PRESUMABLY, Terrell Owens spent yesterday at home in Lithonia, Ga., trying to figure out what just happened to his season.

Actually, T.O. was alone, in that his Eagles teammates were gathered more than 800 miles northeast of Lithonia, at the NovaCare Complex, beginning preparations for Monday's visit from Dallas. But they, too, were puzzling over the events of the past week, wondering wh...

LUCKY me to have had for a long time now a standing invitation, from close friends who live there, to holiday in Dubai. Yes, a freebie, just like the Blairs get.

Luckier still, I'm thinking, having seen Monday night's BBC2 programme, never to have taken up their kind offer. Who wants to be char-grilled in 100F?

Climate apart, this telly picture of insanity in the sand was the abso...

Steve Francis gave the proper answer, followed by the true one. He scored 27 points and had two big assists late in the Orlando Magic's 76-74 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night. It was the Magic's first win of the season _ and it came against the team that traded Francis to Orlando before last season.

"It doesn't matter where we got it," Francis said. "We just had to hav...

Tara Grinstead, 30, was last seen Saturday, Oct. 22 at a cookout. She was reported missing the following Monday when she did not show up for work.

"Essentially, we are through unless we get any additional leads that would call us back," Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock said.

Cadaver dogs, horses, helicopters, four-wheelers and people on foot have searched every day since she was reported...

The Plot Against America: A Book Report and a Reality Check

As it happened, on the day the Iranian President decided to share his thoughts regarding the legitimacy of the Zionist state with some four thousand students, I picked up Philip Roth's latest book. This was nothing but a mere coincidence. Already a year ago, I was advised by a few friends to pay attention to Roth's ?Plot Agains...

"At Nokia, we are intent on creating entertaining games that are easy to pick-up but hard to put down," said Gregg Sauter, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia. "With extensive multiplayer rankings and incredibly imaginative pinball levels, Mile High Pinball is a prime example of a game that grabs you and won't let go, stretching a ten minute experience into hours."

Gamers can now play pinb...

After nearly seven months of court delays, a Tracy man has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed a 36-year-old Livermore woman.

Brian Rainwater, 33, has been charged with the murder of Jackie Pumphrey-Cassetteri on April 15.

Cassetteri was found bludgeoned to death inside her Livermore apartment.

On Oct. 28, Rainwater’s public defender, Susan Farrow, pleaded not guilty...

WASHINGTON — The Third Reich is the best example.

Following the failed beer hall putsch in November 1923 and his trial and imprisonment at Landsberg, Adolf Hitler took another road to power: the democracy road. While engaging in street fights with communists, the Nazis built their numbers and national support politically until, in 1933, Hitler, now leading the largest party in Germa...

Britney Spears has splashed out on some raunchy lingerie to spice up her marriage.

Following rumours she is going through a rough patch with husband Kevin Federline, the new mum has been spotted going on a saucy shopping spree with her younger sister, Jamie Lynn.

Britney - who recently gave birth to son Sean Preston - emerged from a Victoria's Secret store in Thousand Oaks, Cal...

As a former Eagle Scout, 25-year-old Brian Barringer knows how to survive in an uncontrolled environment. But his expertise is camping and fishing in a forest, not wading in a sea of strangers displaced by two major hurricanes.

Still, after hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana and pushed evacuees into Texas — and then Hurricane Rita struck Texas and forced them and a new wave of d...