Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Wally Backman
New York Post
Q: What’s the most hung over you remember anybody being? A: It would have to be Straw (Darryl Strawberry) in Chicago. Q: What was he like when he showed up at Wrigley? A: He didn’t play that day. Q: Was he in the trainer’s room the whole ti...
China Coal Mine Blast Death Toll Jumps To 87
NPR News
Just after we hung up the phone, we heard a loud bang from inside the shaft. The entrance of the shaft started shaking," Fu said. Then a wave of searing hot air slammed them to the ground, knocking them unconscious. When he came to, Fu foun...
Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead
Newsday
Just after we hung up the phone, we heard a loud bang from inside the shaft. The entrance of the shaft started shaking," Fu said. Then a wave of searing hot air slammed them to the ground, knocking them unconscious. When he came to, Fu foun...
Hodge: Taxidermist's tells tale of tape
Knoxville News Sentinel
You don't have to talk to a biologist to realize that Tennessee hunters are killing bigger and better bucks than ever before. You just have to look at the pictures on the wall at Adams Taxidermy in Claxton.For years J.O. Adams has taken pic...
Nebraska beats K-State 17-3, clinches Big 12 North
Boston Globe
We've steadily improved and we've hung together," Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said. "We were in a tough spot after the Iowa State game, and everybody wanted to write us off. There's too much character in the locker room." Nebraska will go to t...
Police add parks beat | By Pierrette J. Shields © 2009 Longmont Times-Call
The Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT – Tonya Richardson and her 3-year-old son Tucker were harassed for their lunch Thursday in Collyer Park. The harassment was aggressive, and eventually, Richardson complied and gave up some of her food. The fluffy brown squirrel, wh...
PREP CROSS COUNTRY: 'Pack win, but they want more
The Californian
WALNUT ---- Coach Doug Soles addressed Great Oak's girls cross country team in hushed tones Saturday morning. A handful of his runners even hung their heads.
Clegg delivers blow to Brown despite poll boost for Labour
Times Online
Nick Clegg has made clear the Liberal Democrats will only support the largest party in the Commons in the event of a hung Parliament, which would put David Cameron in Downing Street according to the latest polls.
Property moves bring out crowds
Hong Kong Standard
Executive director Justin Chiu Kwok-hung said Cheung Kong will set up a special counter at the sales center for Le Prime homes to answer queries about presales and sale records in response to the government's measures on Friday to boost tra...
Clegg will back 'strongest party'
Channel 4
The Liberal Democrats would support whichever party had the most seats if there was a hung parliament, Nick Clegg indicated. The party leader said it was inevitable that whoever received the "strongest mandate" from the electorate had the "...
Cup coaches Kreis, Arena set for battle in MLS final
USA Today
In the early 1990s, Jason Kreis was an All-American soccer player at Duke whose team had the misfortune of sharing a conference with a dynasty at Virginia, where Bruce Arena coached his team to a national championship for four consecutive y...
'The Road' to Hellville
New York Post
A light mist hung in the air. Miserable. In other words, perfect. While other productions pray for nice weather, the folks walking “The Road” — a heavy, post-apocalyptic drama about a father and his young son struggling to stay alive as the...
Boost for Brown as new poll puts Labour just six points behind Tories
Daily Mail
The gap is the narrowest between the two for nearly a year, and with the Lib Dems on 17 per cent would result in a hung parliament if repeated at the general election. Gordon Brown, in Cockermouth , right, will have been buoyed by the news ...