France's sports teachers are feeling outraged by the manner in which the national football team qualified for next year's World Cup.
The sports teachers' main union said Thursday in a statement that Raymond Domenech's team advanced to the tournament following "indisputable cheating."
France secured a 1-1 draw with a controversial goal in extra time and …
Helicopters equipped with "night sun" lights and heat-seekingdevices to locate suspects will be dispatched to Chicago to bolstersecurity during the Democratic convention, state officials saidTuesday.
Together, the OH-58 helicopter provided by the Illinois NationalGuard and the Air One helicopter and four fixed-wing aircraftsupplied by the Illinois State Police offer the "potential forround-the-clock air surveillance" during the Aug. 26-29 convention,said Chicago Police Department spokesman Paul Jenkins.
The State Police also will provide a formidable groundcontingent. State troopers will escort President Clinton and VicePresident Al Gore and act as bodyguards …
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tim Tebow is once again making Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers seem like an afterthought.
It's not hard to see why.
Tebow and the Denver Broncos are hot. Rivers and the Bolts are not. Tebow has the Broncos (5-5) winning and in second place in the AFC West, even if his play is unconventional by NFL standards. The Chargers (4-6) have bumbled their way to five straight defeats — their longest losing streak since the start of the 2003 season — and a last-place tie with Kansas City.
Sunday's matchup between original AFL teams will be big. With livid Chargers fans howling for coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith to get the heave-ho from …
The word went out early Monday morning to Miami Heat fans. Show up at 8 a.m. and welcome Dwyane Wade back to South Florida, they were told.
So they did.
Right time. Wrong location.
Wade arrived back in Miami, but instead of flying on a private jet into a charter facility _ as the Heat marketing department expected _ he took a commercial flight from Charleston, S.C., into one of the airport's main terminals. So about 50 Heat fans, as well as a handful of team employees, left without a glimpse of Wade, who is expected to decide his playing future in the coming days.
Later, Wade was seen walking into the Heat's arena with owner Micky …
* Hanson Chapel will hold special services to dedicate the newchurch steeple at 7 p.m. today.
* The JoyBeams will sing at 3 p.m. Sunday on WSCW Radio, at 7p.m. Sunday at Summit Ridge Community Church in Lincoln County, at7:30 p.m. Thursday at Jordan Mound Church and at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8at Atkinson Memorial Church off Frame Road.
* Canaan Baptist Church, 1919 Bigley Ave., will have specialwelcome services at 10 a.m. Sunday for the church's new pastor,Brother James Warden, and his family. Morning worship begins at 11a.m. with special singing by the choir, trio and soloist.
* Gospel soloist Jim Edens will sing at 11 a.m. Sunday atChasmere Baptist Church, …
There's nothing better than putting aside a Sunday afternoon for holiday baking. Every family has their traditional favorite, whether it's gingerbread men, pumpkin pie or poppyseed cookies. But did you know that some of the same spices used in holiday cooking also have medicinal properties? Granted, it usually takes a lot more than a half teaspoon of the spice to have any effect, and eating cookies isn't the way to treat what's ailing you, but here's a look at what some of these favorite holiday flavors have to offer.
Cinnamon: (Cinnamomum verum) The spice used for culinary purposes is from the dried bark of the laurel tree. The medicinal parts, however, are the oils, extracted …
The Philadelphia Phillies have reached a preliminary agreement with outfielder Raul Ibanez on a $31.5 million, three-year contract.
Ibanez will receive a $2 million signing bonus, payable this year, a $6.5 million salary next season and $11.5 million each in 2010 and 2011.
The agreement is subject to Ibanez passing a physical, two people familiar with negotiations said Friday, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract was not yet finalized.
The 36-year-old, who …
