You just have to play good basketball at this time of the year," Gibson said. "But it's always good to have home cooking."

Making the cutAfter one round of playoffs, eight girls' basketball teams from Palm Beach County are still alive.

That number will shrink by at least three after Thursday night's regional semifinal games.

Boynton Beach (19-8) travels to Olympic Heights (15-8), Palm Beach Lakes (22-5) hosts Atlantic (24-4), and Trinity Christian (18-5) is at Lake Worth Christian (17-10).

Suncoast made an unexpected early exit, losing to Rockledge 70-55. The Chargers finished 21-6, but had played nearly the past month of the season and last week's playoff loss without injured starters Ariana Jackson and Ashley Watson.

The game was tied with three minutes to go, but Rockledge forced a number of turnovers that made Suncoast foul to try and stay in the game.

B-N's first 'smart fortwo' car hits streets

McDaniel is smiling, too.After a nearly yearlong wait, he has the Twin Cities' first “smart fortwo" car. He picked it up in St. Louis on Monday and spent most of the day Tuesday showing it off to friends and co-workers.“I think it's great," said John Rediger, heating and air conditioning supervisor at Country Insurance. “I think it's absolutely fantastic. It's got plenty of room."You wouldn't guess it from the outside. The car, which only measures 8.8 feet long, 5.1 feet tall and 5.1 feet wide, takes up only half a parking space.“It only looks small from the outside," McDaniel said. “It's half of car. It has three cylinders instead of six and weighs 1,700 pounds instead of 3,400."That leads to decent gas mileage — 41 miles per gallon on the highway and 33 miles per gallon in town. (It uses premium gasoline.)“It has an 8-gallon tank, and I had 200 miles on it and still had half of tank of gas," McDaniel said.It's also ecologically friendly.The smart fortwo, produced in France by smart, a subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG, is painted with water-soluble paints.

IGA Worldwide Raises Additional Series B Funds from Translink Capital ...

Today's announcement further establishes IGA's leadership position in videogame advertising, a sector poised to grow into the billions globally by 2012; the fastest-growing major advertising medium. In addition, investments from two of Asia's leading financial conglomerates are testament to the demand for IGA's value proposition in Japan, Korea and China, some of the world's most advanced gaming and media markets.

"We are pleased to participate in this round," added Toshi Otani, Co- Founder and Managing Director, Translink Capital.

Discover Portsmouth's best kept secret

The four men were in smokers' exile on the front stoop at the bar, when the woman parked her car, got out and approached them, alone. She stopped at the foot of the stairs and looked up the four steps to the men. The men looked back. The woman spoke first. All four men began laughing. The woman walked up the stairs, spoke again and joined the laughter. The five then spoke for several minutes, laughing often, soaking up the weak winter sun. As the men stubbed out their cigarettes, the woman bade them farewell. She returned to her car. The men stayed outside to wave goodbye as she drove away. This took place at the Beach House, 506 Park Ave., in downtown Island Park. If you are there in January, you must be a local. Of course, that is almost as true in July, too. Island Park is one of this area's best kept secrets.

Rebs fight history, UK at Rupp

Bunny breaks out, is busted SEVENTH PERSON DIES IN ACCIDENT IN 9 DAYS Saints have yet to sign free-agent starters Sheriff's pay raises raise eyebrows 'Natural causes' death could be homicide Exclusive: Lott says he's a witness, not target, in federal investigation New coffee shop is on the way on Cedar Lake Drug smuggling at jail thwarted Witness claims Scruggs pays 'bagman' for work on tobacco settlement Negative first impression .

How towns are redesigned as gyms

Stairs for cardio training. Wider footpaths instead of treadmills. To fight obesity, the towns we live in are being redesigned so we exercise without noticing.

Our forebears didn't need advice to exercise for 20 minutes a day, five times a week. Physical activity was part of everyday life - walking to work, wringing mangles and promenading in the park on Sundays.

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Doctor’s dispatch from Darfur region

Since Ive gotten to Darfur Ive been working with Sudanese doctors in the a small hospital and in the refugee camps closest to the town. There are still about 90100,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) in 7 camps.

There are about 4050 Sudanese doctors working with 1015 Non-government Organizations (NGOs). Most of the docs are new medical school graduates waiting to get into internships. Even though the facilities are primitive, sometimes just grass mats for walls, a sand floor and a big blue tarp from the United Nations for a roof, they are providing pretty good care. The clinic I spend the most time in has a lab tech with a microscope to do blood slides for malaria and stool investigations for intestinal parasites.

The people are generally friendly and playful.

Economic turmoil clouds VC firms' investment outlook

The open source category has already seen movement, with Sun Microsystems recently buying Sweden-based MySQL for $1 billion. Grotech will be searching for additional open source opportunities in 2008, Rainey said.

Nobska has made four investments since forming in 2005. The firm is still raising its first fund and is anticipating at least one exit from its portfolio in 2008, likely through an acquisition. Moore declined to comment on how much money has been raised for the fund so far.