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Improved ground game high on Edmonton Eskimos' wish list for 2009
Ken Trimble, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Edmonton went from missing the playoffs to just missing a trip to the Grey Cup in 2008, but head coach Danny Maciocia says the Eskimos' rushing attack will need to improve if they want to take a run at the CFL
Longhorns run over Green Wave
Damion James notched a game-high 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the seventh-ranked Texas Longhorns cruised to a 76-51 victory over the Tulane Green Wave. A.J. Abrams netted 15 points while Justin Mason handed out seven assists to go with seven
Jerry Yang, Yahoo Chief, steps down
New York Times SAN FRANCISCO â?? Jerry Yang, who, as chief executive of Yahoo, resisted a takeover bid from Microsoft only to later ask that merger talks resume, said he was stepping down. In a memorandum sent to the companyâ??s staff Monday
Judge: Police coerced youth
A Fayette County judge threw out Tuesday the confession of the accused shooter in a gang-related slaying last December, after finding that the defendant's statements were made after 'coercive police activity.' Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone ruled that
Minneapolis focuses on Somali killings
He doesn't wear a uniform and carry a gun, but Imam Hassan Mohamud considers himself a peace officer. Like other Somali activists, the spiritual leader is struggling with the dramatic violent crime increase in his community. Since December, seven Somali
China's ZTE to boost ETC's Ethiopia mobile u...
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Ethiopia Telecommunications Corp (ETC) plans to boost mobile subscribers to 15 million in two years, from 2.2 million now, using $1.5 billion from China's ZTE Corp, the Ethiopian firm said on Wednesday. ZTE, China's
Celtics Beat Knicks Without Garnett
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Paul Pierce scored 22 points and hauled in eight rebounds to lead the Kevin Garnett-less Celtics in a 110-101 victory over the Knicks. Garnett sat out after being suspended for hitting Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut during
Pike-less Oakland rolls over Columbia for season-opening win
Even without Summit League Preseason Player of the Year Jessica Pike, Oakland University made quite a statement in its season opener. Behind four players stepping up their game and finishing in double figures, the Golden Grizzlies rolled to a 79-57
Children?s safety must take priority
th November 2008 WH WHILE the debate over the fate of Baby P continues to rage it is simply not enough for official heads to roll. Many of us no doubt felt physically sick hearing how the 17 month-old was found dead in his blood-stained cot, bearing the
Vaunted Eskimos pass offence comes up short in division final loss to Alouettes
Arpon Basu, THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Ricky Ray and the Eskimos' high-powered aerial attack was the number one reason Edmonton made it to within a game of the Grey Cup. But when it counted most, that strength became a weakness. 'Offensively we
This Date in Cardinal Football: 11-18-89
As Cal and Stanford prepared for the 1989 Big Game, many had grown weary of the two clubs' small-scale success. Just 2-8 in Denny Green's inaugural year as head coach, the Cardinal were a pedestrian 48-70-3 over the previous 10 years. Cal owned an even
The bear is back
Rising inflation, creeping unemployment and a stagnating economy have combined to end the boom years â?? with real fears of a long and painful bust to come. But despite the UK teetering on the edge of recession, few believe the depths of depression
Babcock & Brown sells Portuguese wind farm assets for EUR1.15bn
Specialised infrastructure fund manager Babcock & Brown has announced that it has sold a portfolio of wind farms in Portugal to a consortium of investors led by Magnum Capital for an enterprise value of approximately EUR1.15bn. The portfolio
GeneNews appoints Canadian Colorectal Cancer Advisory Board
TORONTO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, today announced the formation of a Canadian
Doctors to tackle violence
Medical staff from the University of Glasgow are leading a new initiative aimed at reducing violence on Scotland?s streets. Medics Against Violence will raise awareness of the short and long term impact of violence-related injuries and prevent young
Obama names first black attorney-general
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, the U. S. president-elect, has named Eric Holder, a long-time lawyer, to be attorney-general, which would make him the first African-American in the post. Mr. Holder, who was deputy attorney-general in the Clinton
Northern Trust launches ETF on FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index
Northern Trust Global Investments, the asset management arm of Northern Trust, has launched an exchange-traded fund based on the FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index. The fund joins the Northern Exchange Traded Shares Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT ETF. Northern
Dolls honor Indian heritage
The first official American Indian Day took place in New York almost 100 years ago. In 1914, Red Fox James, of the Blackfoot nation, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians for the contributions they made to the
Objet Geometries Unveils New Eden260V(TM) 3-D Printer
REHOVOT, Israel, November 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Objet Geometries Ltd. (http://www.objet.com), the innovation leader in 3-D printing, today unveiled its Eden260V(TM) printer, the latest addition to its market-leading Eden line of rapid prototyping and
US watchdog opens China office
The US Food and Drug Administration has opened its first office in China as part of a global strategy to ensure the safety of imports from China. The office is the FDA's first permanent delegation outside of the US and will be followed by two more in the
Banking baddies get help but Europe's car industry is left to languish
The Opel car manufacturing plant in Eisenach, Germany. Photograph: Jens-Ulrich Koch/AFP/ Bankers are now the most hated professionals, more so even than politicians and journalists. Through reckless greed and the selfish pursuit of their annual bonus,
Fatherhood transforms JSU's Benard
Marcus Benard is one of the few Jackson State players with a fan club at nearly every practice. It's a small group of two, but they love the defensive end. They sit on a set of cold steel bleachers set behind a black metal fence that surrounds the field.
North West agriculture head suspended
The North West parliament has suspended agriculture department head Paul Magothle indefinitely, for allegedly awarding himself a grant of over R1 million for a project at his farm, the SABC reported on Tuesday. Provincial agriculture MEC Jan Serfontein
Italian PM adds 'hide and seek' gag to list of pranks played on foreign dignitaries
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, played 'hide and seek' yesterday with Angela Merkel, the visiting German Chancellor, lurking behind a column when she went to meet him for a brief Italian-German summit in Trieste. Video footage of the gag
Many Ohio counties, towns linked to American Indian words, phrases
Before white settlers arrived, Ohio was home to five major American Indian tribes -- the Delaware, Miami, Ottawa, Shawnee and Wyandot -- plus several smaller tribes. Consequently, many of Ohio's 88 counties have names thought to be derived from Indian
Mother tells how she saw her two-year-old daughter crushed to death by neighbour's car
A girl of two was crushed to death under the wheels of a neighbours car as her mother watched in horror. Sienna O'Hara suffered fatal head injuries after being run over by Leanne Greens Vauxhall Astra as she reversed down her driveway without spotting
Nashville star's having a Grand Ole time
CHAMPAIGN - From afar, it might seem that Kevin Stallings' basketball coaching career has stalled in Nashville. It's not the stuff of a melancholy country song, but the former Illinois State coach might appear stuck in the shadow of the Grand Ole Opry.
Nitel May Not Get Core Investor in Feb 2009
(This Day/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX News Network) -- Indications have emerged that the Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd (NITEL) may not get a core investor in February 2009 after all. This is because the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) is said
Apologies abound in 'manuelgate'
It's a controversy that has enthralled Britain, knocked news off the front pages, displeased the Prime Minister, generated 40,000 complaints, caused the director-general of the BBC to cut short his holiday, led to two top broadcasters being suspended as
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