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- Amerindo’s Vilar Convicted of Stealing $20 Million From Clients Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:40PMNov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Alberto Vilar and Gary Tanaka, whose Amerindo Investment Advisors made and then lost billions of dollars for investors in computer and Internet stocks, were found guilty of a scheme to steal $20 million from their clients.
- Puckett moves on without key piece Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:36PMThe Puckett Wolves have made the short trip from Rankin County to Jackson each of the past two seasons for the Class 1A state championship.
- Survival of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Is Greatly Affected by Coexisting Ailments Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:29PMCurrent estimates for head and neck cancer survival are largely inaccurate because they widely disregard many of the most common diseases such patients have in addition to their primary cancer, says Jay Piccirillo, M.D., a head and neck specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
- SON TASERED AT FATHER'S FUNERAL BY COPS Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:28PMWILMINGTON, N.C. - A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son - and used a Taser on him in the process. The incident happened as the coffin was...
- Julianne Hough: Judges 'had it in for' Cody Linley, 'didn't want him' in finale Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:25PMDancing with the Stars professional Julianne Hough said she had a feeling last night's seventh-season results show might be the final one for her and celebrity partner Cody Linley -- however she wasn't sure why.
- "My brothers and I had great respect for our dad. We felt it was an honor to follow in his footsteps," explained Mike ... Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:23PMMike was born and raised in Utica, his parents were Angelo Amodio and Celestine Scottelaro-Amodio.
- Chavez expects to be ready for spring Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:23PMChavez says he'll be ready for spring
- Johnson becomes free agent as talks with D-Backs end Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:22PMPHOENIX (AP) - Randy Johnson filed for free agency on Thursday after failing to reach a contract agreement to return to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Donor gives 25th gallon of blood at Regional Blood Center Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:33AMLike clockwork, Walter Butterworth Sr. has climbed the steps to the Texoma Regional Blood Center four times a year, for about 33 years, giving a gift that has helped save countless lives -- his blood.
- From fantastic to fearful Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:29AMCHAPEL HILL - North Carolina raced out of the gate and delivered a high-powered opening statement that had Kentucky staggering and this building rocking.
- Paterno's last stand? Fans hope not Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:28AMSTATE COLLEGE - His contract expires after the season. His hip is so sore it might need surgery. His team is one win away from the Rose Bowl.
- Hammers close to fully-fit squad Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:27AMTHERE may be a lot of doom and gloom about the Hammers at the moment, but on the training ground things are as good as they have been for a couple of seasons.
- Reiki comes to Russellville; Treatment focuses on mind, body and spirit Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:24AMIn a softly lit room with candles burning and relaxing music playing, Cindy Rogers brings the practice of reiki to Russellville. If you've never heard of reiki (pronounced ray-key), it is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.
- Adult stem cell breakthrough Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:20AMThe first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilizing the patient's own stem cells, has been successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway.
- Vale Park departure for Slater Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:20AMPort Vale defender Chris Slater has had his contract terminated by mutual consent. The 24-year-old was signed by former Vale boss Lee Sinnott from Chasetown in January and made 13 appearances for the club.
- Attitude is everything for this little girl Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:16AMBy Lindsey Hilty
- New fix for back pain less invasive Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:14AMDETROIT - A new, minimally invasive procedure heats, shrinks and removes tissue from the bulging discs that cause severe back and leg pain. The procedure uses a camera...
- Attitude is everything for this little girl Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:14AMJoke telling is all about the delivery, and 7-year-old Amelia Murphy has it down. "Why did the chicken cross the playground?" she asked, straight faced, eyes raised just above her glasses.
- Boy with giant limb, & huge smile, given a 200G fixup Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:23AMRohit Bachani adores cars, sports and hanging out with his friends. Still, for much of his childhood, he wasn't sure he would ever drive, found it hard to catch a ball and had to leave his home in Pakistan to undergo life-changing medical treatment in New York.
- Australian defender Moore back in training after surgery Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:18AMSYDNEY - Senior Australian defender Craig Moore trained with his Queensland Roar teammates Wednesday, days after surgery for testicular cancer, but ruled himself out of this weekend’s game against Perth Glory.
- Woman gets world's first articifial windpipe Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:14AMA WOMAN has become the first person in the world to be given an entirely laboratory-engineered organ in a landmark operation that could change the face of transplant surgery.
- Johnson has surgery today Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:12AMAnother St. Louis Blues player will undergo surgery today, but there aren't any new injuries.
- Cards waiting to hear from left-handers Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:12AMOne of the St. Louis Cardinals' major off-season objectives is acquiring at least two left-handers for their bullpen.
- THUGS SLAIN WITH OWN GUN Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:09AMThe gutsy Brooklyn shopkeeper who killed two armed would-be robbers shot them with a gun taken from one of them, cops and relatives said yesterday. Confronted Monday night in his Nostrand Avenue store by as many as four thugs, Youssous Drame...
- PENN STATE FOOTBALL Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:07AM1. CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS? Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark is pressing. It's obvious. His last two performances have been subpar and No. 17 lost two fumbles and threw an interception against lowly Indiana.
- Transplant a godsend for La Vergne teen Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:05AMBrandon Brewer was born with Hirschsprung's disease, a condition that prevents his body from absorbing nutrients from food. He spent his first years on a feeding tube, which while keeping him alive, was destroying his liver.
- Jennings out for season / Shoulder surgery may end his career with the 49ers Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:57AMHe spent more time on the injury list than anyone on the roster and when tackle Jonas Jennings was placed on injured reserve Tuesday by the 49ers following shoulder surgery, it probably ended his tenure in San Francisco, given that he will count against the...
- Cal needs more from offensive line Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:56AMCal was looking for a miracle, down by six points with less than a minute to drive from the shadow of its own goal line. Instead, it got more of the same, allowing Oregon State's defensive line to rush quarterback Kevin Riley, who threw an interception. The...
- Chinese president visits Cuba to strengthen ties Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:53PMHAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- China's president signed trade deals with communist ally Cuba and agreed to help it modernize its ports and hospitals on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have been snapping up raw materials.
- Chinese president builds economic ties with Cuba Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:49PM(AP:HAVANA) China's president signed trade deals with Cuba and agreed to help its communist ally modernize its ports and hospitals on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have been snapping up raw materials.
- Miss. takes 89-71 win over S. Alabama Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:41PMDavid Huertas scored 27 points, Chris Warren had 15 points and six assists, and Mississippi easily beat South Alabama 89-71 Tuesday night.
- Dancing Down to Final Three Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:40PM The seventh season of Dancing With the Stars has flown by, leaving in its wake three contestants with a shot at the championship on next week's finale. Though this season has largely...
- Rockets Get Promising News On McGrady, Yao, Artest Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:40PMThe Houston Rockets got some good news on injuries to standouts Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming and Ron Artest.
- China builds economic ties with Cuba Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:32PMChina's president signed trade deals with Cuba and agreed to help its communist ally modernize its ports and hospitals.
- Jacksonville quarterback David Garrard learns to live with Crohn's disease Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:30PMIt was the offseason, and he was losing weight. He didn't know what was wrong. It was 2004 and, even after being told he had Crohn's disease, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard wasn't sure what that entailed. He learned soon enough he was dealing with a bowel disease in which the lining of one's digestive tract becomes inflamed, causing severe diarrhea and abdominal pain.
- Rockets get promising news on McGrady, Yao, Artest Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:29PMRockets get promising news on McGrady, Yao, Artest
- NFC West: Real test begins for the Cardinals Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:35PMWith a four-game lead in the NFC West after Sunday's 26-20 victory over Seattle -- the club that has won the last four division titles -- the Arizona Cardinals appear...
- NFC West: Real test begins for the Cardinals Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:33PM With a four-game lead in the NFC West after Sunday's 26-20 victory over Seattle -- the club that has won the last four division titles -- the Arizona Cardinals appear a lock to win their first division crown since claiming the NFC East in 1975. The Cardinals only hurdle left is beating teams in their former division. Arizona is a perfect 4-0 this year versus its fellow NFC West opponents, ...
- NFC West: Real test begins for the Cardinals Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:32PMNFC West: Real test begins for the Cardinals
- NFC East: For Eagles, a feat to be tied Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:31PMWhat probably is considered the lowest point of what's becoming a season of failed expectations for the Philadelphia Eagles came this past Sunday in a game the puzzling team actually...
- Evening Scoop:Battier To The Rescue Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:25PMWe saw this coming right? Frankly I'm surprised we saw the Houston Rockets' Big Three together for as long as we did. It's not even really fair to judge their results, as Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady weren't 100% to start the season. The fact that they're 7-4 is pretty impressive when you consider McGrady looked like he was having trouble even getting up and down the floor in most of those games.
- Frustrated Tibetans could push for independence, says PM-in-exile Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:23PMDHARAMSHALA, India: Tibetans could push for independence from China if exile groups meeting this week in India decide that is their only option, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile said yesterday.
- Love, Romero highlight PGA Tour award ballot Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:22PM Winning the final PGA Tour event of the year could lead to Davis Love III winning his first award on a vote of the players.
- Injuries piling up for ECU Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:20PMOnly at East Carolina, and only this year, has Skip Holtz had an injury epidemic affect a team like it has his Pirates.The fourth-year ECU coach saw his injury report swell to the size of a high school baseball roster when six more players added their names during the Pirates' 21-3 loss at Southern Miss on Saturday.
- Angelina Jolie's tears for late mother; Britney Spears: 'I'm still paying for breakdown'; Paris Hilton cozies up with ... Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:19PMAngelina Jolie's tears for late mother; Britney Spears: 'I'm still paying for breakdown'; Paris Hilton cozies up with ex Stavros Niarchos
- NFC East: For Eagles, a feat to be tied Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:18PM What probably is considered the lowest point of what's becoming a season of failed expectations for the Philadelphia Eagles came this past Sunday in a game the puzzling team actually didn't lose. Then again, the Eagles didn't win this past Sunday's matchup with the perennial pushover Cincinnati Bengals, either. The two clubs instead battled to the NFL's first tied contest in six years, a 13-13 ...
- Thunder fall to Houston Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:14AM Tracy McGrady feels like he’s back to square one with a troublesome left knee that gave out on him again. At least his Houston Rockets seem able to pick up the slack if he’s going to be sidelined.
- Blues center sidelined for two months Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:12AMTuesday, November 18, 2008 at 10:11 a.m. ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis center Andy McDonald is expected to be sidelined eight weeks after breaking his left leg during a 3-2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens.
- UK Notebook: Jarmon sidelined after knee surgery Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:11AMLEXINGTON - Kentucky's chances to end its 23-year losing streak against Tennessee took a potential hit when junior defensive end Jeremy Jarmon had to have arthroscopic surgery today to repair a cartilage tear in his right knee.
- Burley: Aguero Can Wow Hampden Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:09AMScotland boss George Burley claims Argentina's Sergio Aguero can dazzle the Hampden Park crowd.
