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- USAA Takes Mound for Strikeouts For Troops™
- USAA to Contribute $500 for Every MLB Strikeout on 9/11 to Barry Zito's Strikeouts For TroopsTM SAN ANTONIO -- USAA, a Fortune 200 company providing financial services to the military and their families, is joining major league pitcher Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants on September 11 to...
- Research articles 2008-09-08
- Feast for the senses; THE DUCHESS 7/10
- DIRECTOR Saul Dibb Bullet Boy ventures confidently into the realms of lavish costume drama with this adaptation of Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire. The Duchess is impeccably tailored, dazzling the eyes with Michael Carlin's meticulous production design, Michael O'Connor's resplendent costumes and Jan Archibald's voluminous, cascading...
- Research articles 2008-09-08
- Feast for the senses sadly fails to satisfy
- THE DUCHESS (12A, 110 mins) Drama. Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley At well, Simon McBurney, Aidan McArdle. Director: Saul Dibb. ***** DIRECTOR Saul Dibb Bullet Boy ventures confidently into the realms of lavish costume drama with this adaptation of Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography Georgiana,...
- Research articles 2008-09-05
- Olympic gold better than an NBA ring?
- BEIJING -- Deron Williams has bought into the Olympics big time. As the U.S. men's basketball team looked to conclude its Beijing Games gold-medal run early today against Spain, the point guard whose regular-season job is leading the Utah Jazz suggested maybe winning an Olympics gold tops winning...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- SKorean fighter pulls out of Olympics bout to save life: report
- BEIJING AFP — South Korean boxer Baik Jong-Sub has been forced to sacrifice his dream of an Olympic medal after being told he could die if he continued to fight, according to reports here on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Baik has been suffering from chest pains, a legacy of the...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Goats sacrificed to prop up Indian govt: report
- NEW DELHI AFP — Allies of India's ruling Congress party performed a massive goat sacrifice for the "well-being and stability" of the government to time with a confidence vote last week, a report said Thursday. The regional Samajwadi party, which propped up the government after its left allies withdrew...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- Many of those D-Day heroes made it their ultimate sacrifice; AIR FORCE VETERAN RECALLS FATEFUL WARTIME LANDINGS
- Byline: By DAVID OLD AN eerie silence met Catherine Brightwell as she emerged from an operations room 60ft underground. Soldiers who had filled the streets in the weeks and months leading up to June 6, 1944, had vanished. They had upped and left with little warning to...
- Research articles 2008-06-06
- Title-hungry Celtics know their NBA legacy is at stake
- BOSTON, Massachusetts AFP — No matter how great a player you are, there is a higher regard for those heroes whose teams win championships than those who talents cannot bring them the ultimate prize. Just ask the Boston Celtics. National Basketball Association stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- Celebrating 233 Years of Service
- Soldiers will be celebrating the Army's 233rd birthday at many remote sites and big posts on June 14. There are plenty of reasons for celebration: Units and individual soldiers are bearing up under the strain of a long war and are making significant progress against determined enemies; the Army continues...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Uproar over looming demolition of historic WWII jail
- KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Plans to demolish Malaysia's historic Pudu jail, where allied prisoners were imprisoned and executed during the brutal Japanese occupation, have Second World War veterans up in arms. The site of prisoner-of-war tortures, interrogations and modern-day infamous hangings is set to be torn down later this...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- Bush lays wreath at the Tomb of Unknowns
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush marked his last Memorial Day holiday in office Monday by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and urging Americans to honor military sacrifices. Accompanied by First Lady Laura Bush, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a number of military...
- Research articles 2008-05-26
- Bush says Mideast peace by 2009 needs 'tough sacrifices'
- SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt AFP — US President George W. Bush said on Sunday in remarks prepared for a speech that peace in the Middle East was possible before 2009 but that it needed action on both sides and "tough sacrifices" from Israel. "I firmly believe that with leadership and...
- Research articles 2008-05-18
- Farrow says Darfur campaign her most important role
- HONG KONG AFP — Despite a glittering acting career that has brought worldwide fame, Mia Farrow said Friday the campaign to end violence in troubled Darfur had been the "most important endeavour" of her life. Speaking in Hong Kong as the Olympic torch relay passed through the city, the...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Mountain View finally meeting expectations
- OREM -- Despite a frustrating preseason, the Mountain View Bruins are finally living up to their early expectations in region play. With Wednesday's 12-7 thumping of the Springville Red Devils, the Bruins are now right where many picked them to be a couple of months ago -- alone...
- Research articles 2008-04-10
- Radio Address by President Bush to the Nation
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: White House Press Office, +1-202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript of the March 22 radio address by President Bush to the nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend, families across America are coming together to celebrate Easter. This is the...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Archaeologists dig up 'oldest' African human sacrifice
- EL KADADA, Sudan AFP — French archaeologists in Sudan say they have uncovered the oldest proof of human sacrifice in Africa, hailing the discovery as the biggest Neolithic find on the continent for years. The tomb of a 5,500-year-old man surrounded by three sacrificed humans, two dogs and exquisite...
- Research articles 2008-02-15
- Maj Gen William "Billy" Mitchell: a pyrrhic promotion
- I disagree with what Lt Col Donald Rehkopf says in his article "Reply to 'Maj Gen William "Billy" Mitchell: A pyrrhic promotion'" (Fall 2007). I deem the demotion and early retirement of Brig Gen Billy Mitchell to have been a great injustice. In my opinion, General Mitchell proved his case,...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Children join Muslim pilgrims in stoning Satan ceremony
- MINA, Saudi Arabia AFP — Perched on their fathers' shoulders, children joined the almost 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims thronging the Saudi holy city of Mina on Thursday to cast their stones at Satan. Worshippers, many dressed in the traditional white religious robes, filled the roads as they edged their...
- Research articles 2007-12-20
- Wenger reveals grudging respect for Fergie
- LONDON AFP — Arsene Wenger is never likely to count Sir Alex Ferguson among his close friends but the Arsenal manager admits his old rival's all-consuming passion for Manchester United strikes a chord with him. When Wenger looks across the touchline towards Ferguson during Arsenal's showdown with United at...
- Research articles 2007-11-02
- POW/MIA Recognition Day
- Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Pentagon Parade Field, Friday, September 21, 2007 Good morning. Thank you all for coming--veterans and MIA/POW groups, leaders of this department, and distinguished guests. I want to extend a special thanks to two groups of people. To...
- Research articles 2007-09-21
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