There is stupid, then there is the Chicago Cubs

There is stupid, and then there is the Chicago Cubs. The same franchise that blames a goat for their postseason ineptitude spent over $ 300 million this offseason to secure one average pitcher, one terrible pitcher, a journeyman utility infielder, the worst manager of the 1990s and Alfonso Soriano - a strikeout machine who has no real position or plate discipline and has repeatedly lied about his ... more...

The Goffstown, New Hampshire man who called 911 to report a child had been hit by a car in Manchester last week now is charged with hitting her. more...

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. A Michigan lawyer for a Toledo running back arrested in a point-shaving scheme says his client has been falsely accused. Harvey "Scooter"... more...

One of your recent letter writers has an interesting memory. First of all, Bill Clinton was not impeached for having sex. He was impeached for lying under oath to a federal grand jury. Sounds a lot like Scooter Libby doesn't it No wait Libby was tried and convicted; Clinton wasn't. more...

BRIDGEPORT Inside Larson Funeral Home, a congregation of mourners remembered U.S. Army Pfc. Orlando "Eric" Gonzalez who was killed March 25 by a suicide bomber while handing out candy to more...

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No Charges After Boy Dragged Under Car

A Manchester woman who hit a boy riding a scooter and dragged him beneath her car last summer won't face charges in the accident. more...

Think of sneakers with GPS, or satellite location technology. Or a monitor for a child's room with an infrared light to let parents see in the dark. Even pill-size digital cameras that let doctors view a patient's insides. more...

Adam Sandler escapes from 9/11 into an imaginary reality of the Hollywood kind. by Thomas Peyser Reign Over Me begins with shots of Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) riding his motorized scooter all over New York at night, through streets wide and narrow. more...

ROANOKE -- Growth is the top issue in the only contested race for the Roanoke City Council. more...

AUBURN, Ala. -- The first dozen offensive rebounds snagged by Auburn embarrassed Arkansas' players and maddened Razorbacks coach Stan Heath. more...

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Embedded chips spurring new products

Think of sneakers with GPS, or satellite location technology. Or a monitor for a child's room with an infrared light to let parents see in the dark. Even pill-sized digital cameras that let doctors view a patient's insides.

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Zoren on TV: CBS3 news team will move into new digs
Leave the elevator at Channel 3's new 15th and Spring Garden headquarters, and one thought pops into your head - "Get me a scooter!"

Charges tossed in DWI scooter case
BROOKFIELD - The case against a Brookfield man charged with driving drunk on his scooter, then cracking open a bottle of vodka in the back of a police cruiser was dismissed yesterday after the town's police chief did not appear in Western Worcester District Court, East Brookfield, to testify.

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Police looking for hit-and-run driver

MANCHESTER, N.H. A seven-year-old girl was injured by a hit-and-run driver while riding her scooter in Manchester (New Hampshire) this morning. Investigators said a...

Race didn't matter on or off her court
Coach Brenda Byrd of Byrdtown took a softball team to an area tournament in the early 1970s, and the director said her charges couldnt play because there were blacks on the team.

Caution: This book contains warnings
There's a sleeping aid whose label cautions "May cause drowsiness" - at which time you probably should not use the propane torch that comes with the warning, "Never use when sleeping."

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Editor's Pick

It's a scooter and a board - appropriately name a bikeboard. And the Swiss manufacturer is trying to bring an event already popular in Europe to the United States. more...

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq or who served there and died in Germany: more...

To win sports bets, a Macomb County gambler wined and dined University of Toledo athletes at Detroit restaurants, took them gambling at Greektown Casino and gave them cash, groceries and cell phones, federal agents say. All the athletes had to do was play in a way that helped the gambler beat the bookies' point spread. more...

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Toledo player charged in point-shaving scheme

Federal authorities charged a University of Toledo football player Friday in connection with a point-shaving scheme. more...

Lorena Ochoa bounced back from a double bogey with two birdies that sent her to a 1-under 71 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, leaving her atop the leader board with Paula Creamer in the first LPGA Tour major of the year, and on track to replace Annika Sorenstam at No. 1 in the world. more...

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq or who served there and died in Germany: more...

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was briefed regularly over two years on the firings of federal prosecutors, his former top aide said Thursday, disputing Gonzales' claims he was not closely involved with the dismissals. more...

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