Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from January 2005, page 7

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Pistons' defense clamps down, ends four-game losing stretch.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Perry A. Farrell AUBURN HILLS, Mich. _ The second half of the season got off to a good start Wednesday night before the 53rd consecutive sellout at the Palace as the Pistons routed the Denver Nuggets, 87-70, ending a four-game...

Warriors stumble against Nets.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Joe Stiglich OAKLAND, Calif. _ Settle in and buckle up, Warriors fans. If Wednesday night is any indication, the second half of the season could be just as bumpy as the first 41 games. Golden State was hoping to turn over...

Suns back on track; Nash totals 17 assists in win over Bucks.(East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.))
January 28, 2005... Byline: Mike Tulumello MILWAUKEE _ They're not killing teams like they were before this toughest month of the long season. But the Phoenix Suns are starting to win again. And that means the aura of self-assurance that enveloped them...

Suns' balance makes major difference as Bucks lose.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ The Milwaukee Bucks discovered one thing the hard way Wednesday night in their 121-115 loss to the high-powered Phoenix Suns at the Bradley Center. It's not advisable to fall behind the Suns early...

Sonics can't silence the Jazz on the road.(Seattle Times)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Percy Allen SALT LAKE CITY _ In the movies, an exorcism almost always involves a holy man, an innocent-looking child spewing venom and plenty of gore before the unwanted spirit is finally vanquished. Wednesday night's...

Owens must remember fabulous wealth is based on fabulous health.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ They only bring out Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder at special times to talk about special injury situations _ and, well, this (Terrell Owens, Super Bowl: this) appears to qualify. It isn't like the...

Eagles appear ready to proceed if Owens will play in Super Bowl.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Marcus Hayes PHILADELPHIA _ Perhaps it is gamesmanship. Perhaps it is hope, sincere and justified. Perhaps it is delusional thinking, reckless strategy and spin-doctoring. Regardless, it was remarkable Wednesday that...

Lakers blown away by crosstown rival Clippers.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Art Thompson III LOS ANGELES _ The Clippers defeated the Lakers by double figures for the first time in more than five years Wednesday with a 105-89 victory in front of a 20,127 sellout at Staples Center. "It was a pounding,"...

Kaman's potential gives Clippers reason to hope for brighter future.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Steve Bisheff LOS ANGELES _ Hope is always there, peeking its tattered head out amidst the shadows for the Clippers. Hope has appeared in many forms through the years. Hope has been Elton Brand and Corey Maggette. It has been...

Movie showcases Carson's favorite gag.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Duane Dudek PARK CITY, Utah _ Did Johnny Carson know the dirtiest joke in the world? "It was his favorite joke," said comedian, magician and filmmaker Penn Jillette, who made a film about the joke with comedian Paul...

Future may be most closely tied to potential failures of the GOP.(Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Carl P. Leubsdorf The Democrats served notice this week that, despite their weakened minority status, they remain determined to contest the Bush agenda. On Monday, their Senate leaders unveiled a legislative agenda of 10...

Academy nominates sentimental favorites, robs Paul Giamatti.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: George M. Thomas Sentimentality ruled this year's Academy Award nominations as films made by Hollywood favorites dominated, leaving at least one high-profile casualty in their wake. Maybe it's because all writers secretly...

For has-beens, vanity TV offers one more shot at celebrity.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Ken Parish Perkins LOS ANGELES _ We're waiting for Farrah Fawcett in the interview room at the Universal Hilton Hotel. We're apprehensive. Haven't heard much for a few years from the flightiest of celebrity icons, the 1970s...

What's opening in theaters next week.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Philip Wuntch OPENING FEB. 4: THE WEDDING DATE _ In this romantic comedy, Debra Messing hires male escort Dermot Mulroney in order to dupe her ex-fiance at her sister's wedding. SWIMMING UPSTREAM _ Geoffrey Rush and Judy...

The box office report.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Rick Holter OSCAR THE TIGHTWAD: It may have been the richest box-office year ever, but the Oscar crop is loaded with penny-pinchers. The top grosser among the leading nominees, "Ray," lands at No. 37 on the 2004 box-office chart....

`Alone in the Dark'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Roger Moore Too stupid to watch, too loud to nap through, "Alone in the Dark" shows just how tenuous "Plan Nine From Outer Space's" hold on that "worst movie ever" title really is. All the money, all that filmmaking...

Movie Q&A: `Miracle in the Rain' is the object of their curiosity.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: George M. Thomas Q. George, I saw an old B&W war movie when I was a kid starring Van Johnson. It was about a soldier that fell in love with a woman and at the end of the film she goes to a church and his ghost appears and gives...

Capsule reviews of feature films.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Steven Rea and Carrie Rickey ALFIE 2 stars. Jude Law stars in this misguided remake of the Michael Caine `60s classic, about a cad and a charmer who thinks himself a swinging Lothario but who is, really, kind of pathetic. Marisa...

Man arrested after parking SUV on train tracks.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: John McDonald IRVINE, Calif. _ A 25-year-old man was arrested Thursday after police spotted him parked in his SUV on the train tracks in what appeared to be a suicide attempt, police said. Irvine police Lt. Jeff Love said it...

Novel on global warming is a hit with politicians, but not scientists.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON _ A provocative new novel that says fears of global warming are unjustified and stoked by an environmentalist-media conspiracy is taking Washington by storm. "State of Fear," a novel by Michael...

Violent intimidation campaign nearly paralyzes Baghdad.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Hannah Allam BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Baghdad kicked into panic mode three days before the election, with terrified Iraqis stockpiling food and evacuating homes near polling places Thursday for fear that insurgents would make good on...

Television news briefs.
January 28, 2005... UPN STARTS LOOKING FOR `THE GIRL' Those who want to join up with a top-selling R&B group _ and have their experiences filmed for UPN _ will get their chance starting this weekend. Auditions for "R U the Girl with T-Boz & Chilli," in...

Scientists respond to Crichton's use of global warming data, studies.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON _ Here are some of the studies and data that Michael Crichton cites in his book "State of Fear" and what climate scientists say about them: Crichton's heroine notes that from 1940 to 1970 carbon...

Colorado College looks to rebound against hot Michigan Tech squad.(The Gazette)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Jessica Delos Reyes COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ After Saturday's loss to Minnesota Duluth, then top-ranked Colorado College's usually bustling locker room was quiet. No hip-hop rhythms pulsating the wall, no hoots or hollers...

Survivors, dignitaries celebrate life, remember dead at Auschwitz.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Matthew Schofield OSWIECIM, Poland _ As Nazi death doctor Josef Mengele drained her left arm of blood while filling her right with poisons and germs _ sending her into the hospital and what Mengele told her would be certain death...

In Shiite-dominated Najaf, spirited campaigning is in full swing.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Nancy A. Youssef NAJAF, Iraq _ In a country where many political candidates are afraid to be seen in public and their supporters wear masks when they put up campaign posters, Najaf is something else. Cars plastered with...

Incoherent `Idol' reject watched audition from jail.
January 28, 2005... On Tuesday night, millions of "American Idol" viewers met Leroy Wells, a young auditioner whose boundless enthusiasm was matched only by his general lack of talent. On a night when Wells should have been celebrating his public humiliation (or...

Rice to visit Europe, Middle East.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Warren P. Strobel WASHINGTON _ Sending an important diplomatic signal on her first full day in office, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Thursday that she'll travel to Europe and the Middle East next week to attempt a...

`Monk' return gives USA cable win.
January 28, 2005... The first new episode of "Monk" since August ruled the cable ratings roost for the week ending Jan. 23 and Tony Shalhoub's obsessive detective also pushed USA to a primetime cable win. Overall, USA averaged 2.45 million viewers per night...

Hayek and Robbins sign up for Oscars.
January 28, 2005... LOS ANGELES _ Oscar nominee Salma Hayek and Oscar winner Tim Robbins will return to present at the 77th Academy Awards on Feb. 27. Hayek, 38, received a best actress nomination for her role as painter Frida Kahlo in 2002's "Frida." Her...

Sony reissues Harold Lloyd's `Safety Last!'.
January 28, 2005... LOS ANGELES _ Roaring Twenties silent film star Harold Lloyd will be honored with the reissuing of his two best films at the Film Forum in New York. "Safety Last!" and "The Freshman" _ both featuring newly recorded scores _ will premiere...

Constant movement may be key to weight loss, study finds.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Rhoda Fukushima ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Move it and lose it. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found that any type of small activity throughout the day could be more effective for losing weight than formal workouts at the gym....

`Zelda's' in trouble; better not forget the mole mitts.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Lisett Fernandez MIAMI _ They say sounds can transport you to another time, and when I hear the satisfying chime of a puzzle solved in a "Legend of Zelda" game I'm reminded of a time when 2D graphics and overhead game play were...

`Ray' a gem on the small screen.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Howard Cohen MIAMI _ "Ray" couldn't arrive on DVD at a more opportune time. On Tuesday, the Ray Charles biopic scored six Oscar nominations, including the expected one for star Jamie Foxx, long considered the front-runner for the...

Thousands of autoworkers paid not to work.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Jeffrey McCracken DETROIT _ Amid falling U.S. market share, shuttered plants and production cutbacks, Detroit's three automakers and largest auto supplier are paying about 10,000 hourly workers in the United States and Canada...

Iraqi forces expected to do little to stop election day violence.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tom Lasseter BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Three days before Sunday's historic balloting in Iraq, there's widespread agreement that Iraq's security forces are incapable of stopping election-day violence. Instead, American forces will be...

Air Force looks to catch Utah.(The Gazette)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Todd Jacobson COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Utah may have established itself as the driving force in the race for the Mountain West Conference championship, but Air Force men's basketball coach Chris Mooney still feels he has a hand...

U.S. makes stockpile of flu vaccine available.(The Orlando Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Robyn Shelton ORLANDO, Fla. _ The federal government is making its emergency stockpile of 3 million flu vaccines available to doctors nationwide in a new effort announced Thursday to immunize more people. The willingness to...

Interest in voting runs low among Iraqis outside the country.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Ruby L. Bailey WASHINGTON _ Iraqis outside Iraq begin voting Friday in that country's first democratic elections, but far fewer Iraqis are expected to vote in the United States than organizers had hoped. About 10 percent of...

Bush says technology will improve health care at Cleveland event.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tracy Wheeler CLEVELAND _ It was one of those cryptic messages physician's offices are famous for: Your blood tests have uncovered a problem; please make an appointment to see the doctor. But it would be two weeks before...

Rangers' ideas of truth unacceptable.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Jim Reeves FORT WORTH, Texas _ Stop the spin-doctoring. Just stop it right now. That's my heartfelt message for the Rangers' owner and his newly extended chief executives. For heaven's sake, just make a vow to be honest....

Why is Owens really putting himself through all of this?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Bob Ford PHILADELPHIA _ There is no such thing as playing a perfect football game, but the Eagles will have to come awfully close to beat the New England Patriots and win the Super Bowl a week from Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla....

Ford recalling SUVs, pickups for fire hazard.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Jim Wyss MIAMI _ Ford Motor Co. is recalling 792,000 of some of its most popular trucks and SUVs amid growing reports that a defective cruise-control switch is causing parked vehicles to burst into flames, the company said. ...

Patriots have been planning for Owens _ all along.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tim Panaccio FOXBORO, Mass. _ The New England Patriots are taking all this talk about Terrell Owens playing in Super Bowl XXXIX rather seriously. Truth is, the defending NFL champions have been preparing as if Owens, the...

Medicare expands coverage for device that prevents heart attacks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tony Pugh WASHINGTON _ Nearly 500,000 Medicare seniors with heart problems became eligible Thursday for surgically implanted devices that prevent heart attacks by providing an electrical jolt to the heart. The decision,...

George Karl apparently is still Crazy George.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ To hear George Karl tell it, the Denver Nuggets saved his sanity. Talk about your major rescue operations. The Nuggets' new coach sounded a lot like the Milwaukee Bucks' old coach Thursday, which...

Bolivian president agrees to protesters' demands.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tyler Bridges SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia _ President Carlos Mesa slipped out of his latest political crisis Thursday, capitulating to demands that he grant greater autonomy to Santa Cruz _ Bolivia's economic powerhouse _ and rescind...

Wachovia looks to life insurance on workers to defray costs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Rick Rothacker CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Wachovia Corp. this week told some employees that it wants to carry additional life insurance on them as a way to defray the rising cost of employee benefits, according to an e-mail obtained by...

As market booms, students are taking the real estate career path.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Angela Shah The hyperactive U.S. real estate market of recent years has often prompted economists to worry over a housing bubble _ and when it might burst. Banc of America Capital Management chief market strategist Joseph...

Bush's credibility on Iraq rests on Sunday's elections, analysts say.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: David Jackson WASHINGTON _ In a sense, President Bush is also on the ballot in Iraq. Because it's not a question of whether Sunday's election will produce more violence and political strife, analysts said, but how much _ and...

SBC talks to acquire AT&T in advanced stages.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Vikas Bajaj and Terry Maxon DALLAS _ What was considered unthinkable eight years ago may well be inevitable today. A takeover of AT&T Corp. by its progeny SBC Communications Inc. will face far fewer hurdles now than in 1997,...

Iraqi election sparks political debate in Michigan.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Niraj Warikoo DETROIT _ As Vivian Attisha read the message, she was puzzled. The e-mail sent from her cousin said she could vote in Iraq's upcoming election despite the fact she is a U.S. citizen. The note even gave the...

Belichick plays the role of master coach.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Phil Sheridan FOXBORO, Mass. _ Matt Light was trying to explain to a faceful of microphones what it is like to play for coach Bill Belichick. "We just do what we're told, basically," the Patriots' left tackle, looking just a...

Democrats' study says PR spending more than doubled under Bush.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Todd J. Gillman WASHINGTON _ The Bush administration has more than doubled spending on public relations since taking office, a panel of congressional Democrats said Thursday while calling for reining in tax-funded efforts to sway...

Wallace-Newman conflict won't affect racing team.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann MILWAUKEE _ So Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman have talked about getting together to talk. How's that for progress? The Penske Racing Nextel Cup Series teammates have been on the outs since last year, and not...

Boras seeking Ordonez deal longer than 5 years.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Gene Guidi DETROIT _ The ball is back in the Tigers' court in their pursuit of free-agent outfielder Magglio Ordonez. Agent Scott Boras said he received an offer from the Tigers and filed a counteroffer Thursday. Boras...

U.N. peacekeepers secure pro-Aristide neighborhood in Haiti.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Joe Mozingo PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ The U.N. peacekeepers secured the slum block by block, house by house. Sharpshooters scanned alleys from high rooftops. Tractors filled ditches and cleared away burned-up car chassis that had...

Another man parks SUV on train tracks in apparent attempted suicide.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: John McDonald IRVINE, Calif. _ An Aliso Viejo man was arrested Thursday after his sport utility vehicle was spotted parked on train tracks in what appeared to be a suicide attempt. Irvine police Lt. Jeff Love said...

Karl always starts fast, then crashes.(The Gazette)
January 28, 2005... Byline: David Ramsey COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Hiring George Karl to coach your basketball team is as risky as slipping a wedding ring on the finger of a four-time divorcee. Karl, introduced Thursday as coach of the slumping Denver...

Karl officially named Nuggets' newest coach.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Charles F. Gardner MILWAUKEE _ George Karl was pacing the floor at his River Hills home, bored with his forced labor as an ESPN analyst. He had not been part of a basketball team for 18 months, the first time that had happened to...

Eagles' offense must master 3-4 defense.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Bob Brookover PHILADELPHIA _ The last time the Eagles' offense came face-to-face with a 3-4 defense, it wasn't a pretty sight. Remember the Pittsburgh Steelers? It was the only game the Eagles' starters tried to win this...

Obese people move around a lot less than thin people, study finds.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 28, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MILWAUKEE _ After electronically monitoring the every movement of a group of self-described couch potatoes around the clock for days, scientists came to this conclusion: Obese people spend a lot more time sitting than...

Void the NBA draft and Duke will be No. 1.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Mike Jensen PHILADELPHIA _ Let's create an alternate basketball universe: the land of One More Year. Let's look at what might have been in college basketball this year if all the players who declared early for last year's NBA...

I-Rod gives Delgado ringing endorsement on Marlins.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Clark Spencer MIAMI _ It was a former Florida Marlin and fellow Puerto Rican who provided Carlos Delgado with the ringing endorsement that helped him reach a final decision. Ivan Rodriguez, the catcher whose one season in South...

Butler could fill much-needed role for the Heat.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Israel Gutierrez ATLANTA _ On a team still searching for stability in several areas, it was an encouraging sign. Rasual Butler scored 14 critical points and added an even more impressive seven rebounds in 27 minutes during...

Hendrick remembers that fateful day in October.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Cammy Clark CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ In the swanky new 90,000 square-foot race shop that his son Ricky helped plan, Rick Hendrick smiled as his memory took him back 40 years to the place he built his first hot rod with his dad ``Papa...

Winter X Games again set for snow lovers.(The Gazette)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Meri-Jo Borzilleri COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Aspen residents don't have to make the 10-minute drive to Buttermilk Mountain to know the Winter X Games have begun. Full hotel rooms and empty classrooms tell the story. The...

`Rwanda' actor joins lawmaker in calling for sanctions on Sudan.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Kelly Snowden WASHINGTON _ Actor Don Cheadle was nominated for an Oscar earlier this week for his portrayal of a hotel manager who shielded hundreds of Rwandans from genocide in the film "Hotel Rwanda." On Thursday, he used some...

Perennial qualifier Ogilvie leads Bob Hope by three strokes.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: John Reger LA QUINTA, Calif. _ Most career grinders usually end up puree midway through their often-short professional golf careers, unable to keep their tour cards and exhausted from the process of trying to re-qualify every...

Illinois man suspected in women's deaths, disappearances charged.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Kevin McDermott PEORIA, Ill. _ Authorities filed murder charges Thursday against an unemployed laborer suspected of killing as many as eight African-American women in the past two years _ a spree that has brought simmering racial...

BALCO's Conte hires high-powered media lawyer.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Elliott Almond SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The founder of BALCO Laboratories, Victor Conte Jr., has hired a nationally known media lawyer to defend him in a $25 million defamation suit brought by track star Marion Jones. James M....

Federal government hopes guarantee will entice doctors to buy surplus flue vaccines.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Alan Bavley KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Federal health authorities will try to get millions of unused flu shots into circulation by making an offer they hope doctors won't refuse. The new deal is a money-back guarantee on all the flu...

California men fight for federally recognized marriage.(The Orange County Register)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Jenifer B. McKim SANTA ANA, Calif. _ Two men who are seeking the right to marry in federal court sat through five hours of testimony Thursday in a case that is pitting gay-rights advocates in California against each other. ...

LeBron James listed as a game-time decision.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Brian Windhorst CLEVELAND _ Youth and strength serve LeBron James well. Testing at the Cleveland Clinic on Thursday revealed no significant damage in his left ankle, which he rolled when he landed on the Memphis Grizzlies'...

No. 1 Illinois unbeaten as it marks program's 100th year.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Rick Alonzo ST. PAUL, Minn. _ About 350 former players and coaches of the Illinois men's basketball program will gather this weekend in a celebration of the school's 100th season. Among the former Illini greats who will be in...

Lady Owls continue winning ways against Colonials.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Mel Greenberg PHILADELPHIA _ In what is likely the most memorable week in the 81-year history of the Temple women's basketball program, the 24th-ranked Owls added a few more clips to their highlight tape last night. Temple...

Former Raiders' Robbins, Romanowski in the throes of controversy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Mark Purdy SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Was it really a mere two years ago? Yes. Just two years ago this week, the Oakland Raiders played in Super Bowl XXXVII. In the preceding days, they participated in interview sessions held in a...

Forget T.O. and the Super Bowl. Where are the TastyKakes?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: Frank Fitzpatrick PHILADELPHIA _ "One Team. One City. One Dream. One Snack Cake." If there is one institution more essentially Philadelphian than the Eagles, it has to be TastyKake. The world will little note nor long...

No. 5 Wake Forest falls to Georgia Tech in overtime.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 2005... Byline: David Scott ATLANTA _ Georgia Tech let a 14-point lead slip away in the second half Thursday night against fifth-ranked Wake Forest, but the No. 22 Yellow Jackets held on to beat the Demon Deacons, 102-101, in overtime in an ACC...

In the Trout Zone: Arkansas' White River yields rainbows, browns.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 27, 2005... Byline: Brent Frazee LAKEVIEW, Ark. _ Joe Hicks steered his boat into a thick bank of fog on the White River until he almost disappeared from sight. There was no threat of having other fishermen follow him to one of his favorite...

NCAA puts focus on graduation rates.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
January 27, 2005... Byline: Lori Shontz ST. LOUIS _ When the recommendation first became public, it seemed ridiculous. Or, at the very least, a suggestion made by ivory-tower academics who weren't operating in the real world. How could it ever come to pass...

Much ado about Lucius and Tess, but you'll enjoy it anyway.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 27, 2005... Byline: Lezlie Patterson ``Much Ado About You'' by Eloisa James; Avon Books ($6.99 paperback) ___ As is the case with many of Eloisa James' books, it may take a few chapters for you to become completely captivated by "Much Ado...

From the land of divine wine, epicurean writer Mort Rosenblum traces the history of chocolate.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 27, 2005... Byline: Marta Salij ``Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light'' by Mort Rosenblum; North Point Press ($24) ___ These will be fighting words to some of you. You don't know nothin' about chocolate. Neither did I _...

Self-help: `The Success Principles' by Jack Canfield.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 27, 2005... Byline: Mike Maza ``The Success Principles'' by Jack Canfield with Janet Switzer; Harper Collins ($24.95) ___ Jack Canfield's book production teams have been boiling pots of Chicken Soup for the (your affliction here) Soul for a...