| Young guns could take over women's game
To be sure, that could change in May at the French Open, where the soft clay will be less rewarding for Sharapova's big-hitting style of play. And Henin isn't just going to give up her place as the sport's No. 1 without a fight. The Belgian has continuously improved her game since bursting on the scene with a final-round appearance at Wimbledon in 2000. So don't be surprised to see her lift her level again. .moreTeamsDiv { position:relative; float:right; padding-right:10px; } .moreTeamsHdr { background-image:url(/fe/img/Story/moreTeamsOn_header.gif); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:top; height:35px; color:#000000; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; padding-top:4px; padding-left:4px; font-weight:bold; } .moreTeamsLinks a:link, .moreTeamsLinks a:visited { color:#1266a4; text-decoration:none; padding-top:4px; padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:4px; } .moreTeamsLinks a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } .moreTeamLinks { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration:none; } .storyPoll { padding-bottom: 5px; float:right; } .
Men plead not guilty in Malibu Corral Fire
A preliminary hearing will take place Jan. 7 to determine if there is enough evidence to put the three men on trial. The two other suspects in the case, Culver City residents Eric Matthew Ullman, 18, and Dean Allen Lavorante, 19, will be arraigned on Feb. 14. They are now free on bail.Anderson posted $240,000 bail on Tuesday after his "aunts scraped together some money," said his lawyer John Duran. Anderson appeared in court Friday wearing a suit. His co-defendants remained behind a jail door window connected to the courtroom as their lawyers asked Judge Michael K. Kellogg to release them without bail.Kellogg refused the request, saying the seriousness of the alleged crime is too great. He said the suspects "showed callousness in action and behavior" by causing a fire that injured six firefighters and destroyed 86 structures, including 53 homes."All the sorrys in the world don't change the circumstances," Kellogg said.Kellogg, a resident of the Malibu area, also addressed the issue of political pressure that has come up with this case.
Your Hometown News - Biloxi
Residents of some coast FEMA trailer parks say they have about a week to move out, yet they're not feeling anxious. FEMA plans to close two parks on February 29th, one on Howard Avenue in Biloxi, the other on Church Avenue in Pass Christian. People living in those parks must move out 30 days ahead of time.
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Diary shares Blizzard of ‘78 memories
Rosemarie Orme Gordon kept a diary during the Blizzard of 1978. It snowed Jan. 1 of that year, but it didn't last. By the sixth, it was foggy. On Sunday, the eighth, after church she and her husband Franklin went to Shelbyville to eat. Diary shares Blizzard of '78 memories Jan Voiles Staff Writer Rosemarie Orme Gordon kept a diary during the Blizzard of 1978. It snowed Jan. 1 of that year, but it didn't last. By the sixth, it was foggy. On Sunday, the eighth, after church she and her husband Franklin went to Shelbyville to eat. .
Hoover’s frightening plan
Edgar Hoover, longtime director of the FBI, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty.According to the declassified material, Hoover sent his plan to the White House on July 7, 1950, 12 days after the Korean War began. Hoover's plan called for putting suspect Americans in military prisons. He urged President Harry S. Truman to proclaim the mass arrests necessary to "protect the country against treason, espionage and sabotage." Truman did declare a national emergency, but he had the great good sense to reject Hoover's advice for the United States to adopt one of the worst of communist characteristics to create an American gulag for thousands of people unfortunate enough to find their names on Hoover's lists.Hoover's plan serves to remind us of how fragile our civil liberties are.
funny Super Bowl ads
It found viewers rarely made a definitive connection between the commercials and the product being sold. Even for advertisements that stood out for their originality, viewers frequently misidentified the product that each ad was promoting. For example, a spot for Fed Ex most respondents misidentified as one for UPS. That suggests that many advertisers, while paying millions for their Super Bowl spots, aren't getting the value they thought they were paying for. Dr. Stephen Blessing, assistant professor of psychology at The University of Tampa and co-author of the study, talks to Media Life about how advertisers can avoid this problem, why Budweiser benefits, and when advertisers should stay on message. What did you find most interesting or most surprising about this study? In this study that I conducted with my colleague, Dr.
Early bird bags bargains at Boxing Day bonanza
IT WAS SHOPPING bags at dawn for Macclesfield bargain hunter Kelly Walmsley, who was the very first person through the Trafford Centre's doors for the Boxing Day sales. Shopaholic Kelly, 29, arrived just after 4am in the cold and dark at the Manchester retail outlet, 50 minutes before security guards opened up. She was number one of an estimated 130,000 people throughout the Bank Holiday to pile into the shopping mall, with 25,000 inside by the time all the shops had opened at 10am. Kelly said: “I've been coming every year since the centre opened and this year I've timed it perfectly. I'll take anything at all as long as it's a bargain." It would seem her 4am arrival – to get in line for the sale at Next and Next Kids which opened their doors at 7am – was worth it.
Just the facts on SB 777
Is a "discriminatory bias" being promoted when a high school chooses a homecoming king and queen or when a teacher discusses the role of a mother and father after reading a classic English novel?Education Code section 220 prohibits discrimination based upon a person's self-defined gender in "any program or activity conducted by an educational institution." And Education Code section 200 requires "equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state."If the school must treat a biological male as a self-defined "female" in "any program or activity" and in the "educational institutions of the state," does this require schools to allow the self-defined "female" to access female facilities? If persons can legally self-define their sex, shouldn't they be entitled to be treated that way regarding access to all public facilities? Sound outlandish? Not really.The Los Angeles Unified School District has already adopted policies allowing boys to use girls' restrooms and locker rooms ---- and vice versa! You can read LAUSD's Reference Guide 1557 on the district's Web site.It even tells teachers they need to refer to students using the student's preferred pronoun.
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