Sebastian Sylvester of Germany stopped Billy Lyell of the United States in the 10th round to retain his IBF middleweight title on Saturday.
Lyell's corner threw in the towel after Sylvester landed a hard right to the American's chin and followed …
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Allman finds some spirituality
As he prepared to embark on a tour with a revamped lineup thatincludes new guitarist Jack Pearson (who is recovering from anemergency appendectomy), keyboardist-vocalist-guitarist Gregg Allmanmarveled that the band is just a year shy of its 30th anniversary.But as a songwriter and musician, he's not lacking for material, saidAllman.
"There are different ways of saying things, plus the stuffthat's happening now; it's …
Halliburton says Libya sanctions will hit earnings
HOUSTON (AP) — Halliburton Co. said Monday that turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, and especially sanctions imposed on Libya, will cut first-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 cents per share.
The oilfield-services company also said winter weather usually shaves 5 cents to 8 cents per share from earnings, and this quarter might be on the high side because of severe weather in North …
Nigeria announces power grid sale, repair
Nigeria's president announced a multi-billion-dollar plan Thursday to repair and privatize the oil-rich nation's decrepit national power grid that forces people to rely on private generators to provide electricity.
President Goodluck Jonathan said the nation would sell off the state-run Power Holding Company of Nigeria and workers at the state-run power company would receive "generous" severance package.
In a speech before journalists and the nation's political elite, Jonathan said the nation would rely on private companies to build new power generation plants relying on the nation's vast natural gas reserves.
"We need a revolution …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Jazz Fest kicks off Thursday
The 23rd Chicago Jazz Festival gets underway Thursday at 4:30 p.m.at the Chicago Cultural Center with a solo piano performance by JasonMoran. One of the most highly praised of young jazz talents, he willalso appear Saturday at the fest proper in Grant Park Saturday as amember of the Greg Osby Quartet.
Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. at the Petrillo Music Shell, thefestival …
Nowitzki, Mavs Beat Rival Spurs 95-92
SAN ANTONIO - Dirk Nowitzki scored 31 points, 14 in the fourth quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the San Antonio Spurs 95-92 on Friday night for their eighth straight victory.
Jason Terry had 14 points and 10 assists, Josh Howard added 12 points in his return to the lineup, and Erick Dampier contributed 11 in the Mavericks' first game at San Antonio since their overtime victory in Game 7 of last season's Western Conference semifinals.
Tim Duncan made three free throws with 12 seconds left to bring the Spurs within one, but two from the line by Nowitzki and last-second misses by Robert Horry and Michael Finley sent the Spurs to their third home loss of the season. …
N. Ireland police say officer shot dead in ambush
A Northern Ireland police officer was shot and killed while on patrol Monday, police and politicians said, raising fears of a return to tit-for-tat violence just two days after IRA dissidents killed two British soldiers.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a patrol was investigating suspicious activities in Craigavon, a religiously divided town southwest of Belfast, when the unit came under fire from a predominantly Irish Catholic area. The officer was pronounced dead in a nearby hospital.
A local Catholic politician, Dolores Kelly, warned that Northern Ireland could suffer a spiral of bloodshed if Protestant extremists _ who traditionally killed …
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