He taught infers himself poker details by watching the World Series on ESPN and reading books before entering small tournaments in Southern California once a week. Poker, though, always took a backseat to Yang's children, ages 3 to 12. Yates wrote a series of articles in 1976 that made a powerful case for Toguri's innocence. A "60 Minutes" broadcast on the case, reported by Morley Safer, was shown in early 1977. In one of his last official acts in office, President Ford pardoned Toguri and restored her citizenship. Several years ago, Toguri invited Yates to dinner. "She sat across from me and said, 'I always wanted to meet you and thank you. "But it's a free country. "Recalling the 2000 campaign, she added that his being on the Green Party ticket "prevented Al Gore from being the greenest president we could have had, and I think that's really unfortunate. "--leslie. hoffeckerTimes staff writers Mark Z. Over the years, he also fielded calls from the public and handled artifacts of dubious historical value that some people sought to donate.

Whitman said that preliminary reports suggested the convoy included about 19 vehicles. The official familiar with the incident, who requested anonymity because of the security situation in Iraq, said preliminary reports being checked by the military indicated that the attack occurred at a checkpoint near Nasiriya. The official said some of the convoy drivers apparently had been released and were being interviewed by the military. The convoy was being operated by the Crescent Security Group The firm works mostly in Iraq and is based in Kuwait. . Although a particular show may not fit well on one network's schedule, it can often prosper on another, which generates income for both. For example, NBC has been producing the comedy "Worst Week" for CBS, and CBS produces the drama "Medium" for NBC . When Leo is recruited to take over the direction of a new play in which Norma has been cast, Leo and Benny cross paths, cross swords, and reopen old wounds -- wounds that remain agonizing for them both. Written almost 25 years ago, Sweet's play is still set in the "present day," but considering how much time has elapsed since the HUAC hearings, that seems a stretch . The WNBA's Charlotte Sting folded Wednesday, three weeks after the Bobcats gave up control of one of the original eight franchises . Like Chevron, Exxon said its production fell during the quarter. --andrea. chang. VERO BEACH, FLA.

Rendell, a Democrat who was a strong supporter of former President Clinton, said shortly after the debate: "Early on, Hillary Clinton was attacked but did a good job defending herself In the last half-hour she probably didn't do so well . he's able to e-mail or call. "He also described Wright as a biblical scholar fluent in several languages, and a trained musician and singer. But Wright received a much less-glowing assessment from Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, the emeritus rabbi of KAM Isaiah Israel, a Reform Jewish congregation near Trinity . Backing a winning pitcher will always be a safe baseball bet, especially when the starter is someone like the Angels' John Lackey (5-1 record and 1. 65 earned-run average) or Milwaukee's Ben Sheets (9-1, 2. 59 ERA). But although Lackey and Sheets will attract strong support for their starting assignments today, bettors should not overlook going against a struggling pitcher such as Cincinnati right-hander Bronson Arroyo, who's 0-3 in his last five starts. Arroyo, who is scheduled to take the mound for the Reds against the Cleveland Indians today, has a 4-7 record for the season with a whopping 6. 52 ERA. That's part of the reason behind the line oddsmakers have given today for Cincinnati, which has been made a +161 underdog against the Indians (-169), according to Covers. com . Our instructor, DJ Hapa--that's his DJ name--went on to explain some intriguing buttons marked 33 and 45 on our twin Stanton T. 120 turntables. "Has anybody ever seen any 78s?" asked Hapa, who chooses not to reveal his real name in devotion to his art form . But, whatever happens, there is already one winner: George W Bush. This is Bush's bash His name is on the invitation The party is at his place The guests are strictly A-list. Tiller has said a few of his patients were just a week or two from their due dates. In December, the state's attorney general at the time, Phill Kline, charged Tiller with aborting viable fetuses even when the pregnant women did not face grave and lasting heath threats. Kline subpoenaed patient records; he said they showed that Tiller had justified the abortions by diagnosing women with anxiety or a single episode of depression. presidential race. The Cold War-style barbs, hurled at long range from the two capitals and face to face at the United Nations, underscored the breakdown of diplomatic efforts to end Russia's 3-week-old military intervention in the former Soviet republic. Russia faced international isolation two days after it recognized the independence of a pair of breakaway Georgian regions at the center of the conflict It won no support for the move at meetings of the U. N.

She moved out of the neighborhood when she married but returned in 2000 . In "Beverly Home," the final story in his magnificent 1992 short fiction collection "Jesus' Son," a recovering drug addict finds himself drawn to a Mennonite woman he watches through the window of her town house . We would not have dared make the Dodgers' case even a week ago, but hitting might not be all that is timely in their world right now. We've been waiting all year for the Diamondbacks to run away with the division, to follow the lead of Brandon Webb, Dan Haren and Randy Johnson. Yet the Dodgers routed Webb and Haren in Phoenix last weekend, and again in L. A this weekend . Anyone who has ever despaired of making a graceful arrangement from three stiff stems of pincushions or daisies-on-a-stick will be tempted to agree. In much of Western Europe, chrysanthemums are primarily funeral flowers, but a bigger strike against them may be their unchic, mass-market availability . "Not in my wildest dreams. "His story has been told in "The Miracle of Mata Ortiz," a book by Walter P. The Colorado Convention Center is a big, beautiful building in the heart of downtown, and Denver's taxpayers spent about $300 million to expand it four years ago -- but that's not where the party is. The delegate floor will be a few miles away at the Pepsi Center, which holds more seats and houses Denver's pro basketball and hockey teams (the Nuggets and the Avalanche, respectively).

It's a transportation appliance, a node in a system made possible by the Internet. The entire process is simple . Another will be responsible for Sun's Solaris operating system, which is used to run servers . tries to prevent the constitutional process from coming into play we will look very bad," said Rogers, who died in 2001. A private nonprofit group, the National Security Archive, published the transcripts on the eve of the 35th anniversary of a coup that resulted in Allende's death. Transcripts were made possible because Henry A . We had a meeting but didn't talk about specific colleges but about my interest in graphic design and business . There are a lot of people counting on them. "Tesla Loroupe, a well-known runner who has been involved in peace negotiations in Nairobi, says she sees reminders of the violence every time she runs. "You see women who have been disgraced, you see people who had property and now must live without anything," Loroupe said in a telephone interview "We cannot train like we used to You never know who is going to be coming after you You are not free.

The brothers, both plumbers, built seven 2,280-square-foot, four-bedroom, 2 1/2 -bathroom custom homes in Littlerock, outside of Palmdale, between 2005 and 2007 . He might try to practice today, but reiterated that "it was not looking good" for Saturday. "Things happen for a reason," he said . Can it bring back the dead?"Leaving his apartment one morning, Keller is scooped up by the Waffen-SS and taken to a concentration camp outside the city . During his senior year, in addition to running the offense, Wood intercepted five passes, made four unassisted tackles, assisted in eight others and fielded three punts. Yet Wood was ignored by every pro team in the 1960 player draft . Gates could be in the Obama Cabinet, but at reports suggesting that several other short-list candidates for top security posts backed the decision to go to war. "Obama ran his campaign around the idea the war was not legitimate, but it sends a very different message when you bring in people who supported the war from the beginning," said Kelly Dougherty, executive director of the 54-chapter Iraq Veterans Against the War. The activists -- key members of the coalition that propelled Obama to the White House -- fear he is drifting from the antiwar moorings of his once-longshot presidential candidacy.

"But Adam thinks about everything," Lane said. Siegel said this mental training will be the smartest thing Nelson has ever done . I think Jim [Harbaugh] and I encourage Toby to do both sports . That helps explain why Bynum is shooting 62. 9% and O'Neal 44. 2% this season. Bynum also outplayed O'Neal in the Lakers' 134-114 victory at Indiana on Nov 20 . -- By the time Mossis Madu sprinted into the end zone in a half-empty stadium, Oklahoma was done making its point. Here's what Sam Bradford and the high-scoring Sooners wanted to drive home: They belong in the BCS championship game. The No 4 Sooners did that with a 62-21 blowout of No .

Tynan is understandably nervous about approaching Olivier, as he wrote scathing reviews of Olivier's unstable wife, Vivien Leigh (Sharon Lawrence), whose delicate equilibrium was apparently rocked by his pugnacious prose. More anxiety-provoking still, Tynan wants Orson Welles (Bruce McGill) to direct Olivier in "Rhinoceros," the curious new Eugene Ionesco play . I'm still dubious about some of them, but a big yes to "Mary Reilly" ("Dr Jekyll and Mr . "I just can't see anybody falling asleep at the wheel. "As opposed to the interview table. "We look at Penn State like they're the No . They also asked if someone could stand in the doorway and speak in a normal voice . A neoprene sleeve over the hose keeps liquid cool in the heat, and from freezing in winter. With kids and toys and zebras, the last thing "Magorium" needed was a screaming director. It is not difficult, however, to spot Hoffman, who, for his role, sports a lavender suit and hair that appears electrified Or Portman.

That passion was evident as she exchanged enthusiastic greetings with workers entering and leaving the plant during the shift change at a Ford Motor Co . disclosed Friday that it was writing off $5 billion in losses caused by troubled sub-prime mortgage and private equity loans . In science they studied rivers, even though I hadn't wanted that topic. ""Maybe the janitor erased the blackboards," Carrie said. "No, I asked him when I checked with him today . DENZEL WASHINGTON has the slightly dazed look of a man in the home stretch. "It's all good," he says, flashing that $20-million grin in a postproduction suite on the Sony lot "I'm not tired . Murdoch, in contrast, has increased the editorial budget at the Times of London since acquiring it. Murdoch has said that if he buys the Journal, he will turn over control of much of News Corp to spend a year remaking the paper.