Free-agent third baseman Pedro Feliz and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed to an $8.5 million, two-year contract. The deal includes a team option for 2010, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement
Teemu Selanne returned to the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks on Monday after missing the first half of the season while contemplating retirement. The unrestricted free agent signed a one-year deal and then practiced with the team before it departs
It isn't easy entertaining seven women while negotiating a slowdown on Central Expressway, but Francisco Loaiza did his best. Also Online Video: Take a ride in the karaoke cab As the proprietor and lone driver of the Karaoke Yellow Cab,
Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate.
What takes less time than brewing a pot of coffee, or sitting through Super Bowl commercials, or filling up your gas tank? Sex-on-the-run, that is! In today's busy world, the quickie is catching on.
Secretary Rice (Jan.28): "We have had an extensive discussion, as befitting any two countries with the deep and longstanding ties that Australia and the United States enjoy. Indeed, we've talked about our joint efforts to secure the Pacific as a
Early this past month, I was at a concert at Avery Fisher Hall, and I was listening to Lorin Maazel conduct and I thought of Damien Hirst and his installation at the Lever House. Now you may wonder why, and
Eye Play USA has released a water resistant iPod sunglasses/speaker case with exterior volume controls. Compatible with the iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 player the case has a hidden 12 W NXT flat panel speaker. Its dimensions are 7"
Runtime Revolution has announced the release of version 4.7 of Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor, its keyboard learning program for Mac OS X. This major upgrade includes the following enhancements: separate single user and network user editions, printable reports at the
Skyfire has announced a free Web browser for Windows Mobile it claims "makes browsing on a smartphone just like browsing on a PC." It is the first mobile browser fully compatible with technologies such as asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX),
New York state businesses have posted the nation's best sales figures in 34 industrial categories, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Monday. The bureau calculated state-by-state sale...
A former Colombian rebel leader was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Monday for conspiring to take hostages in connection with the kidnapping of three American contractors in 2003 in Colombia. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth handed down the
Morgan Stanley Private Equity and Frank Curci, Tops' CEO. Curci is the only member of the foursome to live in the Buffalo Niagara region. Morgan Stanley acquired the 71-store Tops supermarket chai...
Peruvian death squad gunmen drank beer and shared birthday cake on the beach after killing 15 people at a neighborhood barbecue, one of them said on Monday at the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori on human rights crimes. Fujimori
leadership and workers staged a rally at the company's Derby plant designed to show "who the real New Era is." Two hours later, the Buffalo-based hatmaker was slammed in a Washington, ...
has something it has rarely if ever seen. All 13 of its unions under contract. The NFTA's board of commissioners approved two, multi-year contracts with the Police Benevolent Association and I...
