It's been a streak-busting week for the Philadelphia 76ers. Days after snapping their own 12-game skid, the 76ers ended Boston's run at 11 wins, beating the first-place Celtics 98-97 on Friday night on Elton Brand's tip-in with 7.7 seconds left. "We closed out a game against a team winning 11 in a row, the best in the league," said Brand, who had 23 points and eight rebounds.
11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed had recruited and trained young Asian men to carry out the plot because suspicions of Arabs were running high, but that the plan was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key Al Qaeda operative.Bush did not name the nation or the operative, but his decision to reveal even the most incremental details of the reported plot underscored the effort the White House has undertaken recently to defend its anti-terrorism policies.The details did little to counter skepticism from Democrats and some law enforcement officials who have questioned whether the reported scheme had ever been put into operation before it was thwarted.”It didn’t go,” said one U.S. The NYPD confirmed that he was the only officer to die after reporting 9/11-related health problems.His father was approached repeatedly at the wake by co-workers and friends from the NYPD. Seattle linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski called it a “coming-out party” for his team as the Seahawks established themselves as the class of the NFC.*STRENGTHS* Pittsburgh: Roethlisberger has been brilliant in the playoffs, but the Steelers rely mostly on a punishing ground game and a fast, opportunistic defense.* Seattle: The Seahawks have the NFL’s MVP, running back Shaun Alexander, who scored a league-record 28 touchdowns and led the league with 1,880 rushing yards, the ninth–highest total in NFL history. After he does this at a party, his wife decides he’s nuts and divorces him.
5, only residents in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina will have voted earlier.*nancy.vogel*(BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX)The schedule last timeThe state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to move next year’s California presidential primary election from June 3 to Feb 5 The bill is expected to become law. The mentality is incredible.”*Cesar Izturis makes his debut at third base tonight. Meeks’ wife, Betty, 57, called FEMA to find out about emergency compensation.”To be honest, it has taken FEMA quite a while to get back to us,” she said. He was tied with Carlos Franco, Briny Baird and Steve Lowery.Woods was more solid than spectacular on the Tournament Players Club of Boston course, but it served as an example of how comfortable he has become with changes to his swing.In his seven PGA Tour events since missing the cut at the Byron Nelson Championship in May, he has won twice and finished no worse than a tie for fourth.*Sherri Turner and Tina Barrett shot three-under 69s to move into a tie for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA State Farm Classic at Springfield, Ill.Turner and Barrett, each looking for their first victory since 1989, started the round a shot off the pace and are at nine-under 135.First-round leader Heather Bowie had a one-under 71 and was one stroke back at eight under along with Maria Hjorth (67), Liselotte Neumann (65) and Pat Hurst (69).*Hale Irwin and Dana Quigley both shot six-under 66s to share a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.Irwin shot a seven-birdie, one-bogey round at Del Monte Golf Course.Quigley carded a six-birdie, no-bogey round, also at Del Monte.
