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CHICAGO (AP) Futures prices for soybeans fell Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade, continuing a decline from the previous day. Grain and soybean prices moved higher in the morning trading but soybeans turned lower and corn mixed as the day wore on.
Researchers touting tomatoes as latest in list of 'superfoods'
The humble red tomato, that ubiquitous summer obsession of many a backyard gardener, is now the obsession of food and medical researchers.
Livestock show set at fairgrounds
Future Farmers of America and 4-H members from Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado began arriving in Lubbock Thursday for the Golden Spread Classic Steer, Heifer and Lamb Show.
South Plains dairyman backs legislation to support industry
A South Plains dairyman testified recently in Washington in what he said was ''strong support'' of HR 1402 and Option 1-A, both of which are designed to help his industry. Frank Olivas, who runs an 800-cow dairy in Randall County, said he favored the legislation requiring the USDA secretary to implement the Class I milk price structure known as Option 1 as part of the reform of Federal Milk Marketing Orders. The testimony was given during a House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, led by Richard Pombo, R-California.
Feds plan to watch wolf pack closely to avoid more attacks
PHOENIX {AP} To prevent further Mexican gray wolf attacks on livestock, federal biologists vow to get between the wild canines and their prey.
Rains play havoc with U.S. wheat harvest
WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) Spreading like a golden wave across the nation's heartland, millions of acres of winter wheat began ripening a few weeks ago, drawing crews from across the country and the world to harvest it. Then the rains began.
Contracts mean fewer films on local screens
There are 42 indoor movie screens operating in Lubbock.
(Local and area listings of entertainment scheduled Friday through Thursday.)AMUSEMENT/WATER PARKS
(Looking Ahead listings include only confirmed entertainment events and are published to help A-J readers plan ahead for future outings. Tickets may not yet be on sale; contact numbers are provided.)
Box office leaders
Here are the top movie ticket sales for last Friday through Sunday as tallied by Exhibitor Relations, with weekend gross, number of screens, total gross and number of weeks in release.
Bleachers marks anniversary with outdoor shows
Look for some of the music to be moved outside in the Depot District as Bleachers Sports Cafe celebrates its two-year anniversary this weekend.
Cast, costumes shine inTech's 'Das Barbecu'
Give composers Jim Luigs and Scott Warender high marks for both courage and creativity, somehow adapting the tragedy of Richard Wagner's epic Ring Cycle we're talking more than 13 hours of operatic storytelling into a two-hour musical comedy set in Texas called ... "Das Barbecu."
At the Theater
CATS Playhouse
Classic Car Club books Johnny D concert
The Caprock Classic Car Club has contracted with Johnny D & The Rocket 88s to headline its annual Labor Day Rock 'N' Roll concert at 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Fair Park Coliseum at the Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds.
William Kerns' Movie Reviews
OPENING TODAY Big Daddy (?)Adam Sandler, the actor (remember Opera Man on "Saturday Night Live") no one expected to become a star, returns in an only slightly more mature role, this time cast as a law school graduate-turned-slacker who hopes to impress his girlfriend by adopting a 5-year-old boy. She dumps him anyway and, surprise, Sandler eventually must learn about responsibility while taking care of the child which doesn't stop him from teaching the kid how to torture roller bladers and play bodily functions for laughs. The adopted child is played by twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse. Fess up: At the very least, the trailer is funny.
Ranching center plans weekend fiddle fest
Fiddle fans and those who appreciate a traditional ranch dance music whose roots date back to the 1800s don't expect to hear "Orange Blossom Special" will congregate today and Saturday at the National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth Street.
Film information
"Tarzan." Animated. Screenplay by Tab Murphy and Bob Tzudiker & Noni White; based on the story "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art director: Daniel St. Pierre. Visual effects by Peter De Mund. Edited by Gregory Perler. Original music score by Mark Mancina; songs written and performed by Phil Collins, with vocal assistance by Glenn Close on "You'll Be in My Heart" and Rosie O'Donnell on "Trashin' the Camp." Vocal talents: Tony Goldwyn as adult Tarzan, Minnie Driver as Jane, Glenn Close as Kala, Lance Henriksen as Kerchak, Rosie O'Donnell as Terk, Wayne Knight as Tantor, Nigel Hawthorne as Professor Porter, Brian Blessed as Clayton, and Alex D. Linz as young Tarzan. Directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck.
Play information
PLAY: "Das Barbecu," an original musical comedy with book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warender.
Summer Jazz Band closing festival with Hungarian guest
The Texas Tech School of Music will wrap up its annual summer jazz festival with a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the campus' Hemmle Recital Hall.
Marty Stuart makes roots-country classic with 'Pilgrim'
The Pilgrim," by Marty Stuart. MCA
Music Scene
Doug Smith to perform at Post's Hotel Garza
Acclaimed West Texas-born pianist Doug Smith will perform a concert in the intimate dining room at the Hotel Garza Historic Inn in Post on July 24.
Open-caption 'EDtv' showing at Movies 16
Open caption prints for the hearing impaired of the comedy "EDtv" will be screened at both 2:45 p.m. and 7:25 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday at Cinemark's Movies 16,
King of the Jungle also king of box office
LOS ANGELES {AP} Forget about King of the Jungle "Tarzan" is king of the box office. In its first weekend, the animated Disney picture raked in $34.2 million, seizing the No. 1 spot in North American theaters.
'Tarzan' is storytelling of highest order
Full-length animation from Disney Studios has improved in direct correlation not only to technological advances but, perhaps more importantly, market competition supplied by such studios as DreamWorks and the unjustly ignored 20th Century Fox.
Victory Band seeks musicians for July 4 parade
C. Doyle Gammill once again is inviting adult musicians and former musicians of any age to join a Victory Band for the annual 4th on Broadway Parade, this year being held on July 3.
Business Today
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is selling McLane Foods, which makes food for convenience stores and vending machines, to a private investment group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
CMGI takes aim at Alta Vista
NEW YORK (AP) Frustrated in its bid to forge an Internet identity through Lycos, an emerging online power is now eyeing AltaVista as a flagship for its stable of little-known Web properties.
McBride to take over reins at Chamber
Eddie McBride, executive director of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority, was named Friday as the new president and chief executive officer of the Lubbock Cham-ber of Commerce.
Business Today
HOUSTON Nabisco Inc. plans to close its 50-year-old Houston bakery late this year, idling 425 workers.
Economy takes big leap
WASHINGTON (AP) Torrid consumer spending helped the nation's economy grow at a brisk annual rate of 4.3 percent at the beginning of the year. Economists believe growth has slowed in the current quarter but probably not enough to dissuade the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates as a precaution against inflation. The 4.3 percent increase from January through March in the gross domestic product the nation's output of goods and services was slightly better than the 4.1 percent rate estimated a month ago, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Testimony comes to halt in Microsoft proceedings
WASHINGTON (AP) Testimony wound to an end Thursday after 76 days in the landmark Microsoft antitrust trial, a courtroom drama that offered a unique look at the nation's booming high-tech industry and the software giant that dominates it.
Grocery scanner marks 25th year
TROY, Ohio (AP) It was only a pack of chewing gum. But its sale 25 years ago marked the debut of the checkout scanner and a fadeout of the days when cashiers' fingers had to fly over register keys to keep store lines moving.
CompUSA to take new path with electronics, close stores
DALLAS (AP) With personal computer prices on the decline, CompUSA will reduce its reliance on PC sales and turn its focus to consumer electronics, packing its stores with everything from video cameras to high-tech toys. The changes are part of a major reorganization announced Thursday by Dallas-based CompUSA, which has struggled recently with sagging profits.
Big ticket goods up 1.4 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods led by gains in aircraft and autos climbed 1.4 percent in May, a sign that the nation's battered manufacturing sector could be headed for a revival.
NFL sues Coors over beer promotion
NEW YORK {AP} The NFL sued the Coors Brewing Co. on Friday, saying the company's effort to promote Coors Light as the "Official Beer of NFL players" falls flat legally.
Union complaint says pilots took naps during flight
WASHINGTON (AP) A union complaint that pilots filed with American Airlines seeking better enforcement of crew rest rules contains an eye-opening statement: On one American flight, both pilots fell asleep for a half-hour.
Lakes Are Treasures
THE CANYON LAKES SYSTEM was recently described as "a forgotten treasure" by City Councilman Victor Hernandez.
Costly False Alarms
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER something needs to be done about the high number of false alarm police calls in Lubbock is a no-brainer. Lubbock Police Chief Ken Walker said that false alarm calls in the city last year cost the police department -- and thus the taxpayers -- almost $200,000 in salaries for police man-hours alone.
The Horrors Of Kosovo
THE RESULTS OF "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo are increasingly visible as more and more mass graves are discovered. Tales of the atrocities are as bad, if not worse, as most of the NATO nations feared they would be. The death toll will be in the thousands. In a single village, Serbs allegedly executed 142 residents between March 28 and May 10, including 119 who were killed in one day.
Limits To The ADA
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT applied some much-needed logic to its rulings this week that limit the scope of people who are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Protect Medical Privacy
CONGRESS GAVE ITSELF a three-year deadline in 1996 to write legislation that would establish federal privacy protections for medical records.
'Alien' package leaves lasting legacy
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the extraterrestrial killer Xenomorph, Fox Home Video has put together a package for DVD fans. It's called "The Alien Legacy," and features all four films in the series and more. The set is $109.98, or $29.98 for any individual film.
'Meat on the Hoof' author Shaw dead
DALLAS {AP} Gary Shaw, whose 1972 book "Meat on the Hoof" took a scathing look at University of Texas football program under coach Darrell Royal, has died. He was 53.
Book 'Barkitecture' shows off doggy digs
In a world that has unleashed canine cashmere and gourmet kibble, it had to happen "Barkitecture," a coffee-table compendium of designer dog houses. Author Fred Albert searched "from Central Bark West to Hollywoof and Vine" for the best of breed:
Gallery gets last of works donated by Mellon
WASHINGTON {AP} Edgar Degas' original wax sculpture "Little 14-Year-Old-Dancer" is expected to go on display this fall for the first time since 1991, part of the last gift of the late Paul Mellon, announced Friday by the National Gallery of Art.
Monastery's jumping cats draw thousands of visitors
INLAY LAKE, Myanmar {AP} Few places exude a greater air of otherworldly abandonment than the 155-year-old Phe Chaung monastery on the shores of this isolated lake.
Philadelphia to pay tribute to Larry Fine
PHILADELPHIA {AP} Larry Fine, the frizzy-haired member of the Three Stooges who suffered never-ending abuse from Moe and Curly, is getting gentler treatment in his hometown. A wiseguy Philadelphia weekly is leading an effort to raise $25,000 to paint a mural of Fine on South Street, a funky stretch of restaurants and tattoo and tongue-piercing parlors.
Censorship not goal of film probe
NASHVILLE, Tenn. {AP} A White House-ordered investigation into whether and how the entertainment industry markets violence to children will not produce a bureaucracy of government censors, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said Friday.
Utah liquor laws grab spotlight
SALT LAKE CITY {AP} Finding a drink in Utah can be an Olympic event and after all the running around involved, you might need two.
Discussion continues for 'Homicide' TV movie
Fans of NBC's canceled drama "Homicide: Life on the Street" may have something to cheer about, after all.
Gem show melts down O.J. trophy
HOUSTON {AP} O.J. Simpson chastised an evangelist this year for buying one of his old football trophies with the intention of melting it, saying the preacher should have given the money to a women's shelter.
Salinger's daughter to write memoir
NEW YORK {AP} J.D. Salinger has spent a lifetime obsessively guarding his privacy. This time, the intrusion is an inside job: His daughter is writing a book about her childhood with the reclusive author.
Toll collector relates to 'Big Daddy'
DETROIT Frank Marchese could write a best-selling book about his experiences collecting tolls on the Ambassador Bridge.
Morning the hot new time period for television programmers
NEW YORK {AP} Assigned to a 5:30 a.m. newscast on New York's WNBC-TV, anchorman Maurice DuBois thought, only half-jokingly, that it was "the end of the world."
Advance ticket sales steady for Woodstock '99 festival
NEW YORK With the third edition of the Woodstock festival just a month away, promoters say they have sold close to 150,000 tickets and that things are about as on-track as they ever get with massive projects like this.
'Howard Stern Radio Show' hits bottom of ratings barrel
Howard Stern's syndicated television show has hit a new ratings low, according to the latest Nielsen statistics.
TNN to begin airing 'Alice,' 'Real McCoys'
The Nashville Network has dipped into television's deep vaults and come up with two old sitcoms that haven't been around for a while.
Reader pays special tribute to ex-in-laws
DEAR ANN LANDERS: From time to time, I see letters in your column from heartbroken grandparents who have been forbidden from seeing their grandchildren by a vindictive ex-daughter-in-law or ex-son-in-law.
Cellular phones, 'Titanic' top voting for '90s stamps
WASHINGTON {AP} People talk into their cell phones while walking the streets, while driving their cars, while riding the bus, while eating in restaurants it seems like cellphones are everywhere. Now, they'll even be on a postage stamp.
MTV to give independent work a chance
Independents day comes to MTV (Cox Cable Channel 28) a little early this year. Saturday, the music channel will spotlight videos from independent and unsigned artists, as well as independent films slated for release in the coming months.
Texas all-stars to be all there
On no particular subject: The Texas high school football community has had much to say about its poor showing in four previous CalTex Shrine Games against prep stars from California. The summertime game has coincided with the Texas High School Coaches Association all-star game, diluting the Texas talent.
Holly Offer Editorial
The deadline for listings in Around Town is one week in advance, specifically no later than noon on the Friday prior to publication.
A Pyrrhic Victory?
As predicted earlier, Bill Clinton needed a war to divert attention from the impeachment proceedings that threatened his crumbling presidency.
R.Simon Column
Re: Roger Simon's Opinion page column, "Not burying a dog can be grave mistake" (A-J, 6-18). I feel outraged after reading Roger Simon's article. I must have missed this story when it happened.
Health Advice Bill
Texas legislators, in their infinite wisdom, recently passed S.B. 1525 in "emergency legislation."
Think In The 'Now'
I have just finished reading A-J Entertainment Editor William D. Kerns' article on the front page of this morning's paper (A-J, 6-19). I was thrilled to read that the Everly Brothers passed on our September music festival. If Lubbock's September music festival is going to truly be the Music Crossroads of Texas West Texas Rock 'n' Roll Festival, then let's have Texas music. Let's rock to Joe Ely, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Gary P. Nunn, Jerry Jeff Walker just to name a few. I am weary, very weary, of all the oldie music. Lubbock needs to celebrate Texas music and not the 1950's.
Moms Have To Work
Re: The letter, "Working Mothers" (A-J, 6-13). I wonder when the letter writer had his last reality check. It would probably bounce. Women did not flood into the work place during the last decades so they could fulfill their vain needs, but out of financial necessity and worries about surviving as a family.
Bocephus Reference
Re: The letter, "Montoya Situation" (A-J, 6-13).
Buy basic fashion pieces to see you through dieting
The weight is dropping off, and so are your clothes.
Floral patterns, flip-flops top list of must-haves for summer
Summer traditionally signals certain rituals: Digging through the closet for last year's cottons, forcing yourself to try on swimsuits, searching for a new pale lipstick.
Boys will be boys?
Boys will be boys, some folks say. It's an explanation that's often used to excuse fist fights on the playground, male promiscuity and the general rowdiness that sometimes ensues when a group of males congregate.
Collectors search for real chintzware
For some people, a profusion of pretty flowers on a teacup is all that matters, wherever or whenever it was made. For purists, only the genuine article will do.
Computers let students change hair, clothes in school yearbook portraits
Daniel Young's parents were appalled when the high school senior shaved his head just before yearbook pictures were taken.
Dykes testifies for Lethridge at slander trial
Texas Tech head football coach Spike Dykes testified Thursday that former Red Raiders quarterback Zebbie Lethridge was hurt by extensive publicity the player received after being arrested for shoplifting at Dillard's in 1995. ''He said he'd spent his whole life trying to do right and develop a good reputation, and it was all down the drain,'' Dykes said. ''It's pretty shocking to have your picture on the school newspaper, in front of 25,000 students, with headline that says you're a shoplifter.''
'Arrested' citizens to help raise money for St. Jude's
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will be "arresting" citizens of Lubbock on Tuesday for having a big heart.
Teen's mother promises suit
Joseph De La Rosa's mother filed a claim with the city indicating she plans to sue police for shooting her 15-year-old son to death. Rosary Duran said Thursday that she plans to file a lawsuit ''very soon.''
82nd Street overpass completed
WOLFFORTH Wolfforth residents and Frenship school students should now be able to commute easier with the completion of a new overpass at 82nd Street and Brownfield Highway.
Tech professor awarded White House Fellowship
The legal career of Texas Tech adjunct professor Reynaldo A. Valencia will bring him alongside the movers and shakers in Washington, D.C.
Police blotter
Blotter information is compiled from reports filed with the Lubbock Police Department. To report information about these or any other crimes, call Crime Line at 741-1000. In some cases, cash rewards are offered. Callers may remain anonymous.
Lea County inmates charged in latest prison death
A Hobbs, N.M., magistrate judge issued warrants Thursday for the arrests of two Lea County Correctional Facility inmates now charged with murder in the death of 47-year-old inmate Richard Garcia.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Joslyn of Lubbock, a son weighing 9 pounds, 4 ounces at 10:48 a.m. June 16 in Covenant Medical Center.
Flood damage estimates run high
One local carpet cleaner said Friday that the damage to some flooded homes could reach between $60,000 and $70,000.
Where to get aid
Dial-a-Dumpster: Solid Waste will deliver a 30-cubic yard roll-off container to damaged homes and remove it for free. Call 775-2482 for a container.
Crime wrap
Blotter information is compiled from reports filed with the Lubbock Police Department. Where numbered addresses are given, they refer to block numbers. To report information about these or any other crimes, call Crime Line at 741-1000. In some cases, cash rewards are offered. Callers may remain anonymous.
United to participate
in GO TEXAN drive
From cantaloupe to rice, Texas provides an abundance of food and consumer products. Now, Lubbock residents have a new chance to support these state-grown goods.
City approves youth commission
City Council members on Thursday approved plans for a youth commission, four new downtown zoning districts and an amended contract to hire new band for September's Music Crossroads of Texas festival. Market Lubbock Inc. directors also updated council members on their progress over the last year and their budget requests for next year.
Critter Fest '99 set at Science Spectrum
Critter Fest '99 will be open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. both days at the Science Spectrum, 2579 South Loop 289.
Plainview agent pleads guilty to insurance scam
PLAINVIEW (Special) A longtime Plainview insurance agent pleaded guilty to theft after investigators found he was taking premiums from clients and failing to turn the money in to insurance agencies.
Coliseum roof to cost more than expected
The roof of the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum was in such bad shape that constructing a new one is costing a little more than expected, city officials say. Tommy Gonzalez, Lubbock's director of civic services, said the roof is going to cost about $175,000 more than the $1.2 million the contractor originally estimated.
Thunderstorms skirt Lubbock
As flood waters continued to recede Thursday, Lubbock dodged what could have been a devastating onslaught of heavy rain as menacing thunderstorms strafed the skies with lightning but produced only light to moderate rainfall. Other areas of the saturated South Plains, however, were hammered by high winds and heavy rain.
Athlete shows true determination
In the end, Brent Wright beat the fire that consumed his room and almost all his belongings. The fire, much like a boxer on his last legs at the end of a title fight, wouldn't give up.
TML board meets in Lubbock
More than 30 members of the Texas Municipal League board of directors met Friday in Lubbock under the direction of its president, City Councilman T.J. Patterson.
Hillcrest hosting Swinger
The first of Lubbock's major men's golf tournaments begins today with The Hillcrest Country Club Swinger.
Spike's Open tourney kicks off today
The third annual Spike's Open Golf Tournament will tee off at 7:30 a.m. today at Meadowbrook Golf Course with more than 400 players.
Job shadow program teaches skills needed for work place
For Greg Jeffcoat, one trip to the Lubbock Police Department is all it took to alter his way of thinking.
Key putts lift Scherr to crown
WICHITA FALLS (Special) Lubbock's Jason Scherr made three clutch putts in a row on the back nine Friday, holding off Jeff Bell from Plano and winning the 43rd Texas-Oklahoma Junior Golf Tournament at Wichita Falls Country Club.
Judge orders end to Hobbs investigation of activist
HOBBS, N.M. {AP} A federal judge, concluding the Hobbs Police Department's investigation of a black activist who has been critical of officers' behavior was retaliatory, has ordered the department to immediately end the probe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Frazier of Lubbock, a daughter weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces at 9:55 a.m. May 27 in Covenant Medical Center.
Inmates charged with murder
A Hobbs, N.M., magistrate judge issued warrants Thursday for the arrests of two Lea County Correctional Facility inmates now charged with murder in the death of 47-year-old inmate Richard Garcia.
Child dies in flooded creek
Matthew Foster had planned to spend his summer vacation playing with his cousins and fishing with his "Papa."
A-J workshop to highlight use of newspapers in classroom
The Avalanche-Journal will host its 1999 Education Workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 20 at the International Cultural Center, Texas Tech, 601 Indiana Ave.
Marriage licenses
Some area students looking to the future
AUSTIN A dozen Lubbock area high school students in the Community Learners, Educators and Researchers Project at Texas Tech University had an opportunity Friday to learn more about computers from the inside out.
Disasters, disease rise worldwide
KAMPALA, Uganda {AP} Epidemics and natural disasters are on the rise around the world, especially in underdeveloped countries where expanding urban slums pose health hazards, a report said Thursday. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent said global warming, deforestation, poverty and urban crowding in the developing world are escalating the spread of contagious and deadly diseases and have left populations vulnerable to natural disasters.
Anonymous HIV tests declining
ATLANTA {AP} Fewer Americans are choosing to remain anonymous when tested for HIV at federally funded clinics, hospitals and prisons a sign that the stigma attached to AIDS may be waning, the government reported Thursday.
Smithsonian gets original specimen of penicillin
WASHINGTON {AP} A mold that produced the first penicillin, grandfather of all antibiotics, has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution.
Experts: Patients likely to get little benefit form doctor unions
NEW YORK {AP} Consumer groups, employers and federal regulators are warning that a drive by doctors to form unions won't deliver on promises for better health care. Even worse, they say, powerful doctor unions could bring higher costs.
Study puts new focus on sleeplessness
WASHINGTON {AP} Most theories about why millions of elderly suffer insomnia are wrong, according to a new study that says the brain clock regulating sleep ticks as accurately for the old as for the young. Experts say the groundbreaking study could help researchers find new treatments for insomnia.
UMC program focuses on women's lives
Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in women over 50, studies show that only 8 percent of women consider cardiovascular illness to be a health threat. Educating the public on heart disease risk and prevention is of utmost importance then, said Dr. Winston Whitt, a private practitioner in Lubbock.
Nurses urge earlier puberty teaching
PROVIDENCE, R.I. {AP} Girls who mature early should be given the option of learning about puberty and menstruation in the fourth grade, a year before most other girls, a national group of school nurses proposed Thursday.
Auditors discover legal-aid problems
WASHINGTON {AP} Two months after the Legal Services Corp. admitted a few regional offices overstated their workloads, government auditors found that the five largest offices also reported 75,000 cases they couldn't document.
Witnesses contradict Jones' testimony
WASHINGTON {AP} Pressing their campaign to attack the credibility of the government's chief witness in the conspiracy case against former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, defense lawyers summoned a trio of Texas attorneys to the stand Friday to contradict her testimony.
Split court stresses next justice's impact
WASHINGTON {AP} The Supreme Court's 5-4 commitment to giving states more power at the federal government's expense grew more intense in its 1998-99 term. The hardening split, identical to the court's rift over the role of race in American life, emphasized the enormous impact the next president could have with just one appointment.
DNC donor from '96 campaign pleads guilty in federal court
WASHINGTON {AP} A figure in the federal campaign fund-raising investigation pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud, tax evasion and assisting in an illegal $325,000 contribution to the Democratic Party using funds from a foreign national.
Tow-truck driver finds wife, son dead at collision
SANGER, Calif. {AP} A tow-truck driver making a routine stop at a wreck Friday discovered that his wife and son had been killed in the accident.
Study finds stricter drinking laws alone won't reduce crashes
WASHINGTON {AP} Reducing by one drink the alcohol it takes to become legally drunk doesn't conclusively reduce the number or severity of alcohol-related crashes, according to a new government study.
Gore's thesis foreshadows his big political challenge
WASHINGTON {AP} The rising importance of personality in TV-age politics was the heart of Al Gore's honors thesis at Harvard in 1969. Today, personality is the very trait some people think is missing in Gore's bid for the presidency.
Civil war soldiers get tombstones
MARIETTA, Ga. {AP} A 21-shot tribute was fired and soil from Ireland was sprinkled Friday at an unveiling ceremony of new tombstones for three Union soldiers identified nearly 135 years after their deaths.
Clinton tests proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) The Clinton administration is testing political support for a new Medicare drug benefit that would pay roughly half the cost of prescriptions up to perhaps $3,000 to $5,000 a year in return for higher premiums from beneficiaries. ''We should offer a drug benefit but we should do it in a way that it's quite clear that it won't break the bank,'' President Clinton said at a news conference Friday, announcing that next week he will unveil his long-anticipated plan to offer retirees government assistance paying for prescriptions.
Democrats reject challenges to Iowa, NH primary
SEATTLE {AP} The Democratic Party on Friday rejected challenges to first-in-the-nation primary bragging rights for Iowa and New Hampshire but said big changes are inevitable in coming years.
Justices to decide if states accused of cheating Washington can be sued
WASHINGTON {AP} A day after giving state governments sweeping new protections against lawsuits, the Supreme Court said Thursday it will decide whether people can sue a state they accuse of cheating the federal government.
Lawmakers urge arrest of Munich terrorist
WASHINGTON {AP} A new confession to a decades-old terrorist assault is stirring activity on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers want to encourage arrest of a mastermind of the deadly hostage-taking at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Navy defends spending for homes
WASHINGTON {AP} A Senate committee is criticizing the Navy for diverting $5.5 million from its operational budget to refurbish the residences of three four-star admirals. The Navy defended the spending on Thursday, but suggested the diversion would not happen again.
Report shows welfare reform taking hold in big cities
WASHINGTON {AP} Welfare reform's new work-first message has transformed even big city bureaucracies that historically are resistant to change, according to the first report from a large-scale study.
Hedgehog cactus off endangered species list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed the Lloyd's hedgehog cactus from the endangered species list after determining the cactus was not a distinct species.
Dole picks Reagan administration peers as advisers
WASHINGTON {AP} Republican presidential hopeful Elizabeth Dole is turning to fellow officials from the Ronald Reagan years to advise her on policy.
Mays moving toward getting child back
ORLANDO, Fla. {AP} Kimberly Mays, once at the center of a custody battle after learning she was switched at birth, is making progress toward regaining custody of her 1-year-old son, a child welfare official said Friday.
Congress revives gay discrimination fight
WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican lawmakers from New England revived efforts Thursday to pass a federal law prohibiting job discrimination against homosexuals.
Four Killeen teens held in deaths of Iowa couple
FORT HOOD {AP} Investigators say an Iowa couple found dead in the trunk of their burning car pleaded to be let go but were shot to death.
Professional child-proofing gives parents peace of mind
On the same day 10-month-old Katie almost took a tumble down the stairs, the Malinowski home got professionally baby-proofed.
House sends flag desecration bill back to Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) House supporters of a constitutional amendment to safeguard the flag prevailed for the third time in four years on Thursday, arguing the nation's symbol can be protected without violating basic freedoms. The House voted 305-124 19 more than the two-thirds needed to amend the Constitution to allow Congress to ban desecration of the flag. The matter now moves to the Senate, where defeat is considered likely, though the vote will be close.
Witnesses contradict Jones' testimony
WASHINGTON {AP} Pressing their campaign to attack the credibility of the government's chief witness in the conspiracy case against former Housing Secretary Henry Cis-neros, defense lawyers summoned a trio of Texas attorneys to the stand Friday to contradict her testimony. Taking the stand in the fifth day of a pivotal pre-trial hearing in advance of Cisneros' September trial on conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges, Lubbock attorneys Floyd Holder and Michael Carper offered testimony in direct contradiction to Linda Jones' statements this week.
Rocket lifts NASA telescope into orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. {AP} A NASA ultraviolet telescope rocketed into orbit Thursday on a three-year quest to learn what the universe was like moments after creation.
Bush raises money in brother Jeb's state
TAMPA, Fla. {AP} Texas Gov. George W. Bush took advantage of his younger brother's political clout Friday during a four-city swing through Florida expected to raise $2 million for his Republican presidential bid.
Blast, blaze at plastics plant kills two
PASADENA {AP} One of two men who died in a Pasadena plant explosion was a 16-year veteran of the maintenance company servicing the Phillips Petroleum Co. facility.
Boeing identifies probable cause of failed launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. {AP} A breach in an engine combustion chamber likely was responsible for the failure of Boeing's new Delta III rocket in May.
Guilty plea given to avoid electric chair
ROCKFORD, Ala. {AP} One of two men accused of beating a gay man to death with an ax handle for allegedly making a pass at them pleaded guilty Thursday to murder in hopes of avoiding the electric chair.
Gore wins endorsement of Iowa union
DES MOINES, Iowa {AP} Vice President Al Gore on Friday accepted the endorsement of the largest union representing Iowa state workers, a nod that could mobilize an army of organizers on his behalf for the important Iowa caucuses.
Tobacco firms say cigarettes are safer now
MIAMI {AP} Tobacco companies have worked for years to make their products safe by lowering tar and nicotine, an industry lawyer said Thursday during closing arguments in the first class-action lawsuit by smokers to reach trial.
Enrollment in college declines
WASHINGTON {AP} Nearly two-thirds of U.S. students who graduated from high school last year attended college in the fall but the percentage was down from the record-breaking 1997 class, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Court allows suit over secret workplace videos
SAN FRANCISCO {AP} The news media can be sued for infiltrating a workplace and secretly recording an employee, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
CIA official questioned strike target
WASHINGTON {AP} An intelligence official making a second call to question a bombing target learned the B-2s already were in the air. His initial concerns unheeded, the strike hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in an incident that has shaken U.S.-Chinese relations.
House votes to double aid for aging foster children
WASHINGTON {AP} The House voted Friday to double federal spending on "independent living" programs for aging foster children who now are dropped from state care at age 18.
Today's A-J Headlines - 06/26/99
Today's A-J Headlines - 06/25/99
Dorothy Henly
Graveside services for Dorothy Mann Henly, 81, of Lubbock will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the City of Lubbock Cemetery with the Rev. D.L. Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.
Floyd Humphreys
LEVELLAND (Special) Services for Floyd Humphreys, 89, of Granbury will be at 10 a.m. today at Geo. C. Price Funeral Chapel with Ted Holder, Levelland, Bobby Bell, Levelland, and Ricky Durrett, Farmington, N.M., officiating.
Don Parr
PETERSBURG (Special) Services for Don "Nannernose" Eilland Parr, 62, of Petersburg will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse J. Nave, pastor, officiating.
Mary Washburn
MIDLAND (Special) Services for Mary Wynola Washburn, 67, of Midland will be at 11 a.m. today at Fairmont Park Church of Christ with Scott Shepherd and Eldon Schoolcraft officiating.
Elsie Bodemann
LOCKHART (Special) Services for Elsie Bodemann, 100, of Lockhart and formerly of Lubbock, will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at McCurdy Funeral Home.
William Tunnell
LAMESA (Special) Services for William Cullen Tunnell, 93, of Lamesa will be at 3 p.m. today at Lamesa Church of Christ with Ronnie White, of Midland, officiating.
Y.B. Thompson
LITTLEFIELD (Special) Services for Y.B. "Jumbo" Thompson, 76, of Littlefield will be at 2 p.m. today at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel in Littlefield with the Rev. Benny Goss, pastor of Sunset Baptist Church, officiating.
Kelli McPhaul
Graveside services for Kelli Colleen McPhaul, 33, of Austin will be at 10 a.m. Monday at City of Lubbock Cemetery with the Rev. Ronnie Marley, pastor of Northside Baptist Church in Lamesa, officiating.
Mary Scoggin
MULESHOE (Special) Services for Mary A. Scoggin, 76, of Muleshoe will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Muleshoe with the Rev. Brad Reeves, pastor, officiating.
Maria Reyes
IDALOU (Special) Rosary for Maria Del Refugio Reyna Reyes, 92, of Lubbock will be at 7 p.m. today at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church.
Bera Reed
Graveside services for Bera Mae Reed, 72, of Lubbock will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Resthaven Memorial Park with Mike Fagan officiating.
Don Parr
PETERSBURG (Special) Services for Don "Nannernose" Eilland Parr, 62, of Petersburg were held Friday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse J. Nave, pastor, officiating.
Jomarie Weaks
JOES, Colo. (Special) Services for Jomarie Hope Weaks, 65, of Joes were at 2 p.m. Monday at Liberty Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Keith and Gary Weaks, nephew, officiating.
Joe Payne
PLAINVIEW (Special) Services for Joe Truett Payne, 81, of Plainview will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church Chapel with the Rev. Travis Hart, pastor, officiating.
Jackie Samford Jr.
ASPERMONT (Special) Services for Jackie Forrest Samford Jr., 49, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Mickey Waggoner officiating.
Nena Caudle
Services for Nena Downey Caudle, 85, of Lubbock will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church Chapel with the Rev. Cleve Haley, pastor of Oakwood Baptist Church, officiating.
Elizabeth Musser
LEVELLAND (Special) Graveside services for Elizabeth Musser, 81, of Levelland will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at City of Levelland Cemetery with the Rev. Jesse Hodge, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating.
Terry Rogers
LOVINGTON, N.M. (Special) Services for Terry Rogers, 43, of Lovington, N.M., will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Bethany Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Leon Green officiating.
Anna Loveless
Services for Anna M. Loveless, 72, formerly of Lubbock will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Monterey Baptist Church.
Margaret Whorton
IDALOU (Special) Graveside services for Margaret Brown Whorton, 61, of Idalou will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Idalou Cemetery with Gerald Jackson officiating.
Danielle Natividad
SEAGRAVES (Special) Services for Danielle Lezetta Natividad, infant daughter of Javier and Machelle Natividad of Seagraves, were at 2 p.m. Thursday in Seagraves with Ovidido Martinez officiating and Junior Martinez assisting.
Madeline Trainer
Services for Madeline B. Trainer, 86, of Lubbock will be held 4 p.m. Saturday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home in Abilene with the Rev. Bill Luttrell officiating, and the Rev. Cecil Cox assisting.
Mildred Cortez
LAMESA (Special) Services for Mildred E. Cortez, 76, of Lamesa will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
Betty Marsh
Private services for Betty Sue Marsh, 62, of Lubbock will be held Saturday at Resthaven Funeral Home.
Maria Reyes
IDALOU (Special) Rosary for Maria Del Refugio Reyna Reyes, 92, of Lubbock will be at 7 p.m. today at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church.
Maria Reyes
IDALOU (Special) Rosary for Maria Del Refugio Reyna Reyes, 92, of Lubbock will be at 7 p.m. today at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church.
Everett Busbea
Services for Everett L. "Buzz" Busbea, 71, of Lubbock will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at City of Lubbock Cemetery with the Rev. Tim Winn officiating.
Weldon Legan
LEVELLAND (Special) Services for Weldon Legan, 47, of Levelland will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Harrison, pastor of First Baptist Church in Whiteface, officiating.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. {AP} The starting lineup for Saturday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bully Hill Vineyards 150 race at Watkins Glen International with truck number in parentheses, hometown, make of truck and average lap speed in mph:
Nets reach agreement with interim coach Casey
NEWARK, N.J. {AP} Veteran assistant coach Don Casey, who took over as interim coach during the season when the New Jersey Nets fired John Calipari, will become the team's head coach, it was announced Friday.
Colorado's Lansing set to undergo back surgery
DENVER {AP} Colorado Rockies second baseman Mike Lansing, out since May with back pain, is scheduled to have surgery next week to repair a bulging disc. He likely will miss the remainder of the season.
Trucks practice on rain tires for first time ever
SONOMA, Calif. {AP} First-round qualifying results Friday for Sunday's NASCAR Winston Cup Series Save Mart-Kragen 350K at the Sears Point Raceway with starting position, car number (in parentheses), driver, make of car and speed in mph:
NBA players gave magic performances
NEW YORK {AP} When it was suggested to Jeff Van Gundy that the New York Knicks might play Patrick Ewing torn Achilles' tendon and all for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, the coach smiled.
Labonte looks forward to right turns
SAN FRANCISCO {AP} Bobby Labonte isn't nervous about a few right turns getting in the way of his recent success.
Jimenez records no-hitter
PHOENIX (AP) Jose Jimenez, a rookie right-hander suffering through one of the worst seasons of any National League pitcher, threw the first St. Louis no-hitter in 16 years Friday night, outdueling Randy Johnson in the Cardinals' 1-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Houston ties record on way to 72-69 win
WASHINGTON The Houston Comets tied a WNBA record for longest winning streak at the start of a season Friday night, rallying from 12 points down in the second half to beat the Washington Mystics 72-69.
NEW YORK (AP) San Antonio's incredible run through the playoffs ended with a missed shot at the buzzer, a wild celebration on the floor of Madison Square Garden and the first NBA title for the Spurs. San Antonio became the first of the old ABA teams to win the championship, outlasting the New York Knicks in a thrilling finish for a 78-77 victory Friday night in Game 5.
Perry leads Buick Classic after two rounds
HARRISON, N.Y. When last seen by the golfing world, Chris Perry was waving a white towel of surrender on the final hole of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, then crawling on his hands and knees to the 18th green.
Texas-sized trophy case
DALLAS (AP) Texans like to believe the Lone Star State is the biggest and the best at everything. When it comes to sports these days, they're exactly right. A Texas team just won the Stanley Cup, another is close to wrapping up the NBA championship and one more is off to a perfect start as it seeks a third straight WNBA crown.
BASEBALLAmerican LeagueCLEVELAND INDIANSActivated 3B Travis Fryman from the 15-day disabled list. Assigned OF Jacob Cruz to Buffalo of the International League.
Becker roars back in grudge match
WIMBLEDON, England {AP} Two years after Boris Becker whispered in Pete Sampras' ear that he was done with Wimbledon, the old lion roared once more on Centre Court.
Bulls get luck of draw with top pick
CHICAGO {AP} It's been a long time since draft day meant anything to the Chicago Bulls. This year, it means everything.
Thomas colletes 1,500th hit
CHICAGO Frank Thomas got the 1,500th hit of his career and rookie Jeff Liefer had three hits and three RBIs Thursday to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Minnesota Twins 5-3.
Sammy smacks two long as Cubs outlast Rockies 12-10
DENVER Sammy Sosa increased his NL-leading home run total to 26 with a pair of two-run shots Thursday as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 12-10.
Orioles agree to play scheduled exhibition
BALTIMORE {AP} The Baltimore Orioles will play their scheduled exhibition game against Triple-A Rochester on Monday, after all.
Dierker surprises Astros in brief visit
HOUSTON {AP} The Houston Astros got a pleasant surprise Thursday when manager Larry Dierker showed up at practice, just one day after he checked out of the hospital.
Gwynn goes back on DL
LOS ANGELES {AP} Tony Gwynn's pursuit of 3,000 hits is on hold again.
Bengals acquire Cowboys' RB Sualua
CINCINNATI {AP} Fullback Nicky Sualua, the man who was with former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Mark Tuinei when he died of an accidental drug overdose, was acquired on waivers Friday by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Sting 88, Mercury 72
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Andrea Stinson scored 23 points and Vicky Bullett added 16 as the Charlotte Sting beat the Phoenix Mercury.
Electrical problem delays Mets-Braves game
ATLANTA {AP} The opener of a three-game series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves was delayed 45 minutes Friday night when an electrical problem knocked out a section of lights at Turner Field.
WIMBLEDON, England {AP} Results Thursday from the Wimbledon tennis championship at the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club:
Penguins negotiate deal with arena
PITTSBURGH {AP} The Pittsburgh Penguins, newly acquired by former star Mario Lemieux, were able to resolve their biggest hurdle Friday in emerging from bankruptcy by negotiating a new lease with their landlord.
THURSDAY's SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
THURSDAY's SPORTS TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueMINNESOTA TWINSAgreed to terms with CF B.J. Garbe.
Report: Cablevision's buyout of Mets close to completion
NEW YORK {AP} Cablevision, the majority owner of Madison Square Garden, the NBA's Knicks and the NHL's Rangers, is close to buying the baseball Mets, according to a published report.
Monarchs maul Utah
SACRAMENTO, Calif. On a record-setting Thursday afternoon, Ruthie Bolton-Holifield buried a past performance with a bevy of 3-point baskets.
Strawberry does community service at Florida youth club
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. {AP} Hunkered over a pool table and surrounded by children, Darryl Strawberry is mixing games with an anti-drug message as part of his court-ordered community service.
Knicks not giving up against Spurs
NEW YORK {AP} A three-story tall tapestry hangs at the entrance of Madison Square Garden. It reads: "I Still Believe."
WIMBLEDON, England {AP} Results Friday of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club:
Villone holds Houston scoreless in 3-0 victory
HOUSTON {AP} Ron Villone didn't allow a hit until Tony Eusebio singled with one out in the seventh inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros 3-0 Thursday night on a combined one-hitter.
Wimbledom notebook
Three-time runner-up Goran Ivanisevic is back at Wimbledon and into the third round for the seventh time in eight years.
Gordon wins Swars Point race pole for second straight year
SONOMA, Calif. Jeff Gordon is developing quite a knack for right turns.
Richardson tries to reassure Asian-Americans at weapons site
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. {AP} Energy Secretary Bill Richardson sought to reassure Asian-American scientists at the Los Alamos weapons complex Thursday that their loyalty is not in question, but he got the most heated feedback on another subject polygraph testing.
WIPP officials plan to step up inspections of waste containers
CARLSBAD, N.M. {AP} The Department of Energy plans to step up its inspections of shipments headed to a southern New Mexico nuclear disposal site after discovering a container carrying plutonium-contaminated waste was missing a vent port plug.
Jicarilla Apache leader resigns under pressure
DULCE, N.M. {AP} Jicarilla Apache President Arnold Cassador resigned Friday rather than let himself be impeached, but the Tribal Council voted to impeach him anyway.
Jury convicts husband of sleepwalking murder
PHOENIX {AP} A man who claimed he was sleepwalking when he stabbed his wife 44 times and held her head under water in their swimming pool was convicted Friday of murder and could get the death penalty. Jurors who convicted Scott Falater, 43, said they could not believe he could kill his wife, hide evidence and even bandage a cut finger without waking up. They said Falater's actions outweighed testimony from defense experts who said Falater probably killed in his sleep.
Johnson puts drugs on agenda
ALBUQUERQUE {AP} Gov. Gary Johnson has raised the idea of decriminalizing drug use in New Mexico, saying he wants people talking about drug policy.
Report: Airman wasn't warned of explosives
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. {AP} A 19-year-old airman who died after picking up a piece of ordnance received no warning about such explosives, a new U.S. Army report shows.
New Mexico unemployment rate dips two-tenths of a point
ALBUQUERQUE {AP} New Mexico's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in May, the state Labor Department reported Thursday. The seasonally adjusted rate was 6.1 percent for May, compared with 6.3 percent in April.
NM pursues tax evading gas sellers
SANTA FE {AP} State officials are investigating wholesale gasoline distributors suspected of evading state gasoline taxes, and have started by targeting a Santa Fe businessman with connections to Santo Domingo Pueblo's gasoline distribution company.
Note written in blood found near body of beaten girl
PHOENIX {AP} A note written in blood praying for "compassion, love and kindness" was found near the body of an 8-year-old girl beaten to death with a belt, according to a police report.
Weekend sellers set up shops, make a buck and hit the road
ALBUQUERQUE {AP} With an eye to the sky and an itch to sell, roadside sellers scramble to stake their portion of dusty, vacant lots their shops under the sun.
Restaurant closes doors to public Health department cites outbreak of salmonella
SANTA FE {AP} A Truth or Consequences restaurant has closed its doors after an outbreak of salmonella sickened as many as 40 people, state officials said Thursday.
Salmonella prompts emergency meeting
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. {AP} Representatives of a popular Truth or Consequences restaurant were meeting Friday with state Health Department officials after an outbreak of salmonella at the restaurant sickened several dozen people.
At Play & Prayer
Squeals of laughter and girl chatter echoed through Blanco Canyon south of Floydada as campers unloaded their bedrolls this week for four days of Bible study and activities at Plains Baptist Assembly. Acres of newly-mowed grass are surrounded by canyon walls dressed in purple thistle blooms waving gently in the breeze, courtesy abundant spring rains. Stately cottonwood trees, probably the biggest and oldest trees in the West Texas area, provide shade along the usually dry riverbed that runs through the camp area. More than 1,300 campers have seen Blanco Canyon in its best full dress since the summer camping season began in June. Caprock Plains Girls in Action Camp brought 245 girls from 30 churches throughout the area for a Tuesday through Friday program of missions, Bible study, crafts and recreation.
Russian court to hear appeal by Witnesses
MOSCOW {AP} A Moscow court will hear an appeal Monday by a branch of Jehovah's Witnesses, who are seeking to overturn a lower court ruling in a case aimed at banning the group, church officials said.
Bookstore to change name to Lifeway Christian Store
Today, the Baptist Bookstore, at 3829 50th St., will become Lifeway Christian Store, changing its name to the name adopted for its home office by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1998.
Churches expelled by American Baptists
DES MOINES, Iowa {AP} Four California churches were expelled by the board of the American Baptist Churches USA on the eve of the church's nationwide biennial meeting. The offense was "welcoming and affirming" homosexuals.
Church rejects move toward ordination for non-celibate gays
FORT WORTH {AP} Presbyterians decided Friday to not consider ordaining non-celibate gays and lesbians in the nation's largest Presbyterian church.
U.S. women roll a seven to show why they're No. 1
CHICAGO {AP} When China and Norway rolled sevens in their second outings of the Women's World Cup, the United States took notice.
Burrell ends Jones' two-year reign
EUGENE, Ore. {AP} Marion Jones' invincibility in the long jump has ended.
Raider radio
Major radio outlets for sports coverage in Lubbock:
Track meet starts with small leap for favorite
EUGENE, Ore. {AP} Shades of Dan O'Brien?
Magazine says Swiss ignored IOC tax fraud
LAUSANNE, Switzerland {AP} The Swiss government turned a blind eye to International Olympic Committee tax fraud in an effort to sway the 2006 Winter Games selection, a magazine reported Friday.
Jones grabs first-round at LPGA Champoinship
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U.S. women blow out Nigeria 7-1 in match
CHICAGO Now this is how to win fans. And World Cups. The United States emphatically displayed why it is one of the world's best women's soccer teams with a 7-1 rout of Nigeria on Thursday before 65,080, the second straight sellout for the American squad in the Women's World Cup. The fans at Soldier Field, many decked out in red, white and blue clothes, hairdos or body paint, were treated to an astounding offensive display.
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Texas group bidding for Big 12 tournament
OKLAHOMA CITY {AP} The battle over who will host the Big 12 baseball tournament beginning in 2001 could involve a Texas challenge with The Ballpark in Arlington offered as an inducement. The Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Southwest Sports Group are preparing a joint bid to move the tournament from Oklahoma City to Arlington, where the Texas Rangers play.
Familiar faces emerge as Tech candidates
Two familiar names have emerged as possible assistant coaches on Texas Tech basketball coach James Dickey's reshuffled staff, but nobody is ready to confirm or deny any movement. Abilene Christian University head coach Shanon Hays and former Red Raiders star player and assistant coach Will Flemons both confirmed Thursday they have spoken to Dickey about the position vacated when Greg Pinkney resigned June 16.
Haskins agrees to leave Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS {AP} Clem Haskins agreed Friday to a $1.5 million buyout of his contract with Minnesota, even though university investigators have found no evidence implicating the basketball coach in an academic fraud scandal.
Former Tech quarterback has day in court
Zebbie Lethridge testified Friday that he considered leaving Texas Tech because of unrelenting ridicule over his 1995 charge for shoplifting a pair of earrings from Dillard's.
Olympic planners trip on Utah liquor laws
SALT LAKE CITY {AP} Olympic visitors will find that you can get a drink in Utah if you know how.
Lindsey takes Levelland job
There's little doubt that Dean Weese's legend stretches far across the state of Texas.
Evolution of an Idea
HEAD:Anyone who knew Mike Greer 10 years ago isn't likely to be overly surprised that his hobby has developed one of the major sporting events in Lubbock.
Report: Minnesota coach on the way out
MINNEAPOLIS {AP} Lawyers for the University of Minnesota and for basketball coach Clem Haskins met Thursday, then refused to comment on a report that Haskins' 13-year tenure could end as soon as this weekend.
Tourney to highlight Lady Raiders' premier
Texas Tech set the stage for a star-studded opening of the United Spirit Arena by inviting volatile coach Bobby Knight and his Indiana Hoosiers to play the Red Raiders on Nov. 19.
Some Tech broadcasts to switch stations
KKAM has lost radio broadcast rights for Texas Tech baseball and Dallas Cowboys football games for the upcoming seasons, but that doesn't signal a change in the Lubbock station's commitment to an all-sports format.
Mental health providers not obligated to warn of patient threats
AUSTIN {AP} Mental health providers in Texas are not obligated to warn anyone about threats made by their patients, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Authorities had suspected serial killer in custody, but unknowingly let him go
HOUSTON (AP) Suspected serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez was in custody of immigration officials early this month but was let go, officials said Friday. ''I'm not going to discuss whether it was a mechanical error or an error at all,'' Don K. Clark, special agent in charge of the Houston FBI office and head of a task force pursuing the Mexican national, said Friday.
Officers in hogtying incident fired
FORT WORTH {AP} Five police officers have been fired for lying about hogtying a man who later died in their custody, the police chief said today.
Witnesses testify in diver's death
BEAUMONT {AP} Eyewitnesses and diving authorities on Thursday continued to shed light on what might have happened the day a commercial diver died in the Gulf of Mexico.
Agents arrest second suspect in Freon smuggling ring
SAN ANTONIO {AP} U.S. Customs Service agents have arrested a second man for his alleged role in a scheme to smuggle 75,000 pounds of the banned refrigerant Freon into the United States.
Camera shows JFK assassination view on Web
DALLAS {AP} The eerie view from the sixth-floor perch of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was transmitted live on the Internet starting Thursday in a move criticized by the brother of slain President John F. Kennedy.
Insurance case nets 32 indictments
AUSTIN {AP} A Dallas grand jury has indicted 32 people in relation to a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud insurance companies by not disclosing applicants had a terminal or life-threatening illness.
Former city clerk convicted of embezzlement
LA FERIA {AP} A former city clerk was convicted Thursday of embezzling nearly $1 million from various city accounts, including tax funds and utility payments.
Loss of $12,000 prosthetic leg angers owner
AUSTIN {AP} Norman Hartwell's leg disappeared, and he wants it back.
Data in unsolved killings compared to rail slayings
HOUSTON {AP} Police with unsolved slayings across the nation are quizzing Texas authorities about the rail-riding fugitive who has already been linked through physical evidence to eight killings in three states.
Edwards Aquifer level up, but conservation urged
SAN ANTONIO {AP} Lawns are green and the Edwards Aquifer level is up, thanks to a steady soaking from recent showers. But weather and water experts say another hot, dry period could be in the offing and that rainfall for the San Antonio area remains below normal for the year.
JP criticized for taking earrings as collateral
BROWNSVILLE {AP} Justice of the Peace Oscar Tullos doesn't want to hear it he came under fire for taking a girl's earrings as collateral for a $50 truancy fine.
Fighting continues in Kosovo
ISTOK, Yugoslavia {AP} The rebel police chief in Istok hears the stories from people coming down from mountain villages: Serb paramilitaries are terrorizing ethnic Albanian villages.
After fatal rocket attack, residents of border town say life unbearable
KIRYAT SHEMONAH, Israel {AP} In the midst of a barrage of Katyusha rockets, contractor Shimon Almaliah was summoned to City Hall to help assess the damage to homes in this town near the Lebanese border. As Almaliah stepped out of the building, another rocket hit, killing him and a friend.
Ancient factory for Temple vessels found under Jerusalem
JERUSALEM {AP} Two thousand years ago, masons working in an underground factory a cluster of caverns beneath Jerusalem carved stone mugs, dishes and wine jugs for priests serving in the nearby Jewish Temple.
FBI forensic experts investigating site of Serb massacre in Djakovica
DJAKOVICA, Yugoslavia {AP} On a terrifying morning three months ago, 10-year-old Dren Caka ran screaming from his uncle's home, leaving behind his mother, three sisters and about 18 others who were massacred by Serb forces.
Tribes agree to cease-fire in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria {AP} Warring tribes in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta have reached a cease-fire to end ethnic strife that has cost hundreds of lives over the past two years, newspapers reported Friday.
Kosovars look to world for aid after missed planting season
CERNUSA, Yugoslavia {AP} As soon as Sadije Hasani and her family emerged from hiding from Serb soldiers in the hills of central Kosovo, she did what little she could to prepare for the future: She planted tomatoes and cucumbers in a muddy plot next to her home.
Montenegro cautioned on independence
WASHINGTON {AP} The State Department on Friday cautioned Montenegro, the smaller but more democratic partner in the two-republic Yugoslav federation, not to seek independence from Belgrade.
NATO chiefs greeted by cheers
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) Ethnic Albanians thronged NATO's civilian and military leaders in Kosovo's capital Thursday, welcoming them with cheers and tears of gratitude for the bombing campaign that forced out Yugoslav troops. Meanwhile, the U.S. government put up a $5 million reward for help in arresting and convicting anyone wanted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the Balkans. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is among those who have been indicted.
U.S. seeks extradition of Saudi in bombings
LONDON {AP} A Saudi Arabian suspected in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa was a key member of Osama bin Laden's alleged terror network, a lawyer for the United States said Friday.
Russian troops heading to Kosovo concern NATO
WASHINGTON {AP} After wrangling with NATO over the role of Russian troops in postwar Kosovo, Moscow could begin sending 3,600 peacekeepers to the Serb province as early as Friday. U.S. and NATO officials on Thursday welcomed the additions but acknowledged potential problems.
Clinton tells Serbs: 'Get out of denial'
WASHINGTON {AP} In a marathon news conference, President Clinton said Friday the people of Serbia "have to get out of denial" about the atrocities blamed on Slobodan Milosevic and decide if he's fit to remain president of Yugoslavia. About his own critics at home "particularly the right wing" the president said he cannot allow them to distract him from the nation's business. He said he tells his staff: "We have no right to harbor anger" that would interfere with the obligation to serve the public.
Attorneys for Ocalan air warning
IMRALI ISLAND, Turkey {AP} Abdullah Ocalan's lawyers presented their final arguments Thursday, warning that hanging the Kurdish rebel will not end decades of unrest and hinting that other fighters could take his place.
Serbs leave Pec as their homes are looted, burned
PEC, Yugoslavia {AP} Serbs fled the Kosovo city of Pec in panicked, tearful convoys Friday, abandoning the revered cradle of their faith, where ethnic Albanians looted and burned their homes.
Germany proposes top official as coordinator of Balkan pact
BONN, Germany {AP} Germany on Thursday proposed a top government official as coordinator of the Balkan stability pact, adopted this month to strengthen democracy and boost the economies of southeast Europe.
Lawyer for rebel leader acquitted of charges of aiding, abetting group
ISTANBUL, Turkey {AP} A lawyer for Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and an interpreter for the rebel's European legal team were acquitted Friday of charges of aiding and abetting the rebel group, the lawyer's office said.
U.S. wants new trial for jailed American
LIMA, Peru {AP} The U.S. government will insist that an American woman sentenced to life in prison for treason by a Peruvian military court receive a civilian trial, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Dennis Jett said Thursday.
China, U.S. continue to work together, despite strains
BEIJING {AP} The meeting wasn't supposed to happen, not officially. Yet there they were, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. envoy Charles Kartman chatting over dinner in the midst of the worst chill in China-U.S. relations in decades.
India's leader says army won't cross into Pakistan
DRAS, India {AP} Indian troops are finding it difficult to force Islamic fighters off mountaintop strongholds in Kashmir but there are no plans for an army assault into Pakistan, India's prime minister said Thursday.
American businessman arrested in North Korea
WASHINGTON {AP} An American visiting North Korea on an apparent business venture was arrested last week, the State Department said Friday.
Journalists come under fire
(EDITOR'S NOTE Correspondent Krishnan Guruswamy and photographer Saurabh Das, covering the fighting in Kashmir, found themselves in the midst of an artillery bombardment Friday. They provide a first-person account.)
New air strikes hurt
prospects for peace
BEIRUT, Lebanon {AP} In the heaviest Israeli air strikes against Lebanon in three years, warplanes bombed Lebanese power stations and bridges Friday, plunging the capital into darkness and triggering towering fires.
Rwanda to reopen gorilla park soon
KIGALI, Rwanda {AP} The sanctuary for mountain gorillas in the rolling foothills of northwestern Rwanda will reopen for visitors July 15, two years after Hutu rebel attacks forced the government to close it, the National Tourism Office said today.
Death threats force journalists to hide
BOGOTA, Colombia {AP} Two Colombian television reporters have gone into hiding after receiving death threats they believe were triggered by their footage of a mob attack.
Palestinian workers told to stay out of settlements
MORAG, Gaza Strip {AP} As the sweltering midday sun beat down on this Jewish settlement, streets were deserted, apart from an occasional Israeli army foot patrol. The silence was punctuated only by the sound of singing from the local kindergarten.
U.S. temporarily closes six embassies in Africa
WASHINGTON {AP} The United States temporarily shuttered six embassies in Africa as a "prudent measure" after learning they were under surveillance by suspicious individuals.
Security concerns close six embassies
WASHINGTON {AP} The United States temporarily closed six of its embassies Thursday because of security concerns, the State Department said.
Germany approves Holocaust memorial
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Over the past nine years, the football programs at Novato and Foothill Highs have been staples among the North Coast Section's elite. During that span, there have been just two years where one of the teams has not won an NCS title, and over the past seven years they have combined to go 138-30-2.
For Novato coach Travis Brackett, Foothill was the type of program he wanted to build Novato into. So, after winning NCS titles in 2002 and 2005, a home-and-home series with the Falcons was scheduled.
"Foothill has a strong history of being a good football program and in order to get better we have to play the best," Brackett said.
After splitting their first two meetings, Novato and Foothill renewed the series for another two games, beginning today at 7:30 p.m. at Foothill.
"It was two good games between us so we decided to set up another home-and-home," said Foothill co-coach John Mannion.
The first meeting with the East Bay Athletic League power was an eye-opener for Novato as Foothill's stout defense and physical offense resulted in a 21-3 Foothill win. The loss likely cost the Hornets a shot a state bowl berth as they went unbeaten the rest of the way, allowing only three more touchdowns while outscoring their opponents 545-24 en route to their second straight NCS 2A title.
Novato rode that momentum into last year's rematch with the Falcons and exacted some revenge in the form of a 25-22 win in the season's first week. The Hornets went on to go undefeated before losing in the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state bowl game. The title game loss ended a 25-game winning streak that began the week after losing to Foothill in 2006.
"It was a great experience to be able to represent Northern California," Brackett said. "The environment was great and we got to play a very good team (Oceanside-San Diego)."
Back from that team are 29 players, including 14 starters, but the Hornets began the year with a 22-13 loss to state power Valley Christian-San Jose last week.
Foothill is coming off a 6-5 season but will benefit from the return of coach Matt Sweeney, who guided the Falcons to 11 league and four section titles in 21 years as head coach before stepping aside before last season began.

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The Saturday Profile
Copyright The New York Times
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: October 22, 2005
SOMETIMES a single life can tell more about a country's experience than a shelfful of history books. Many Chinese people of a certain age have such lives – rich in struggle, in suffering, in the consequences of man's folly, but often enough, too, in a measure of redemption.
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"I knew nothing about the United States, but I knew that if you wanted to learn science, the U.S. was the place."
These are people today in their 40's whose transition to adulthood was hijacked by the Cultural Revolution.
High school and college studies were aborted. Many city residents were "sent down" to the countryside to work as peasants, or assigned to antiquated factories to churn out rough goods.
For the lucky, life eventually resumed; productive life, that is.
Such is the story of Xu Tian, a 43-year-old scientist from Zhejiang Province whose discoveries involving the transposition of genes were featured last month on the cover of the scientific journal Cell.
People who know about such things say Dr. Xu's work could affect all our lives, making it possible to switch genes on and off, facilitating therapies for diabetes, depression, you name it.
The scientist divides his time between Yale University and Fudan University in Shanghai, and works as an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. So promising are his findings that he is already being mentioned by his peers as a potential Nobel laureate.
"I never expected to go to college," Dr. Xu said during a recent visit to Shanghai, speaking of the great suspension of normal life that marked the Cultural Revolution. "Nobody in my high school went to college. We had half-pound rations of meat and of cooking oil. Matches were rationed. Toilet paper was rationed."
The most striking thing about returning to Shanghai, he said, is the intensity of commerce in today's China.
"People try to sell you things," Dr. Xu said with the "pinch me" air of disbelief of someone who grew up in an era of scarcity. It is in many ways the opposite of the distortions of the Cultural Revolution, but as a scientist, Dr. Xu is not altogether pleased.
DURING the Cultural Revolution he was able to attend high school by promising to go later to plant rice. But he was an angry student, instead spending his time playing go, the Asian board game. Later he was fortunate to enter Fudan University, one of the greatest in China.
He remembers traveling to Shanghai to visit the school, wide-eyed and thoroughly uncertain about what route to take in academia. Parents and relatives had been active in the humanities and were persecuted as a result. All cautioned him against following that path.
"I saw that Fudan offered genetics, so I asked my family, 'What is genetics?' and they had no clue," Dr. Xu said without affectation. "I asked my neighbors, and they had no clue, so I thought genetics must not be very popular. Maybe I'll have a chance."
There is a dreamily idealized quality to the way Dr. Xu described the schooling of that day.
"People were very eager to teach and to learn," he said. "Many of the people had been trained in the West, and had never had the opportunity to teach before. The students were incredibly ambitious. We had no clue what the outside world looked like, and suddenly we had an opportunity to study."
Now China is rushing to build one of the world's greatest educational establishments. And yet Dr. Xu suspects that in some ways, the country peaked academically back in those days, at least where the spirit of pure inquiry is concerned.
Dr. Xu made his way to the United States in 1983, landing in Harlem with $50 in his pocket. The World Bank had financed a program to support overseas studies for a small number of China's best students, and at Fudan he had been one of two chosen.
"At the time the vice president of City College was visiting Fudan, and he asked me, 'What do you want to do?' " he said. "I told him I'd like to study developmental biology, and he said City College was a wonderful place. He showed me a brochure that said several of the grads there had won Nobel Prizes, and I said: 'Wow! That's exactly where I'd like to be!' "
DR. XU's introduction to America was replete with unpleasant surprises. He was mugged near the college less than two weeks after arriving. He felt hopeless in English, and as a nobody without grant money he was denied access to his new school's laboratories.
"I knew nothing about the United States, but I knew that if you wanted to learn science, the U.S. was the place," he said. "I'm still deeply grateful, even though early life was very tough.
They gave me a $3,500 T.A.-ship, and I still had to pay tuition, which meant I lived in New York on $1,500. But the hardship was something I could deal with. It's the opportunity that counts.
"That's what young people need."
After six months, Yale offered him a full scholarship, allowing him to pursue his graduate studies, and to work there ever since.
His visits back to China are those of a prodigious son, and his feelings toward China are at once hopeful and deeply critical. What he has found is a nation investing furiously, and with some notable successes, in educating its people. At the same time, he fears the implications of a system heavily invested in control, and the culture of rampant and mindless materialism, careerism and cronyism that it has produced.
"The best people have left and the old people have retired, and commercialization has taken hold," Dr. Xu said.
Referring to scholarly investigation, he added: "The tradition has been broken, and we who were seeking the truth have moved on. It is very difficult to rebuild this sort of thing."
Materialism, he said, has fueled an overpowering urge to "get rich quickly," leaving few with the patience for pure inquiry. Everywhere one looks in education, he said, one sees the controlling hand of government, meaning that those with the best connections prevail, not those with the best ideas. Those who answer the fixed questions of a system based on the planning of nearly everything are rewarded, he said, not those who answer questions that few had dared dream about.
"They are putting more into education than perhaps any country," Dr. Xu said, "but what we haven't taught people yet is to value ideas, and to value the life of the scholar."
Speaking boldly for a person who keeps a foot in China, Dr. Xu says what the country needs is a "new revolution" to get away from what he said was a "system that teaches people to follow the rules, not to be an innovator." To get there, he warned, China will have to overcome thousands of years of tradition "that has always avoided exploring different ways of thinking and exploring, and has emphasized staying within the system."
THE chance to help foster that new spirit is what began drawing Dr. Xu back to China in the early 1990's, after he had become an American citizen. "I went back to Fudan and one of my former professors asked me to meet his students," he said. "He told me he tried to motivate his students, and I said: 'What does that mean? When we were here we were all motivated. We didn't even care about eating or sleeping.' "
Dr. Xu said the students he met were among the country's best, but they told him biology was boring. "I said, 'Let me spend 10 minutes with you to tell you about some of the latest discoveries, and if you still feel it is boring, I give up.' The discussion lasted 2 hours."
A Lifetime in Recovery From the Cultural Revolution
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