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YellowBrix Top Science

• Carnegie Science Award winners announced
  Feb. 05--Two Tribune-Review reporters are among the winners of the 2012 Carnegie Science Awards, which recogni...
• Lynchburg on pace with VA growth since last census
  Feb. 04--Lynchburg is keeping pace with Virginia's growth since the last census and Bedford County is trailing...
• Potshots from a sceptical scientist
  SCIENCE: The Science Delusion, By Rupert Sheldrake, Hodder & Stoughton, 382pp. THE SCIENCE DELUSIONis the lat...
• Heritage hot spots: History, nature, art, environment
  National Botanic GardensThe National Botanic Gardens are both a sanctuary within easy reach of Dublin city cen...
• Lubrizol seeks to give grants to area science teachers
  Feb. 03--The Lubrizol Corporation, along with Partners in Science Excellence, is sponsoring a program that ho...
• Oklahoma Energy Resources Board launches new campaign during Super Bowl
  Feb. 03--The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board will unveil a new advertising campaign Sunday during the Super Bo...
• Ukrainian ministry says shipping toxic waste to Poland via UK safest way
  Text of report by news and analysis Ukrayinska Pravda website on 3 February The [Ukrainian] Ecology [and Natur...
• Creation science shows resurgence of state's legislative hubris COMMUNITY COMMENT
  In 1897, the Indiana Legislature was on the verge of passing legislation that would have set the value of pi ...
• Fremont school wins spot in national science finals
  Feb. 02--A team from Irvington High School in Fremont has won a regional science bowl and will proceed to the ...
• Apex court bats for auctions in awarding natural resources
  Feb. 03--The Supreme Court verdict on Thursday has set the stage for the government introducing transparency t...

YellowBrix Top US News

• Giants Fans Say Indy is Their Kind of Town
  Dan Strasser of Upper Saddle River has attended three previous Giants Super Bowls in traditional warm-weather ...
• NFL notebook: Irsay insists he and Manning are fine
  Maybe, just maybe, the Colts and Peyton Manning are done stealing headlines during Super Bowl week. The simmer...
• Most women agency serves just receive a physical breast exam
  Related Story: Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants To many people, breast cancer screening mean...
• Chinese TV discusses possibility of Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities
  The 4 February 2012 edition of "Focus Today", a 30-minute current affairs program broadcast daily at 2130-2200...
• Russia, China veto gets mixed reactions in Syria - Xinhua
  Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Damascus, 4 February:...
• Pushing Kagan out of the healthcare case
  The clamor for Justice Clarence Thomas to withdraw from hearing the challenge to President Obama's healthcare ...
• Riverview's David Baas extends Manatee-Sarasota Super Bowl streak
  Feb. 05--Every youth football player dreams of playing in the Super Bowl. The latest is Riverview High produc...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• Egypt files criminal charges against NGO workers, including 19 Americans
  CAIRO -- Egyptian investigators filed criminal charges Sunday against at least 40 international civil society ...
• Documentarians die in helicopter crash
  Two filmmakers who worked with director James Cameron on his deep-sea documentary films died in a helicopter c...
• Way back when: Today in history
  Feb. 05--1927 -- Skyscrapers planned Plans for the construction of Tulsa's tallest building -- a 21-floor stru...
• American NGO workers sent to Egypt court
  About 40 charity workers were referred to a criminal court in Egypt on charges of illegally funding a civil so...
• Lawyer: Egypt official innocent of murder
  A lawyer for a former top Egyptian security official argued in court Sunday his client is innocent of murderin...
• Candidates campaign in Nevada on eve of caucuses ; Gingrich accuses Romney of being "Obama lite."
  Read profiles of each Republican candidate, watch a video on Oklahoma's new voting machines and see all the el...
• Arab League pledges to continue efforts to end Syria crisis
  Text of report in English by Qatari government-funded aljazeera.net website on 5 February; subheadings as publ...
• Wahhab: Assad committed to preserving Druze community
  Feb. 05--BEIRUT -- Head of the Tawhid Party Wiam Wahhab met Sunday with a number of Druze religious leaders, i...
• Pakistan daily opposes Israel's reported plan to attack Iran
  Text of editorial headlined "Israel about to attack" published by Pakistani newspaper The Nation website on 5 ...
• China commentary says UN veto aims at political solution to Syrian crisis
  Text of commentary in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 5 Februa...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• Programme summary of Russian Rossiya 1 TV "Vesti Nedeli" news 1600 gmt 5 Feb 12
  Presenter Yevgeniy Revenko160330 The presenter says that more than 130,000 people turned up at the pro-governm...
• 'Chronicle,' 'Woman' top box office
  "Chronicle" and "The Woman in Black" debuted at No. 2 in weekend U.S. box office receipts with $22 million an...
• NBC sees pay dirt with Super Bowls ads, spin-offs
  Feb. 05--NBC Sports, now owned by Comcast Corp., has sold a record $250 million in advertising for Sunday's Su...
• Super Bowl fans face off
  Feb. 05--Name: Jeremy Flores When Jeremy Flores was 12 years old, he adopted the New England Patriots as his o...
• A Super Bowl victory could separate Patriots QB Brady from the bunch
  Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- True greatness in sports isn't easily gauged. The latter level is for those who rise...
• Fighter featured in 'Contender' killed by MBTA train
  Feb. 05--A local boxer who gained fame on a reality TV show and who was fighting to make a comeback after batt...
• Tom Brady, Eli Manning playing for Super history
  INDIANAPOLIS -- New England quarterback Tom Brady's competitive juices were stewing in the locker room, and ev...
• Legacy time for Giants' Manning and Patriots' Brady
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Amazing what we choose to remember and how much we tend to forget. That's the best explanation...
• Alleged mastermind of Juarez rehab massacre arrested
  Feb. 04--A man believed to be the mastermind in the massacre of 17 people at a drug rehabilitation center in J...

YellowBrix Top Technology

• Cyber sleuths hacked
  Anonymous, the hacking collective behind a series of embarrassing Internet attacks, released a 15-minute recor...
• FBI-Scotland Yard conference call leaked by the hackers they're after
  THE FBI and Scotland Yard suffered an embarrassing security breach yesterday when hackers from Anonymous broke...
• Facebook IPO filing helps tech stocks
  LOS ANGELES - Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including rec...
• Polish government postpones ratification of anti-piracy deal
  Text of report in English by Polish national independent news agency PAP Warsaw, Feb. 3: Poland will postpone ...
• Apple wins halt to Motorola injunction
  Apple said it could resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads on its German online shop yes...
• FBI confirms conference call compromised
  The hacking group Anonymous intercepted a telephone conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard and post...
• Xooms sold on Woot.com may contain previous owners' data
  Feb. 03--A small number of refurbished Motorola Xoom tablets sold on flash sale site Woot.com late last year m...
• Sumner 'TOONS IN Viacom chair hopes SpongeBob revives ratings
  It's SpongeBob to the rescue. Cable powerhouse Viacom, struggling with an ad slump at its Nickelodeon network...
• The Facebook bounce: Zynga and LinkedIn shares jump after IPO filing
  Feb. 02--Investors will have to wait months to buy stock in Facebook, so they did the next best thing Thursda...
• Customs agents in El Paso seize more than $200K in counterfeit sports items
  Feb. 03--Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized more than $200,000 in counterfeit sports-related ge...

YellowBrix Top Health

• Raw-milk advocates not swayed by reports
  Feb. 05--Producers and retailers of nonpasteurized milk say reports linking raw milk from a Chambersburg farm ...
• Komen foundation's change of heart delights local Planned Parenthood backers
  Feb. 05--FORT WORTH -- The annual Fort Worth fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of North Texas unexpectedly tur...
• Bishop of Ogdensburg rallies opposition to contraception rule
  Feb. 04--OGDENSBURG -- Bishop Terry R. LaValley is asking Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg parishioners to...
• Komen restores Planned Parenthood funding
  Feb. 04--Planned Parenthood representatives and supporters credited a massive outcry among the public in getti...
• Raw milk's popularity grows, despite potential dangers
  Feb. 04--Pete Kennedy supports what he calls a growing "back-to-local food" movement in America, and considers...
• Komen foundation's quick reversal could minimize rift
  Feb. 04--The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation bowed to intense public criticism and reversed its decisio...
• Planned Parenthood, Komen bond in Mass.
  Feb. 03--The national furor over a breast cancer charity's plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood h...
• Map pinpoints areas of Lyme disease
  A tick survey shows a risk of Lyme disease in the Northeast from Maine to Virginia, but most of the South free...
• Minnesota company recalls hard-cooked eggs contaminated with listeria
  Feb. 03--A Minnesota company announced today its expanding a recall of listeria-contaminated eggs sold to food...

Golf

• Lawrie wins Qatar Masters by 5 strokes
  Paul Lawrie had a 7-under-par 65 Sunday that carried him to a 5-stroke win at the European Tour's Qatar Master...
• Tulsa Golf Expo gets new name for 10th year
  Feb. 05-- The Tulsa Golf Expo will celebrate a 10th anniversary with a new location and a new title. The two-...
• Paul Lawrie wins Qatar Masters
  DOHA, Qatar - Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to winn...
• BRIEF: Tracking local golfers on the PGA Tour for Feb. 5
  Feb. 05--TRACKING LOCALS ON PGA TOUR THIS WEEK: PGA Tour's Waste Management Phoenix Open, through today at TP...
• Levin takes control with 63 at Phoenix
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Spencer Levin took one last drag on his cigarette, stamped it out in the rough and climb...
• Arkansas staying focused ; The Razorbacks' unexpected success could lead to a tournament berth.
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Mike Anderson isn't ready to talk about the NCAA Tournament just yet. The Arkansas co...
• BRIEF: Aces at Blue Rock Springs
  Feb. 05--Blue Rock Springs golf course had a pair of Hole-in-Ones in Jan. Al Barker aced the 151-yard 15th ho...
• SUNDAY GRAVY: UConn's ills extend beyond Calhoun's back
  Feb. 05--I could really use a cure for this mid-winter boredom. Despite Saturday's 69-46 spanking of an under...
• Ripon dethrones Escalon as D-5 wrestling champ
  Feb. 05--STOCKTON -- On the bench, the coach vaulted at least a few inches off the court along with his Ripon ...
• Final: Predators 3, Blues 1
  Feb. 05--The Blues fell to Nashville for the fourth time this season, losing 3-1 at Bridgestone Arena. The Bl...

Baseball

• H.S. Girls Basketball: Neches seniors say goodbye to home court with blowout win
  Feb. 04--NECHES -- On senior night for the one of the winningest group of players to ever come through Neches,...
• Penny signs with Japanese club
  Fukuoka, Japan (Sports Network) - Veteran pitcher Brad Penny has signed a contract to play with the SoftBank H...
• Doherty rallies for last-minute comeback victory over rival Palmer
  Feb. 05--Doherty coach Pat McKiernan wanted to send his six seniors home with at least one win against Palmer....
• Kuwaiti government resigns
  The Kuwaiti government announced its resignation Sunday, four days after parliamentary elections, officials sa...
• Indians blank Shelton State, rally by Pirates
  Feb. 05--After dropping their first game of the weekend on Friday, the Chipola Indians bounced back with two i...
• Lady Indians sweep in home debut
  Feb. 05--The Chipola Lady Indians made their home debut a happy one Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Thom...
• PDL caps dominant run with district title
  Feb. 05--COTTONDALE -- Jazz Flock scored 16 of her game high 20 points in the first half to help lead the Ponc...
• Lady 'Dawgs looking for more in 2012
  Feb. 05--The Marianna Lady Bulldogs put together one of their best seasons in recent years in 2011, as an expe...
• Around the Lanes
  Bergenfield's girls team didn't just win the Big North Patriot Division title, the Bears also managed to be pe...
• Beaver River, Lowville, Carthage are FL volleyball champs
  Feb. 05--Senior Tamara Fidler believes that much of the Frontier League and Section 3 are waiting for her Beav...

Hockey

• Florida Panthers saved by goaltending depth
  Feb. 05--Perhaps lost in the shambles of Saturday night's 6-3 debacle defeat to the surging Lightning was the ...
• NHL: Montreal 3, Winnipeg 0
  Carey Price recorded his third shutout of the season Sunday and the Montreal Canadiens broke a three-game losi...
• Islanders' Hamonic to miss 2 weeks
  New York Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic will miss two weeks with a broken nose after being hit in the fac...
• Military Rec: The ice at Cleland Ice Rink is hot during February
  Feb. 05--Cleland Ice Rink will host a series of events this month in coordination with U.S. Figure Skating and...
• NHL: New York Rangers 5, Philadelphia 2
  Artem Anisimov notched a goal and two assists Sunday and the New York Rangers bested Philadelphia 5-2 in their...
• NHL: New Jersey 5, Pittsburgh 2
  Ilya Kovalchuk continued his recent hot streak with a goal and two assists Sunday in the New Jersey Devils' 5-...
• Devils hope they can go fourth
  PHILADELPHIA The Atlantic Division's fourth-place Devils tackle the three teams above them in four days, but c...
• Price, Canadiens shut out Jets 3-0
  MONTREAL - Carey Price made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an ass...
• Anisimov helps Rangers top Flyers 5-2
  NEW YORK - Artem Anisimov had a goal and two assists, Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves and the New York Rangers ...
• Blues have a relapse against Predators
  Feb. 05--NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As they chase playoff certification and flirt with credibility as a top NHL team,...

NCAA Football

• Fresno State beats Utah State in men's basketball
  Feb. 05--Kevin Olekaibe scored 26 points and put together a stifling defensive performance in the first half S...
• Stanford men fall to Arizona Wildcats 56-43
  Feb. 05--The first home conference loss of the season for Stanford -- a 56-43 defeat Saturday to Arizona -- wa...
• Wildcats capture duals crown
  Feb. 05--TYRONE -- Central Mountain's Caleb Stover and Philipsburg- Osceola's Tim Dombroski engaged in one of ...
• Super Bowl non-fans will replace the big game with shopping, sewing, sex
  Feb. 05--Loretta Lofgren hates the Super Bowl. "My husband ignores me on Super Bowl Sunday," said Lofgren, 74...
• Teens ponder the future at Winter College Fair & Expo
  Feb. 05--Otis Evans likened plugging his college at Saturday's Winter College Expo to working at the mall. Ca...
• UND MEN'S HOCKEY: Signing day could become vital in the future
  Feb. 05--Signing day has become, perhaps, college football's biggest holiday with schools and fans waiting anx...
• BRIEF: Dallas standout Dunn is headed to Division II East Stroudsburg
  Feb. 05--Dallas' Shane Dunn, the leading receiver in the Wyoming Valley Conference this past season, has decid...
• Woeful offense silences Cardinal in loss to Arizona
  PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The first home conference loss of the season for Stanford -- a 56-43 defeat Saturday to A...
• The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Marla Ridenour column
  Feb. 04--By Marla Ridenour ORLANDO, Fla. -- Kyrie Irving's fan club gained another huge supporter when Orlando...
• No. 16 Virginia ready for road test at No. 21 Florida State
  Feb. 04--Playing in Tallahassee against Florida State as a freshman in 2008, Mike Scott was all by himself on ...

Football

• Super Bowl: Finally, it's time for some football
  AP Sports Writer - It's time for football. After nearly two weeks of hype, predictions and over-analysis - Is...
• Clemson women fall short against No. 7 Miami
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Sporadic productive stretches weren't enough to propel Clemson over Miami. Shenise Johnso...
• Enjoying a 'Super Sunday'
  Feb. 05--DUNLAP -- Terry and Sue Montague of Dunlap have never been to a football game at Lucas Oil Stadium be...
• South Florida faces uphill climb to host 50th Super Bowl -- or any others
  Feb. 05--The promise of fun in the sun used to be enough to lure the NFL's big game and big bucks to South Flo...
• Lenny Kravitz has personal ties to NFL legends
  INDIANAPOLIS - Lenny Kravitz has been enjoying Super Bowl weekend, but his reasons are more personal than spor...
• Barden waiting his chance to play as Giants keep winning
  Feb. 05--While his New York Giants team is gearing up for its biggest challenge of the season today, Ramses Ba...
• Obama refuses to pick sides in Super Bowl
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama isn't picking sides this Super Bowl Sunday. In an interview with NBC's Mat...
• Jameer Nelson could be limited when he returns from a concussion
  Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson continues to make progress in his return from...
• Obama will watch Super Bowl, wishes Bears playing
  INDIANAPOLIS - The First Fan has only one complaint about Sunday's Super Bowl: his favorite team isn't in it. ...
• SUPER BOWL XLVI: THE REMATCH DON'T BE THAT GUY For every Super hero, there's always a goat
  They dream of being Adam Vinatieri watching the game-winning field goal float through the uprights as time run...

NCAA Basketball

• K-Mart off market, narrowing shopping list
  BOSTON The Knicks have bigger problems with their offense, so veteran forward Kenyon Martin's decision to sign...
• Out of position Knicks roster bad fit for D'Antoni
  BOSTON In his three-plus seasons as Knicks coach, 56 different players have suited up for Mike D'Antoni. And ...
• Timberwolves' Rubio starting to find his way
  Following a pair of disappointing seasons in Spain since the Timberwolves took him with the fifth overall pick...
• Road to nowhere Knicks fail to throw D'Antoni lifeline in latest loss
  BOSTON The Knicks can't find a way to win or make a bucket to save Mike D'Antoni's job. Despite rumors D'Anto...
• Sports Shorts
  hoops: Calhoun takes medical leave University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who missed three ga...
• sinking fast D'Antoni, Knicks spinning down drain
  BOSTON - What a Super letdown once again for Mike D'Antoni and the Knicks. D'Antoni, with his coaching job li...
• H.S. Boys Basketball: 2nd quarter run lifts Oakwood over Neches, into playoffs
  Feb. 04--NECHES -- Damiyne Durham and Jacquez Anderson combined for 49 points, and the Oakwood boys' basketbal...

Basketball

• Johnson leads Miami past No. 7 Duke 78-74 in OT
  DURHAM, N.C. - Reggie Johnson scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime and Miami upset No. 7 Duke...
• LSU women upset No. 6 Kentucky, 61-51
  BATON ROUGE, La. - Adrienne Webb scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half and LSU snapped No. 6 Kentucky...
• SATURDAY, FEB. 4 BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Reine sets record in Shells loss
  Feb. 05--Hunter Reine completed his climb to the top of the Roxana boys basketball scoring chart Saturday in t...
• No. 23 Michigan falls at No. 9 Michigan State
  EAST LANSING, Mich. - Every time Trey Burke was poised to drive the lane, it seemed a white jersey was in his ...
• No. 9 Michigan State defeats No. 23 Michigan
  East Lansing, MI (Sports Network) - Draymond Green had 14 points and 16 rebounds, as No. 23 Michigan on Sunda...
• Magic clear hurdles to overcome Indiana Pacers 85-81
  Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- The Orlando Magic entered Saturday night with so much against them: a bizarre travel ...
• Three Points: N.C. State 87, Wake Forest 76
  Feb. 05--Three Points from N.C. State's 87-76 win over Wake Forest on Saturday: State guard Lorenzo Brown had...
• wake-up call Note to Knicks: Moral wins don't cut it
  The Knicks were patting themselves on the back for giving the undermanned Bulls a competitive game Thursday ni...