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It's not as simple as running five players onto the court. It's rarely a rout waiting to happen. This is a new game. Success is judged by wins -- not style points. So Karl Smesko was happy. The Florida Gulf Coast University coach saw his women get things done Friday night, capturing their first victory over a Division I foe in the opening round of the school's Thanksgiving Classic basketball tournament. |
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With two games left in the regular season, Virginia Tech has things right where it wants: the offense is hitting its stride, the defense keeps making big plays and the Atlantic Coast Conference title is theirs for the taking. Tyrod Taylor threw for two touchdowns and ran for another Saturday and the Hokies finally got coach Frank Beamer his first career victory against Florida State, 40-21. |
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Yahoo aided the Chinese government in the arrest of a journalist, then its general counsel deliberately or negligently mislead the U.S. Congress about the company's role during 2006 testimony, a senior lawmaker charged Tuesday.Rep. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat and chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, also lectured Yahoo and General Counsel Michael Callahan for failing to notify the committee when the company discovered his February 2006 testimony about Yahoo's role in the arrest of journalist Shi Tao. And he questioned why a company with Yahoo's resources has not come to the aid of Shi's family.Yahoo has had no direct contact with Shi's family, but it has been working to get him released from a 10-year prison sentence, Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang told the committee.But Lantos, one of several lawmakers who criticized Yahoo at Tuesday's hearing, suggested that wasn't good enough. "Why is it such a complicated issue to help a family whose breadwinner is in prison because of Yahoo's cooperation?" he said.Yahoo "could do better" to help the family, Yang answered."You couldn't do less," Lantos shot back.Callahan, in February 2006, testified that he did not know the nature of the investigation when Chinese authorities demanded Yahoo China turn over the IP address for a person who turned out to be Shi. Callahan later learned that several employees of Yahoo China knew at the time that the demand for the information was part of an investigation involving "state secrets."Shi, arrested in November 2004, had used his e-mail account to forward information about a Chinese government ban on reporting about the Tiananmen Square crackdown on the 15th anniversary of the protests. He is serving a 10-year prison sentence.Callahan and Yang testified Tuesday that Callahan's earlier testimony resulted from a misunderstanding inside of Yahoo regarding the nature of the Chinese investigation. Both apologized for Yahoo's cooperation with the Chinese investigation and for providing misleading information to Congress. Jailing dissidents "runs counter to all my personal and professional beliefs," Yang said.It was not Yahoo's intent to mislead Congress, Callahan added.But Lantos dismissed their explanation, saying state secrets investigations in China are commonly recognized as frequently targeting dissidents. "This was no misunderstanding," he said. "This was inexcusably negligent behavior at best and deliberately deceptive behavior at worst."Callahan was one of several representatives of U.S. Internet companies who testified before the committee in February 2006 during a hearing on whether the companies were aiding repressive regimes.Callahan on Tuesday acknowledged that some Yahoo China employees knew the Chinese demand involved a state secrets investigation. But the definition of state secrets in China is broad and doesn't necessarily involve dissidents, he said. Yahoo did not know until later that Chinese authorities were going after a dissident journalist, he said."As I understand it, the law is vague and broad, and it covers areas such as military information, economic information, and science and technology," he said.When Callahan repeated in his Tuesday testimony that Yahoo employees in China were bound to comply with "lawful orders" or face jail themselves, Lantos challenged his wording. "Why do you insist on using the phrase, 'lawful orders?'" he said. "These are the demands of a police state."Yang said the actions of Congress leave companies such as Yahoo in a difficult position. Congress in the 1990s normalized trade relations with China and encouraged U.S. companies to do business there as a way to open up the closed government."We continue to believe that engagement with China is the better course and that disengagement would not further the goal of a more open and informed society in China," Callahan added.Yahoo is taking several steps to prevent similar things from happening again, Yang said. It is working with other Internet companies to create an industry code of conduct for operating in foreign countries with laws that run counter to U.S. values, he said.Several lawmakers suggested they wouldn't trust an industry-led code of conduct.Lantos opened the hearing by introducing Shi's mother, who sat behind Yang while he testified. Yang turned and bowed to her as Lantos introduced her.Rep. Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, called on Yahoo to establish a large fund to help Chinese dissidents. "Anything else is an insincere bow," he said.While Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, called Yahoo's cooperation with China "repugnant," Rep. Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat, said Congress should look at its own actions in supporting repressive regimes.Congress pours hundreds of millions of dollars in aid into Pakistan, which this week is cracking down on protesters, Wexler noted. The U.S. government has close ties with Saudi Arabia, and it has encouraged U.S. companies to do business in China, he added."There's a level of complicity, yes with Yahoo, but also with this government," he said. "I would respectfully suggest that if we delve into these issues ... let's talk about the role of the United States government and whether we legitimately do or do not inhibit freedom or democracy." |
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Intensely sweet, danceable pop at its greatest. Backstreet Boys originally built up their massive fan base in Canada and Europe, having to wait for the release of Backstreet's Back to grab the ears of millions of teenage girls in the United States. With gold and platinum album sales in 45 countries and over 28 million albums sold, these five singers have found a worldwide audience who literally scream for their blend of catchy hooks and danceable beats. In 2001, the Backstreet Boys hosted their first television special, The Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life, which did very well for CBS in the ratings. While the band was as popular as ever, things began to unravel for the members of the group. In July of that year, the band's tour was put on hold while A.J. McLean checked into rehab in an effort to get his depression and drinking under control. McLean had barely rejoined the tour when tragedy struck the band: a close associate of the band died on one of the highjacked planes on September 11. October saw the Backstreet Boys playing the Concert for New York City benefit just as their Greatest Hits Chapter 1 was getting ready to be released. This CD featured the single, "Drowning" which once again, put the group back on the pop charts. The next year was relatively quiet for the band. The first half of the 2002 saw Nick Carter getting arrested for refusing to leave a Florida nightclub and the second half saw the band file a multimillion dollar breach of contract law suit against their record label. It didn't come as much of a surprise when the Backstreet Boys issued a statement in early 2003, explaining that the group would be put on hold while its individuals worked on their own projects. Refreshed and rejuvenated, the Backstreet Boys returned to the spotlight in 2005 with the release of the single, "Incomplete." Despite changing musical trends and a collective dislike for boy bands, "Incomplete" managed to finds its way onto Billboard Top 40 charts for both airplay and sales.
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The Florida Gators tweaked a few things before playing Vanderbilt, hoping for better results after losing three of their last four games. They switched uniforms, altered their approach to the coin toss and turned a backup center into a starting defensive linemen. The most effective change may have been getting Percy Harvin more touches. |
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The bubbly must have gone down smooth, John Cedarburg is sure of it. The bottle, after all, represented a vision, and the contents that had been collecting high-altitude dust for five years were liquid fruition for the Colorado Rockies front office. "At the time, the club was upside down in salaries, upside down in revenues, upside down in a number of things," said Cedarburg, the team's Florida-area scouting supervisor. "Then (president Keli McGregor) came into this organizational meeting and said, 'Look, this bottle will signify our championship and getting everything squared away.' I'm certain they cracked it after the NLCS." |
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It was a week before the official start of the Florida Everblades 10th anniversary season, but Friday night's exhibition game at Germain Arena held enough excitement of its own, as an announced crowd of 4,379 fans gathered to see a young Blades team full of new faces take the ice against the Central Hockey League's Mississippi RiverKings. And the Blades didn't disappoint -- winning 4-2 against the RiverKings and giving fans reason to believe that this year's team could hold some magic of its own, even without veterans Brent McDonald, Reggie Berg and Ryan Brindley. Plus, multiple fights proved two things: one, the CHL might be a "dirtier" league than the ECHL and two, this year's Blades team might be a bit more prone to fisticuffs than past teams. |
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When Bobby Bowden arrived at Florida State in 1976 to begin his remarkable coaching tenure, one of the first things he did was invite Bear Bryant down to Tallahassee to play a little golf. Of course, Bowden was thinking about more than birdies and bogeys. |
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"Please give me a chance to make things as right as they can possibly be." By JOHN GEROME, AP Posted: 2007-09-15 12:14:30 FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Mindy McCready was sentenced Friday to a year in jail on a 2004 drug charge after she violated her probation in Florida. via AOL News |
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Take a look at a few of cinema's most mind-boggling moments of scientific inaccuracy-plus a few rare films that manage to get things (mostly) right. As we reach the close of the summer blockbuster season, reports of a recent paper by two professors at the University of Central Florida recently caught our eye. In it, the physicists Costas Efthimiou and R.A. Llewellyn assert that movies are making their students dumber. ""Sure, people say everyone knows the movies are not real," says Efthimiou, "but my experience is many of the students believe what they see on the screen." |
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