Isiah Thomas to serve as Knicks' consultant
NEW YORK (AP) - Even after losing all those games and an embarrassing sexual harassment lawsuit, Isiah Thomas has a place with the New York Knicks.Thomas was rehired Friday by the team as a consultant,...
View ArticleThomas won't return to Knicks as consultant
NEW YORK (AP) - Isiah Thomas will not be returning to the New York Knicks after all.Thomas said Wednesday in a statement he was declining a position as a consultant with the franchise he ran for 4 1/2...
View Article2010's world gone wild: Quakes, floods, blizzards
This was the year the Earth struck back.Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 _ the deadliest...
View Article2010's world gone wild: Quakes, floods, blizzards
This was the year the Earth struck back.Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 _ the deadliest...
View ArticleFIELDS: Good writing faces the elements
We're moving swiftly into postliterate America, and more's the pity. Many of us can't write a coherent, straightforward, easy-to-read sentence. Nobody but a "tiger mother" seems interested in teaching...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Talking about clear writing
HOW TO WRITE A SENTENCE: AND HOW TO READ ONEBy Stanley FishHarper, $19.99, 164 pages Who is Stanley Fish to tell us how to write and read a sentence? Well, for starters, he has been the dean of liberal...
View ArticleEx-CNN anchor Sanchez to do color for FIU football
MIAMI (AP) - Florida International University says former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez will be a radio announcer for the upcoming football season.FIU announced Wednesday that the Miami native will be the...
View ArticleBoy or girl? Simple test raises ethical questions
CHICAGO (AP) — Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found. Though not widely offered by U.S....
View ArticleBoy or girl? A simple test raises ethical concerns
CHICAGO (AP) - Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found.Though not widely offered by U.S....
View ArticleColumn: About time NBA wristbands come off
It's about time the wristbands came off in the NBA lockout.Losing money will put anyone in a bad mood, and that begins in earnest this week unless the league's players and owners agree to a new...
View ArticleNow what? After Miami game, players wait and see
MIAMI (AP) - Carmelo Anthony fully expects the NBA to cancel some regular-season games soon, and said players around the league have been bracing to hear that grim news.The way Anthony put it Saturday...
View ArticleEvidence mixed for Zimmerman's self-defense claim
ORLANDO, Fla. — When George Zimmerman tries to convince a judge or jury that he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense, the evidence he'll be able to call on appears to be a mixed bag. More than 200 pages...
View ArticleBrewers manager Roenicke standing by Braun
MIAMI (AP) - Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke strongly defended slugger Ryan Braun on Saturday night, saying he's upset over the possibility that the 2011 NL MVP was linked to baseball's latest...
View ArticleBeckham tours Miami stadiums; city hopes for team
MIAMI (AP) - Soccer star David Beckham may be setting his sights on a new sports venture: a professional soccer team in Miami.The newly retired Beckham toured Sun Life and Florida International...
View ArticleIn Florida, Republican hopefuls target Castro
MIAMI — Mitt Romney says if he's elected, he expects Fidel Castro will be "taken off this planet." Newt Gingrich vows he "won't tolerate another four years of a Cuban dictatorship" and Rick Santorum...
View ArticleFrost Art Museum at FIU opens 2014 with LATAM show
MIAMI (AP) — The Patricia And Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University kicks off its 2014 season with paintings and video by artists from Argentina and Colombia. Argentine artist...
View ArticleFIU engineers use origami to design antennas
MIAMI (AP) - Florida International University researchers are taking principles from the traditional Japanese art of origami to create powerful, yet compact antennas and electronics. Stavros...
View ArticlePoll: Majority want change in US-Cuba policy
MIAMI (AP) - A majority of Americans and even higher proportion of Floridians support re-establishing relations with Cuba, Washington's Cold War-era foe that remains blocked behind a five-decade...
View ArticleRoboCop prototype helps disabled police, military
MIAMI (AP) - A group of students and researchers at Florida International University in Miami took part in a demonstration on Wednesday to show a prototype of their version of a RoboCop that will...
View Article6 candidates for Illinois lieutenant governor
CHICAGO (AP) - Six candidates - four Republicans and two Democrats - are running to be the next lieutenant governor of Illinois. For the first time, they are running together with a candidate for...
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