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YellowBrix Top Science

• Meet Borough's A-Team As 17% Reach Top Marks ; 99% Pass Rate Overall in North Tyneside
  A-LEVEL students from North Tyneside celebrated great results last week. Seaton Burn College celebrated its h...
• Group is Looking to Link Habitats ; Country News Bulletin
  THE first steps have been taken in a drive to help wildlife in southern Wales cope with the effects of climate...
• School is Aiming to Thrill Its Pupils With Science ; in Association With Environmental Agency
  WALLSEND'S Beacon Hill School pupils are going to learn about science with the 'wow factor' thanks to the star...
• EDITORIAL: Have Faith: No Reason to Worry About Changing U.S. Demographics
  Aug. 19--Call it the browning of America. In 2042, non-Hispanic whites will drop below 50 percent of the U.S....
• Media Advisory/Natural Resources Canada: Government of Canada Invests in Renewable Energy
  On Wednesday, August 20 the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, will make an announcement re...
• Population Over 1.4m
  Recent estimates from the Qatar Statistics Authority shows total population to have reached 1,448,446as at Mar...
• Duluth Students' Science Test Scores Beat Low State Average
  Aug. 19--Results from Minnesota's first statewide science test show most Duluth students beating the state ave...
• St. Francis Creates Four New Schools
  Aug. 19--LORETTO -- St. Francis University leaders Monday announced what they call a "milestone reorganization...
• Six in 10 Minnesota Kids Come Up Short in Science: A New Online Test Cast Some Doubt on the State's
  Aug. 19--Minnesota has long enjoyed a reputation as a nationwide leader in science education, but the results ...
• Experts Predict More Ethnically Diverse Nation By Mid-Century
  Rapidly shifting demographics are expected to sweep across the American landscape, reshaping it into a signifi...

YellowBrix Top US News

• Teen, Allegedly Wed at 12 to FLDS Prophet, is Returned to State Custody
  Aug. 19--A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old FLDS girl -- apparently married to the sect's leader at age 1...
• Chapman 'Sorry' for Slaying Lennon
  Mark David Chapman, the U.S. assassin of legendary rocker John Lennon, says he's ashamed of the slaying and, a...
• Keys Residents Dont Fret Fay: ; 'We'Ve Seen This Movie Before,' One Resident in Storm's Path Says
  KEY WEST, Fla. - Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents were taking a wait-and-see...
• Jeffs' Alleged Child Bride Taken From Mom
  A teenage girl who was allegedly married to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs at 12 must return to state custody,...
• Fay Clearing S. Fla., Brings Tornadoes Near Lake Okeechobee
  Aug. 19--The sun began to shine Tuesday afternoon for the first time in two days over South Florida and the Fl...
• S. Florida Schools to Open Wednesday As Storm Heads Toward Lake Okeechobee
  Aug. 19--As Tropical Storm Fay made its way across Central Florida toward Lake Okeechobee, parents in South Fl...
• Hearing in New Polygamist Sect Custody Case to Resume
  Aug. 19--SAN ANGELO, Texas -- A mother accused of failing to protect her children from abuse because a daughte...
• Tropical Storm Fay Drenching Florida
  Tropical Storm Fay drenched central South Florida with heavy rain and spawned a tornado Tuesday amid fears it ...
• Tropical Storm Fay Lands Near Cape Romano, Heads Toward Lake Okeechobee
  Aug. 19--Hours after making landfall near Cape Romano, Tropical Storm Fay barreled toward Lake Okeechobee, dre...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• Nato Freezes Ties With Moscow
  Nato linked the future of the alliance's relations with Moscow to the pullout of troops from Georgia yesterday...
• Bigfoot, the Gorilla Suit and a Mammoth Hoax
  IT WAS hailed as "definitive evidence" that Bigfoot existed. The discovery of "something large, hairy and fro...
• Russia Forges Ahead -- Despite Claims of Pullout, Troops in Central Georgia
  GORI, Georgia - Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fas...
• Obama's Visit to Illinois at End of Week May Include As-Yet-Unannounced Running Mate
  RALEIGH, N.C. _ Sen. Barack Obama will return to the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, on Saturday, ...
• NATO Rejects `Business As Usual' With Russia
  BRUSSELS, Belgium _ NATO declared Tuesday that there will be no "business as usual" with Moscow while Russian ...
• Obama Raises $7.8 Million at San Francisco Fundraisers
  SAN FRANCISCO - Barack Obama raked in $7.8 million Sunday at three separate fundraisers in San Francisco, tell...
• Obama to Name Running Mate
  CHICAGO - Barack Obama will publicly disclose his vice presidential choice in the coming days, though the Demo...
• Militants Besiege U.S. Base ; French Troops Die in Separate Attack.
  KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban insurgents mounted their most serious attacks in six years of fighting, one a com...
• Expert Says Taliban Attack Aimed at Public Opinion, Harper Not Sure
  OTTAWA - The Taliban ambush that killed 10 French soldiers Tuesday was aimed at influencing public opinion in ...
• NATO, Georgia and a Ready-Made War
  PARIS - British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery was the man who said the first three rules of warfare are...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• Star Tells of Double Breast Op Heartache
  ACTRESS Christina Applegate has told how she had to make the terrible decision to have both her breasts remove...
• BRIEF: Christina Applegate Has Double Mastectomy: Actress Will Get Reconstructive Surgery for Her Br
  Aug. 19--Christina Applegate is in good spirits after being treated for breast cancer. star had a double mast...
• Vietnam to Deport Sex Abuser Gary Glitter
  SHAMED former glam rock star Gary Glitter will be free to travel anywhere in the world after he is released fr...
• Francis to Sue County Officials
  Aug. 19--Joe Francis isn't quite done with Bay County. Founder of the soft- core pornography empire "Girls Go...
• Donnie Wahlberg, Wife Seek Divorce
  New Kids on the Block star and actor Donnie Wahlberg and wife Kim Fey are divorcing after nine years of marria...
• Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray Column: Ellen Gray: Laurence Fishburne to Join Cast of CSI
  Aug. 19--HIS CHARACTER doesn't yet have a name and his genetic profile remains a work in progress, but CBS mad...
• Pervert Glitter Released From Jail ; Shamed Glam Rocker Set to Return to UK
  GARY Glitter was released today from prison in Vietnam, where he was serving a three-year sentence for child s...
• Gary Glitter Freed, Heads for Britain
  Former British rock star Gary Glitter has been released from a Vietnamese prison where he served time on a chi...
• Britney's Custody Fight Legal Bills Hefty
  U.S. pop singer Britney Spears has piled up hundreds of thousands of dollars of legal bills in her child custo...
• Reports: Gary Glitter Freed From Viet Jail
  Former British rock star Gary Glitter has been released early from a Vietnamese prison on a child sexual abuse...

YellowBrix Top Technology

• Concern As iPods 'Melt'
  A POSSIBLE battery fault which caused iPod Nanos to overheat and melt is being investigated in Japan. The gove...
• Toshiba Releases New DVD Player: ; Device to Improve Look of DVDs at Lower Price Than Blu-Ray
  NEW YORK - After losing out in the battle to define the high- definition successor of the DVD, Toshiba Corp. h...
• Why Wall Street is Getting Impatient With AMD's Catch-Up Plan
  Advanced Micro Device's future depends on still-murky details of a plan to overhaul its manufacturing - and Wa...
• Qwest, Unions Reach Tentative Three-Year Pact Agreement Averts Strike; Members Voting Next Month
  Qwest Communications reached a tentative three-year labor agreement with two of its unions, averting a possibl...
• Qwest Pact With Union is Reached
  Aug. 19--A tentative contract agreement would give union workers for Qwest Communications pay raises totaling ...
• Probe into Overheating iPods
  A possible battery fault which caused iPod Nanos to overheat dangerously is being investigated in Japan. The g...
• Biz Bits
  Netflix says technical woes limit shipments SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix Inc. said Thursday that major technical pr...
• Survey: TV Remains Top Source of News
  NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but televisi...
• Electronic Arts Drops $2 Billion Bid for Take-Two Interactive
  Aug. 18--Redwood City game developer Electronic Arts on Monday withdrew its $2 billion hostile bid for Take-Tw...
• Alternatives Fuel Debate -- From Algae to Palm Oil, Airlines Quietly Seeking Bio Answer to Dependenc
  PHOENIX - With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being ...

YellowBrix Top Health

• Belief in Divine Medical Intervention Prevalent
  CHICAGO - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. More than half of randomly su...
• God Trumps Doctors in Survey
  Other health-related developments 3 The best path to a clogged heart might be through the wrist. More than ha...
• More Women Having Fewer Children Now
  WASHINGTON - More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer t...
• Majority Believe God Can Revive the Dying
  CHICAGO - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. More than half of randomly su...
• Chewing Gum May Speed Recovery
  CHICAGO - Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? Chewing gum may speed the return of nor...
• Arsenic Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
  Higher levels of arsenic in the urine appear to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, U....
• Doctors Medical Center Fined for Fatal Errors
  Aug. 19--Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo has been fined $50,000 for medical errors in which two patients d...
• Motherhood Becomes Less the American Norm: Whether By Lifestyle Choice or Circumstance, More Women C
  Aug. 19--The number of American women not having children doubled in the past 30 years, according to a report ...
• Old Bacteria Relied on Arsenic, Not Water
  U.S. scientists say they have discovered ancient bacteria that relied on arsenic, rather than water, to grow d...
• Census Report: Fewer Women Having Babies
  One-fifth of women between the ages of 40 to 44 were childless in 2006, twice as high as the level 30 years ag...

Golf

• Langer Turns Up Heat, Ties Simpson for Lead
  BEND, Ore. - Two-time Masters Tournament champion Bernhard Langer shot 6-under-par 66 in 100-degree heat Frid...
• Local Favorite Cooks Up 61
  GREENSBORO, N.C. - Carl Pettersson supported moving the Wyndham Championship to Sedgefield Country Club. The...
• Price Rekindles Love for Game
  A name out of the distant past is back playing tournament golf. Three weeks ago, Augusta's Gil Price, one of t...
• Lee Tries to Boost Powerful Resume
  PINEHURST, N.C. - A whirlwind of a month is almost over for Danny Lee. First, he became only the sixth player ...
• Harrington is No Longer Overlooked
  BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Not long after Tiger Woods announced he was done for the year because of knee su...
• 'Underdog' Label Fine With Azinger
  BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Paul Azinger revamped the Ryder Cup qualifying system to get the best players, a...
• Ochoa on Top at Canadian Open
  OTTAWA - Reigning champion Lorena Ochoa shot a bogey-free 6- under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Anni...
• Today in History
  Greg Norman lips out his putt on the PGA Championship's second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title an...
• Golf Wants Its Shot at Games
  Do the names Peggy Abbott and Charles Sands mean anything to you? Mr. Lyon, a Canadian, won the last Olympic ...
• Heintz Garners Attention
  GREENSBORO, N.C. - Bob Heintz has always wanted some fans to follow him around the course for a change. Hein...

Baseball

• Stewart leads Rockies past Dodgers 8-3
  LOS ANGELES - Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat th...
• Things Go Awry for Youngsters in Giants' 6-0 Loss
  SAN FRANCISCO _ The Giants unveiled their all-rookie infield for the first time at home on Tuesday night, and ...
• Back at Busch, Bats Go Silent
  ST. LOUIS _ Braden Looper continued his run of sterling starts, bringing home the kind of outings that helped ...
• US beats Japan 4-1 to advance to gold-medal game
  BEIJING - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan...
• Zito Back in the Zone for Moment
  ATLANTA - Barry Zito has a new approach to pitching: stay in the moment, and stop forcing things. Zito won fo...
• Rain Might Benefit GreenJackets in Race for Division's Top Spot
  A quick burst of rain, thunder and lightning cut batting practice short Saturday, but the Augusta GreenJacket...
• Burst in the First Secures Sweep
  One of the most lopsided series of the South Atlantic League season finally came to an end Monday night at La...
• Visit to Orthopedist to Decide Whether Glavine Will Retire
  ATLANTA - Braves pitcher Tom Glavine is scheduled to be examined Wednesday in Alabama by Dr. James Andrews, a...
• AP NewsBreak: Umpires refuse replay call with MLB
  NEW YORK - Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Major League Baseball responding by ...
• Americans Will Defend Softball Gold Medal
  BEIJING _ After playing on the edge for nine innings, the U.S. softball team finally could exhale. The America...

Hockey

• Flyers Won't Commit to Interest in Sundin
  PHILADELPHIA _ Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren didn't sound like a man on the verge of signing free-agent...
• Jacksonville Ice Rink Offers Various Levels of Ice Hockey
  The Jacksonville Ice Rink on Philips Highway has opened registration for the fall season and has a variety of ...
• Tournament to Honor Fallen Friend
  Aug. 19--DIXON -- Bill Mayberry of Dixon played inline hockey for 20 years before giving up the sport a few ye...
• Let's Make a(Nother) Deal
  As free agent-enhanced teams assess new salary cap issues, trade options might open up. Thanks to the salary ...
• 'Different People Do Different Things. A Lot of People Play Football, and When Their Playing Days Ar
  THE last fortnight was one of the busiest in theAmateur League calendar, for everyone involved in the game - f...
• New School, New Faces
  Aug. 19--EVHS draws familiar names When members of the Eastern View High School field hockey team look around...
• Pens Turn to Defensive-Minded Reirden As Assistant Coach
  Aug. 19--JENKINS TWP. -- When Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma began his search for an ass...
• OneGoal Launches Vitamin H
  OneGoal, a nonprofit organization committed to continuously increasing youth hockey participation in North Ame...
• MENDES:I'M HERE TO LIFT TROPHIES Euro Woe No Problem to Gers GBP3m Midfield Ace
  CHAMPIONS League winner Pedro Mendes has insisted he has not taken a backwards step signing for Rangers from F...
• Tigers' Galarraga Tries to Make Rangers Pay
  (Sports Network) - Needless to say, the Texas Rangers are happy with the offseason trade that brought...

NCAA Football

• UCLA Football Notebook: Goals Are Modest for Scrimmage
  As UCLA lines up for its only lengthy scrimmage of training camp, the goals are modest. No, the Bruins aren't ...
• Juice Sharp Again in Illini Scrimmage
  CHAMPAIGN - Four of his first five passes fell incomplete. Snapping himself and the first-team to attention, I...
• ISU's Ground Attack Big in Scrimmage
  NORMAL -- In Kevin Brockway's first season as Illinois State's starting quarterback, it appears the fifth-year...
• Revamped Tiger Offense Undergoing Growing Pains -- Miscues on Passing Plays Concern West
  They lost their two-year starter at quarterback and their top two running backs from a year ago are not availa...
• Prep Football / DANDY DOZEN - Winning the Right Way -- For Whitehaven Coach, Success in Football Mea
  Whitehaven High head football coach Rodney Saulsberry could choose to revel in last year's 10-2 playoff campai...
• WVU's Devine, Sanders Not Happy With No-Contact Call: ; West Virginia University Football Notes
  MORGANTOWN - West Virginia went live on four kickoff returns in Saturday's scrimmage and Noel Devine and Jock ...
• College Football: ; Strong Running Game Will Help Young MU QBs
  HUNTINGTON - Considering Marshall must break in a first-year starter at quarterback, the Thundering Herd's rus...

Football

• Ryan Will Start in Falcons' Exhibition Friday
  ATLANTA - Matt Ryan's next shot at winning the starting quarterback job for the Atlanta Falcons will come in ...
• Rookies Impress Coach
  - Matt Ryan isn't the only rookie having a good training camp with the Atlanta Falcons. 3 overall, Ryan comma...
• Favre is Careful With Arm
  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Brett Favre threw a limited number of passes Thursday, a day after the New York Jets quarte...
• Falcons' Offense Takes Step Back in Second Game
  ATLANTA - Rookie Matt Ryan and fellow quarterbacks Chris Redman and Georgia alum D.J. Shockley combined for t...
• Favre Was Productive in First Game As a Jet
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Brett Favre was having fun again. Favre was back where he's always been happiest: in ...
• 2 Minutes
  Football fanatic Rachael Skelham has recently made history by becoming the first woman to chair Uttoxeter Juni...
• Oregon Community Colleges Expand
  Tillamook Bay Community College's new flagship building will breathe new life into the college at a time when ...
• UCLA Football Notebook: Offense Struggles in Scrimmage
  UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said the running game had to be better. No matter who was speaking, the offensive co...
• Where Does Smith Stand?
  He is one of the quieter players in the Steelers locker room, yet he has been at the center of a media-driven ...
• Collins Paving the Way for Panthers
  As a senior at Miami Monsignor Pace, Conredge Collins earned first-team 3A all-state honors in Florida. Since ...

NCAA Basketball

• Florida State Must Stop Stonewalling
  Not much Sunshine in Tallahassee either due to another tropical storm on the horizon _ a top-secret list of al...
• Great Scot! Laird is Hot ; After Tie for Fourth Place
  GREENSBORO -- Martin Laird, who tied for fourth place at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, has won $342,525 ...
• Washington REDSKINS
  Site: Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va. * Reporting date: July 19. New coach Jim Zom has installed the West Coast o...

Basketball

• Phelps in Crowd to Watch U.S. Rout
  BEIJING - Finally, an athlete worthy of the U.S. men's basketball team's company showed up at the Olympic Bas...
• Lynx Sign Rookie Forward in First Move Under Marks
  Augusta Lynx first-year head coach John Marks announced the signing of a first-year player on Monday. Rookie ...
• Overtime
  The Augusta Bulldog Club is holding the 2008 season kickoff BBQ at Julian Smith Casino on Thursday night at 6...
• Usc Football Notebook: Longhorn in Audience
  USC's scrimmage on Tuesday was closed to the general public, but open to family members and some boosters. Te...
• Sports Briefs
  With Favre, Jets cut PenningtonNEW YORK - Chad Pennington quickly became the odd man out once Brett Favre join...
• ISU's Sampay, Hill on Way Back From Offseason Surgeries
  NORMAL - The road to recovery is under way for Illinois State's basketball team. However, Jankovich added it i...
• Redbirds Get Yet Another commitmentChicago Guard Upshaw Becomes Jankovich's 4th Recruit in a Week
  NORMAL - Zeke Upshaw traveled to Illinois State's campus on Saturday. That sealed the deal as Upshaw, a 6-foo...
• ECU Short-Handed for Scrimmage: Bumps and Bruises Will Keep Several Starters Watching From the Sidel
  Aug. 19--ADA -- East Central University football coach Kurt Nichols moved this week's preseason scrimmage to W...
• Lineman's Return Coach's Dream: ; Defensive Line Coach Bill Kirelawich
  MORGANTOWN - The official NCAA-approved return of Pat Liebig as a full-time member of West Virginia's football...
• San Diego CHARGERS
  Site: Chargers Park, San Diego. The good health of C Nick Hardwick (foot) and TE Antonio Gates (toe) is vital...