| Tian Liang pays for cashing in on fame
Tian Liang knows what it is like to be at the heart of China's secretive state-run sports sector. Plucked from the long-jump pit on the school playing fields of Chongqing at the age of 7 and sent to the swimming pool, he was carefully nurtured to become one of the country's most successful divers. During a 20-year career he won three world titles, 15 World Cups, two Olympic gold medals and a bronze. The 28-year-old also knows what it is like to be cast out of the system. Despite his two-medal haul in Athens in 2004, he was kicked off the national team in 2005 for endorsing everything from electric bicycles to seafood snacks. His coaches, who demoted him to a provincial team despite his continued superiority, said that he had been "violating team regulations concerning commercial activities ...
Student shot at Mitchell High; second school shooting in 8 days
Mitchell High School senior Sharmain Mayes weeps for her friend Stacey Kiser as her mother Shaundra Mayes takes her out of school following a shooting that left Kiser in critical condition. Kiser, 19, was shot in the school's cafeteria during a PE class that contained about 75 students. The shooter, a 17-year-old sophmore, was taken into custody after turning the gun over to assistant football coach Darryl Mongomery immediately following the shooting. .
A Guide to Driving in Beijing During the Olympics
Tourists seeking their own Olympian challenge while attending the Beijing Games this August might be tempted to get behind the wheel of a rental car and take a spin on the roads of the Chinese capital. For these intrepid tourists, here are some tips about how to drive in Beijing, a city with three million vehicles on its roads. Those who find the road rules overwhelming can ride the subway or take taxis, buses or limousines to sports venues. 1. Physics 101 Beijing drivers seem eager to challenge the physics principle that no two objects can simultaneously occupy the same point in space. For instance, lane markers are largely ignored, serving no real purpose in keeping cars apart. When drivers want to get a good look down the road but the view is blocked by cars in front, drivers don't think twice about sliding halfway into the next lane and then straddling two lanes for as long as seems comfortable.
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Also, let he who has not sinned cast the first stone. If you are pure, honest and clean then you go and stone people. If people have committed immoral or sinful acts let Allah punish them. We are too little to make such decisions.
Sania Saeed, Pakistan
"Apply Holy Koran What Maulana Ghazi or what the Govenment Or what the readers says is not important - what is important is what the Holy Koran says and correct me if I am wrong - the verdict in Holy Koran for adultory is to be " Stoned to death ". That's it. The wisest of the wise do not debate the holy Koran with if's and but's but implement it unflichingly. Salman Malik, Pakistan" Salman Malik, the Holy Quran is a great book, but remember Allah has given you another amazing gift...your brain. Please use it. To blindly follow scripture without using logic and reason is stupidity, not religion.
Business Briefs
GREENVILLE — The head of Michelin North America for the past decade will retire this year to work as a consultant for the company and others in the state, Michelin said Tuesday. Jim Micali, 60, became chairman and president of Michelin North America in 1996. His retirement will be effective Aug. 15, the company said. Micali will be succeeded by Dick Wilkerson, the tire maker's executive vice president for personnel since 2006. Michelin North America has more than 22,500 employees and operates 19 major manufacturing plants. AT&T to offer free Wi-Fi to its broadband users SAN ANTONIO — AT&T said Wednesday it will make its 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots free to nearly all its broadband Internet customers starting next week. Only subscribers to AT&T's premium broadband services previously had free access to its hotspots, leaving out the majority of high-speed users.
Erdoðan's counter offensive against Armenian genocide claims
If there was a genocide, it was you who perpetuated its most violent form, Erdoan said. He argued that genocide is uncharacteristic of Turks. The character of this nation does not let it commit such crimes. We call Armenians to end their unjustified occupation, Erdoan said. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe oversees negotiations between two South Caucasian states, but the ceasefire is breached occasionally, like the incident in mid-February when an Azerbaijani soldier was killed due to Armenian fire.
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Myers will start Phillies’ opener
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Brett Myers will be the Phillies' opening-day starter on March 31 against the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. Cole Hamels will pitch Game 2 against the Nationals. Though Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said today that Myers was chosen for matchup purposes, it wouldn't be surprising if the club awarded Myers the start for loyalty reasons. The Phils moved Myers, last year's opening-day starter, from the rotation into the bullpen early last season. Myers fell in love with the closer's role, but the Phillies returned him to the rotation this spring after acquiring closer Brad Lidge in a trade with the Houston Astros. Hamels went 15-5 with a 3.39 ERA last season, his first full season in the majors. Myers won a career-best 14 games as a starter in 2003.
School Levy Policy: 60% vote requirement to pass levies likely to stay
Voters appeared reluctant to do away with the 60 percent supermajority requirement to pass school levies, according to returns Tuesday. The measure, EHJR 4204, would have amended the state Constitution so that school districts needed only a simple majority of votes to pass property-tax levies to raise money for schools. Supporters of the measure remained hopeful Tuesday night that the outcome would shift as more votes were tallied. Still, "we knew it was going to be an uphill battle," said Jerry Bender, director of the Association of Washington School Principals, who gathered with other supporters at a downtown Seattle party Tuesday. Proponents of the measure, including the Washington Education Association and Gov. Chris Gregoire, had argued the supermajority requirement for school levies is unfair and hurts public education.
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