McCants Lifts Tar Heels

North Carolina got the stiff challenge it expected from Georgia, a team with just as much tradition and expectations of adding to its history.

The second-ranked Tar Heels also showed why they are a cut above Tuesday night as Rashanda McCants scored 23 point and North Carolina beat the Bulldogs 80-66 to advance to the New Orleans Regional, and a meeting with Louisville on Saturday.

Erlana Larkins added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Tar Heels (32-2), who used a 20-0 run spanning the halves to open a 13-point lead that climbed as high 16. It was North Carolina's 15th consecutive victory and first in six tries against the Bulldogs.

Tasha …

Pupils turn detective at science fair

The mysterious world of science is being introduced to youngstersfrom across Bath.

Year 5 pupils from primary schools in the city have been attendingscience learning days at Prior Park College.

Every year the school hosts a science fair for local primaryschool pupils.

The fair, which began on Tuesday, finishes today and over thethree days around 450 pupils from 15 schools will have attended theevent.

Every year the fair has a "whodunit" theme and this year it isbased around Men in Black.

The pupils are given a video presentation in the theatre, whichincludes various members of the science department portraying beingsfrom different …

Politica de Nicaragua: Por que teme al Exilio el Contralor General de Nicaragua?

Politica de Nicaragua: ?Por que teme al Exilio el Contralor General de Nicaragua?

Por Roberto Zelaya Blanco

REPETIDAS veces se ha especulado que el Contralor General de Nicaragua, Ingeniero Agustin Jarquin Anaya, el que debe su cargo a contubernios entre los sandinistas y los micro-partidos, realizara un periplo por los Estados Unidos, iniciandolo con una escala en Miami. El proposito confesado de tal viaje es continuar denunciando la corrupcion -que segun el existe-, en todas las dependencias gubernamentales, teniendo su epicentro en la propia Presidencia de la Republica.

La obligacion que tiene el Contralor General de cualquier pais no es andar denunciando dentro …

Reno museum hosts art and environment conference

An eclectic group of artists, architects, scientists and writers have gathered at the Nevada Museum of Art to explore how nature and culture intersect in their chosen fields at a conference on art and environment.

Programs at the three-day conference that began Thursday include the lessons of environmental stewardship taught by tribes who have lived in the region for thousands of years as well as the experiences of artists and scientists who have spent significant time working in extreme desert and polar regions.

"This is no small idea," said William L. Fox, a Los Angeles-based writer-poet who has served as a visiting fellow at the Getty Research …

State politics smitten with incurable plague

Nepotitis.

Unlike erectile dysfunction, the heartbreak of psoriasis or restless leg syndrome, there's no treatment for this one.

No vaccine to prevent it.

No antibodies to battle it.

Nepotitis is that rabid contagion of the Illinois political persuasion that infects whole families -- irrespective of race, color or creed. We witnessed another case of it just this week when state Senate President Emil Jones announced his sudden, post-primary retirement together with his plan to plant his son, Emil Jones III, on the November ballot so young Emil can, come January, sit in old Emil's 14th District South Side Chicago seat.

Oh, right, there will be an …

Hastert: Clinton `shortsighted' Policy on Kosovo needs clarification

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) on Monday called PresidentClinton's request for more than $6 billion to pay for the war inYugoslavia "shortsighted" and said Clinton should lay out a clearpolicy on Kosovo for Congress and the American people.

Hastert told the Sun-Times editorial board that Clinton "needs toexplain to the American people why we're there, why it's important tobe there, also what our commitment is . . . and our goals andrealistic objectives."

"And if it's going to be a long-term commitment, we need toprepare the American people for that."The administration's request would cover both the U.S. share ofthe air campaign, which began March 24, and …

Summary Box: Compensation plan in hacking scandal

COMPENSATION PLAN: News Corp.'s British unit says it has launched a compensation plan for victims of phone hacking by the now-defunct Sunday tabloid, News of the World.

AVOIDING LAWSUITS: News International describes it as "a speedy, cost-effective …