Thursday, March 15, 2012

Sabres-Blue Jackets Sums

Buffalo 0 1 0—1
Columbus 2 3 0—5

First Period_1, Columbus, Letestu 3 (Johansen, Tyutin), 10:50. 2, Columbus, Nash 6 (Wisniewski, Carter), 16:19 (pp). Penalties_Adam, Buf (tripping), 2:43; Clitsome, Clm (hooking), 3:17; Gragnani, Buf (interference), 15:50; Vanek, Buf (hooking), 18:56.

Second Period_3, Columbus, Methot 1 (Wisniewski, Dorsett), 4:17. 4, Columbus, Umberger 3 (Johansen), 4:29. 5, Buffalo, Leopold 5 (Kassian, Regehr), 8:01. 6, Columbus, Nash 7 (Carter, …

Broadway honors 'Lion King' actress who has died

NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway theater where "The Lion King" is playing dimmed its lights Tuesday night in honor of a fallen lion cub: An 11-year-old actress from the show who lost her battle with leukemia.

Shannon Tavarez died Monday afternoon at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on Long Island, of acute myelogenous leukemia, a common type of leukemia among adults but rare among children.

"Shannon's strength and her happy, positive spirit will live on in our hearts and minds each day," her mother, Odiney Brown, said in a statement. "Shannon's dream was to perform on stage, and that she did."

The sixth-grader's battle with cancer won the hearts of many, …

Summer hoop program a big success

The Summer Madness Basketball tournament was once again -a big success on the South Side.

In its fourth year, the eight-week tournament recently concluded with the championship game at Brainerd Park. The Orange team, led by Ahmad Stark, Anthony Johnson and Chris Colvin captured the championship with a thrilling victory over the Green team before a jam-packed crowd that included NBA star Andre Iguodaja of the Philadelphia 76ers.

However, the Summer Madness Basketball Tournament, sponsored by the Chicago Area Project, the Teen Enhancement Network and the Institute for Positive Living, is about bettering the lives of young people in the Auburn-Gresham community.

"This …

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

WORLD at 0400 GMT

NEW THIS DIGEST:

GERMANY-HOLOCAUST BLACK HOLE. Experts plumb new Holocaust archive

LEBANON. Sectarian clashes in Beirut boil up into gunbattles.

ISRAEL-OLMERT. Olmert defends himself in charges of accepting illegal donations

US-KOREAS-NUCLEAR. US diplomat gets North Korean documents

BOLIVIA-MORALES RECALL. Morales agrees to Bolivian recall vote

BRAZIL-MISSIONARY KILLED. Acquitted Brazil rancher says he admired US nun

GUANTANAMO-MILITARY TRIAL. Gitmo judge threatens to suspend trial

US-OIL PRICES SURVEY. Survey says oil and gas executives see oil prices falling

US-GOOGLE. Google …

Official: NY car bomb suspect did a dry run

Days before the failed car bomb in Times Square, a Pakistani-American scouted the bustling district in the same vehicle and then, on a second trip, left a getaway car blocks from his chosen target, a law enforcement official has told The Associated Press.

Faisal Shahzad, now in custody on terrorism and weapons charges, drove a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder to Times Square from Connecticut on April 28, apparently to figure out where would be the best place to leave it later, the official said Wednesday. He then returned April 30 to drop off a black Isuzu, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the investigation.

Protect science agency budgets

Scientific research can both anticipate and react to problems,such as Chicago's tunnel flood, with such practical and timelyinformation that it would be irresponsibly shortsighted of theLegislature to go along with Gov. Edgar's deep budget cuts forIllinois' four scientific surveys.

When called last week, for instance, David Gross, assistantchief of the Illinois State Geological Survey, could tell anyone whoneeded to know that the Loop's 80- to 90-foot-deep layer of claymakes up a stable environment able to hold water and release itslowly and that with clay's unique properties, "the potential fordamage is very low" to downtown buildings.

Without the geological …

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