NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Freshman Ben Aird scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Utah Valley to a 61-56 win over New Jersey Institute of Technology on Thursday night, clinching the Great West Conference regular-season title.
The Wolverines (19-10, 11-1), who have won five straight and nine of their last 10, swept the season series against the Highlanders (14-14, 8-3).
NJIT, the last conference team with a chance to catch Utah Valley for a …
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On May 11, U.S. Rep. Bob Franks of New Jersey, a candidate for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, took 20 minutes out of his busy day to tape three 90-second TV spots. He sat in a plain chair against a plain background emblazoned with a simple logo, in a tiny room on the second story of a small building on Capitol Hill. He talked into the lens of a Canon DXA-4P, a digital video camera, …
Fiji's finance minister plans to sue the Pacific island country's leading newspaper for US$660 million (euro440 million) for alleging that he evaded taxes, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry's suit against the Fiji Times would be filed in the Fiji High Court "within the next few days," Chaudhry's lawyer Gyaneshwar Lala said in a statement.
The defamation suit against the newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., would be the latest pressure placed on the media by Fiji's military-backed government, which critics accuse of trying to intimidate the press.
Last week, the publisher of a different newspaper was …
Building a custom home can be a daunting experience, but not forStan and Nancy Dederich, who recently built their fifth custom home,this one at Tanglewood Hills, a development in Batavia.
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The couple selected the 4,061-square-foot Carlisle plan. It has 4bedrooms and 31/2 baths. Amenities include a library, a living roomand a dining room. The attached garage has side-by-side parking forthree cars …
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Historically, as noted by Toman and Leichtman in this journal issue, volunteering in America has been defined, supported, and acted upon by decades of members of the United States Congress. The Serve America Act is this decade's version of legislating volunteering. The following article was written by attorneys, and therefore utilizes the standard legal reference for citations, the Harvard Blue Book. The authors highlight the main points of the Act, as well as offer their conclusions of its feasibility.
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The Serve America Act (hereafter referred to as the Act), a 2009 amendment to the National Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. � 12501], was …
Staying near Times Square, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was up until 3 a.m. watching the news.
The failed bomb attack happened two blocks from his hotel. Later that morning, he was at Yankee Stadium, and a bit shaken.
"Things were kind of scary," Guillen said.
Police in the Bronx monitored the more than 45,000 fans attending the Sunday afternoon game between the Yankees and White Sox without adding to their typical force. Less than 12 hours earlier much of Times Square, teeming with thousands of midtown Manhattan tourists, was evacuated Saturday night when a smoking sport utility vehicle carrying a bomb was found on 45th street.
"Our usual precautions are sufficient," police spokesman Paul Browne said.
From Baltimore to Florida to Chicago and St. Louis, major league baseball teams playing afternoon games Sunday reported no change in security.
"We already have tight security measures. So, nothing in addition," Tigers president Dave Dombrowski wrote in an e-mail before Detroit hosted the Los Angeles Angels.
The Pittsburgh Marathon, however, was briefly halted when police found a suspicious device near the finish line. Investigators said they believed that the device, which was disabled by a robot, was not an actual explosive. Authorities tried to reroute the race but eventually ended up delaying it in the area for 10 to 12 minutes.
The Pittsburgh Penguins, in an afternoon NHL playoff game against Montreal, increased security around their arena after the marathon scare.
The White Sox were staying at a hotel on 47th street, two blocks from the crime scene. Several players were out Saturday night, some with their wives, but none were affected by the evacuation. Mark Buehrle, the White Sox's starting pitcher Sunday, spent several minutes asking teammates where they were.
Guillen was out to dinner uptown and returned to find Times Square crawling with police and pedestrian onlookers.
"We should feel proud of the people here in New York about the way they handled it," he said.
The White Sox were in New York when the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, occurred in Lower Manhattan.
The Yankees have tight security standards. The stadium's plazas are ringed by pylons and there is a police station with a street entrance near the bleachers.
Fans cannot bring in backpacks or even large diaper bags into the stadium, according to the security policy posted on the team's site. Media members must put bags and equipment through airport-style X-ray machines.
"We'll remain vigilant from a screening standpoint as we are with every game," Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.
Filing into the stadium Sunday, some fans carried clear plastic bags that are given to spectators if their regular bags are deemed unacceptable for security reasons.
"I didn't notice anything different," Bill Levin, 64, of River Vale, N.J. "They didn't pat me down like they usually do."
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AP Sports Writers Larry Lage in Detroit and Alan Robinson in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's Downtown Management District has updated maps to make it easier for downtown visitors to get around.
The maps include information on restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, hotels, parking facilities and attractions. The district says more than 120,000 are distributed each year to the Louisville Visitor Center and downtown hotels and businesses.
The maps are available for download online at www.ldmd.org . The new maps also feature a QR code that allows smart phone users to download the map to their phone.
