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YellowBrix Top Science

• BRIEF: Population Growth Slows for Beehive State: Migration Dips ? Fewer People Are Following Jobs H
  Nov. 20--Economic reality appears to have caught up to Utah this year, slowing both the number of people movin...
• DNA Could Help Recreate Mammoth -- First Time an Extinct Animal's Code Spelled Out
  WASHINGTON - Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genet...
• Teach for America Chicago and Philadelphia Sites Receive $200,000 Grant From Exelon Foundation
  The Exelon Foundation awarded $200,000 to Teach For America's Chicago and Philadelphia sites. The grant wil...
• Benton-Franklin Humane Society Kicks Off Campaign to Raise Money for New Shelter
  Nov. 20--KENNEWICK -- The current economic climate may not be the best time to ask the public for money, Bento...
• University of Florida and Cyntellect Collaborate to Unlock Mysteries of Cancer Stem Cells
  SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development...
• Molecular Genetics Core Facility Selects Geospiza's FinchLab
  Molecular Genetics Core Facility of the Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School has selected ent...
• Linking the Concept of Ecological Footprint and Valuation of Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Eco
  INTRODUCTION Humans have had a considerable impact on the Earth because they consume the goods and services of...
• A Long and Forking Road
  A LONG AND FORKING ROAD Human Evolution: Trails from the Past Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco I. Avala. No...
• In the Light of Evolution
  In the Light of Evolution Evolution. The new text Evolution aims to provide students with the fruits of both ...
• The Tragedy of Ecosystem Services
  Garrett Hardens essay "The Tragedy of the Commons" catalyzed an ongoing debate about how the functioning of so...

YellowBrix Top US News

• Witness Says She Started Web Page
  Nov. 20--LOS ANGELES -- Lori Drew did not set up the MySpace account used to harass a daughter's former friend...
• Execution Date Set for Fort Leavenworth Military Inmate
  Nov. 20--The U.S. Army on Thursday set an execution date for Ronald A. Gray, an inmate at the U.S. Disciplinar...
• St. Joseph London Smoke Free: Hospital: Ban Enforces ?Commitment to Creating Healthier Communities'
  Nov. 20--Wednesday, several Saint Joseph London employees and visitors stood outside, puffing away on some of ...
• Killer of 'Precious Doe' Gets Life Plus 29 Years
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Calling Precious Doe's killer a "textbook sociopath," a Jackson County judge sentenced Harr...
• Medallion Honors Dallas Officer Killed By Lee Harvey Oswald
  Nov. 20--The anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination is Saturday. It's been 45 years since h...
• EDITORIAL: Broken Promises
  Nov. 20--Missouri has crawled up a notch in the rankings of the amount of money states spend on tobacco-use pr...
• World News Bulletin: New Plan As Bag Gets Lost in Space
  FLIGHT controllers are revamping plans for the remaining spacewalks during space shuttle Endeavour's visit to ...
• BRIEF: Precious Doe's Killer to Serve Life Plus 29 Years
  Nov. 20--Decrying the murder and beheading of Erica Green as vile, ghoulish and unspeakable, a Jackson County ...
• FBI Director to Meet Slain Agent's Family, Friends
  Nov. 20--FBI Director Robert Mueller III is in Pittsburgh today to meet with the family and colleagues of an a...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• Democratic Leaders Demand Business Plan Before Auto Aid Vote
  Nov. 20--WASHINGTON -- Congress kicked the auto industry's request for a $25-billion loan back to Detroit toda...
• Judge Orders Release of 5 Guantanamo Detainees
  WASHINGTON _ In the first ruling of its kind, a federal judge ordered the speedy release Thursday of five Alge...
• Stevens Bid His Senate Colleagues Farewell
  WASHINGTON _ Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska ended his four-decade congressional career Thursday, ushered out by hi...
• Congress Won't Help Detroit Now, but May Try Later
  Nov. 20--WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders on Thursday delayed considering an auto-industry rescue plan unt...
• Lawmakers Delay Consideration of Auto-Industry Rescue Plan
  No hands went up. Then the California Democrat asked the heads of General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler ...
• Experts Praise Obama's Choice to Lead Homeland Security
  WASHINGTON _ President-elect Barack Obama's expected nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Ariz...
• 'Joe the Plumber's' Records Wrongly Checked, Ohio Inspector General Rules
  Nov. 20--COLUMBUS -- The director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services was out of bounds in combi...
• Control of New York Yankees Shifts to Steinbrenner's Son Hal
  NEW YORK - George Steinbrenner's 35-year reign as boss of the New York Yankees ended Thursday when he passed c...
• Alias Star in Stalker Plea ; HOLLYWOOD
  PREGNANT actress Jennifer Garner has taken out a restraining order on a "delusional" stalker. The Alias star,...
• Congress to Automakers: Give Us a Plan
  U.S. automakers must spell out to Congress how it would spend any bailout funds they are awarded, Democratic l...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• BRIEF: Madonna and Guy Ritchie's Divorce Settlement: They'Ll Share Custody of Their Two Sons
  Nov. 20--Madonna and Guy Ritchie are well on their way to being divorced. The singer and her filmmaker husban...
• Taco Bell Criticizes 50 Cent Over Lawsuit
  U.S. rapper 50 Cent should have said "no," instead of filing a lawsuit, if he didn't want to appear in a Taco ...
• Dog Lover O'Hurley Sets New Thanksgiving Tradition
  PHILADELPHIA - Tom Turkey, meet Uno the beagle. The National Dog Show on NBC has become as much a fixture on T...
• Hough Won't Be on Next 'DWTS'
  Julianne Hough says she won't be on "Dancing with the Stars" when the U.S. dance competition series returns ne...
• Madonna/Ritchie Divorce Nearly Done
  U.S. pop star Madonna and her British filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie have reached a settlement in their divorce...
• Winona Falls Ill on UK Flight
  AMERICAN actress Winona Ryder left hospital "in good health" yesterday after being treated for an illness whic...
• Jackson to Appear for London Lawsuit
  Michael Jackson has agreed to testify in person in a breach-of-contract lawsuit at London's High Court, the U....
• Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Off Camera Column: Review: 'A Colbert Christmas'
  Nov. 20--THE SHOW "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" WHAT IT'S ABOUT Colbert has plans to go to...

YellowBrix Top Technology

• Dell 3Q Profit Falls, but Beats Forecast
  Nov. 20--Dell Inc. said that aggressive cost-cutting produced unexpectedly high third-quarter profit despite u...
• Seattle Times Brier Dudley Column: Subscribers Get Microsoft Zune Pass Break
  Nov. 20--Excerpts from the blog Microsoft's Zune still isn't going to catch Apple's iPod, but you've got to g...
• Microsoft's Ballmer: We're Done Discussing Yahoo Acquisition
  Nov. 20--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer reiterated his position on Yahoo at the company's annual shar...
• Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland Column: New BlackBerry Storm is iPhone's Strongest Rival Yet
  Nov. 20--The much anticipated BlackBerry Storm goes on sale Friday through Verizon Wireless, threatening to cr...
• Microsoft Doesn't Want All of Yahoo
  BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said...
• Hewlett-Packard Soars on Slight Encouragement
  Hewlett-Packard is dazzling Wall Street by hopping over a low bar. The company said Tuesday that its core busi...
• Biz Briefs
  Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer sai...
• Chicago Tribune Tech Buzz Column: New Phone is Missing Magic Touch
  Nov. 20--With the touch-screen Storm, Research In Motion Ltd. offers a response to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Unfor...
• INTERNATIONAL: Leading E-Mail Spam Firm Closed ; AMERICA
  A web firm blamed for more than half the world's email spam has been closed down in the United States. Intern...
• Yang Bows Out As Yahoo Chief to End a Rocky Reign of Error ; INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
  Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to...

YellowBrix Top Health

• Girl Lives 118 Days With No Heart
  A 14-year-old South Carolina girl who spent 118 days without a heart has been discharged from a hospital and s...
• Study Shows Ginkgo Doesn't Help Prevent Dementia
  Nov. 20--Ginkgo biloba, a top-selling herb marketed for memory enhancement, has no effect at preventing the on...
• CAHI Stands By Its Principles for Health Insurance Reform
  ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) implied...
• Insurers Tie Mandate to Health Care Support -- Want Law to Require All to Buy Coverage
  WASHINGTON - The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that...
• First Organ Grown in Lab Gives Mum Normal Life ; Landmark Operation Could Change the Face of Transpl
  A MOTHER-OF-TWO has become the first person in the world to be givenanew organ which was grown in a laboratory...
• 25,000 Americans Don't Know They Have HIV
  Nearly 60,000 people in the United States were infected with HIV and some 25,000 are unaware of their infectio...
• Study: Ginkgo Biloba May Have Benefits for Seniors
  Nov. 20--Long promoted as an aid to memory, ginkgo biloba may not prevent or delay the progression of dementi...
• Artificial Heart Keeps Teen Alive for 118 Days in Miami: A 14-Year-Old South Carolina Girl, the Firs
  Nov. 20--Wearing a hospital mask over her face and a long scar on her chest, 14-year-old D'Zhana Simmons stood...
• Teen Lives 4 Months With No Heart Between Transplants
  MIAMI -- D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her...
• Pioneering Stem Cell Surgery Reported
  Physicians at four European universities have completed what they say is the first successful transplant of a ...

Golf

• Annika Sorenstam Has Some Work to Do at ADT Championship
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Annika Sorenstam arrived at the first tee Thursday morning, shook a few hands and got ...
• Pinellas Audit: Airport's Course A Danger To Golfers
  Nov. 20--CLEARWATER -- A Pinellas County audit shows the Airco public golf course next to the St. Petersburg-C...
• This Week on Tour
  Next week: Omega Mission Hills World Cup in China.LPGA TOUR Tournament: ADT Championship. TV: The Golf Channe...
• TOUR NOTEBOOK Kodak Challenge Offers Lucrative Prize
  The PGA Tour and Kodak have launched a season-long competition in 2009 that will result in a player earning $1...
• Lewis Beats Everyone, Including Guys The 17-Year-Old Bolles Senior Wins a Playoff Involving Male Gol
  Amelia Lewis dominated the women's division of the Club Managers Association of America National Club Champion...
• Annika's Perfect Ending Sorenstam is Forced to Settle at Her Final U.S. Women's Open
  EDINA, Minn. - This wasn't exactly the way Annika Sorenstam thought it would end, if this actually was the end...
• Golf: Beaten Faldo Has No Regrets Over Ryder Decisions
  NICK FALDO dusts off his golf clubs this week as he prepares for his first European Tour event in over a year ...
• Golf: Golf No Longer My Life Claims Faldo
  NICK FALDO dusted off the golf clubs for his first European Tour event in over a year at the UBS Hong Kong Ope...
• Golf: Chinese No.1 Takes the Lead in Hong Kong
  LIANG Wen-chong took the clubhouse lead midway through the first round of the UBS Hong Kong Open today after c...
• Golf: Faldo Happy to Be Back on Course
  NICK Faldo dusts off his golf clubs this week as he prepares for his first European Tour event in over a year ...

Baseball

• College Football Predictions
  Brian Johnson, QB, Utah: BYU at Utah, 5 p.m. CST, (mtn): The senior has led Utah's BCS Buster hopes. But John...
• NHL Issues a Heads-Up on Illegal Hits
  BOSTON -- No one will argue that flagrant head shots are a bane to the game. There are too many reckless play...
• Hal Steinbrenner: Offer to CC will have time limit
  NEW YORK - CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal. It's not going ...
• Yankees control shifts to Steinbrenner's son Hal
  NEW YORK - George Steinbrenner is boss of the New York Yankees no more. The omnipresent owner's colorful 35-y...
• Royals Notebook: Class A Reliever is Only Roster Addition Before Deadline
  Nov. 20--The Royals added hard-throwing reliever Henry Barrera to their 40-man roster before Thursday's deadli...
• Mussina calls it a career after first 20-win year
  NEW YORK - Mike Mussina took a secret to the ballpark every day this season. From Day One of spring training,...
• Spiller Could Be Big-Time Spark for Clemson
  Nov. 20--Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering if Clemson's C.J. Spiller will explode against Virgin...
• Wallis Brazos Beats Centerville at State: Cougarettes Will Face Bushland on Saturday for 2A Title
  Nov. 20--SAN MARCOS -- The Wallis Brazos volleyball team didn't even win the district 26-2A title this season....
• Mariners Make History With Wakamatsu
  Nov. 20--It's been seven years since they've played in the postseason, and the Seattle Mariners wanted the new...
• Two Key Phillies Infielders Need Surgery
  Philadelphia infielders Chase Utley and Pedro Feliz both need offseason surgery, the 2008 World Series champio...

Hockey

• BRUINS NOTEBOOK ; Fighting Off Early Signs of Fatigue
  The dog days of the marathon NHL season apparently came early for the Bruins. "But because our schedule has be...
• Fernandez Saves Best ; Holds Fort After Four-Goal Blitz
  About halfway through the first period last night, Manny Fernandez had yielded four goals to the Buffalo Sabre...
• A Wild Night at Garden ; B's Score (and Score) Huge Win
  BRUINS 7, SABRES 4 The Bruins have won games this season with smothering defense. Good teams, one of the anci...
• Sabres' Ruff Says Now's the Time to End Slump
  Nov. 20--The Buffalo Sabres have been burned for 18 goals in the past three games and are just 1-4-1 in their ...
• Canadian Men's Junior Hockey Team for Ottawa Looking Young Again
  Canada's junior hockey team is shaping up to be another young one. A selection camp roster of about 35 players...
• Defense Sparks Bears
  Nov. 20--The University of Maine men's hockey team doesn't have anybody among the nation's top 50 scorers. B...
• Ice Hockey: Rob: Title Still Within Reach
  NEWCASTLE Vipers head coach Rob Wilson is refusing to give up on success in the Elite League this season. His...
• Bobby Dazzlers
  FOOTBALL (NON-LEAGUE) In The Frame: Leeds, Newcastle, Arsenal, Tottenham, Ipswich, Liverpool (pictured). (c) ...
• Ice Hockey Star is Ready for Business ; View From the Bridges
  HE has played in one of the biggest sporting leagues in the world, pulling on the world famous jerseys of the ...
• BRIEF: Kariya Ruled Out for Both Blues Games This Weekend
  Nov. 20--ST. LOUIS -- Left winger Paul Kariya will not play for the St. Louis Blues on Friday against Anaheim ...

NCAA Football

• Iona College Dumps Football
  Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., announced Thursday its football program has been terminated "effective imm...
• SEC Blog: Kelly Could Be the One; Joe Morgan Sounds the Same
  Nov. 20--Before my game predictions, I'm going to make a Tennessee coaching prediction: Cincinnati's Brian Kel...
• T-U 2
  Don't know if President-elect Barack Obama will fix our economy, bail out General Motors or oversee an effecti...
• Watford City Emerged As the Best Team in Class AA... [Derived Headline]
  Watford City emerged as the best team in Class AA football this season. The Wolves (11-1) placed seven players...
• Tiger Football Notebook
  University of Memphis running back Charlie Jones, who wasn't expected to be healthy enough to play Saturday, r...
• Western Division Notebook
  This is why Alabama paid Nick Saban $4 million a year to coach the Crimson Tide: An 11-0 record this season tr...
• South Carolina State, Jackson State Wrap Up Titles
  Nov. 20--The football championship race is over in the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference and in the Southwestern...
• UW FOOTBALL Cal Poly Defense Gets Badgers' Attention 'Flex' Among Best in FCS
  Madison -- University of Wisconsin fullback Bill Rentmeester was stunned. "I didn't understand how they were l...
• PREPS PLUS WIAA State Football Previews DIVISION 7
  Burlington Catholic Central (13-0) vs. Hilbert (13-0) History: Catholic Central was runner-up in its other WIA...
• Veterans Pave Way for Redhawks
  Nov. 20--TRAER -- Armed with one of the state's top defenses, expectations were high for a North Tama football...

Football

• A Cavalcade of Big Plays in Prime Time
  Where do we begin? Monday Night madness returned to Buffalo as big plays reigned thorough a stirring contest b...
• Bumbling Bills Can't Handle Spotlight
  It seems almost like a dream at this point, an illusion, a fantasy concocted by some devious minds in the NFL ...
• Reed Back at Practice
  The Buffalo Bills' offense looks like it will get a reinforcement but the defensive secondary will be banged u...
• Bills' Play an Extension of Their Coach
  Dick Jauron's pronouncements have become as predictable as his schemes. If the Bills insist on being coy, if ...
• Gridiron Success Abounds on Cochran Family Tree
  Nov. 20--GRANDVIEW -- It's safe to say the Cochran family knows a little bit about football. The patriarch of...
• WIAA Football: Verona Happy to Be Underdog One More Time
  Nov. 20--VERONA -- The label should be hand-stitched on the back of the uniform and issued pads and a helmet. ...
• Packers: Brees, Saints' Passing Game Present Quite a Challenge
  Nov. 20--GREEN BAY -- It's been 10 years now, but Drew Brees hasn't forgotten that game at Camp Randall Stadiu...
• Time for NFL Coaches to Get Tougher on Bad Behavior By Players
  CHICAGO _ It started quietly enough, with new coach John Harbaugh trying to establish that he was, in fact, th...
• Salukis, BHS Grad Kernescatch on Fine With New Coach
  CARBONDALE - The transition to a new head coach has been quick and painless for Southern Illinois and Blooming...
• NFL Inactives (Thursday, November 20, 2008)
  Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The following is a list of inactive players for tonight's NFL game. CINCI...

NCAA Basketball

• UTC Blog: Samford Trying For .500 SoCon Finish
  Nov. 20--In the Southern Conference preseason poll, both the coaches and the media picked newcomer Samford to ...
• Holiday Provides Boost for Husky Hoops
  Nov. 20--Washington forward Justin Holiday is averaging three points a game. That's more than three times his...
• Oregon Rolls Over Clippers in Opener
  Nov. 20--The Oregon girls basketball team held Amboy to nine first-half points Wednesday on its way to a 50-34...
• Doc: C's Must Take Out Trash
  There's nothing like a Celtics-Knicks game to bring out the trash- talking worst on both sides. But as the Cel...
• Jags' Williamson Offers to `Duke It Out' With Vikings Coach
  The NFL took on a certain WWE flavor in two cities yesterday as Jaguars receiver Troy Williamson expressed har...
• Stein Falls in Return to Illinois ; Missouri Starts Year 0-2 for First Time Since '87.
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The night began with polite applause for the return of a native daughter and ended with a st...
• Cougars Use OT to Get First Win
  Nov. 20--CLINTON -- The Clinton Community College Cougars recorded their first win of the young season after s...
• Williamson Has Fighting Words for Coach The Ex-Viking and Current Jaguar Says He'D "Go at It" With C
  Comic relief kicked off preparation for Sunday's game, with Jaguars wide receiver Troy Williamson - who isn't ...

Basketball

• Blazers 116, Bulls 74 Center of the Destruction
  Portlands Greg Oden (52) dunks over Chicago forward Drew Gooden during the Blazers first 40-point victory in n...
• Boyer's Trey Sinks Griffs ; UB 69, Canisius 64: Bulls Have to Rally for Win After Squandering 19- Po
  There's something about the Koessler Athletic Center that John Boyer likes. Two years ago, he had a steal and ...
• Murray Sparks Bona in Victory ; Senior Guard Foils Canisius
  Katelyn Murray doesn't often get the headlines. Murray scored 18 points -- 13 of which came in the first half ...
• CCHS, U-High Win Openers
  NORMAL - The Central Catholic High School girls basketball team attended the funeral of their school's longtim...
• Sharp-Shooting Clark Signs on With ISU
  NORMAL - Justin Clark could finish as the leading 3-point shooter in Missouri prep state history. Clark, a 6-f...
• Cook FTs Rescue PioneersCentral Finds Way to Hold Off NCHS
  NORMAL - Never before had Haley Cook stood at the free throw line with 2.8 seconds left and her University Hig...
• Vandy Tough Test forIllini in Road Opener
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Illinois' search for an early infusion of confidence leads it to the campus of Vanderbilt U...
• Lady Titans Taking It One Play at a Time
  Nov. 21--Inscribed in huge, block letters on the wall of the McDowell Lady Titans locker room is a simple set ...
• Iverson Has Knee Drained
  Nov. 20--Allen Iverson's left knee was drained Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Iverson, who scored 23 poi...
• Vikings give Peterson day off to rest beat-up body
  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings gave Adrian Peterson's body a break. Peterson was held out of Thur...