| Smith: Injured Deng could be out vs. Kings
Bulls forward Luol Deng was scheduled to have an MRI exam on his injured left Achilles late Friday and might not be able to play tonight when the Bulls host the Sacramento Kings. ''I don't know how long [Deng is] out for but I don't think he's going to be ready [Saturday],'' forward Joe Smith said. ''Hopefully, we can all step up as a group and be able to take up some of the slack.'' .
2008 has to be a less stressful sports year
Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor dies from a gunshot wound to his leg. A rich pro athlete is targeted and killed. It isn't all fun and games and fat bank accounts. 6. Floyd Landis loses his 2006 Tour de France title after a panel rules he committed a doping violation when he tested positive for synthetic testosterone. 5. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell creates a new league conduct policy under which Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, Tank Johnson and Michael Vick are suspended. 4. Marion Jones relinquishes five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics after admitting she used steroids and pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators. A sad story of glory to disgrace. 3. NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to two federal charges related to the FBI investigation that he bet on games in which he officiated and made calls affecting point spreads in those games.
Starwatch Consumer: Air bag investigation; IRS records vulnerable
About 330,000 BMW cars and sport utility vehicles are being investigated by U.S. auto-safety regulators because the passenger front air bag may not work during a crash. The models include 2004 to 2006 BMW 5 and 7 series sedans, Z4 convertibles and X3 SUVs, as well as 2006 BMW 3 and 6 series cars and X5 SUVs, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. Tax information Internal Revenue Service records, including taxpayer information, are vulnerable to tampering or disclosure because it has not yet fixed dozens of information security weaknesses, according to a government report issued Tuesday. The problems included giving too many people access to sensitive material and failure to encrypt all sensitive data. TiVo downloads TiVo said it would offer a service that allowed subscribers to download videos from the Internet and play them on their TV sets.
Last of the last
When he first transferred over to P-38s, he had no experience dive bombing with them and asked the other pilots how it differed from the bombers he'd been piloting. But he got completely wrong advice and on his first P-38 mission, he dove much too sharply for the smaller, quicker airplane and nearly went into the ocean, pulling out just 10 feet above the water as his plane kicked up a vapor trail. Another time, a large bomb banged against his gondola cockpit, warping it and sticking the gears. Ward was forced to land with his nose scraping the runway, and the impact when he hit the ground was so forceful that one of his shoulder straps snapped and the other shoulder was twisted savagely. Despite incredible pain, Ward flew missions for several more days until his captain sent him up to Manila to see a doctor.
Death by Prank, Why Disney Is Safest Online, How Apple Plans to Kill ...
With all of the concerns surrounding MySpace and predators, it was refreshing to do a deep dive at Disney Online and be walked through the huge effort made there to make sure our children are safe. There are a lot of concerns surrounding both violence and controlled substances in games and the tug-of-war between the game industry and concerned parents in this regard. Access Free B2B Videos and Win a Free Dell XPS Notebook!Learn industry trends, compare solutions, and research vendors. Free access to B2B webcasts and videos on E-Commerce, Networking, CRM, Security & more And chance to win a Dell XPS Notebook. Register now! .
Who's Blogging
Media giant Tribune Co., which last month passed from public to private, employee ownership under the direction of real estate mogul Sam Zell, gave its nearly 20,000 employees a handbook yesterday outlining appropriate workplace policies and behavior and the new company's values. .
Beloit Winterfest this weekend
Beloit Winterfest 2008 promises to give everyone in the community a little break from cabin fever from Jan. 25-27. "There's so much happening in Beloit during Winterfest weekend and we have planned something for everyone enjoy," Martha Mitchell, executive director of Visit Beloit said.Winterfest begins on Friday with ice skating, Buccaneer Athletics Kids Night Out, Ballroom Dance Lessons and Beloit Civic Theatre's play "Laura."The activities continue on Saturday at Central Christian Church, 2640 Milwaukee Rd. with the Culver's Free Family Carnival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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The Chronicle Local News Blog
Henry K. Lee is liveblogging the Hans Reiser murder trial. See all his Chronicle articles on the case here and all his blog entries here. 12:26 p.m. Defense attorney Richard Tamor continued his cross of OPD criminalist Shannon Cavness far beyond the time to break for lunch, and now we know why: Judge Larry Goodman's clerk, Fil Cruz, has a personal matter to attend to and, as a result, we won't be in court this afternoon. Tamor had been going through a lot of calcuations as to the odds of Nina and Hans Reiser's DNA being on various items. One juror got permission to stand up and stretch. He also did a twirl. "That was very graceful," Goodman said, giving him a thumbs-up as fellow jurors laughed. Another juror had previously requested that we not be in session on Thursday, Jan.
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