| With ACL Tears, Prevention Is The Key
Rebecca Lobo's daughter Siobhan is 3, so it's no surprise that jumping is one of her favorite activities.
Lobo finds herself analyzing the way Siobhan lands. She wonders if her daughter inherited any proclivity for ACL tears, considering Lobo had two.
"If she were ever to play any kind of competitive sports, I would want to do whatever I could to prevent it," Lobo said.
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Love Letters: If you can't say something nice ... wait, he did
And it was only Part I of a Three-Part Trilogy of columns I was intending -- Part I to contrast Cooperstown and the Barry Bonds* Watch (and as such, to point out that while there is plenty of deserved hostility toward Bonds, it isn't as if others are perfect, either); Part II essentially chronicled how classy both Gwynn and Ripken are; and Part III, written the day of the induction, set the scene of what a great tribute the weekend turned out to be -- especially the crowd of 75,000 -- to two true Hall of Famers. Last thing I meant to do was a cheap shot on either. As you read through the weekend, the three pieces should have combined to provide perspective on Gwynn and Ripken, Bonds and Cooperstown. I think those of you who were patient and didn't jump to knee-jerk conclusions got it.
War as a Spectator Sport
It started Dec. 16, 1944, as a German offensive in Belgium's Ardennes forest and lasted until Jan. 25, 1945. More than a million troops fought in the battle, including about 600,000 Germans, 500,000 Americans and 55,000 British. This was the snowbound fight so famously depicted in 2001 in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries "Band of Brothers." The term "bulge" refers to the salient that the Germans initially put into the Allies' line. The Gap, which has been hosting the event for more than 20 years, has a connection to the Battle of the Bulge because the 28th Division, now part of the Pennsylvania National Guard, was one of the units that took part in the battle. "The 28th Division took the brunt during the first few days of the Battle of the Bulge," Shaw said. "They were right in the center of it.
Tankleff's lawyers show possible new evidence
It is the latest of several attempts that Tankleff, 32, has launched to free himself from a 50-years-to-life sentence for the murder conviction.
Jay Salpeter, a retired New York City detective and private investigator who was hired by Tankleff's family and whose investigation sparked the motion for a new trial, was the first to testify yesterday. He said that a few weeks ago he discovered the pipe on the property of Tankleffs' neighbors, Ruth and John Trager, who have lived there for more than 30 years.
He said he and another investigator found it near the Tragers' driveway when they scoured the grounds with a metal detector. "I said, 'This is the pipe,'" Salpeter recounted.
John Trager testified he has never seen the pipe before and that his grounds are largely untouched.
Quackery and superstition - available soon on the NHS
Put not your trust in princes, especially not princes who talk to plants. But that's what the government has decided to do. The Department of Health has funded the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health to set up the Natural Healthcare Council to regulate 12 alternative therapies, such as aromatherapy, reflexology and homeopathy. Modelled on the General Medical Council, it has the power to strike therapists off for malpractice. This is perplexing. How does a regulator decide what is good practice and what is charlatanry when none of it has peer-reviewed, scientific evidence that it works? The prince's foundation says the new council will only register those who have qualifications from their "professional" bodies. That will encourage the burgeoning number of degrees and diplomas in complementary therapies offered by universities, such as the Thames Valley, Westminster or the University of Wales.
Democrats challenge Bush to renounce waterboarding, close Guantanamo ...
He also is likely to recycle ideas on alternative energy, affordable health care and housing reform, said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. Democrats shouldn't count on Bush taking their suggestions. But the Democrats' State of the Union strategy was to make distinctions that might improve their Election Day prospects for increasing their congressional majority and winning the White House. Reid began his speech by challenging Bush to renounce waterboarding, the interrogation technique in which a detainee is strapped down while water is poured over his face, causing the sensation of drowning. Bush has refused to say if waterboarding amounts to torture techniques banned by name by the Pentagon. The Senate leader also urged Bush to take a new approach to Pakistan, starting with a demand for an independent investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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