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Last season, Pitt's Tyler Palko was the second-team All-Big East Conference quarterback. You couldn't shake the feeling he deserved to be the top guy, ahead of West Virginia's Rasheed Marshall.

This season, Palko almost certainly will be second-team All-Big East again behind Louisville's Brian Brohm. And you are left thinking: It's a good thing the league is so bad.

Last season...

Tim Hortons Raises Over $1.1 Million (USD) for Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

DUBLIN, OH, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ - In just three weeks, Tim Hortons customers donated $679,769.95 (USD) for the Red Cross emergency relief efforts to help families affected by Hurricane Katrina. From September 8th to 30th, Tim Horton Children's Foundation coin boxes in over 2,700 participating Tim H...

Tilden Explorers An after-school nature adventure program for 5-7 year olds, who may be accompanied by an adult. We will hunt for spiders if the weatheris nice, if not we’ll learn about the water cycle, from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. at Tilden Nature Center, Tilden Park. Cost is $6-$8, registration required. 636-1684.

Birdwalk on the MLK Shoreline from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. to see the shorebirds he...

A year ago Tuesday, nearly 1,500 union workers went on strike at Ormet Corp's 267,868mt/year aluminium smelter and rolling mill in Hannibal, Ohio. Since then, much has changed, although the work stoppage persists.

Ormet recently sold the mill to Aleris for $133-mil and sources close to the company told Platts it has decided to run only the casthouse and continue selling billet to Accurid...

Here in America, it’s what we like to all a “short week.” Monday and Tuesday usually go by slowly, but with minimal effort towards work. That’s because of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, which can mean anywhere from a half day to no work at all on Wednesday, stuffing our faces on Thursday, and sleeping, shopping, or taking in a movie on Friday.

For a guy like me, Thanksgivin...

Playoff would fuel controversy, not end it, this season

For the moment, it appears the BCS's method of determining this season's national champion will create less controversy than a playoff system would. That's almost heresy in this era of BCS bashing, but that Realization is the first of our four Rs regarding postseason possibilities.

Realization: If USC beats UCLA in its final...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Department of Transportation will make it easier for holiday travelers this week by opening some lanes that are temporarily closed for construction or maintenance work.

VDOT says most the lanes will be clear from 12 p.m. Wednesday through Thanksgiving Day.

Construction zones with concrete barriers and orange barrels will remain set up.

Motorists mi...

The Health and Human Services Department this month awarded $18.6 million in contracts to four groups of health care and health IT groups to develop four prototypes for a nationwide health information architecture-the final piece of the health IT foundation.

"The plan is for doctors and hospitals to have a low-cost, secure way to get data and to reduce their investment in customization an...

KALAMAZOO -- Ron Stewart will always occupy a warm niche in the heart of the Notre Dame women's basketball program.

Stewart, the coach at Western Michigan University, went out on a limb after his Broncos were clobbered, 84-54, at the Joyce Center on Dec. 18, 2000 and said he was going to vote Notre Dame No. 1 in the following week's coaches poll.

That victory was No. 9 in what wou...

EUGENE - A crowd of 58,525 chanted "BCS, BCS, BCS" throughout parts of the fourth quarter at Autzen Stadium Saturday, but there is a good possibility that No. 10 Oregon and its fans won’t experience the Bowl Championship Series this season.

After routing in-state rival Oregon State, the Ducks pushed their record to 10-1, tying the school’s regular season wins record. The lone lo...