However hard these men and women work at assimilating, they can't help hearing the cultural buzz of anger at people with names and faces like theirs.

The tropical storm that set a record with four landfalls in Florida chugged west across the Gulf Coast on Saturday and cities from Pensacola to New Orleans prepared for several inches of rain.

Teixeira went 3 for 3 with a home run and Hunter made two more electrifying plays in center field, helping the Angels beat Minnesota 7-5 Saturday night and snap the Twins' four-game winning streak.

Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler — three stories high, with tires twice as tall as the average man — carries the equivalent of 200 barrels of heavy oil, worth $23,000 per haul at today's prices.

Excluding Golden, who projects as a three- or four-year starter and future NFL player, here is one man's list of the UA's leading freshmen who will begin classes this week:

The Arizona State quarterback's 7,998 career yards rank 20th in Pac-10 history — and he has a full senior season left to play.

Surely, the UA — coming off a 12-1 season and No. 4 national ranking — would continue to stay on top of the Pac-10 Conference.

You spelled my name wrong," Laurinaitis interrupted, finding an "a" missing in his last name.

Autumn comes early in Alaska, brushing Denali National Park with purple and gold in late August. In warmer climates and near sea level, fall colors can last well into November. Last year, trees in New York City's Central Park were

By the middle of the last century the South had risen in college football, and these days there's no question: If you want to win a national championship, it's best to play in places where sunscreen is more important than

Then he started asking questions.

Tanner Tokunaga doubled home two runs with the bases loaded with two outs to cap a dramatic six-run sixth inning that gave Hawaii a 7-5 win Saturday over Louisiana and a berth in the Little League World Series title game.

With 30 non-stop destinations at the start of 2008, TIA built up an abundance of destinations for local travelers, and relatively cheap fares.

The new series, documenting the life and times of Cho and her family, is similar in tone to Kathy Griffin's Bravo series, "My Life on the D-List." Like Griffin, Cho has made her parents a large part of the action.

After fading his drive into the rough on the par-4 12th, Stricker's approach shot from a tough angle skipped along the far side of the left rough and into a tangled mess of shoulder-high grass, bushes and weeds.

I want to throw for 5,000 yards this year. I want to throw 35 touchdowns," he says, ticking his goals off on his fingers. "And picks — I don't want to throw any picks."

But it comes to us on cable's IFC, a channel for cineastes and other people who know what "cineaste" means, so any series it offers instantly commands more respect than a real-but-make-believe affair from, say, Kathy Griffin or Scott Baio,

Leinart threw three interceptions in less than two quarters before the Cardinals offense opened things up in the second half of a 24-0 victory over the Raiders on Saturday night.