Newman made plans for charity's future

As darkness fell, the storm produced winds hard enough to jiggle road signs, cause scattered power outages and rip early-autumn leaves from trees while lashing the Maine coast with a third straight day of heavy rain.

In Baghdad, a series of explosions struck mostly Shiite areas, killing at least 32 people and wounding nearly 100, police said.

Those are the words of Principal Don Calhoun, who last year was handed reins of struggling Naylor Middle School and given the task of ridding the Midtown school of its "failing" label.

Just when it seemed Washington couldn't find a new bottom, the Huskies redefined disappointment on Saturday night. Instead of a rebirth following a brutal early season schedule, their nightmare worsened with a 35-28 defeat at the hands of Stanford and

I was pitching this Philco," says Bill Spies, whose day job for years was as an announcer for what is now KOLD-TV.

Urokinase is an FDA-approved thrombolytic, or clot-dissolving agent, used to treat of acute massive pulmonary embolism, or blood clots of the lungs. ImaRx acquired a roughly four-year inventory of the product from Abbott Laboratories and has been selling the product

This time, the lesson was learned in overtime of the a 1-0 loss to UC-Santa Barbara at Murphey Stadium on Sunday. The Wildcats (6-4) lost 2-0 to Long Beach State on Friday for their first home loss of the season.

Surely that $10 million will make him feel better.

Expect heightened urgency.

Better yet, the Redskins are going into October as legitimate contenders in the NFC East.

The medical helicopter was carrying two victims of a traffic accident when it went down in a suburban Washington park.

Last week, the Elvis Is Alive Museum, formerly in Wright City, Mo., was once again for sale on eBay.

The ad attempts to link Giffords to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and includes factual errors about Giffords' voting record. According to her campaign, she voted with the Democratic leadership position almost 57 percent of the time on major votes

Carl Edwards did everything he could Sunday, including purposely bouncing off the concrete wall at Kansas Speedway, but it wasn't quite enough to beat two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.

Mike Mussina became the oldest pitcher to win 20 games in a season for the first time, reaching the milestone on the final day of the season Sunday as the Yankees beat Boston 6-2. And it might be his last

Giants 3, Dodgers 1: In San Francisco, Giants ace Tim Lincecum matched his career high with 13 strikeouts to finish with a majors-best 265 in a win over the NL West champions. Hiroki Kuroda, the Dodgers' Game 3 playoff starter,

Thanks to a hitting revival by Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye and Mark Buehrle's ability to pitch on three days' rest, the Sox kept their playoff hopes alive Sunday with a 5-1 win over Cleveland.

Making his third consecutive start on three days' rest, Sabathia pitched a four-hitter and Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to lead the Brewers over the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Sunday.

The defense fell apart.