Piquionne fires Pompey into FA Cup semi-final - Maktoob Business
LONDON - Frederic Piquionne scored twice as crisis club Portsmouth reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win at home to fellow Premier League side Birmingham City on Saturday. But London rivals Fulham and Tottenham - managed by Harry Redknapp

Make My Day THE RELUCTANT EVOLUTION OF A COMPUTER GEEK - American Reporter
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- I've been amazed at how far computers have come from the first days I used one. I was 13 years old, when my dad paid nearly $3,000 for a Radio Shack TRS-80 home computer. "It'll be great," he said. "I'll be able to type my

Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Academy Awards 2010 edition) - DAILY KOS
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment. This week's featured story comes from Science News. Prodigious plumes of planet-warming

Merriman feels he’s getting legs back under him - Boston Globe
Two years later, everything has changed. There has been no bank-breaking second contract for Merriman, and there are probably as many people doubting him now as there are dollars (3.268 million) on the one-year restricted free agent tender he’ll

To spur construction, builders seek delay to pa - Everett Herald
Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010 To spur construction, builders seek delay to pay impact fees By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer OLYMPIA — An effort by a powerful builders group to spur construction of homes in Snohomish and King counties is

Overtime pay may be putting a dent in state's furlough savings - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Sacramento - Like many other state employees, prison nurse Nellie Larot was hit last year with furloughs that cut her salary: It dropped $10,000, to $92,000. But she more than made up for it by working extra shifts, raking in $177,512