Jurors are deciding whether a Massachusetts man committed manslaughter when he handed his depressed friend a loaded gun moments before she committed suicide.
Christopher Burda is charged after the November 2005 death of 51-year-old Nancy Choquette in his …
Students were battling it out today to be named as the mostpromising business brain.
Six candidates from the North-east were competing to be votedGrampian's Most Enterprising Student.
The students, who were all taking part in the Shell Step …
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) has awarded Kelley Chunn and Associates the $70,000 public information campaign contract for REACH 2010, a program aimed at reducing racial disparities in breast and cervical cancer.
Kelley Chunn is the principal of Kelley Chunn and Associates, a Boston-based multicultural, cause-related public relations and marketing consultancy. Chunn will work in collaboration with Carrie Dickens Guscott of Davis Education & Research, Karen Powell of Powell Design and Jacqui de la Cruz of Cruz Communications.
"The Commission hopes that through public education, it can bring about positive change in both patients and health care providers …
Soldiers in northern Vietnam continued to search Tuesday for people still missing from floods and landslides as the death toll rose to 116, disaster officials said.
Rescue workers rushed to find 42 people listed as missing and to recover bodies after the floods triggered by a tropical storm that battered nine northern provinces over the weekend.
In the worst-hit province of Lao Cai, 11 bodies were recovered Monday, …
Chris Paul stole the ball and drove for a layup with 27 seconds left to help New Orleans end a late threat by the Jazz and seal a 91-87 win Monday night, the Hornets' first in Utah in almost four years.
Paul scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and Devin Brown finished with a career-high 30 points as the Hornets overcame 19 …
Don't talk with Philip Orlando about high-flying Internet stocks.
This New York University-educated investing executive is allabout chips - blue chips.
Chief investment officer at Value Line Asset Management in NewYork, he eschews the unproven business models of many Internetcompanies for the stability and consistent profitability of giantslike IBM, Philip Morris and Wal-Mart Stores.The self-described conservative investor oversees portfolioswith assets of $6 billion and is the portfolio manager for theCenturion Fund, a large-cap growth fund that has assets of $850million.Orlando shared his views on the economy's performance in thefirst quarter and the market's …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas fired coach Turner Gill on Sunday after two losing seasons and with three years remaining on a contract that still owes him about $6 million.
The school announced the move in a news release Sunday, the day after the Jayhawks lost 24-10 to rival Missouri and finished the season 2-10.
Gill was 5-19 at Kansas. He was hired by Athletic Director Sheahon Zenger's predecessor, Lew Perkins, and given a five-year, $10 million contract.
The university says Zenger informed Gill of his decision late Sunday afternoon. He also said he would honor the terms of Gill's deal.
"After a thorough evaluation of our football program," Zenger said in a …
The trial pitting Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade against two former business partners who wanted $25 million after a restaurant deal went sour came to a quick end Tuesday, with the sides announcing a confidential settlement.
Court was delayed for unexplained reasons for nearly three hours before all parties, including Wade, walked into the courtroom at 2:02 p.m., and the settlement was announced eight minutes later.
Judge Peter Adrien also said the sides worked out deals on other cases, which could include another trial that was scheduled in Miami brought by some of the ex-restaurant partners alleging Wade walked away from an …
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For more than 80 years, probably the biggest change to CharlestonCity Council chambers would be when its cork floor was swabbed withanother coat of shellac.
The sealed cork and a lack of proper window treatments seem tohave caused an acoustical problem in the cavernous room at City Hall,city officials say.
So the city is spending $35,356 to fix it.
When council convenes for its next meeting May 15, there shouldn'tbe any more echoes bouncing around like invisible jackrabbits whenMayor Danny Jones gets the parliamentary process rolling.
The room will have new carpet, padded window treatments and drapesall meant to absorb sound …
China launched a nationwide recall system Wednesday that shifts responsibility to companies to recall harmful drugs, a day after U.S. and Chinese officials signed an agreement on the safety of medicine and medical devices.
The recall plan will place Chinese-made drugs and imported drugs in three classes according to their possible danger to people's health, a State Food and Drug Administration official said at a news conference.
Each will have to be recalled within different timeframes, ranging from 24 hours for the most serious drugs, to 72 hours for those deemed less life-threatening.
The global pharmaceutical industry increasingly uses drugs …
Reporting in the Journal of Neuroscience, experts say the finding explains why women tend to have better "tactile acuity" than men, because women on average have smaller fingers.
"Neuroscientists have long known that some people have a better sense of touch than others, but the reasons for this difference have been mysterious," said Daniel Goldreich of McMaster University in Ontario, …
Mount Carmel, which is ranked 22nd nationally, was short-handedwhen it traveled to the Midwest Classic Wrestling Invitational inColumbus, Ohio, on Saturday, but the Caravan still placed sixth outof 20 teams.
Mount Carmel finished with 257.5 points. Greensburg Salem (Pa.)won the tournament with 304.5 points.
The Caravan covered only 11 of the 14 weight classes because threestarters stayed home due to injuries and mandatory schoolcommitments. Seven of the 11 Mount Carmel wrestlers advanced and sixplaced, with the Caravan winning championships in the 130 and 275weight classes.
Kenny Jordan (119) faced the most difficult road to a championshipagainst three-time All-American Robert LaBrake of Mt. Anthony (Vt.),who had won 140 straight matches. Jordan scored an escape in thesecond period and held on to win 1-0.
This is one of the toughest tournaments in the nation, and he[LaBrake] is one of the best," Jordan said. To be honest, I didn'tknow he had won 140 matches; I just look at what a wrestlers does andwhat I have to do to win."
Mount Carmel's Jose Esparza also captured a championship at 275,winning 2-1 over A.J Salemon of Mentor (Ohio) with a third-periodtakedown.
This will boost my confidence," Esparza said. "I feel I havesomething to prove."
The Caravan picked up a second place from Khris Argue (145) andfifth places from Mario Morgan (125), Lawrence Henning (152) and TimLambert (189).
Basically, I knew it would be a tough match," Argue said. But as ateam, I knew that I could help out any way I could. We only had 11wrestlers here today, but they all wrestled like a full team."
Argue went 6-1 during the tournament while Morgan, competing inthe deepest bracket in the tournament with four All-Americans, was 6-2. Lambert and Henning also posted 6-1 records.
For who we had here, we did great," Mount Carmel coach Ben Gerdessaid. We have a young team; this provides tons of experience andhelps with the goals we have in place for the end of the year.
Kenny Jordan wrestled a good kid. He pushed Kenny to the limit andwill only help him get better. As a team, the goal is to haveeveryone place."
A series of battles between soldiers and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka left 17 guerrillas and one soldier dead, the military said Saturday.
Army troops attacked two rebel bunkers along the front line separating government-controlled areas from the rebels' mini-state in northern Vavuniya district Friday morning, killing six guerrillas, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara.
In the neighboring Mannar district, five rebels died in artillery strikes, he said. Separate gunbattles in Vavuniya killed six rebels and one soldier on Friday.
The fallout from the free-for-all between the White Sox and NolanRyan continues.
It seems a line has been drawn between those who think theRangers' 46-year-old Ryan is something special and those who believehe is just an aging pitcher who has always been a cheater and bully.
It all started when the Sox' Robin Ventura charged Ryan in Texasafter being hit by a pitch. Then came comments from Jack McDowellhinting that Ryan would be on the disabled list when the divisionrace was decided. Then came comments from Yankees coaches that Ryanhas thrown scuffed baseball for years, etc., etc., etc.
Now comes Don Baylor, outspoken manager of the Colorado Rockies,defending his former California teammate against "younger guys likeJack McDowell and their 4-something ERAs. (McDowell) wishes he was asgood as Nolan Ryan. He's had a couple of good years, Nolan's had 25.Ryan's ERA is lower than his career best."
As for the other criticism, Baylor says:
"He's meant too much to this game. He's an icon. I'm notsaying I wouldn't have charged him. But now guys are saying allthese things when they know they don't have to face him again.
"His credibility has never been questioned. Why now? Whydidn't all these guys speak up when they knew he was going to be inthe game? The guy's done more for the game than all of those peoplecombined. The guy's just not a quality pitcher, he's a qualityperson.
"Year after year he sits there and signs stacks of stuff forother teams. They get everything they want signed by him, then theytake their shots."
RYAN II: Meanwhile, Ryan thinks he will start pitching againTuesday, although some doubt that his strained rib cage will havehealed by then.
There are also some who doubt he should still be pitchingbecause he is over the hill.
"I don't believe that's happened," he said. "It's been adisappointing year for health reasons. I don't think it's from alack of ability.
"I also know, and I'll be the first to tell you, I don't havethe velocity I used to. My curve has not been very good this year, either in my command or its shaprness. When youlook at my strikeout totals, it's a direct reflection on my curvemore than anything else."
Ryan has struck out 38 batters in only 53 2/3 innings this year,but says he will overcome this third injury of the season. "It'sannoying to deal with discomfort and the work to come back, but thatdoesn't bother me," he said. "That's part of the job."
GIANT WOES: The beat-up Giants took a beating from the Braveslast week and go into Atlanta for a three-game series starting tomorrow.
Directly on the spot is Barry Bonds, who was 3-for-11 with oneRBI in last week's series.
It brings back memories of the last two playoff failuresagainst the Braves for Bonds.
"I think he might have been pressing," Atlanta pitcher SteveAvery said. "He knows first-hand what we can do when our backs areagainst the wall."
Bonds knows first-hand what the Atlanta pitchers can do.
"We don't have the depth they do," Bonds said. "Our offense anddefense can play with them but their starters are dominating now.
"We've been fighting the odds all year. It was bound to catchup with us. I'm just glad we had a 7 1/2-game lead when they did."
BIG MAC: For the second time this season, Royals manager HalMcRae went into a clubhouse tirade, the one last Monday aimed atreliever Jeff Montgomery. Montgomery reportedly complained about nothaving enough time to warm up before entering the game, an eventualloss.
No one talked directly about what happened but McRae later didaddress the subject of players making 10 times the salaries ofmanagers.
"But that doesn't mean you can disregard authority," McRae said."A cop may make only $28,000 a year, but it doesn't mean some richguy can go around driving drunk."
McRae was calm the rest of the week, prompting questions aboutwhen to get mad and when not to.
"Every night can't be the end of the world. You'll die," hesaid.
"Some nights you're outraged, some nights you just take it."
David Cone's reaction to McRae's outburst? "I like it. It makes me feel at home," the former Met said.
NOTES: The Marlins have started contract negotiations with thirdbaseman Gary Sheffield, hoping to keep him away from the arbitrationtable with a long-term contract. Bobby Bonilla made eight errors in his first 36 games back at thirdbase for the Mets. It probably doesn't matter. He is expected to bethe first baseman in place of Eddie Murray next season. How much have the Padres changed? Of the 25 players on theirroster, 10 do not appear in the press guide. Mike Moore and John Doherty pitched the first back-to-back completegames for the Tigers since July 30-31, 1988. The Angels have used 22 pitchers this season, including positionplayers Rene Gonzalez and Chili Davis. The Rockies have used 25 pitchers, tying the 1969 Seattle Pilots formost ever by an expansion team.
(1899-1981)
Pan American Airways
The cofounder of Pan American Airways, Juan "Terry" Trippe, was an aviation pioneer who was instrumental in the overall development of the commercial airline industry. When he was a young man, he recognized the potentials of commercial aviation before anyone else, and he turned his visions into reality. He guided Pan Am from its modest beginnings and turned it into one of the largest corporations in the world. As the leader of Pan Am, he established several significant "firsts." Pan Am was the first airline to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific, the first to order and fly American–made jets, and the first to order the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. By the time Trippe retired, Pan Am was flying to 85 nations in six continents. Above all, he brought the world into the jet age and made it possible for the masses to afford air travel.
Juan Trippe was born in Sea Bright, New Jersey on June 27, 1899, the son of Charles White Trippe, an investment banker, and Lucy Adeline Terry. He graduated from the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. When he was growing up, Trippe chose to be called Terry, as if he felt the name sounded more appropriate for someone of his affluent background.
Trippe first became interested in aviation at the age of 10, when his father took him to see an air race involving the Wright Brothers. He entered Yale College in 1917, during World War I, but quit after his first year to join the U.S. Navy. He was commissioned a naval aviation ensign and learned to fly while in Florida. However,Trippe never experienced any air combat while overseas. Just as he was about to enter the war, it ended.
When he returned to Yale to complete his education, he started a flying club. He graduated from the school in 1922 with a Ph.D. and worked on Wall Street for two years. But aviation remained his primary passion, and when he learned that the navy was selling surplus planes, he bought seven and started an air charter service at Rockaway Beach, Long Island.
He cofounded Pan American Airways in 1927, and he would serve as the corporation's chairman and chief operating officer for 41 years. As chief operating officer, Trippe developed a global network of 80,000 air miles. He remained in control of Pan Am until he resigned in 1968. He remained honorary chairman and an active member of the board until 1975. He worked a full schedule until 1980, when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. He died of complications resulting from the stroke in 1981.
Trippe married Elizabeth Stettinius on June 16, 1928. His wife was the daughter of a J. P. Morgan associate and sister of Edward Stettinius, who would later become secretary of state. They had four children.
Trippe first entered the commercial airline business in 1923, when he formed Long Island Airways. He financed the business by selling stock to his rich Yale classmates and bought seven navy surplus Aeromarine 49–B float planes for $500 each. With these two–passenger planes, he flew customers to Atlantic City and to Honduras and Canada. As self–appointed president and general manager, Trippe involved himself in every part of running the business, including the bookkeeping, flight scheduling, and even carrying bags for passengers. The company folded in 1924. That same year, he formed Colonial Air Transport.
At this time a significant development occurred that would advance Trippe's career: The Kelly Act, or the Airmail Act, of 1925 helped foster the concept of commercial aviation by providing mail subsidies to private airlines for delivering mail in the United States and overseas. Actually, Trippe had pushed for the concept by convincing Congressman Clyde Kelly, chairman of the House Post Office Committee, of the benefits of having private contractors delivering airmail. When Kelly introduced the bill, it was passed. As a result, Trippe formed Eastern Air Transport (with the help of well–heeled friends Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Percy Rockefeller, and William H. Vanderbilt). Then he merged it with Colonial Air Transport. The new company acquired the first U.S. airmail contract and serviced the New York–to–Boston air route.
At Colonial, Trippe became vice president and operations manager. However, in 1927 he had a falling–out with the Colonial directors, who were uncomfortable with Trippe's unorthodox business approach. When he resigned, he formed the Aviation Corporation of America with Whitney and John Hambleton. By this time, Trippe had secured exclusive landing rights in Cuba with an agreement he made with Cuban president Gerardo Machado. To take advantage of this agreement, Trippe merged the airline with two others and formed Pan American Airways, or Pan Am, as it would come to be called. The company made its first flight to Cuba in October of 1927. Trippe would remain with Pam Am for the rest of his career.
By 1930, Pan Am, under Trippe's guidance, had become the world's largest airline. The company purchased the New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line, and now its planes flew 20,000 air miles to 20 Latin American countries that were part of a U.S. Post Office contract route. The next year, Pan Am and Trippe achieved one of several "firsts" by becoming the first U.S. airline to buy seaplanes. These huge planes were able to land in harbors without needing a runway, and this advantage spurred more growth for Pan Am. For passengers' comfort, the planes were redesigned to include sleeper berths, promenade decks, and dining compartments. Accommodations included in–flight service.
In 1934 Trippe startled listeners when he claimed that his company would "conquer the Pacific." At the time, no one believed that was possible. There would be nowhere a plane could stop and refuel. Undaunted,Trippe went to the postmaster general and boldly proposed that if Pan Am could find a way to cross the Pacific, then the government would guarantee his company all airmail contracts to the Far East. The Roosevelt administration agreed, figuring that Pan Am would open the way for American businesses and military. To achieve his ends, Trippe sailed to Wake Island and built an airport. The enterprise cost millions, but in less than a year, the previously uninhabited island became a thriving seaport. It was a big gamble on Trippe's part, but it paid off. Settlement of the island now allowed Pan Am to cross the Pacific. In 1935 Pan Am launched its first scheduled transpacific service with the inaugural flight of the famous China Clipper, a Martin M–130 "flying boat." Flights traveled from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands. In 1939 Pan Am launched the first scheduled transatlantic service on its Yankee Clipper, with flights from Port Washington and New York to Lisbon and Marseilles.
During World War II, Pan Am became the contract carrier for the U. S. government, flying more than 90 million miles in 19,000 transoceanic crossings. This resulted in Trippe receiving the Medal of Merit in 1946. President Harry S. Truman cited Trippe's organizing capacity, management skills, and cooperation with representatives of the United States.
After World War II, Trippe introduced low–cost air travel on Pan Am's North Atlantic routes and inaugurated the two–class seating arrangement. At first, other companies in the industry opposed such a move. However, all airlines would eventually adopt the concept. Up to this point, transoceanic flight was a luxury enjoyed by the rich and famous. "Tourist Class" seating allowed such a trip to become a reality for the masses. In 1947 Trippe introduced another first when Pan Am began offering around–the–world flights. The company continued to grow, and in 1949 it became Pan American World Airways when the holding and operating companies merged.
In 1955 Trippe brought in the "jet age" when he ordered the first commercial jet planes, purchasing 45 for $269 million. At the time, airline manufacturers weren't interested in building passenger jets, because they felt jet airliners used too much fuel to be cost effective. Trippe disagreed and convinced Boeing and Douglas to enter the jet–building business. In 1958 Pan Am first operated transatlantic service with the Boeing 707 with a flight from New York to Paris.
For Trippe, the 1930s and 1940s were years of risk–taking, innovation, and growth. The 1950s were a boom time for Pan Am. However, the 1960s started a period of decline for the organization. Enormous expenditures for equipment began taking a toll, and competition from international companies began hurting business. Foreign airlines were, for the most part, government–owned and, therefore, weren't as concerned with profit.
Trippe finally retired from Pan Am on May 7, 1968, after 41 years as chief operating officer. He remained an active board member, however, until 1975. Before retiring completely, Trippe took one last gamble in the early 1970s, this time with the Boeing 747. In another first for the company, Pan Am was the first to order the enormous aircraft, which made its inaugural flight from New York to London in 1970. Trippe felt such a large plane would alleviate air traffic problems at crowded airports. By the 1960s air travel had become so popular that airports were having a hard time handling all of the traffic created by the large number of smaller jet planes. But it proved to be a costly move, and the jumbo jet would play a big part in the company's eventual collapse. Trippe bought too many 747s at a time when the airline industry was reeling from the effects of an Arab oil embargo that increased jet fuel prices. Also, the country was suffering a major recession that hurt the airline industry. Pan Am itself suffered a period of ineffective management.
The 1980s were a particularly hard time for the company. By 1980 Pan Am was forced to start selling its assets. The next year, Trippe passed away. By the end of the decade, Pan Am had lost more than $3 billion dollars. Pan Am finally went out of business on December 4, 1991, a decade after Trippe had passed away.
1899: Born.
1922: Graduated from Yale.
1923: Formed his first airline company.
1927: Cofounded Pan American.
1935: Pan Am launched first transpacific flight.
1946: Received Medal of Honor.
1955: Purchased first commercial jet planes.
1968: Resigned from Pan American.
1980: Suffered massive cerebral hemorrhage.
1981: Died.
Trippe has often been referred to as the father of the modern airline industry. This hardly seems an exaggeration. Indeed, he was the man who made commerciallong–distance air travel a reality. In doing so, he impacted not just an industry but the entire world. He was a true pioneer with a bold vision. He realized, at an early age, that travel provided the means to connect nations.
He not only opened up the world by creating new air routes, he revolutionized the concept of commercial aviation. He saw that the future in the industry was in tourist class travel, and he made it possible for everyone, not just the rich, to enjoy airline travel.
He reputedly possessed incredible powers of persuasion, and he used this talent to bring the rest of the airline industry along with him. He also possessed entrepreneurial instincts that allowed him to take full advantage of every opportunity that came his way. Trippe helped launch Pan Am in 1927 and, through a combination of risk–taking and resourcefulness, turned the company into an undisputed industry leader. Before its decline, Pan Am was one of the largest and best–known global corporations. (Its logo was prominently displayed in a major motion picture, 2001: A Space Odyssey.) The Pan Am building became one of the most famous structures in New York City. During its glory years, Pan Am had more international destinations than any other airline, flying to 113 cities in 81 countries.
Trippe's achievements have been recognized around the world. He was said to have been decorated by more foreign governments than any other U.S. citizen. In his own country, he received many honorary degrees, and he was a member of the boards of Visitors of Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University. He was a member of the corporate boards of the Chrysler Corporation and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Air trophies he received included the Robert Collier Trophy (1947), the Harmon Aviation Trophy (1937), and the Frye Airline Performance Trophy (1954).
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The leader of Canada's largest opposition party, visiting Afghanistan Saturday, said his country should look for non-combat roles that Canadians can take on to help Afghanistan's development.
Liberal party leader Stephane Dion said he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who thanked Canada for its contributions.
Canada has about 2,500 troops stationed in the southern province of Kandahar, one of Afghanistan's most violent areas. The troops are slated to leave Afghanistan in February 2009, a move which could force NATO's International Security Assistance Force to rotate troops from other nations into the province.
Seventy-six Canadian military members and one diplomat have died in Afghanistan, with about 30 of the deaths in 2007.
Canadian lawmakers will vote later this year to determine whether the combat mission will be extended after it expires in 2009. Canada's ruling Conservative party wants the troops to stay, but the majority opposition parties _ reflecting public opinion in Canada _ want them to end the combat mission in southern Afghanistan.
Dion said there are many aid projects in which Canada can take part, outside of a military role.
"We are convinced after the day we've had that we will have plenty of things to do that will involve, yes, to take risks, but anywhere we will go, whether Darfur or Haiti, there are always risks," he said. "We are not afraid of the risks. But we want to sure that we have a balanced mission after 2009 that will be optimally helpful for the people of Afghanistan."
Dion arrived Saturday in Afghanistan. The duration of his visit was not disclosed.
In Army AL&T Magazine's "Contracting Community Highlights" section, each feature article is intended to provide in-depth information relative to a contracting organization, mission or process. This issue's feature article, "Bundling Contract Requirements," gives an in-depth overview of "bundling" requirements and their legal bases, when the requirements apply to an acquisition, and courses of action. Roger Neds, Chief General Counsel, Army Contracting Agency (ACA) Northern Region Headquarters, provides this article as an instructive tool on this concept.
In addition to the feature, we provide news from a number of our contracting organizations, such as announcing the winners of the General Services Administration Ida Ustad Award for Excellence in Acquisition and California's Employer of the Year Award. This issue, our regular "DAR Council Corner" provides a list of Army Defense Acquisition Regulation and Federal Acquisition Regulation representatives.
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Obama held talks at the White House twice during the day with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and aides negotiated for hours in between in pursuit of a deal.
With an agreement elusive, Republicans passed legislation through the House to fund the Pentagon for six months, cut $12 billion in domestic spending and keep the federal bureaucracy humming for an additional week. "There is absolutely no policy reason for the Senate to not follow the House in taking these responsible steps to support our troops and to keep our government open," Boehner said.
But Obama flashed a veto threat even before the bill passed on a 247-181, mostly party-line vote. The administration issued a statement calling it "a distraction from the real work" of agreeing on legislation to cover the six months left in the current fiscal year, and there was no indication Reid would allow a vote on it.
For all the brinksmanship, there was agreement that a shutdown posed risks to an economy still recovering from the worst recession in decades.
The political fallout was less predictable, especially with control of government divided and dozens of new Tea Party-backed Republicans part of a new GOP majority in the House. Twin government shutdowns in the mid-1990s damaged Republicans, then new to power in Congress, and helped President Bill Clinton win re-election in 1996.
This time, individual lawmakers worked to insulate themselves from any political damage. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), both seeking new terms in 2012, became the latest to announce they would not accept their congressional salary during any shutdown.
"If retroactive pay is later approved, I'll direct my part to the U.S. Treasury," Nelson said.
One day before the shutdown deadline, events unfolded in rapid succession.
In a shift in position, Obama said he would sign a short-term measure keeping the government running even without an agreement to give negotiations more time to succeed.
That was one of the options available to Reid, although Boehner said he was confident Democratic lawmakers would persuade "Reid and our commander in chief to keep the government from shutting down" by signing the House-passed bill.
At the White House, a senior budget official said the impact of a shutdown "will be immediately felt on the economy."
It also would be felt unevenly, said Jeff Zients, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Military troops would not receive their full paychecks, but Social Security recipients would still get monthly benefits, he said.
There was no indication Reid planned to bring the House-passed stopgap bill to a vote, and he accused Republicans of blocking a deal by demanding anti-abortion provisions and a blockade on Environmental Protection Agency regulations on greenhouse gas and other pollutants.
"We don't have the time to fight over the Tea Party's extreme social agenda," he said.
For all the tough talk, it did not appear the two sides were too far from a deal.
Officials in both parties said that in the past day or so, Democrats had tacitly agreed to slightly deeper spending cuts than they had been willing to embrace, at least $34.5 billion in reductions.
There also were hints of Republican flexibility on a ban they were seeking to deny federal funds to Planned Parenthood.
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COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY
The business of buying and selling art is really like no other, as we all know. Even the basic commercial nomenclature gets tweaked so that a word like buying is rendered as investing, with its overtones not just of "profit turning" but of something more noble and supportive of "improvement." It doesn't come as a total surprise, then, that in Adam Lindemann's Collecting Contemporary there are numerous references to the Dalai Lama and none to, say, Zig Ziglar-even if this is a book about how the business of art goes about getting done. Still, the book helpfully breaks down the various categories of the art world and offers entertaining (enlightening?) conversations with dealers, collectors, auction-house professionals, and curators. Artforum contributing editor David Rimanelli contributes his own brand of sage advice on why critics do and don't matter. Oddly, the only thing missing here is the artist. Lindemann, a major collector himself, downplays the importance of potential buyers meeting the artists: "Whether the artist is polite, polished, or tortured, after the cocktails are over, you are living with the art, not the artist." Hmmmm. -ERIC BANKS
basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New Jersey 13 18 .419 -
Toronto 13 18 .419 -
New York 13 20 .394 1
Boston 10 19 .345 2
Philadelphia 8 22 .267 41/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 17 13 .567 -
Orlando 18 14 .563 -
Miami 13 17 .433 4
Atlanta 9 20 .310 71/2
Charlotte 9 21 .300 8
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 18 11 .621 -
Chicago 19 12 .613 -
Cleveland 17 12 .586 1
Indiana 17 15 .531 21/2
Milwaukee 16 15 .516 3
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 24 7 .774 -
San Antonio 23 8 .742 1
Houston 19 12 .613 5
New Orleans 12 18 .400 111/2
Memphis 7 25 .219 171/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Utah 22 9 .710 -
Denver 16 12 .571 41/2
Minnesota 13 15 .464 71/2
Portland 13 18 .419 9
Seattle 13 19 .406 91/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Phoenix 21 8 .724 -
L.A. Lakers 20 11 .645 2
Golden State 16 16 .500 61/2
L.A. Clippers 14 16 .467 71/2
Sacramento 13 15 .464 71/2
Saturday
Orlando 97, Miami 68
Charlotte 113, Indiana 102
New Jersey 100, Minnesota 92
Memphis 110, Toronto 104
Chicago 103, Cleveland 96
Milwaukee 119, Washington 102
Dallas 94, New Orleans 80
Utah 96, Portland 86
Sacramento 119, Golden State 96
Sunday
San Antonio 95, Atlanta 81
L.A. Clippers 90, New York 80
Phoenix 108, Detroit 101
Houston 111, Memphis 109
Dallas 89, Denver 85
L.A. Lakers 104, Philadelphia 94
Seattle 101, Boston 95
Today
Minnesota at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Boston at Portland, 10 p.m.
Tuesday
L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Golden State vs. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Denver, 9 p.m.
New York at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
College men
Sunday
EAST
Army 59, Sacred Heart 58
Boston College 87, Northeastern 82
Fordham 67, Quinnipiac 66
Long Island U. 72, St. Peter's 61
Monmouth, N.J. 81, Loyola Marymount 53
Rutgers 75, S. Carolina St. 68
SOUTH
Charlotte 83, Wofford 62
Clemson 67, Georgia St. 57
Duke 70, San Jose St. 51
Maryland 94, Siena 75
Middle Tennessee 60, Fla. International 46
North Carolina 81, Dayton 51
South Florida 82, Bethune-Cookman 49
Troy 82, Ark.-Little Rock 70
William & Mary 61, Richmond 53
Wisconsin 64, Georgia 54
MIDWEST
E. Michigan 62, IPFW 61
Iowa St. 67, N. Dakota St. 54
Northwestern 85, Northwestern St. 59
FAR WEST
Portland 74, Lewis & Clark 64
UCLA 96, Washington 74
Top 25, past week's scores
A glance at the past week's Associated Press top 25, and how theyfared:
1. UCLA (13-0) beat Washington State 55-52; beat No. 14 Washington96-74.
2. North Carolina (12-1) beat Rutgers 87-48; beat Dayton 81-51.
3. Florida (12-2) beat UAB 75-70.
4. Wisconsin (14-1) beat Gardner-Webb 98-40; beat Georgia 64-54.
5. Duke (12-1) beat San Jose State 70-51.
6. Ohio State (11-2) beat Coppin State 91-52.
7. Arizona (11-1) beat California 94-85; beat Stanford 89-75.
8. Alabama (12-1) beat Lipscomb 80-58.
9. Kansas (12-2) beat Detroit 63-43; beat Rhode Island 80-69.
10. Pittsburgh (12-2) beat Florida A&M 77-51.
11. Texas A&M (11-2) beat Grambling State 101-27.
12. Connecticut (11-1) beat Coppin State 84-41; lost to WestVirginia 81-71.
13. Oklahoma State (13-1) beat Texas-San Antonio 84-47.
14. Washington (10-3) lost to Southern California 86-79, 2OT; lostto No. 1 UCLA 96-74.
15. Butler (13-1) beat Wisconsin-Milwaukee 55-50.
16. Wichita State (9-3) lost to Northern Iowa 63-59.
17. LSU (10-3) beat Wright State 71-45; beat Mississippi ValleyState 92-58; beat Samford 60-45.
18. Marquette (13-2) beat Savannah State 69-51.
19. Notre Dame (12-1) beat Rider 101-51; beat Stony Brook 95-66.
20. Oregon (13-0) beat Portland 76-49; beat Oregon State 76-73.
21. Tennessee (12-2) beat Tennessee Tech 101-77; beat EastTennessee State 93-88.
22. Memphis (10-3) beat Lamar 87-62.
23. Air Force (13-1) beat George Washington 66-52; beat SantaClara 78-48.
24. Nevada (12-1) beat Maine 89-69; beat Gonzaga 82-74.
25. Clemson (14-0) beat Georgia 75-60; beat Georgia State 67-57.
Major college schedule
Today
SOUTH
East Carolina at Wake Forest, 2 p.m.
Oklahoma at Alabama, 2:30 p.m.
Tulane at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
New Mexico St. at Chicago St., 2 p.m.
Illinois St. at Creighton, 3:05 p.m.
Wichita St. at S. Illinois, 8:05 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
New Mexico at Texas Tech, Noon
Tuesday
EAST
South Florida vs. Connecticut at the Hartford Civic Center, 7 p.m.
Army at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.
Marist at Loyola, Md., 7 p.m.
Miami at Massachusetts, 7 p.m.
Navy at N.J. Tech, 7 p.m.
Longwood at Providence, 7:30 p.m.
Fairfield at Rider, 7:30 p.m.
SOUTH
Liberty at Florida, 6 p.m.
McNeese St. at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.
Temple at Duke, 7 p.m.
Belmont at ETSU, 7 p.m.
Lees-McRae at High Point, 7 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
UNC Greensboro at N.C. State, 7 p.m.
Auburn at Southern Miss., 7 p.m.
SE Missouri at E. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.
Pikeville at Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Samford, 8 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at South Alabama, 8:05 p.m.
Grambling St. at Alabama A&M, 8:30 p.m.
Prairie View at Alcorn St., 8:30 p.m.
Tenn.-Martin at Austin Peay, 8:30 p.m.
Texas Southern at Southern U., 8:30 p.m.
MIDWEST
Culver-Stockton at W. Michigan, 7 p.m.
IPFW at Wright St., 7 p.m.
Akron at Youngstown St., 7:05 p.m.
Mississippi St. at Missouri, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Ohio St., 8 p.m.
Missouri St. at Bradley, 8:05 p.m.
Detroit at Wis.-Green Bay, 8:05 p.m.
Murray St. at E. Illinois, 8:35 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Centenary at Baylor, 8 p.m.
SW Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 8 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at Texas, 8 p.m.
Kent St. at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 8 p.m.
Tulsa at Arkansas, 8:05 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Rice, 8:05 p.m.
Winthrop at Texas A&M, 9:30 p.m.
UC Riverside at UTEP, 10:05 p.m.
FAR WEST
Manhattan at Pepperdine, 8 p.m.
Brown at UC Davis, 10 p.m.
football
NFL Career Completions
Through Dec. 31
NFL quarterbacks with 2,500 or more completions (x-active):
1. x-Brett Favre 5,021
2. Dan Marino 4,967
3. John Elway 4,123
4. Warren Moon 3,988
5. x-Drew Bledsoe 3,839
6. x-Vinny Testaverde 3,693
7. Fran Tarkenton 3,686
8. Joe Montana 3,409
9. Dan Fouts 3,297
10. x-Peyton Manning 3,131
11. Dave Krieg 3,105
12. Boomer Esiason 2,969
13. Troy Aikman 2,898
14. Jim Kelly 2,874
14. Steve DeBerg 2,874
16. x-Kerry Collins 2,869
17. Jim Everett 2,841
18. Johnny Unitas 2,830
19. x-Mark Brunell 2,738
20. Steve Young 2,667
21. Ken Anderson 2,654
22. x-Brad Johnson 2,619
23. x-Steve McNair 2,600
24. Jim Hart 2,593
25. Phil Simms 2,576
26. Rich Gannon 2,533
Division I-A coaching changes
Air Force - Fisher DeBerry, retired (Dec. 15). Troy Calhoun (Dec.22)
Alabama - Mike Shula, fired (Nov. 27); Joe Kines, interim.
Alabama-Birmingham - Watson Brown, resigned (Dec. 9); NeilCallaway (Dec. 17).
Arizona State - Dirk Koetter, fired (Nov. 26), Dennis Erickson(Dec. 11).
Boston College - Tom O'Brien, to N.C. State (Dec. 8); FrankSpaziani, interim; Jeff Jagodzinski (Dec. 19).
Central Michigan - Brian Kelly, to Cincinnati (Dec. 3); JeffQuinn, interim.
Cincinnati - Mark Dantonio, to Michigan State (Nov. 27); PatNarduzzi, interim; Brian Kelly (Dec. 3).
Florida International - Don Strock, resigned (Nov. 15); MarioCristobal (Dec. 19).
Idaho - Dennis Erickson, resigned (Dec. 10); Robb Akey (Dec. 19).
Iowa State - Dan McCarney, resigned (Nov. 8); Gene Chizik (Nov.27).
Louisiana Tech - Jack Bicknell, fired (Dec. 4); Derek Dooley (Dec.18).
Miami - Larry Coker, fired (Nov. 24); Randy Shannon (Dec. 8).
Michigan State - John L. Smith, fired (Nov. 1); Mark Dantonio(Nov. 27).
Minnesota - Glen Mason, fired (Dec. 31)
North Carolina - John Bunting, fired (Oct. 22); Butch Davis (Nov.13).
North Carolina State - Chuck Amato, fired (Nov. 26); Tom O'Brien(Dec. 8).
North Texas - Darrell Dickey, fired (Nov. 8); Todd Dodge (Dec.12).
Stanford - Walt Harris, fired (Dec. 4); Jim Harbaugh (Dec. 18).
Tulane - Chris Scelfo, fired (Nov. 28); Bob Toledo (Dec. 11).
MPC Computers Bowl
At Boise, Idaho
MIAMI 21, NEVADA 20
Miami 7 7 7 0-21
Nevada 2 9 3 6-20
First Quarter
Mia-Freeman 1 run (Peattie kick), 4:20.
Nev-Safety, intentional grounding penalty in end zone, :05.
Second Quarter
Nev-Mitchell 27 pass from Rowe (run failed), 3:38.
Mia-Moore 52 pass from Freeman (Peattie kick), 1:46.
Nev-FG Jaekle 33, :05.
Third Quarter
Nev-FG Jaekle 31, 6:22.
Mia-Shields 78 pass from Freeman (Peattie kick), 5:59.
Fourth Quarter
Nev-FG Jaekle 44, 14:05.
Nev-FG Jaekle 40, 9:25.
A-28,652.
Mia Nev
First downs 13 23
Rushes-yards 31-28 38-90
Passing 272 207
Comp-Att-Int 11-19-1 21-32-1
Return Yards (-7) 25
Punts-Avg. 6-39.5 6-37.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-76 1-10
Time of Possession 25:58 34:02
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Miami, James 17-35, C.Jones 3-13, Shields 1-(minus 2),Freeman 10-(minus 18). Nevada, Hubbard 20-60, Rowe 12-37, McCoy 3-1,Lippincott 2-0, Graziano 1-(minus 8).
PASSING-Miami, Freeman 11-19-1-272. Nevada, Rowe 20-31-1-192,Graziano 1-1-0-15.
RECEIVING-Miami, Shields 4-101, Moore 2-96, Olsen 2-45, James 2-27, Leggett 1-3. Nevada, Hubbard 7-50, Pudewell 4-51, Spencer 4-34,Bishop 3-25, McCoy 2-20, Mitchell 1-27.
2006-07 Bowl Schedule
Today
Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla.
Penn State vs. Tennessee, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Cotton Bowl at Dallas
Auburn vs. Nebraska, 11:30 a.m. (FOX)
Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla.
Wisconsin vs. Arkansas, 1 p.m. (ABC)
Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla.
Georgia Tech vs. West Virginia, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.
Southern Cal vs. Michigan, 5 p.m. (ABC)
Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz.
Boise State vs. Oklahoma, 8:30 p.m. (FOX)
Tuesday
Orange Bowl at Miami
Wake Forest vs. Louisville, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Wednesday
Sugar Bowl at New Orleans
LSU vs. Notre Dame, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Jan. 6
International Bowl at Toronto
Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan, Noon (ESPN2)
Jan. 7
GMAC Bowl at Mobile, Ala.
Southern Miss. vs. Ohio, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 8
BCS National Championship
at Glendale, Ariz.
Ohio State vs. Florida, 8 p.m. (FOX)
hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 22 13 3 47 101 92
N.Y. Rangers 19 17 4 42 119 124
N.Y. Islanders 19 15 3 41 109 102
Pittsburgh 16 15 6 38 116 123
Philadelphia 10 24 4 24 93 144
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 28 7 3 59 152 108
Montreal 22 11 5 49 118 104
Ottawa 21 18 1 43 127 115
Boston 19 14 3 41 111 124
Toronto 17 17 6 40 126 137
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Atlanta 23 11 6 52 127 119
Carolina 21 16 4 46 126 126
Washington 16 16 7 39 118 137
Tampa Bay 18 19 2 38 125 123
Florida 15 19 7 37 111 130
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville 26 10 3 55 130 99
Detroit 24 9 5 53 115 84
Chicago 16 17 5 37 96 109
Columbus 15 20 4 34 102 119
St. Louis 12 19 7 31 91 122
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Minnesota 20 17 2 42 110 108
Calgary 19 14 4 42 111 97
Vancouver 20 18 1 41 95 103
Colorado 18 18 2 38 120 110
Edmonton 18 18 2 38 106 112
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 28 7 6 62 143 100
San Jose 26 14 0 52 116 94
Dallas 25 15 0 50 108 91
Los Angeles 14 22 5 33 117 152
Phoenix 15 20 2 32 99 130
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootoutloss.
Saturday
Buffalo 4, Atlanta 1
Ottawa 3, Toronto 2, OT
New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 0
N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 1
Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 1
Nashville 5, Boston 0
St. Louis 2, Colorado 0
Phoenix 8, San Jose 0
Vancouver 6, Edmonton 2
Sunday
Minnesota 4, Anaheim 3
Detroit 6, Los Angeles 2
Columbus 3, Chicago 1
San Jose 4, Dallas 2
Calgary 4, Edmonton 2
Philadelphia 5, Carolina 2
Today
Phoenix at Washington, 2 p.m.
Atlanta at Ottawa, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Nashville, 3 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Tuesday
Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Florida at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m
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today's odds
NCAA Football
Today
Jan. 1
Cotton Bowl
At Dallas
Auburn 2 1/2 1 1/2 46 Nebraska
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
Tennessee 4 4 41 Penn St.
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Arkansas 1 2 45 Wisconsin
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
West Virginia 7 1/2 11 45 1/2 Georgia Tech
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Michigan 1 1/2 Pk 47 Southern Cal
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Oklahoma 7 7 50 1/2 Boise St.
Jan. 2
Orange Bowl
At Miami
Louisville 11 10 52 Wake Forest
Jan. 3
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
LSU 7 9 1/2 56 Notre Dame
Jan. 6
International Bowl
At Toronto
Cincinnati 9 7 1/2 41 1/2 W. Michigan
Jan. 7
GMAC Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
Southern Miss. 6 1/2 6 41 1/2 Ohio
Jan. 8
BCS Championship
At Glendale, Ariz.
Ohio St. 8 71/2 46 Florida
NFL Wildcard Playoffs
Saturday
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
at Indianapolis 6 1/2 7 50 Kansas City
at Seattle 3 3 47 Dallas
Sunday
at New England 9 1/2 9 38 N.Y. Jets
at Philadelphia 6 1/2 6 1/2 46 N.Y. Giants
transactions
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-Assigned C Patrick O'Bryant to Bakersfieldof the NBA Development League.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS-Signed S Aaron Francisco to a four-year contractextension through the 2010 season.
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Placed DT Keith Traylor on injured reserve. SignedS Jack Hunt from the practice squad.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES-Signed OL Todd Herremans to a five-yearcontract extension through the 2013 season.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL-Suspended N.Y. Rangers F Colton Orr for five games andWashington F Donald Brashear for one game for their actions in a Dec.30 game.
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Assigned G David McKee to Augusta of the ECHL.
CALGARY FLAMES-Assigned C Dustin Boyd to Omaha of the AHL.
CAROLINA HURRICANES-Activated C Kevyn Adams and LW Andrew Laddfrom injured reserve. Assigned F Keith Aucoin to Albany of the AHL.
MINNESOTA WILD-Signed D John Scott.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Recalled D Allan Rourke from Bridgeport of theAHL.
NEW YORK RANGERS-Assigned D Bryce Lampman to Hartford of the AHL.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Claimed F Dmitry Afanasenkov off waivers fromTampa Bay.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Claimed F Jeff Cowan off waivers from LosAngeles.
COLLEGE
MINNESOTA-Fired Glen Mason, football coach.
TENNESSEE-Announced men's basketball freshman G Marques Johnsonwill transfer.
BERKELEY, Calif. - Playing with its No. 2 quarterback, California squandered a chance to grab the No. 1 ranking. Yvenson Bernard leaped into the end zone on fourth down from the 1 with 8:30 remaining and Oregon State delivered the latest shocker in an upset-filled season, beating the second-ranked Golden Bears and backup quarterback Kevin Riley 31-28 Saturday.
The win wasn't sealed until Riley inexplicably tried to scramble from the 12 with 14 seconds remaining and no timeouts. He was tackled after a 2-yard gain and the clock ran out before the field goal unit could get on the field. Riley had orchestrated a near-perfect drive up to that point from his own 5 with 1:27 remaining. But his inexperience showed at the end.
"I saw the field and I thought I could get around that guy," Riley said. "It just didn't happen."
Coach Jeff Tedford said he didn't consider kicking a field goal on the play because the Bears had time to take a shot at the end zone. But he wouldn't blame Riley for how the game ended.
"It's not his fault," coach Jeff Tedford said. "He played his heart out at the end to get us in that situation. We didn't lose the game because of that play."
Cal (5-1, 2-1 Pac-10) looked poised to move into the top spot for the first time in 56 years after No. 1 LSU's triple-overtime loss at Kentucky earlier in the day. But the Bears were unable to handle their own business, becoming the 10th team ranked in the Top 10 to lose to an unranked team already this season.
Now it looks like No. 3 Ohio State will move up to No. 1 and Cal can only lament its lost opportunity after Oregon State (4-3, 2-2) beat a team ranked this high for the first time since upsetting O.J. Simpson and Southern California 3-0 on Nov. 11, 1967.
"It looked like overtime, but that's why you play all 60 minutes," coach Mike Riley said. "When he started running I knew they didn't have a chance."
The day got off to a bad start for Cal when quarterback Nate Longshore was unable to start because of a sprained right ankle. Riley was inconsistent in his first career start, throwing an interception and failing to get star receiver DeSean Jackson involved in the offense. Jackson had four catches for 5 yards.
But the Bears still were in position to move into the top spot after Justin Forsett's 7-yard run gave them a 21-20 lead in the opening minute of the fourth quarter. Forsett finished with 150 yards against the nation's top-ranked defense but Cal's offense was unable to generate much else until the final minutes under Riley, who finished 20-for-34 for 294 yards and two touchdowns.
Bernard leaped over the pile for the go-ahead score on fourth-and-goal from the 1 to give the Beavers the lead for good. Sean Canfield hit Anthony Brown on the 2-point conversion to make it 28-21. After Jahvid Best fumbled the ensuing kickoff, Alexis Serna kicked his third field goal of the game to make it 31-21.
Riley threw three straight incompletions on the next drive before connecting with Lavelle Hawkins on a 64-yard score with 2:31 to go to cut the lead to 31-28.
Oregon State recovered the onside kick and Serna pinned Cal at the 5 with 1:27 left and no timeouts with a perfect punt. The Bears' last-ditch effort ended just short.
Bernard finished with 110 yards and two scores. His 7-yard run on the opening possession of the second half gave the Beavers a 20-14 lead. The Beavers have won four straight at Cal, last losing here in 1997.
The news of LSU's loss reached Berkeley almost instantaneously, with fans standing up to cheer and chant "We're No. 1! We're No. 1!" The Bears didn't respond like a top-ranked team, committing a delay of game on their next play. That proved to be a sign of things to come.
Cal went three-and-out on that drive and Riley was intercepted on the next drive when he was hit as he threw and defensive lineman Victor Butler caught the ball. Butler's 36-yard return to the 17 set up Serna's 22-yard field goal that made it 10-7.
Longshore got hurt late in Cal's win at Oregon on Sept. 29, but was expected to play after practicing Thursday. He split time in warmups with Riley, but when the game started Longshore had a headset on rather than a helmet.
Riley, a redshirt freshman from Portland, Ore., came into the game having throw only three passes, all incompletions.
Riley did lead a pair of touchdown drives in the first half, throwing a 10-yard TD pass to Hawkins and running in from the 3 to make it 14-10 with 43 seconds left in the half. Hawkins finished with nine catches for 192 yards and two scores.
The New Jersey Nets are picking up the $2.06 million contract option on forward Jarvis Hayes for next season.
"Jarvis was a key member of our rotation last season, providing instant scoring and the ability to stretch the defense," Nets president Rod Thorn said Monday in a statement. "We are pleased to have him continue as a member of our roster, and look forward to a similar contribution this season."
Hayes, signed as a free agent last July, averaged 8.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 24.8 minutes in 74 games. He shot a career-high .445 (257-577) from the field and a career-high .385 (94-244) from 3-point range. He was only 36-52 from the foul line.
American authors, journalists and publishers would be protected from some foreign libel suits under legislation approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The bill would prevent a U.S. federal court from recognizing or enforcing a foreign judgment for defamation that is inconsistent with the free speech guarantee in the U.S. Constitution.
Another provision would allow the defendants to clear their names under U.S. law.
The legislation now goes to the full Senate.
In this excerpt from Parenting magazine, Ellyn Satter, a familytherapist and eating-disorder specialist in Madison, Wis., reports onthe debate raging over how best to feed kids.
Annie's parents were exhausted from fighting with their4-year-old daughter about food.
Acutely conscious of keeping her cholesterol level in check -which they believed could forestall any future development of heartdisease - they served her only broiled poultry and fish, vegetableswithout added fat, bread with a tiny dab of diet margarine andnon-fat milk.
Why, they asked me, was Annie only interested in eating at aneighbor's house?
I told these worried parents that in their zeal to eat healthyfoods, they were taking all the fun out of meals for their child.What's more, I said, they were lucky their youngster had found a wayof undermining their efforts: If Annie had stuck to her family'sfare, she might not have been getting enough food to grow properly.
Nutritionists agree it's nearly impossible for children, withtheir small stomachs and high energy needs, to eat a large enoughquantity of exclusively low-fat food to get the calories they need.That may come as surprising news to many parents who feel obligatedto see that their children eat very little cholesterol or fat.
Fueled by hysteria in the media, many mothers and fathers todayare making frantic - and drastic - efforts to change the family dietin the hope of staving off heart disease.
But there are voices out there that are not being heard.
The barrage of studies, press conferences, advertisements fromfood manufacturers and recommendations - highlighted, perhaps, by thesurgeon general's 1988 report linking diet to cardiovascular diseaseand cancer - has obscured a key point: There is substantialdisagreement among nutritionists, pediatricians, cardiologists andother experts over the extent to which parents should monitor theirkids' fat and cholesterol intake.
There are some points on which the experts agree.
They agree, for instance, that children younger than 2 shouldeat pretty much as they do now, with breast milk or formula for mostof the first year, progressing to a normal balanced diet with wholemilk by the beginning of the second year.
They also agree that overambitious intervention in a child'sdiet can be dangerous: Children of all ages can grow poorly when theamount of fat in their diet is too restricted; weight gain slows andchildren learn less well.
Most important, experts agree that heart disease is primarily agenetic condition inherited from parents.
A change in diet is just one of several ways to control how thatgenetic condition manifests itself.
Diet can improve blood cholesterol levels in some people, but itmay not in others.
In other words, no one can predict if a particular individualactually will benefit from a low-fat routine.
The question experts are debating is: Should all Americans,including children, be urged to change their eating habitsdrastically, knowing that such a change may prevent heart diseaseonly in some people?
A group of nutrition enthusiasts says yes.
Represented by such groups as the National Institutes of Health,the American Health Foundation, the American Dietetic Association andthe American Heart Association, these enthusiasts recommend thateveryone older than 2 limit his intake of cholesterol to 300milligrams or less per day and of fat to 30 percent or less of hisdaily calories, with no more than one-third of that amount comingfrom saturated fat and the rest coming from polyunsaturated andmonounsaturated fat (saturated fat comes from animal sources, whilepolyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats are derived from vegetablesand legumes).
To achieve this 30 percent level, many of the enthusiasts adviselimiting red meat and high-fat dairy products.
The reason for their recommendation? The low-fat andlow-cholesterol enthusiasts maintain that the problem of heartdisease is serious enough to warrant changes in everyone's diet.
Moreover, Dr. William Weidman of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,Minn., a member of the American Heart Association's nutritioncommittee and the National Cholesterol Education panel of theNational Institutes of Heath, says reducing a child's total fatintake to 30 percent of the diet is not a risk so long as the childgets enough calories from protein and carbohydrates.
The heart association agrees, saying this type of restricteddiet will not interfere with growth and development as long as it isproperly followed.
According to a group of nutrition moderates, that is exactly thepoint: Children may not get enough to eat if parents attempt tofollow these recommendations on their own.
These moderates, including the American Academy of Pediatrics,the American Council on Science and Health and the Council forAgricultural Science and Technology, argue that encouraging parentsto put children on a rigid diet at this point is premature,especially since the available data on whether changes in dietdecrease the incidence of heart disease are inconclusive and sincemost of the research completed so far has been done with adults, notchildren.
What the moderates fear is that parents may eliminate healthfulfoods in attempting to achieve the specific low-fat goals of theenthusiasts.
For instance, if mothers and fathers reduce the amount of meatthey offer their children, they may be restricting the best source ofiron in their children's diet. And cutting back too far on dairyproducts means their kids will be deprived of essential calcium.
Only children with elevated cholesterol levels, the moderatessay, need to be strict in following the diet recommended by theenthusiasts. The rest of the population should simply stay within asafe range of fat intake.
Moreover, these moderates maintain that despite all the recentconcern, there is not a raging epidemic of cardiovascular disease, asthe media would have us believe.
More Americans today are simply living long enough to die fromsuch degenerative diseases as heart disease, stroke and cancer.
The lack of agreement among experts leaves many health-consciousparents confused about how to feed their children.
But what the enthusiasts forget is that one can't prescribediets for children, because they simply don't cooperate.
Children's eating habits are very different from adults'.Children do not eat a whole, carefully balanced meal - they usuallyeat one or two food items to the exclusion of everything else. Also,the total amount they eat fluctuates widely: They'll consume a greatdeal one day and hardly anything the next.
And, unlike adults, they won't eat food because it is good forthem - they'll only eat food that tastes good to them.
So parents can calculate fat percentages all they want, and putmeals on the table that have been planned with a dietitian'sprecision, but the fact is that they can't make children eat. Norshould they try.
By asking children to adhere to a rigid low-fat diet, explainsLeann Lipps Birch, a professor of human development and nutritionalsciences at the University of Illinois who has studied children andtheir eating habits for 15 years, parents wind up creatingunnecessary struggles over eating, which soon lead to negativeattitudes and behaviors toward food.
In my own nutritional counseling practice, I have found that ifthe mealtime structure and the good food are there, children will dowell with eating.
In their seemingly haphazard and often maddening way, childrendo wind up eating a balanced diet over the course of a week or two.
How can parents incorporate the recommendations of theenthusiasts as well as the moderates?
The diet recommended by the enthusiasts should be reservedsolely for the children who really need it - those who have beentested by their doctors and have been found to have an increased riskof heart disease.
Children who don't have a particular risk of heart diseaseshould not have to follow such a rigid diet.
Instead, parents should hedge their bets, following some of theprudent diet recommendations in case the research does pan out, butnot being so gung-ho that they make themselves miserable and impairtheir child's growth.
While parents can't control what goes into their children'smouths, they can control, for the most part, what is presented tothem at the table and from the refrigerator - and that represents anenormous amount of control.
If parents are relaxed and trusting about food, children won'teat large amounts of butter just to upset Mom and Dad. They will eatlarge amounts of butter - sometimes - because they need the calories,because they are hungry or perhaps because they're in the midst of agrowth spurt.
Annie's parents eventually learned to relax about food selectionin order to make mealtimes more interesting for their daughter - andfor themselves.
And they learned to be firm about the structure of meals andsnacks.
Along the way they rediscovered the simple fact that eating isone of life's great pleasures - one that is too important to spoilwith rigid diets and endless struggles over food.
Ellyn Satter is the author of Good Sense and How to Get Your Kidto Eat . . . But Not Too Much (Bull Publishing; 1987).
Q: I am getting my dog spayed when they do the Big Fix here inKanawha County in a couple of months. I'm glad I got on the list atmy vet's office. I know they will spay her and give her a rabiesshot if she needs it. Do I have to get a collar for her to wearafter the surgery so she won't lick her stomach? You know the typeof collar I mean - like a big funnel or lampshade. I don't think shewill like it since she is a 70-pound mixed breed.
A: I am so glad you are getting your dog spayed during the BigFix. It is the time of the year when all the veterinarians in thevalley volunteer to spay and neuter animals for a greatly reducedcost. In this economy, anything we can do to help our furry patientsand their people out; we will gladly participate in. What is greatabout the Big Fix is that you get to take your pet to his homeveterinary clinic and still get low-cost clinic prices. What couldbe better?
About those collars. They never taught us how to assemble them inveterinary school, so it was trial by fire when I was a new graduatetrying to learn how to be a veterinarian. I struggled, said some badwords, hurt my fingers and basically felt inept. This 15-minutesweaty rampage often left my technicians laughing until tears rolleddown their faces. I have been scarred forever.
Years have passed since those terrible moments and I have sincemastered the assembly process, basically because we now buyElizabethan collars with instructions printed on the plastic, at myrequest.
I think the collars are useful in certain circumstances but not,by any means, a requirement after a surgery. Most dogs do fine aftersurgery. A little lick here and there is OK and expected. Owners areoften surprised at how well dogs do. This is, of course, partlybecause of the dogs and partly because of how well veterinariansplace skin sutures, comfortably snug yet not constricting.
I will reach for a collar if I genuinely believe the pet is atrisk for chewing or licking stitches out of an incision site. Buthonestly, dogs (and cats, too) really don't like wearing them andthe initial few hours can be like watching a bucking bull out of thegate at a rodeo.
They have no peripheral vision and are unable to see their feet.They will run into every doorframe, shinbone and end table in theirenvironment. This hurts dog and owner alike. The path of destructioncan be impressive. My beloved Nehlen destroyed his collar, a vaseand a few toenails years ago when I put one on him. Luckily, afterthree days and three collars, he settled down. And his incision wassaved.
But seriously, if you have any doubt that your pet will lick orchew at her incision and you are worried that you won't be able towatch her closely enough, please get one when you get her spayed.Don't worry; they do come big enough for a 70-pound dog. There willbe an extra charge for the collar, but often if you return it ingood shape you can get a refund.
Ask your veterinarian for advice. We would much rather sell you acollar than charge you to sedate and resuture your pet's abdomenwhen she has eaten all her stitches out.
Most dogs don't require a collar after spaying. If you areworried, you can get a collar. Veterinarians don't like to assemblethem, but will dispense them to save the pet from havingcomplications post-op. I am reluctantly available to assemblecollars at no cost to clients - provided the instructions comeprinted on the collars.
The military buildup in Afghanistan is stoking a surge of private security contractors despite a string of deadly shootings in Iraq in recent years that has called into question the government's ability to manage the guns for hire.
In recent online postings, the military has asked private security companies to protect traveling convoys and guard U.S. bases in troubled southern provinces such as Helmand and Kandahar. And if truckers hired to transport fuel for the military want protection, they can hire their own armed guards, the military says.
The Bush administration expanded the use of such companies with the onset of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because it can save the military time and money. But the practice lost much of its appeal with Congress after September 2007, when five guards with what was then called Blackwater Worldwide (the company recently changed its name to Xe) opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square and killed 17 Iraqis.
Those killings followed a 2006 incident in which a drunken Blackwater employee fatally shot an Iraqi politician's bodyguard.
Now, as President Barack Obama plans to send more U.S. personnel to Afghanistan to boost security and diplomatic efforts, more contractors are preparing to deploy, too.
Still, serious questions remain as to how these private forces are managed, when they can use deadly force and what happens if they break the rules.
"We understand the difficulty of providing for the security of the Department of Defense facilities," Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Dec. 9.
"However, the proposed contract would appear to dramatically expand the use of private security contractors in Afghanistan," Levin said, adding that the reliance on contractors in Iraq resulted in "widespread abuses."
Levin, D-Mich., wrote to Gates after The Washington Post reported on the contract bid for armed guards at U.S. bases in southern Afghanistan.
In his letter, he noted the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, which warns the Defense Department against outsourcing security operations "in uncontrolled or unpredictable high-threat environments."
Complicating matters is that the armed guards hired in Afghanistan most likely won't be U.S. citizens. According to Gates, only nine out of the 3,847 security contractors in Afghanistan have U.S. passports.
Some lawmakers worry that arming non-U.S. citizens to protect American bases or convoys poses a security risk in a country rife with corruption and on the defensive against the militant Taliban.
Gates defended the practice in his Feb. 17 response to Levin. "The use of contractor security personnel is vital to supporting the forward-operating bases in certain parts of the country and in continuing our efforts to employ local nationals whenever possible," the Pentagon chief said.
Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, agrees.
"If Afghans are qualified to do jobs, we want them to do jobs," McCain, R-Ariz., said in an interview.
Despite Gates' assurances, Levin said in a statement to the Associated Press that he would "continue to actively review the issue and to consider the need for legislation."
But so far, Congress has struggled to close even the most glaring of legal loopholes governing security contractors in war zones.
While the law says U.S. courts have jurisdiction over defense contractors working in a war zone, it leaves in question those supporting other agencies, such as the Blackwater guards hired by the State Department and involved in the Baghdad shooting.
In October 2007, the House voted 389-30 to give U.S. courts jurisdiction over all contractors in a war zone. But momentum on the bill stalled after the Bush administration raised objections. The Senate version of the bill, introduced by Barack Obama when he was an Illinois senator, never received a vote.
Last month, two sponsors of the bill, Reps. David Price, D-N.C., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., asked President Obama in a letter to pick up where he left off by helping Congress define which tasks only government should perform.
Currently, there are 71,700 contractors in Afghanistan, which is more than twice the number of U.S. troops. With more than 3,000 of those contractors carrying weapons, the Defense Department established an office to oversee them.
That office, known as the "armed contractor oversight directorate," just agreed to pay $993,000 to Aegis Defense Services, a London-based security and risk management company, to help do that job.
Gates assured Levin that the military's contract with Aegis would not result in contractors overseeing contractors.
Instead, the nearly $1 million dollar deal would provide administrative support only and that the company's workers would not have "direct input into daily operations, force protection, or combat operations," Gates said.
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On the Net:
Aegis Defense Services: http://www.aegisworld.com/index.php/security-operations
Hinsdale Central proved worthy of its No. 1 rating by winning theeight-team Huskie Invitational Saturday at Hersey with a score of 381/2 over No. 2 Homewood-Flossmoor. The Red Devils took first in No.1 singles (Lucas Horacek) and No. 3 singles (Jaydon Barello) andsecond in No. 3 doubles (Young Chung-Andy Justice) and No. 3 doubles(Chris Gillmore-Matt Lazinski).
"Lucas did very well for his first time in a tournament,"Hinsdale Central coach Jay Kramer said. (Horacek has just moved herefrom Czechoslavakia).
"He's adapting to the team concept. Over there it is donethrough the club. This is a …
HOWARD, Ohio (AP) — Residents of a central Ohio town held out hope Sunday that a mother who disappeared last week along with her two children and a friend would turn up after authorities found an "unusual amount of blood" found in her home.
Authorities in Howard planned an update on the case Sunday afternoon in the disappearance of 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang, and Herrmann's 13-year-old daughter, Sarah Maynard, and 10-year-old son, Kody Maynard.
Herrmann's pickup truck was found Thursday night in a nature area near Kenyon College, about 60 miles north of Columbus. Knox County Sheriff David Barber had said Friday that there was no …
Were "American Idol" returning for its seventh edition tonightwithout a Hollywood writers' strike, TV critics would be clappingtheir little hands in glee over early signs the Fox ratings giantmay be at the start of a slow slide to obscurity that befalls allreality-TV programming.
They'd prattle on happily about record labels dropping once-hot"Idol" commodities like hottie runner-up Kat McPhee and past winnersTaylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard.
They'd argue that no matter how much her record label insists425,000 is the new 1.3 million, sales of '07 "Idol" winner JordinSparks's debut album have not been great. It's the puniest debutalbum launch ever for an "Idol" winner, …
'American Idol' Is Dead! Long Live 'American Idol'!Were "American Idol" returning for its seventh edition tonightwithout a Hollywood writers' strike, TV critics would be clappingtheir little hands in glee over early signs the Fox ratings giantmay be at the start of a slow slide to obscurity that befalls allreality-TV programming.
They'd prattle on happily about record labels dropping once-hot"Idol" commodities like hottie runner-up Kat McPhee and past winnersTaylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard.
They'd argue that no matter how much her record label insists425,000 is the new 1.3 million, sales of '07 "Idol" winner JordinSparks's debut album have not been great. It's the puniest debutalbum launch ever for an "Idol" winner, …
'American Idol' Is Dead! Long Live 'American Idol'!Were "American Idol" returning for its seventh edition tonightwithout a Hollywood writers' strike, TV critics would be clappingtheir little hands in glee over early signs the Fox ratings giantmay be at the start of a slow slide to obscurity that befalls allreality-TV programming.
They'd prattle on happily about record labels dropping once-hot"Idol" commodities like hottie runner-up Kat McPhee and past winnersTaylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard.
They'd argue that no matter how much her record label insists425,000 is the new 1.3 million, sales of '07 "Idol" winner JordinSparks's debut album have not been great. It's the puniest debutalbum launch ever for an "Idol" winner, …
'American Idol' Is Dead! Long Live 'American Idol'!Were "American Idol" returning for its seventh edition tonightwithout a Hollywood writers' strike, TV critics would be clappingtheir little hands in glee over early signs the Fox ratings giantmay be at the start of a slow slide to obscurity that befalls allreality-TV programming.
They'd prattle on happily about record labels dropping once-hot"Idol" commodities like hottie runner-up Kat McPhee and past winnersTaylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard.
They'd argue that no matter how much her record label insists425,000 is the new 1.3 million, sales of '07 "Idol" winner JordinSparks's debut album have not been great. It's the puniest debutalbum launch ever for an "Idol" winner, …
