CENTURION: The Dolphins yesterday produced the shock of the season by sending the star-studded Titans crashing out of the MTN40 series in the second semi-final at SuperSport Park.
Chasing � runs for victory, the Titans, who had finished the league stage at the top of the table, all of 20 points clear of the Dolphins, were restricted to 236/9.
The visitors' total was set up by …
Byline: TED ANTHONY Associated Press
There's an election in this country on Tuesday, and in a land where the race for the highest office is the biggest saga of all, an array of oddities -- bits of jetsam that wash up on the banks of the American electoral river -- are, as usual, providing useful distraction.
Bubba the Love Sponge, the nasty-boy Florida deejay -- a guy who specialized in radio shows that included on-air sex talk by George Jetson and Scooby-Doo -- is running for sheriff in Pinellas County, a retirement haven.
His Republican opponent, Chief Deputy Jim Coats, says, ``I don't think he's sheriff material.''
In Indiana, it's now …
Viewers may be able to have unprecedented control over what comes into their homes through television sets even if the networks don't adopt a ratings system, according to Yellowstone Environmental Science of Bozeman, Mont. The company says it's working on a computer that would make use of pattern-recognition technology developed for the military. The computer would recognize …
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Al Ittihad eliminated Al Hilal 3-1 in an all-Saudi Arabia clash and progressed to the Asian Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Al Ittihad dominated the clash between the pair of two-time Asian champions, earning a measure of revenge for losing out to its Jeddah rival for the Saudi league title.
Portuguese midfielder Nuno Assis opened the scoring in the 15th minute when he …
The high-profile hiring of Tyrone Willingham as the head football coach at Notre Dame University earlier this year ended an extensive -- and controversial -- search at the prestigious institution. Although the hiring of an African American by the nation's most storied football program was significant, the total number of Black coaches in NCAA Division I-A actually decreased this past winter. In spring 2002, only 4 of 115 of head coaching positions are occupied by African Americans.
Since the conclusion of the 2000 season, there have been 34 headcoaching vacancies. Only two African Americans have been hired: Dr. O. Fitzgerald Hill at San Jose State University in 2000 …
Byline: AMY BIANCOLLI - Houston Chronicle
A gambler walks into a pawn shop, hawking a camera. The proprietress, a tough dame with long gray hair, offers $150. He wants $300. Nope, she says, $150. She already has four cameras exactly like it in the display case.
Ah, says the gambler. But this fourth camera comes in the original box. He then launches into some gorgeous flimflam on the camera, the box and the adjusted value of the items in the case, charming the pawnbroker into an extra 50 bucks - "for the entertainment," she says, the glint in her eye reflecting ours. But it fades.
The buzz and wit of the opening scene of "Lucky You" fades, too, …
More consumers are using electronic disbursement services through the telephone and Internet to make last minute payments on credit cards, mortgages and other bills, according to a survey completed in April.
The fees attached to such expedited payments are an increasing source of revenue for servicers, and one day they could be securitized, said market sources. In April, San Carlos, Calif.-based Crone Consulting and Javelin Strategy & Research, Pleasanton, Calif., surveyed 2,038 people about how they prefer to pay their various bills, including utility, cell phone, Internet service and other monthly bills. The companies conducted the survey on behalf of of San …
