| Army captures key area from Tamil Tigers
Security forces smashed five bunkers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during heavy rains in the confrontation in which six troops were wounded, the nation's defence ministry said. There was no immediate comment from the Tigers. The claim of more rebel casualties brings the number of Tamil fighters killed since December 1 to at least 371, according to the defence ministry. This compares to a tiny handful of government troops reported dead. Both sides are known for making sharply differing claims about casualties suffered by the other, and the independent verification of casualty claims is rarely possible with the press barred from front line and rebel-held areas. Tens of thousands of people have died on both sides since the LTTE launched its armed struggle for a Tamil homeland in the majority Sinhalese nation in 1972.
Red Sox, Lowell agree on contract
The 33-year-old third baseman batted .400 during Boston's sweep of the World Series against the Colorado Rockies after a strong regular season in which he hit .324 with 21 homers and a team-leading 120 runs batted in. He hit .353 (18-51) with two homers and 15 RBI in 14 postseason games. .
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Those rumors of West when he was in the state legislature didn't occur due to his steadfast adherence to a straight lifestyle. The rumors shouldn't have convicted him either, but I felt it irresponsible to offer no other angle than the devoted ex-wife to establish the timeline of West's dalliances. .
AP Executive Morning Briefing
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Monday, January 28, 2008:Sears' Lewis to Step Down As CEOHOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) - Department store retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said Monday Aylwin B. Lewis will step down Feb. 2 as president and chief executive and be succeeded by W. Bruce Johnson, executive vice president of supply chain and operations on an interim basis. Lewis also will step down from Sears' board. The company said it will immediately launch a formal search to identify a permanent CEO.---Prosecutor: Trader Facing ChargesPARIS (AP) - The French trader accused by Societe Generale bank of causing the biggest trading fraud by a single person could face preliminary charges of forgery, breach of trust and fraud, a Paris prosecutor said Monday. The prosecutor, Jean-Claude Marin, also for the first time gave an inkling of what motivated the trader, Jerome Kerviel.
James' surge in 4th carries Cavaliers
Warriors coach Don Nelson wants to bring free-agent forward Chris Webber back to Golden State, nearly 14 years after a feud ended their first stint together.
"I hope that it happens, to be quite honest with you," Nelson said. "I think our team needs it."
Webber has not played in an NBA game since last season's Eastern Conference finals with the Pistons.
*Center Yao Ming sat out the Rockets' 97-89 loss to the Jazz with an upper respiratory infection, the first game he has missed this season.
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Edited by Ed Cavanaugh from Tribune news services. More articles Copyright © 2008, The Chicago Tribune .
Stocks On The Move: Pfizer, Altria...
Following are the week's biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Pfizer (PFE) and Altria (MO) popped while McDonald's (MCD) and Juniper (JNPR) dropped. POPS (stocks that jumped higher)
Pfizer (PFE) popped 5%. Big pharma surged higher all throughout the JP Morgan Health Care conference. I think this stock will pop for the rest of the year, says Guy Adami. .
Lombardi's Lambeau leap
BECAUSE THE Super Bowl trophy bears the name of Vince Lombardi, yearly media countdowns to the game often revisit his triumphant years as coach of the Green Bay Packers. But too often these portraits of him are skewed. They depict him as a severe taskmaster - but play down his achievements as an innovator. In such portraits, he is a George Patton. In fact, however, he was a Steve Jobs. As Chicago native, I was baptized a Bear fan and immunized against the archrival Packers. But my family later moved to a town near Green Bay, Wis., and, though I never rooted for the Pack, I did become a regular viewer of the weekly television show that Lombardi did during the football season on a local station. As I soon realized by watching him, there was far more to the man than just a hard nose.
Food Prices Climbing, With No End in Sight
But to me, those differences today pale in comparision to the fight we have on our hands to take our current government of the corporation, for the corporation, and by the corporation back into the America of a land where the government is of the people, by the people and for the people. So, this constant strain of attack against Ron Paul just amazes me. I don't think Ron Paul will get the Rethug nomination. But if he did, I'd vote for him over Hillary in a general election in a heartbeat. And what I really, really, like to see is some sort of unified Paul-McKinney opposition campaign against both corporate parties in the general election. As long as we stay divided as an opposition, the corporate parties will stay in power. Why do we insist on hating our natural allies? .
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