moonscape of a place just outside Flagstaff, where NASA's Apollo astronauts trained for the first moon landings more than 40 years ago, history is repeating itself as the nation's ...

DU QUOIN - Beta Pi will host its 6th annual BBQ fundraiser with meat being prepared by the famous Ricky Rover Rooter Roasters of Campbell Hill. The fundraiser will take place at Friday's Pinckneyville vs. Du Quoin football game hosted at VanMetre Field in Du Quoin.

Spirit is in good health and on the move toward an appealing field of boulders at the southwest corner of "Home Plate."

Results for Saturday, October 6 FA Vase First Round: Barking 4, Daventry United 2 (aet); Blackstones 3, Diss Town 1; Boston 3, Holbeach 2 (aet); Deeping 1, Woodbridge Town 2; Desborough 9, Bugbrooke 0; Gorleston 0, St Ives 3; Long Buckby 3, Welwyn Garden City 2 (aet); Moneyfields 3, Newport Pagnell 2; Newmarket 3, Yaxley 2 (aet); Sleaford 5, Walsham Le Willows 1; Stotfold 0, Tring Athletic 1; ...

Someone once said that a team of monkeys, given enough time and enough typewriters, could eventually pump out the collected works of Shakespeare. Unfortunately, someone got the story wrong; it turns out that a crack team of monkeys is only capable of producing a fortnightly newsletter.

Jacob Elledge, 12, a seventh-grader at Monroe Middle School, recently attended the National Junior Leaders Conference, sponsored by LeadAmerica at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.

MOST people will do anything in their power to avoid a parking ticket. But Robert Gould goes out of his way to collect them - and has been hit with fines in all 33 London boroughs.

Two new tactics implemented by The Royal Malaysian Customs to check smuggling will see smooth flowing traffic and put a stop to bribery at its checkpoints.

DAVID MILLER/STAFF PHOTO Deonte Quarles, a 6-0, 180-pound junior running back attempts to get away from Hopewell rover back Chris Magee (27). Quarles rushed for 207 yards on 25 carries. However, the Blue Devils won the game 14-7.

CBS 3'S Bob Kelly is usually the one reporting on accidents on I-95, but Saturday night the traffic anchor was part of a three-vehicle crash near Woodhaven Road.

The Police Ombudsman's office is investigating a sectarian attack on two young Catholic men at the weekend.

NASA tests concepts for a new generation of rovers and spacesuits in the volcanic cinder fields where Apollo crews trained. It looks for all the world like someplace out of this world, which is pretty much why NASA scientists and engineers recently journeyed here to a remote volcanic cinder field in northern Arizona.

Richard Gere will have an old pal on stage to say nice things about him and then hand him the Marian Anderson Award at this year's gala, Nov. 12 at the Kimmel Center.

EUGENE – Kwame Agyeman might be the most versatile linebacker to play for the Oregon Ducks in some time. Last year, he started every game at “Sam” (outside linebacker). In training camp this year, he practiced at “Will” (inside linebacker). In recent games, he has ...

Rick Comegy had an uneasy feeling immediately after Jackson State defeated Alabama State 32-20 last weekend. He was already thinking about Southern.

dies of injuries The man found mysteriously shot in the waters off South Beach in August died of his wounds Sunday. He was 35. Construction workers fished Alejandro Gonzalez -- mortally wounded by a bullet to the chest -- from the waters off the Venetian Causeway on Aug. 27.

Contest Change: In case you missed it, we've made a change to our "Know It All" contest. Because we inadvertently left the "Number to Know" off of Friday's business page, we've decided not to count question number five. Get your entry forms in this week.

Almost any high school football coach will take a Belichick-like approach to preseason scrimmages. Plays can be run better, players can get faster and stronger. Improvements can always be made.

The man found mysteriously shot in the waters off South Beach in August died of his wounds Sunday. He was 35. Construction workers fished Alejandro Gonzalez -- mortally wounded by a bullet to the chest -- from the waters off the Venetian Causeway on Aug. 27.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Scouts are coming. Soon, that familiar Scout's uniform will be seen in every housing estate, village, Felda scheme, Pusat Giat Mara and Institute Kemahiran Belia centre.

As we write, our valiant techie team is down at Albion Square pitching a massive marquee in a northerly gale! Blow now and calm down from Thursday is our weather prayer! (That was yesterday – today the sun is shining & the tent is UP!)

DU QUOIN - Beta Pi will host its 6th annual BBQ fundraiser with meat being prepared by the famous Ricky Rover Rooter Roasters of Campbell Hill. The fundraiser will take place at Friday's Pinckneyville vs. Du Quoin football game hosted at VanMetre Field in Du Quoin.

NEW YORK----The fame. The power. The drama. Jennifer Lopez pulls back the curtain in a revealing cover interview for GIANT Magazine, with 12 pages of sultry pictures. In the issue, set to hits stands October 8, the Puerto Rican beauty chats about the pressures of fame, ditching pesky paparazzi and controlling her destiny.

Moving the Darren Mack murder case from Reno to Las Vegas will be both costly and historic. Costly in that Washoe County will have to foot a bill conservatively estimated at 100,000 dollars.