Olympic champions Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva showed their mettle at the U.S. Open, overcoming early challenges to win Monday in the start of what's expected to be a wide-open tournament. Former champs Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova also opened with straight-sets victories. Many of the stars like to hurry through the first round — it takes seven wins for the title, and any rest is welcome....
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milesj@gnnewspaper.com Alex Franco and Jake Cappuccino look forward to the day when they’ll return to Africa. Before their travels, Franco, a junior at Canisius High School, and Cappuccino, a junior at Nichols School, already...
Phased provincial elections in Indian Kashmir have seen heavy voter turnout defying boycott calls. Separatist political parties have been appealing for a boycott of any electoral exercise until there is a resolution of the...
BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • November 22, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Well, this looked familiar. In the last game of a season that is finally, mercifully over, Michigan’s defense gave away yards like they were...
Developers strive to make tenants of storekeepers who in turn hope window-shoppers become buyers By Rachel Tobin Ramos The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, November 23, 2008 Third in a series: Today in Business and for...