Ben Howland made the point clear as soon as he entered the conference call Tuesday morning. Despite the fact that UCLA is ranked No. 4 in the nation, despite the fact that they've been to three straight Final Fours, make

NFL: Pacman reinstated - again Suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones has been reinstated by Commissioner Roger Goodell, but will not play this Sunday or Thanksgiving Day. * Running back Edgerrin James, who has lost his starting job, asked the...

Rice senior Durand Scott could have gone to a more established hoops program like UConn or Pitt. Instead he chose Miami (Fla.) yesterday, the final day of the early signing period. "I want to be part of an up-and-coming program,"

Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the sale of 20 percent of a real-estate investment trust that he's proposing be spun off of Target would raise $5.1 billion. Ackman's Pershing Square Capital would buy $250 million of stock in the IPO,

PITTSBURGH - The Bengals are coming off the NFL's first tie in six years, the Steelers are only a few days removed from the league's first 11-10 game since, well, ever. With little time for either team to recuperate or

Deutsche Bank plans to cut about 900 jobs in its global markets division as the credit crisis worsens, sources said. The reductions, mostly in London and New York, will be made in the so-called exotic structured products, credit origination, and...

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fell the most in at least 23 years, dropping for the eighth straight day since reporting a 77 percent decline in third-quarter profit. The stock plunged $11,550, or 12 percent, to $84,000 in New York Stock...

Add Beijing to the list of possible targets as Barneys New York plots its global expansion. The ultra-chic luxury chain has been "talking to architects" as it sniffs out prospective sites for a new flagship store in China's capital, a

NEW BRUNSWICK - The Rutgers University president and its athletic program were sharply criticized in an independent report, which cited lack of oversight on issues involving the football coach's salary and a sports marketing firm. A committee...

It was winter in more ways than just the weather yesterday; some races were so low-grade, it felt like the inner dirt track in mid-February. THIRD RACE: In rare quality field at this meet, a starter allowance for NY-breds going

Citigroup chief Vikram Pandit yesterday found himself caught in the financial equivalent of a demolition derby, as Wall Street sent the banking giant's shares tumbling 23 percent amid fresh worries about its long-term survival. The second-largest...

Antoine Pearson's underhanded heave while falling down in the lane with 9.1 seconds left lifted Manhattan over Morgan State, 61-60, at Draddy Gym last night. Chris Smith scored 14 points to lead the Jaspers (2-0). Wagner 59, St. Peter's 44

The legendary czar of mid-century American furniture design, 81-year-old Vladimir Kagan has a client list that reads like a who's who of the past 60-plus years. From Marilyn Monroe and Walt Disney to Tom Ford and Angelina Jolie, Kagan's enduring...

Actress Jennifer Garner says she is being stalked by a mental patient who claims to have participated in satanic rituals, it was reported yesterday. The "Alias" star, who's married to actor Ben Affleck and is expecting a child, went to

Over 17 million people in the U.S. suffer from diabetes. Symptoms include extreme fatigue, blurred vision, itchy skin, frequent or reoccurring infections and numbness of hands or feet. But the truth is you can learn Chinese Qi Gong to prevent

Karelia Software has released a Software Developers' Kit (SDK) for creating plugins for Sandvox version 1.5 and up. The Sandvox SDK allows Cocoa developers to create new custom pages, pagelets, and collection index data types. By creating custom-built plugins, Sandvox

IT Professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces the publication of its first iPhone and iPod touch development title, "Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK". Beginning iPhone Development sees veteran Mac developers Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche take the

Managing Editor Inc. (MEI) today released an in-depth case study that describes how National Geographic, the flagship publication of the National Geographic Society, made the transition to managing its editorial and design workflow with the vjoon K4 Publishing System. The

Stand By Soft has released RationalPlan Multi Project 3.8.0, a strong project management software application developed to assist project managers in creating plans, tracking progress, allocating resources, managing budgets and analyzing workload. Whether your application is in the area of

Tension Software announces release 2.2 of Invoices. Invoices is a native Cocoa application to create and manage invoices on Mac. The application has features that makes it unique. It allows management of invoicing in a easy and effective way. The