Archive for March 15th, 2008

Coppin State Eagles [Preview Capsules]

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

1. Is That Record Inverted? Located in Baltimore’s inner city, Coppin State is the first 20-loss team ever to make the NCAA tournament. The Eagles lost their 20th game at Morgan State to end the…

Sixers surprise Spurs for third straight victory

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

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UCLA survives late Stanford threat for Pac-10 title

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

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Brodeur one-ups self as Devils drop Avalanche

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

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Crane Topples in Manhattan, Killing 4

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

A large crane at a construction site on Manhattan’s East Side collapsed Saturday afternoon, killing at least four people and injuring more than 10, officials at the scene said.

Pelosi: Superdelegates Will Back Leader

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Nancy Pelosi in an interview to be aired on ABC tomorrow says that the Superdelegates will back whoever is ahead in the pledged delegates. To do otherwise she said would be “harmful” to the Democratic Party. She also said that even if one candidate has a lead in the popular vote while the other has the lead in pledged delegates that it is all about the delegates “the way the system works is that the delegates choose the nominee”

Bowyer’s risk in rain pays off with Nationwide win

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Clint Bowyer outraced Kasey Kahne and the rain to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway when it was stopped just past halfway.

Tiger moves into five-way tie at Bay Hill

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Two spectacular shots allowed Tiger Woods to get into the mix Saturday at Bay Hill. What followed was a series of spectacular crashes that put him in a five-way tie for the lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Big Clinton Donors Lean on DNC

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Democrats in Michigan and Florida struggled Friday to resolve the impasse over their disputed January primaries, coming up with a plan to hold a June primary in Michigan while remaining deadlocked in Florida. Reflecting how tense the situation has become, influential fund-raisers for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have stepped up their behind-the-scenes pressure on national party leaders to resolve the matter, with some even threatening to withhold their donations to the Democratic National Committee unless it seats the delegates from the two states or holds new primaries there.

Rodriguez holds first spring practice at Michigan

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Rich Rodriguez walked onto the field wearing the familiar navy cap with a maize ‘M’ on the front, but that was about all that looked the same Saturday at Michigan’s first spring practice.

Dozens Killed in Tibetan Protests

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Police have fired teargas to disperse Buddhist monks and others staging a second day of protests in sympathy with anti-Chinese demonstrations in Lhasa that has left at least 30 dead. Unconfirmed reports say the figure is closer to 130. Several hundred monks marched out of the historic Labrang monastery and into the town of Xiahe this morning, gathering other Tibetans with them as they went. Teargas was fired after the crowd, described as the largest demonstrations in Tibet for 20 years, attacked government buildings and smashed windows in the county police headquarters.

Wal-Mart Tweaks Store for Arab-Americans

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Faten Saad knew she wasn’t in a typical Wal-Mart when she saw an end-of-the-aisle display featuring Mamool. Boxes of the date-filled, whole wheat cookie from the Middle East welcomed the 21-year-old Lebanon native into the international aisle of the new Wal-Mart store in this Detroit suburb known as the capital of Arab America. Aisle 3, which also features Eastern European and Hispanic food, represents many of the 550 items geared toward Arab-American shoppers in the store that opened last week.