NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Seeger's grandson says the 92-year-old activist musician is "all fired up" about plans for a late-night march in New York City in support of Occupy Wall Street.
Tao (tow) Rodriguez Seeger says he plans to play "Pied Piper" after performing with his grandfather and other musicians Friday night in Manhattan.
Tao Seeger says he expects 750 people to attend the Clearwater environmental …
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer waited at the U.S. Open for hours, eager to get on court for his fourth-round match. Once he finally started playing, shortly before midnight, he didn't take long to win.
Still, Federer enjoyed each of the 82 minutes he needed to hit 14 aces — including four in one game — and generally overwhelm 36th-ranked Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 in a match that ended shortly before 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday.
"Other sports start at 8 in the morning, like golf. It's crazy how our schedules change all the time. As tennis players, it makes it extremely difficult to be on your 'A' game every single day," said Federer, whose record 16 Grand Slam titles …
TORONTO
POWER PLANT
June 7-September 1
Curated by Helena Reckitt
This thematic group exhibitionfeaturing recent work by thirteen international artists, including Diane Borsato, Gerard Byrne, Mary Kelly, and Michael Stevenson-examines the malleable nature of historical memory. These artists re-create, appropriate, and refashion a diverse set of archives and artifacts to interrogate the …
China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday protested a meeting between a U.S. official and the Dalai Lama as interference in its internal affairs.
The rebuke came one day after Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky met with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to discuss recent anti-government protests in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, and in Tibetan communities in Western China.
"This is a serious violation of the basic norms of international relations and interference into our internal affairs," ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regularly scheduled news conference.
"We urge the U.S. side to ... stop indulging and supporting the Dalai …
Malaga blew a chance to open up some breathing room above the Spanish league's drop zone as it surrendered a late penalty to draw 1-1 with Tenerife on Saturday.
The unmarked Antonio "Apono" Galdeano gave Malaga the lead at La Rosaleda in the 66th when he was gifted a free header inside the box. …
The plum pie featured in last week's Food section is dense andhas a thick crust. Although chef Saul Wax bakes the pie for onehour, home bakers may …
NEW YORK (AP) — Orange juice futures fell Wednesday as fears of crop damage eased after freezing weather hit Florida this week.
March contracts for frozen orange juice concentrate sank 4.05 cents to settle at $1.56 a pound. The price has fallen about 3 percent this week but is up 4.6 percent for the month.
There were scattered reports of damage after temperatures dipped below freezing in Florida, but some regions fared better than others, said Andrew Meadows of Florida Citrus Mutual, a growers' cooperative association.
Spencer Patton, founder and chief investment officer for hedge fund Steel Vine Investments LLC, said he expects the market to remain volatile during the …
European nations were divided Thursday over the need to install body scanners at European airports, with some EU member states playing down the need for beefed up security measures.
The United States, Britain and the Netherlands already have announced plans to install the scanners amid growing worldwide security concerns following the attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit plane on Christmas Day.
Washington is seeking enhanced security measures on all trans-Atlantic flights heading for the United States. On an average day, the lucrative North Atlantic route is crisscrossed by more than 800 passenger flights.
But ahead …
After five postponements, No. 22 Oak Forest opened its softballseason Monday and needed every minute of Daylight Savings Time beforesophomore designated hitter Lori Bikar smashed an 11th-inning doubleto left to give the Bengals a 2-1 victory against host Reavis.
"The first time I batted, I was real nervous and had a lot ofbutterflies going," said Bikar, who had a triple, a walk, a singleand a double in her last four at-bats. "I was just trying to do mybest and put it in my mind that I was going to hit the ball. I knewwhen I hit it, it was over their heads."
Reavis (3-3) scored first on a two-out RBI single by LynetteNirenski in the third. Oak Forest tied it when …
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The lead early Thursday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is held by three mushers who have yet to take the mandatory 24-hour rest stop on the route from Anchorage to Nome.
The race website shows Kelly Griffin of Wasilla; Trent Herbst of Ketchum, Idaho; and Cim Smyth of Big Lake were first out of the checkpoint at Ophir, 534 miles from Anchorage.
They are followed …
New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art will display Ringo Starr's gold-plated snare drum in a special exhibition honoring his 70th birthday.
The museum said Tuesday the drum will be shown from July 7 _ Starr's birthday _ through December.
The instrument was presented to the drummer by the Ludwig Drum Company in Chicago during the Beatles' 1964 U.S. tour. It was given to him in appreciation for popularizing the …
Chase Manhattan-J.P. Morgan merger OK
The Federal Reserve on Monday approved Chase Manhattan Corp.'s$35.2 billion purchase of investment bank J.P. Morgan, a deal unitingtwo of Wall Street's oldest names to create one of the nation'sbiggest banking companies. The vote was 4-0 by the central bank'sboard of governors, which determined that the merger would notthreaten competition.
Bad earnings news at Lands' End
Lands' End Inc. said earnings this year will fall or be unchangedbecause the catalog and Internet retailer cut prices. Previously,Lands' End said profit would exceed the $1.52 a share it earned ayear ago. The Dodgeville, Wis., company revised the outlook …
WASHINGTON (AP) — May US trade deficit rose to $50.2B, highest level in 31 months, as oil imports surge.
A Lufthansa plane bound for Ukraine made an emergency landing in Poland Monday after a rowdy passenger aboard claimed he was a terrorist.
Polish border guards took the Russian citizen off the plane and checked his luggage at Pyrzowice airport, near the southern city of Katowice, but found no evidence that he was a terrorist, said Maj. Cezary Zaborski, spokesman for local border guards.
The plane, an Airbus 320 that took off from Frankfurt with more than 110 passengers, continued on to Kiev, Ukraine.
Polish prosecutors will decide whether to detain the man, whom Zaborski said appeared to be inebriated.
Anyone who still harbors the romantic notion that trout arefeisty game fish, to be plucked from babbling streams, hasn't seen atrout farm. Bringing fish to market is a sophisticated operationthat is as far removed from hook and line as farming is from horseand plow.
Although many people have heard of catfish farming, trout werethe first fish to be reigned in. Idaho, with its clear air andstreams, has the largest number of fish farms in the United States,and of those, Clear Springs Trout Co., which has been in businessabout 20 years, raises the most fish - about 60 million trout a year.Half the company's product goes to the retail market; the other halfto wholesale outlets, such as restaurants and supermarkets. InChicago, the Chicago Fish House carries products from Clear SpringsTrout Co.
"Farm-raised trout is a little different from wild trout," saidBarbara Croft, assistant product manager for Clear Springs. "It'sgenetically engineered for faster growth, smaller bones, delicatetaste and a firm texture."
Trout that grow wide are encouraged since they makebetter-shaped fillets: long and narrow ones are bred out.
To some aficionados, farm-raised trout (especially if it'sdesigned for `delicate' taste) doesn't have the flavor of a fish thathas been choosing its own food in the wild.
"When it comes to fish, the `you-are-what-you-eat' rule holds,"Croft said. "Trout are fed a diet of anchovies, soy protein, fishmeal, vitamins and minerals. Trout swim in cement raceways withoutmoss or algae that muddy up the taste.
"Some fishermen have told me that nothing beats trout caught inthe pristine springs in some remote part of Idaho," said Croft,doubting that all trout are fished in such ideal conditions.
Even though Idaho provides a natural clean-water environmentfor trout farming, setting up a business is an expensive proposition.Unlike catfish farms that are large ponds dug in the ground, troutfarms require running water that has to be maintained at at 58degrees.
Clear Springs hatches its own trout eggs, raises thefingerlings, processes the grown fish and trucks them to outlets.
"It takes about a year to raise trout for market," said Croft."But the farming operation means we have fish available throughoutthe year."
Most Clear Springs trout is sold fresh as dressed whole fish;boned, head removed; butterflied fillets, and fillets. The leastexpensive way to buy trout is as dressed whole fish (sale prices inChicago supermarkets are less than $3 a pound). It can be stuffed ornot, baked, steamed or grilled. For fast meals, fillets are the bestchoice.
The company offers a booklet with quick trout ideas.
For a copy send a self-addressed, stamped, business-sizeenvelope to: Quick Low-Calorie Recipes II, c/o SY & T, 1000 SansomeSt. Suite 375, San Francisco, Calif. 94111.
Here are three trout recipes to start. RAINBOW TROUT WITH SCALLION GINGER MAYONNAISE
4 (4-ounce) trout fillets 1/4 cup lime juice 1
tablespoon plus 1/8 teaspoon Oriental sesame oil 3tablespoons mayonnaise 5 teaspoons thinly sliced scallions 1 teaspoon peeled and finely minced fresh ginger 1teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
Place trout in glass dish with lime juice and 1 tablespoonsesame oil. Set aside at room temperature 30 to 60 minutes.Meanwhile combine remaining sesame oil, mayonnaise, scallions,ginger, lemon juice and soy sauce. Chill.
Remove trout from marinade and place flesh-side down on oiledgrill and cook about 2 minutes. Gently turn and cook 2 more minutes,skin-side down until done, about 2 more minutes. Remove to 2 to 4plates and serve immediately with mayonnaise. Makes 2 large, 4regular servings.
Note: Trout may also be broiled in an oven broiler or sauteed.To broil, place flesh-side down on a oiled broiler pan and broil 4inches from heat for 2 minutes. Gently turn and broil 2 moreminutes. To saute, heat 1 tablespoon each butter and oil in a largeskillet. Add trout and saute 2 to 3 minutes per side. For low-fatcooking, skip the butter and oil and spray skillet with cooking sprayinstead. CAJUN TROUT WITH PECANS
1/4 cup cornmeal 1/4 cup flour 1 teaspoondried thyme 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshlyground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2teaspoon paprika 4 (4-ounce) trout fillets 4tablespoons butter, divided 2 tablespoons amaretto or orangejuice 2 tablespoons whiskey or orange juice 1/4 cupchopped pecans
In plastic or paper bag combine cornmeal with flour, thyme,salt, pepper, cayenne and paprika. Place trout fillet in bag andshake to coat evenly with cornmeal mixture. Remove fillet and repeatwith remaining ones.
Over medium-high heat melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet. Addtrout, flesh-side down, and cook until golden, about 2 minutes.Gently turn with spatula and cook about 2 more minutes. Removefillets to serving platter. Place remaining 2 tablespoons butter andamaretto, whiskey and pecans in skillet. Cook over medium heat untilbubbly, about 1 minute. Pour over trout and serve. Makes 2 large, 4 regular servings. LOW-CALORIE RAINBOW TROUT WITH DILL-CUCUMBER YOGURT
1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt 2 teaspoons fresh,minced dill 1/4 cup minced, peeled cucumber 2tablespoons minced scallion 4 (4-ounce) trout fillets Juice of 1/2 lemon
Combine yogurt, dill, cucumber and scallion in a bowl. Setaside. Arrange trout, skin-side down in microwaveable dish. Drizzlewith lemon juice; cover tightly. Microwave on high for 2 minutes.Rotate dish. Cook 2 to 4 minutes longer, or until fish flakes with afork. Remove from oven; top each fillet with 1/4 of yogurtmixture. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings; 185 calories perserving.
Prestige SUVs and Crossovers continue to sell well in a down market.
The economy continues to search for a true breakout; automotive sales, despite Herculean efforts and monstrous rebates, are a tad short of trend; jobs remain hard to find; and the small, inexpensive car market is declining in volume. Cheerfully ignoring these indicators, copious wads of cash flow to the pricey, prestige-brand SUV/crossover group in increasing amounts, pushing sales of these high-expenditure units up 38 percent this year.
These prestige-brand SUV/crossover units come in a varied mix of sizes, shapes and prices. Some are big and square (think Navigator), some are very big and very square (Hummer I), others are perilously close to station wagons (Volvo) and some are smaller and sleek, typified by Porsche's Cayenne. Additionally, some units that narrowly miss the cut for tills article would swell the volume count. VWs Touareg is a nice package but VW is not of the prestige cut as it does share a brand name with the PT Cruiser. Perhaps DCX should have brought back the Imperial nameplate for the Pacifica and Crossfire models. Audi's AUroad is on the cusp of prestige crossoverness, but they are reported as cars in the standard sales data.
Among the facts and oddities found in the statistics is that Ford, fielding both domestic and imported brands, has the highest count of brands (three) and models (seven), and takes the corporate volume crown, plus a well above average corporate sales gain, both derived from prices spread across the $35,000 to $70,000 retail spectrum. At the lower end of the volume scale, Nissan's Infiniti, offering a limited product range and starting from miniscule volume, picked up the highest corporate percentage gain by selling sub-$40,000 vehicles in the lower-price end of the market.
An oddity is that the only declines are from the Germans. Both Mercedes and BMW sell in the $40,000 to $60,000 area, with Mercedes doing most of their business at just under $40,000. Regardless, both are off from last year. There is some indication that the entry of Porsche and VW has diluted the German-centric SUV/crossover market. The General's Hummer, starting from a very low sales base has tripled its 2003 sales with 98 percent of the volume originating from the mid-$50,000 H2s plus a slim minority from His that can push up to the $120,000 mark. However, GM's Cadillac, particularly the many forms of the Escalade, continues to carry the major load for the corporation while anticipating additional help from the newly arrived SRX.
Another vehicle not detailed in the accompanying table is Lincoln's Aviator, a $40,000 mid-size SUV often derided by some analysts as not doing the job, yet it is outselling 10 competitive vehicles and provided 84 points of Lincoln's 102 point gain. Perhaps an unrealistic original demand forecast and/or overly enthusiastic pre-production sales blurb are the image culprit (see AI, November, 2003, pg. 18) for bad-forecast damage. Among Ford's widespread brands, Land Rover, fronting three models, is holding relatively even as Volvo, buoyed by the new $35,000 to $40,000 XC90, racked up substantial gains.
Toyota, with four models fielded under the Lexus brand, is heavily skewed to the low-end $35,000 to $40,000 price range that includes the in-class best-selling RX300 that provides 70 percent of the total Lexus SUV volume. Lexus keeps pushing ahead and is now in second place in market-segment volume. Meanwhile, Honda's Acura, thin on product with only the high $30,000 MDX, is plodding along in this market with minimal gains. Porsche's $55,000 to $90,000 Cayenne, in recent months selling neck-to-neck with all Porsche cars, has become its franchise player.
There are too many messages emanating from the data. Among them are that top-drawer consumers still have and will spend money. New models help. A broad selection helps total volume. Concentration of effort helps specific-vehicle volume. Consumer fickleness is rampant. Domestic high volume comes from $50,000 plus. Japanese high volume comes from under $40,000. Prices lower than the other guy helps. Simply being Japanese helps. Simply being German doesn't help. Three domestic nameplates are competing against eight overseas nameplates, some entwined at corporate headquarters. And last but not least, the current growth rate won't last forever.
Key dates in the life of Gen. Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander charged with genocide and crimes against humanity by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands:
— 1942: Born in southeastern Bosnian village of Bozinovci.
— 1945: His father, a World War II guerrilla fighter, is killed, allegedly by Croat pro-Nazi forces.
— 1961: Ratko Mladic starts military education.
— 1992: Having risen through the ranks to become a general, he takes command of newly formed Serb army in Bosnia. Launches siege of Sarajevo; moves to take control of large swath of Bosnia where Serbs established their self-styled rebel republic.
— 1994: Splits from Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic.
— 1995: Launches operation to capture U.N.-protected enclave of Srebrenica, allegedly orders massacre of some 8,000 Muslim boys and men in Europe's largest massacre of civilians since World War II. Indicted by U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
— 1997: Replaced as commander of Bosnian Serb army. Assumes low profile but is often seen in Belgrade and elsewhere in Serbia, where he enjoys protection from the military and the government of President Slobodan Milosevic.
— 2002: Goes into hiding after Milosevic is ousted. Serbia's new pro-Western authorities revoke his military escort.
— 2010: Serbia's government increases its reward for the capture Mladic from euro1 million to euro10 million.
— May 26, 2011: Mladic is arrested in Serbia.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Women draped sexy lingerie over their street clothes as they marched through Cape Town on Saturday, bringing an international campaign against the notion that a woman's appearance can excuse attacks to a country where rape is seen as a national crisis.
Some 2,000 protesters walked a route where fans partied during last year's football World Cup. Men joined in, some of them wearing miniskirts in solidarity. Some protesters pushed their children in strollers and carried signs declaring, "Rapists rape people, not outfits," and "Weak men rape."
"SlutWalks" originated in Toronto, Canada, where they were sparked by a police officer's remark that women could avoid being raped by not dressing like "sluts."
"It's very important that women should understand that their dignity should not be taken away from them," said Tayla Orgill, who was among the Cape Town walkers.
According to the most recent police statistics, more than 55,000 cases of rape and indecent assault were reported in South Africa from 2009 to 2010. The number of sexual offenses against women climbed nearly 20 percent from the previous year, according to police.
As a law student in Lisbon in the late 1960s, Jose Manuel Barroso passed around an illicit copy of "Je t'aime, Moi non plus" a heavy-breathing French tune of a lovemaking couple that Portugal's fascist dictator had banned as too racy.
"I could not buy the books I wanted. Or listen to the music I liked," said Barroso _ today the European Union's top executive. "My generation saw Europe as ... a destination for those who wanted freedom and democracy."
In 50 years of the European Union, former dictatorships like Barroso's Portugal, and more recently former Communist lands like Romania and Bulgaria, have joined the fold. And peace has been cemented across the region to such a degree that the very threat of war has been largely forgotten.
Yet as Europeans prepare to mark the half-century birthday with pomp and proclamations this month in Berlin, across the region many people are looking ahead with fear.
They feel angst about globalization, appear unable to implement reforms needed to regain its competitive edge, struggle to integrate millions of mostly Muslim immigrants, and grope for direction as the EU's grand dreams of adopting a constitution that would formalize and deepen the union lie in tatters.
There have been momentous accomplishments: a single currency, elimination of internal borders, expansion into an economic giant that includes 490 million people in 27 nations _ 11 of them formerly fascist or communist dictatorships.
And many Europeans are proud of their social safety net, their long vacations, their short work-weeks, their high wages.
Yet it is some of these very achievements, and some of its members inflexible labor markets and highly-regulated economies, that are threatening to hold it back. Increasingly, both America and Asia seem better placed to compete.
Perhaps the EU's chief goal, albeit one that was often unspoken, was making Europe safe from war _ but that succeeded so spectacularly that most people now take peace for granted.
"Sixty years of peace," Barroso acknowledged in an interview with the Associated Press, "means the image of Europe as a bastion against war is losing its resonance."
At their March 24-25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome that launched Europe's common market, EU leaders are to issue a declaration they hope will reignite enthusiasm for the European project _ notably by reviving prospects for a constitution.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the summit's host, faces a formidable task persuading fellow leaders that the charter _ which would streamline decision-making and raise the EU's international profile by giving it a president and foreign minister _ was not killed off when the French and Dutch rejected it in referendums in 2005. France and Britain have lame-duck leaders in Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair _ further dimming the likelihood of a major constitutional breakthrough.
Yet many believe the hand-wringing over the charter is merely a symptom of a deeper malaise affecting the EU that is preventing it from adapting to the challenges of the new millennium _ in particular the rise of China and India as global powers.
Several European governments have attempted to reform Europe's cushy labor and social welfare _ only to back down in the face of fierce protests.
"The European Union is going through a crisis," said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, adding the French and Dutch 'no' votes "did not cause this crisis, but simply made it more visible."
The EU crisis of confidence is also seen in the way momentum for expansion _ the chief way Europe has been able to use its philosophy of "soft power" to engineer democratic reforms in former dictatorships _ has all but petered out.
Polls show little public appetite for further enlarging the club to countries like Ukraine and Albania, let alone mostly Muslim Turkey _ whose membership talks were partially frozen a year after being launched in a dispute over Ankara's non-recognition of EU member Cyprus.
Barroso had guarded optimism for the EU's prospects in the 21st Century.
"Globalization is happening. Can we shape it to our interests and values? We believe we can," said Barroso but only if EU nations unite on challenges ranging "from energy security to climate change to international terrorism."
But some leading figures expressed a deeper sense of crisis.
"The European Union has not understood that it needs a complete change of direction," according to British Conservative George Osborne, the shadow finance minister of his Euro-skeptic party.
"It hasn't understood that today the primary challenge we face is an economic one, not a political one. For my generation the question for Europe is not how to unite but how to compete _ not only within Europe, but with the rest of the world."
One of the EU's biggest challenges is its demographic crisis. By 2010, there will be more Europeans in their 60s than in their 20s. The EU's working population will drop by 48 million by 2050, according to EU data.
Although 40 million people are seen to move into the EU in that same period "immigration can only partially compensate for the effects of low fertility and extended life expectancy on the age distribution of the European population," according to a recent report by Eurostat, the EU statistics agency.
Unless the average birth of 1.5 children per female rises to 1.7, "Europe will find it increasingly difficult to remain competitive and _ equally alarming _ to finance pensions," said EU Employment Commissioner Vladimir Spidla.
But changing demographics require reorganizing labor markets and social benefits.
To date, European governments have been slow to get Europeans to work longer hours and say 'adieu' to six week vacations.
Danny Granger was 10-of-13 from the field and had 25 points and nine rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat 87-85 on Friday night.
Granger was 4-of-6 from 3-point range for the Pacers, who have opened the season under new coach Jim O'Brien with two wins.
Ike Diogu scored 16 points, Mike Dunleavy added 15 and Jamaal Tinsley had 10 assists for the Pacers.
Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal, who sat out the opener with a hyperextended left knee, had 10 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three blocks in 24 minutes.
Rookie Daequan Cook, who didn't play in the season-opening loss to Detroit, led Miami with 17 points, while Ricky Davis added 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.
Miami center Shaquille O'Neal fouled out with 5:07 to go. He had eight points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes, shot 4-for-13 from the field and had six turnovers.
Miami led 76-75 in the fourth quarter when Mark Blount hit a 3-pointer with 4:42 to go. Cook followed with a 3 to give Miami an 82-75 lead with 4:03 to play.
Kareem Rush hit a 3-pointer for Indiana with 1:42 to go that tied it at 82, and he made another one with 1:06 to go for an 85-82 lead.
Miami's Jason Williams missed a layup on a drive to the hoop, and the Pacers gained possession after Miami fouled on the rebound. A pull-up jumper by Granger gave the Pacers an 87-82 lead with 41 seconds to play.
Davis made a shot from just beyond halfcourt at the buzzer to create the final margin.
Indiana made 14 of 21 free throws, while Miami was 4-of-13.
Notes:@ Miami coach Pat Riley announced before the game that All-Star guard Dwyane Wade has been cleared to play. Wade had surgeries on his left knee and left shoulder in May. ... Indy Racing League star Helio Castroneves and his "Dancing With the Stars" partner Julianne Hough performed at the end of the first quarter. ... Indiana F Shawne Williams served the second game of a team-imposed three-game suspension after being caught driving without a license. ... Indiana C Troy Murphy sat out for the second straight game. ... Dunleavy split his lip in the first quarter. He got eight stitches and returned. ... Tinsley sprained his left thumb in the first quarter.
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A spring snowstorm that whipped though Colorado left the state a slushy mess Wednesday, with thousands stuck at Denver's airport or left without power or schools.
The heavy snowmaker dumped more snow than even some spring break ski vacationers bargained for.
"We were supposed to leave yesterday," said Jenny Gossow of St. Louis, who missed a flight out of Denver after a family spring break ski trip to Telluride, Colo. Gossow, along with her husband and three children, spent Tuesday evening snoozing on blue mats Denver International Airport provided for an estimated 5,000 stranded travelers.
"We got a deck of cards, crayons, some books, and we're just hanging out trying to sleep _ but only the 2-year-old has been able to sleep," Gossow said Wednesday morning. Gossow played card games with her son while her two daughters were crafting a fort out of the sleeping mats.
The snowstorm was no surprise for Colorado residents; March is the state's snowiest month. But the storm that piled about 9 inches of mushy snow in Denver _ and up to 23 inches in Denver's western suburbs _ shut down business for many. Dozens of school systems canceled classes, and state lawmakers in Denver declared a snow day and shuttered the House and Senate.
At Denver International Airport, hundreds of flights were grounded. The airport's three busiest airlines _ United, Frontier and Southwest _ together canceled nearly 160 arrivals and departures Tuesday.
The cancellations left fliers camped out in hallways and even napping in the airport's interfaith chapel.
"It was horrible, but what are you going to do?" said Greg Kinder of Great Falls, Mont., who spent Tuesday night on the chapel's floor after missing a connection. "They say we're on a different flight today, but you know, until I'm through security and getting on that plane I won't believe it."
Most major ski areas reported 5 to 7 inches of new snow. Eldora _ just west of Boulder _ reported 18 inches.
The storm boosted the mountain snowpack, which accounts for much of Colorado's water when it melts during the warm months. As of Wednesday, the snow totals were below average in the northern half of the state and roughly average in the south.
Xcel Energy said about 7,500 customers, mostly in the Denver area, were still without power Wednesday morning. About 45 crews were working to restore power by 5 p.m. About 36,400 customers lost power at various times after snow started falling Tuesday, Xcel Energy spokesman Tom Henley said.
Barbara Foley, 70, of Englewood rode the bus to work Wednesday in downtown Denver after she woke up to find about a foot of snow on her car. She was happy the bus arrived on time, with a driver in a good mood.
"I told the driver, 'You're just as good as the mailman,'" she said. "He said, 'No, lady, we're better.'"
In the mountains, U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass was briefly closed for avalanche control and because of hazardous conditions. Farther west, Colorado 65 near Grand Junction also was closed for avalanche control.
By lunchtime the snowstorm had moved to southeastern Colorado and was headed east into Kansas and north Texas. Farther south, the system was expected to bring thunderstorms Wednesday night in Dallas.
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Associated Press Writers Catherine Tsai and Dan Elliott contributed to this report.
ATLANTA Confronted with a surge in whooping cough among teenagersand adults, a government advisory panel recommended that young peopleget a booster shot against the disease between the ages of 11 and 18.Currently, youngsters get a series of whooping cough vaccinationsthrough age 6. But the protection wears off as they get older. As aresult, the number of cases among U.S. adults 20 and older nearlydoubled to 5,365 in 2004 from the year before, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. A panel that advises theCDC on immunization practices endorsed adding whooping cough vaccineto the tetanus and diphtheria booster shot children routinely getafter age 11. Over the past two months, the FDA has approved twowhooping cough booster vaccines for adolescents and beyond, Boostrixand Adacel. Whooping cough, a highly contagious disease also known aspertussis, can be fatal to young children, causing coughing so severethat it can crack ribs. Vaccinations have dramatically reduced itsincidence among babies and toddlers. But now roughly 40 percent ofall cases affect adolescents, and 20 percent affect adults, said Dr.David Neumann, executive director of the National Partnership forImmunization. Its become a different type of public health issue thanit was in the 40s and 50s, he said. The new vaccine will help. 30
MOSCOW (AP) — Substitute Mauro Zarate scored a 79th-minute winner moments after CSKA Moscow had equalized to give Inter Milan a 3-2 win and put the Italian giant's Champions League comparing back on track.
Lucio put Inter in the lead six minutes into the game, scoring via a deflection into an empty net after goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov failed to punch clear a corner. Giampaolo Pazzini doubled the lead in the 23rd after Yuto Nagatomo's cross.
Alan Dzagoev pulled one back for CSKA with a free kick on the stroke of halftime and Brazilian striker Vagner Love equalized in the 77th, but the hosts were level for only two minutes before Zarate fired a right-footed winner from the edge of the box.
Inter lost its first game to Trabzonspor at home, while CSKA drew at Lille.
The victory was Inter's second straight under new coach Claudio Ranieri, after the club earned its first Serie A win of the season against Bologna on Saturday.
"I'm pleased for the three points, which allows us to get back on track," Ranieri said. "I'm not sure how far we can go, but this is surely a squad that can make a statement both in Italy and abroad."
"We saw a squad with a lot of character, and that shows the desire to bounce back," Inter president Massimo Moratti said.
CSKA coach Leonid Slutskiy said it was a "very emotional match" and praised his players.
"But it's a pity to concede a goal after we had spent so much energy to rally from two goals down," he said. "I cannot blame any of my players."
CSKA controlled the game but rarely threatened Julio Cesar's goal as the Inter defense denied them space.
The visitors created their second chance three minutes after the opener but Gabulov blocked Joel Obi's header. Nagatomo then broke into the box down the right flank past Alexei Berezutski to set up Pazzini's goal.
The home side had its first clear chance in the 31st when Dzagoev fired a right-footed drive from just outside the box but Cesar tipped the ball over the crossbar.
A minute later Sekou Oliseh's header from a corner hit the outside of the visitors' right post.
Gabulov made another save to deny Lucio in the 41st and Dzagoev then halved the deficit before the break.
CSKA came out aggressively and seized the initiative in the second half.
Midfielder Pavel Mamaev missed the target with an effort in the 48th.
At the other end, Zarate's weak effort was easily blocked by Gabulov, while Inter required Cesar to keep out Dzagoev's powerful shot from just inside the box.
CSKA wasted an excellent chance when Vagner Love failed to meet Zoran Tosic's cross from the right with the goal unguarded. But he soon outwitted his international teammate Lucio near the edge of the box to fire an equalizer.
Zarate immediately hit back, however, to preserve Inter's 100 per cent record against CSKA in the competition.
"Our play during the first half and the pride we showed with the reaction in the second half are the positive notes from tonight," Ranieri said. "It was great to see our will to win and the desire to push for victory after they equalized."
NATIONAL: Thousands of workers at supermarket giant Tesco weretoday being given a slice of a profit-sharing scheme pay-out worthGBP38 million.
More than 104,000 staff will reap the benefit of shares allocatedin 1999 which were being made available after being held in trust forthree years.
The shares were worth 188p when they were first allocated, but thevalue has since grown by more than 30 per cent.
Tesco staff will be able to keep the shares or cash them in. Theywill be worth around 3.6 per cent of a worker's salary.
Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy said:
"The continuing success of Tesco is down to our people and onceagain they will share the rewards for our outstanding performance."
Water merger to create staff changes
American Water Works Co. Inc., the parent of West Virginia-American Water, announced that several management changes will occurupon completion of the acquisition of the company by German-basedRWE.
James Barr, president and chief executive officer of AmericanWater Works, plans to retire, and Bill Alexander will becomechairman, president and chief executive officer, the company said.
Also, in accordance with the merger agreement, American WaterWorks' board of directors will resign, the company said. Thatincludes West Virginia-American Water Co. President Chris Jarrett.
RWE plans to pay $4.6 billion in cash and assume $3 billion indebt to buy the American Water Works Co. and its subsidiaries,including the West Virginia-American. The deal was announced inSeptember and is pending approval in nine states, including WestVirginia.
RWE has said that if the deal is completed, the management willremain the same at West Virginia-American Water Co. West Virginia-American provides water directly and indirectly to about 500,000people in West Virginia. It is the largest water company in bothCabell and Kanawha counties. The company employs about 400 people inthe state, including about 225 in the Kanawha Valley.
Executives to attend utilities conference
More than 50 executives are expected to attend the Women'sInternational Network of Utility Professionals annual conference inCharleston Sunday through Wednesday at the Holiday Inn CharlestonHouse.
Gov. Bob Wise is scheduled to give welcoming remarks Mondaymorning.
Speakers will include West Virginia native Susan Tomasky, AmericanElectric Power's executive vice president and chief financialofficer; Gale Given, president of Verizon-West Virginia; Ivin Lee,executive director of the West Virginia Human Rights Commission; andMark Dempsey, president of American Electric Power's West Virginiaoperations.
For more information, contact Jeri Matheney, 348-5733.
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BERLIN - The German president has met with a convicted leftist terrorist leader to decide whether to grant him clemency, his spokesman said Saturday, angering conservative lawmakers who want no mercy for those who showed their victims none.
Christian Klar's clemency plea has provoked an emotional debate across Germany. Conservatives are vehemently opposed to the early release of a man convicted for his role in the murders of several people as a leader of the Red Army Faction, a group that left a trail of bodies in its more than two-decade campaign against capitalism.
But in a country where most people serve less than 20 years of life sentences, many feel Klar is justified in seeking clemency after 24 years in prison.
President Horst Koehler will decide next week whether to grant Klar's early release, said presidential spokesman Martin Kothe said. He confirmed a report in Der Spiegel magazine that the president met with Klar last week.
Conservative politicians strengthened their resolve to fight the clemency plea when Klar sent a message from prison earlier this year that seemed to indicate he had not lost his revolutionary fervor. Klar, 54, called for "completing the defeat" of capitalism "and opening the door for a different future."
Many have denounced a court's decision last month to grant Klar brief supervised releases from prison. Klar is eligible for parole in 2009, and inmates are typically granted accompanied trips out of prison to prepare them for possible release.
Koehler met with Klar over the objections of many members of the conservative parties that helped elect him president.
"Bad enough that Klar is now allowed supervised release, but he shouldn't have a private audience with the federal president," Markus Soeder, general-secretary of the Christian Social Union, told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper.
Leaders of the CSU - sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats - have threatened to try to block Koehler's 2009 re-election if he grants Klar clemency.
The Red Army faction, which emerged from German student protests against the Vietnam War, killed 34 people in before disbanding itself in 1998.
Klar was convicted of involvement in the murders of federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback Buback, industrialist Hanns-Martin Schreyer and Dresdner Bank chief Juergen Ponto in 1977, when the movement was at its peak.
"I'm strictly against clemency for the serial murderer Christian Klar, who to this day has shown no regrets," said Guido Westerwelle, leader of the pro-business opposition Free Democrats, according to an advance copy of remarks to be published in the Bild newspaper Sunday.
Some argue he should be freed even though he has not expressed remorse.
"He's been in prison for a quarter century," top Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele said earlier this year. "He's no longer a threat in the future. He's met the prerequisites for release. One shouldn't make it contingent upon an apology to the families of his victims because one cannot force genuine reconciliation and regret."
Germans are split on the issue, with a poll last month showing 51 percent against Klar's early release and 37 percent for it.
Another Red Army Faction leader - Brigitte Mohnhaupt - won early release in March after serving 24 years for her involvement in some of the RAF's most notorious murders, including Buback's.
Authorities said that although Mohnhaupt was not willing to completely repudiate her violent past, she had said the time for "armed struggle" was over and acknowledged inflicting suffering on the victims' families.
Germany's Jenny Wolf won the women's 500-meter race Saturday for her seventh World Cup speedskating victory this season, while overall world sprint champion Shani Davis of the United States sat out the men's race with an injury.
Davis, who won his first overall sprint championship title in Moscow last weekend, cut his right leg with his left blade with 200 meters left in the men's 500. Davis finished the race on one leg and was forced to skip the 1,000-meter race. He leads the men's 1,000-meter World Cup standings.
Davis said he didn't need to be hospitalized, but he wasn't sure if he would be able to compete in Sunday's event.
Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan won the men's 500 in 34.85 seconds. The World Cup 500-meter leader Yu Fengtong of China was second, 0.04 seconds behind. Yuya Oikawa of Japan clocked in at 34.96 for third.
Denny Morrison dominated the men's 1,000 with a new track record of 1:08.71 at Kolomna Speedskating Center, 100 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
The Canadian skater was followed by Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands (1:08.97) and Russia's Yevgeny Lalenkov, who was timed at 1:09.02.
Davis leads the standings with 530 points after winning three races this season. Morrison, with his first victory, is second with 420. Groothuis has 375 points for third.
Wolf continued her domination in the women's 500-meter events and won her seventh race of nine this season with a new track record of 37.51 seconds. Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands was timed at 38.02 for second. Yu Jing of China was third with a time of 38.17.
Wolf leads the standings with 785 points. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea is second with 590. Gerritsen has 450 for third.
Margot Boer set a new track record to win the women's 1,000 in 1:15.84. Yu came in second, 0.16 seconds behind, while Christine Nesbitt was third in 1:16.26. Nesbitt remained on top of the 1,000-meter standings with 450 points, followed by fellow Canadians Kristina Groves (430) and Shannon Rempel (361).
The meet continues Sunday with 100, 500 and 1,000-meter races.
I recently read the Web review "Read any good e-books lately?" (Backbytes, December 2002 issue of PC World). I own one of the first E-Bookmans sold in Australia and I have found very little difficulty in reading almost any e-book that I have come across, no matter what format.
You really do not need much in the way of fancy formatting when reading from such a small page. I find that if you come across an e-book that you want to read, and it is in a format that is unsupported by your device, you can generally find a free reader for that format for a computer. It is easy then to simply copy and paste the e-book into Notepad, and then Save As to the E-Bookman library.
E-books: an easy read. (Readers' Forum).I recently read the Web review "Read any good e-books lately?" (Backbytes, December 2002 issue of PC World). I own one of the first E-Bookmans sold in Australia and I have found very little difficulty in reading almost any e-book that I have come across, no matter what format.
You really do not need much in the way of fancy formatting when reading from such a small page. I find that if you come across an e-book that you want to read, and it is in a format that is unsupported by your device, you can generally find a free reader for that format for a computer. It is easy then to simply copy and paste the e-book into Notepad, and then Save As to the E-Bookman library.
The demise of WordSpace (WS) radio, which shut down Indiaoperations on December 31, has made many like G.R. Gopinath,Chairman of Deccan 360, a sad man. "WorldSpace was my world. Istarted my day with yoga with WorldSpace radio on - listening toeither Carnatic or Hindustani classical music. If I had not startedmy logistics business, I would have bought the Indian business ofWorldSpace. I still hope somebody will buy it, " he says, summing upthe mood of many among the 163,000 subscribers of the radio stationin India. WorldSpace had filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11 ofthe US laws in 2008 after incurring debts of over $2.9 billion. Theshutting of Indian operations, therefore, was …
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Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) (NYSE: TM) (LSE: TYT) (TYO: 7203), a Japan-based automaker, has upgraded its Auris small hatchback.
The automaker has …
Byline: RUTH FANTASIA Food editor
DEAR CHEFS' SECRETS: My date and I recently were at The Cranberry Bog and we both ordered the Chicken Frangelico off their Valentine's Day menu. It was superb! Any chance you can get the recipe for me? Jon Rocco, via e-mail. DEAR JON: Chicken Frangelico was the recipe featured for the month of February by Gerry Fleck, executive chef at the Wolf Road restaurant in Colonie.
Some of the dish's flavor comes from Fleck's use of Frangelico, a liqueur flavored with hazelnuts and a secret recipe of flower and berry essences. The only problem with Frangelico is, it's expensive. Fleck says if you don't have Frangelico on hand, don't …
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has completed the first nine public-private competitions for management of its Defense distribution depots. In the most recently completed competition, operation of Defense Distribution Depot San Diego, California, was contracted to Labat-Anderson, Inc., of McLean, Virginia.
DLA announced in March 1998 that it would study 16 of its 18 Defense distribution depots in the continental United States for possible contracting out to the private sector (all except its primary distribution sites at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and San Joaquin, California). The competitions have been conducted under the guidelines contained in Office of …
ABSTRACT
Five molecular dynamics simulations (total duration >25 ns) have been performed on the Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT embedded in a dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine lipid bilayer. Globally the protein is conformationally stable. Some degree of tilt of the β-barrel is observed relative to the bilayer plane. The greatest degree of conformational flexibility is seen in the extracellular loops. A complex network of fluctuating H-bonds is formed between the active site residues, such that the Asp^sup 210^-His^sup 212^ interaction is maintained throughout, whereas His^sup 212^ and Asp^sup 83^ are often bridged by a water molecule. This supports a catalytic …
Byline: MIKE LUFTMAN
Is there "peace in the valley?" At least in the cable industry, at the moment that seems to be the case. It's also an oddity for the often fractious group of MSOs, programmers and technology vendors that comprise what Tony Soprano would call "this thing of ours." And, given cable's combative history, it's also safe to assume that "peace in the valley" of cable is as temporary as any peace in Tony's dysfunctional family. That, in turn, leads to the question: Why does the cable industry too often remind us of Fight Club (if you'll permit me to mix video metaphors)? Some will simply say we're no more pugnacious than most other industries. Anyway, how can you effectively control the behavior of an entire industry without …
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* The recession has increased many consumers' reliance on refreshment beverages at work.
* Employees who value beverages at work are highly appreciative of employers who make them available.
* Consumption of regular coffee and bottled water has increased in the work place.
* Specialty coffee in the work place offers an opportunity for refreshment service operators.
Coffee drinkers, especially frequent coffee drinkers, consider availability of coffee at work to be "very" to "extremely" important. This was one of the findings of the research conducted by Harris Interactive on beverage consumption trends presented at the National Automatic Merchandising Association Coffee Service Education Summit in Cherry Hill, N.J. earlier this summer.
Another significant finding was that consumption of bottled water at work has increased dramatically over the past year, outpacing all other beverages. During the same period, coffee consumption held steady overall while there was a drop in soda/iced tea, hot chocolate/iced tea and specialty coffee drinks.
The Harris Interactive research reinforced some of the findings reported earlier this year in Automatic Merchandiser's "Case for Vending" series, beginning in January. Automatic Merchandiser extracted some of the findings of the Harris Interactive research …
Byline: Debbi Snook
Two new syndicated situation-comedies bow this weekend, bringing back to television the near-vintage likes of Ted Knight and Don Adams. Please hold your applause until the end of the presentation.
Syndicated - in TV lingo - means non-network fare purchased individually by stations across the country. Locally, Albany's independent station WXXA, Channel 23, has opted for both of these new offerings, Knight's simply titled "The Ted Knight Show" and Adams', "Check It Out." Both debut Saturday, at 7 and 10:30 p.m. respectively.
Both comic actors have made their marks playing cartoonlike characterizations of distinctive, sometimes …
Gov. George Pataki's proposed crime package is generally headed in the right direction.
The most significant reform that he has put forward is that which would reserve prison space for serious and violent offenders. The practice in New York since the Rockefeller days has been to lock up virtually anyone convicted of a drug violation.
Now he proposes more funds for the Division of Parole as part of his hope for a more active (proactive, it is called) role for those overseers of released convicts. He also proposes more money for the victims of crime. Bothare good ideas.
We wonder, however, at the wisdom of reducing the amount of …
Eberhard von Kuenheim and three other automotive legends were inducted into the European Automotive Hall of Fame last week. Von Kuenheim, French auto builder Albert, Marquis de Dion and German automotive pioneers Wilhelm Maybach and August Horch were honored at a festive dinner ceremony during the Geneva auto show.
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Irmgard Schmid-Maybach (above left), Wilhelm Maybach's granddaughter, and Heike Muller (above right), August Horch's granddaughter, meet at the Automotive Hall of Fame dinner. * Jurgen Hubbert (above left) presents Irmgard Schmid-Maybach with a plaque honoring …
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Jorge Mora's goal from 30 yards out in the 61st minute lifted Chivas of Guadalajara to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in an exhibition match Wednesday night.
Mora, who entered the game at halftime, beat substitute Chicago goalkeeper Jon Conway on a free kick that curled to the right and caught the corner of the net.
Seven minutes later, …
A TOWY Valley brewer claims chancellor George Osborne has wieldedanother blow for the brewing industry with a 10p price increase as aresult of a rise in duty.
Simon Buckley, chief executive of Llandeilo based Evan Evansbrewery, said Westminster was handing the drinks industry on a plateto the super markets.
Mr Buckley said his brewery has decided to help licensees throughthese difficult times and to price its beers so that licensees donot have to increase their beer prices.
He added: "We have brewed beer here in Wales since 1767 and thecurrent crisis in the pub sector is going to see hundreds, if notthousands, of pubs close across the UK. Rural pubs …
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Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta (U of A) researcher.
Christina Engels has found a way to turn the throwaway kernels in mangos into a natural food preservative that could help prevent listeriosis outbreaks like the one that killed 21 Canadians last year.
The findings can also apply to other fruit seeds like grapes, said Engels, who conducted the research to earn her master's degree from the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science at the U of A.
Tannins, a plant component extracted by Engels from otherwise useless mango kernels, have proven inhibitory effects …
Byline: Associated Press
Bad guys no longer have to fear the "L.A. Dragnet" crimebusters. ABC on Thursday canceled the show starring Ed O'Neill as police Sgt. Joe Friday. The series, based on the classic Jack Webb ``Dragnet'' series, had low ratings despite a second-season makeover.
New characters, a new look and a new title -- the ``L.A.'' was added -- failed to lure viewers to the 10 p.m. Saturday series. It attracted 4.5 million in its final airing last week and ranked 103rd, compared to 27.3 million for CBS' top-rated ``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.''
The cancellation represents a rare failure for producer Dick Wolf, whose TV empire includes …
Northrop Grumman, Eads and Indra have teamed to pursue the systems engineering and integration contract as part …
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — The minister of finance of Republic of Congo says French finance minister Christine Lagarde should lead the International Monetary Fund.
Gilbert Ondongo said Sunday that Lagarde is the best candidate because she is committed to finding solutions to global financial problems. The French-speaking Republic of Congo borders the much larger nation known as …
A $149,972 Small Business Research Award from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center will help BioMachines Inc. of Morrisville continue research on the BioBlox Microfluid Processor Chip …
A Fulton County man accused of abducting a Gloversville woman from her house and raping her in a department store parking lot is being held in the Fulton County Jail on $25,000 bail.
James Intelisano, 26, of Stevers Mills Road was charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping and third-degree assault.
Sheriff's deputies allege that …
WINSTON-SALEM -- Oakland, Calif.-based APL Logistics planned to open a supply center for Dell in September. The center, about three miles from the …
Is there value to having judges live in the various neighborhoodsof Cook County instead of all bunched up in a few prestigiouslakefront ZIP codes?
The state Senate thinks so. It has unanimously passed a bill thatwould require judges elected from one of the county's 15 subcircuitsto continue living there -- and to win retention from thesubcircuit's voters every six years -- as long as they want to keeptheir seats.
When state legislators created the subcircuits in 1992, it waswith the goal of getting more minorities and Republicans on the CookCounty bench. According to some legislators involved, it also wasintended to ensure "geographic diversity," so not all the …
Byline: BILL BRUBAKER Washington Post
The way some American employers see it, the past two decades of managed health care have not been about limiting employees' choice of doctors, promoting cheaper generic drugs over name-brand medications and forcing patients to jump through hoops to see specialists.
Instead, they say, the managed-care system has trained employees to become a bit complacent -- even frivolous -- about their health care habits.
Insurance broker John Love couldn't agree more.
Emboldened by their alphabet soup of insurance plans (HMO, PPO, POS), patients march into doctors' offices with nary a thought given to cost, says …
