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Column: Look at 3rd Round of NCAA Tourney

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AP - The No. 1 seeds will have to wait another year to have their own Final Four. LSU's 62-54 victory against overall No. 1 seed Duke on Thursday night means 2006 will be the same as the previous 27 NCAA tournaments. Since seeding started in 1979, there has never been a Final Four with all four No. 1 seeds.

Worldwide Bird Flu Fatalities Increase

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Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) - The number of bird flu deaths worldwide is going up. The World Health Organization says the deaths of five people in Azerbaijan have pushed the overall number of human deaths to 103. WHO officials say at least seven patients in...

Legal Web Sites Benchmarked in New Internet Study

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According to the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) released by the Web Marketing Association, Legal Web sites are generally inline with the overall ISAR Index for Web development. These sites score well in terms of design, copywriting and ease of use. They score lowest in innovation and use of technology. [PRWEB Mar 22, 2006] Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/U2luZy1JbnNlLVNxdWEtVGhpci1IYWxmLVplcm8=

ADHD Drugs Growing In Favor With Younger Adults

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Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Franklin Lakes, NJ (AHN) - New research released on Tuesday finds that in 2005, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drug usage spiked sharply among younger adults, while children's overall usage grew at a much slower rate. Currently the Food and...

Lions Coach Says Harrington 'Not With Us'

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AP - The Detroit Lions are parting ways with Joey Harrington after four turbulent seasons in which the former third overall draft pick went from franchise savior to fans' scourge.

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	United States Categories Links Trade links		NBA Today YAHOO AP - San Antonio at Houston (8:30 p.m. EST). San Antonio is a half-game behind Dallas for first place overall in the Western Conference. Sources: YAHOO Staal's 40th Makes Carolina NHL's Best YAHOO AP - Justin Williams and Ray Whitney each scored twice and Eric Staal got his 40th goal as the Carolina Hurricanes moved atop the NHL's overall standings Thursday night with a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Sources: YAHOO Bode Miller Wins Super-G At World Cup AHN Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Are, Sweden (AHN) - U.S. skier Bode Miller, who failed to take any medals at the Winter Olympics, wins the men's super-G race at the World Cup finals on Thursday. Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal beat Austrian veteran Hermann Maier to win the event's overall title.... Sources: AHN Kostelic Uses Paerson's Misfortune To Snag World Cup Title AHN Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Are, Sweden (AHN) - Croatian Janica Kostelic snagged the women's World Cup overall title Thursday with a fourth-place finish in a super-G won by Nicole Hosp of Austria. Kostelic was able to use Anja Paerson's rare misfortunes on the hill which ironically the... Sources: AHN Kostelic Wins World Cup Ski Title YAHOO AP - Janica Kostelic of Croatia clinched the women's World Cup overall title Thursday with a fourth-place finish in a super-G won by Nicole Hosp of Austria. Sources: YAHOO Consumer prices barely budge in February YAHOO Reuters - U.S. consumer prices rose a modest 0.1 percent last month, both overall and excluding food and energy, the government said on Thursday in a report showing even less inflation pressure than Wall Street expected. Sources: YAHOO NCAA Gets Rolling With 16 Games Today YAHOO AP - The NCAA basketball tournament gets rolling today with 16 games at four sites across the nation. The only top seed on the schedule is overall No. 1 Duke, which takes on Southern in a virtual Blue Devils home game in Greensboro, N.C. That game tips off tonight around 9:30 p.m. EST. Sources: YAHOO Top Swedish Skier Gearing Up For Surgery AHN Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Are, Sweden (AHN) - Olympic ski champion Anja Paerson is scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery on both her knees after this week's World Cup Finals. Sweden’s top athlete, who is currently trying to win her third straight overall title, announced she... Sources: AHN Jags Sign Ex-Bills Lineman Mike Williams YAHOO AP - Offensive tackle Mike Williams, the fourth overall pick in the 2002 draft, signed Tuesday with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday. Sources: YAHOO Technology Help Colorblind See AHN Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Boston, Mass (AHN) - A new computer program is giving colorblind people several ways to filter multichromatic images on their computer screens. EyePilot also offers the software equivalent of a TV hue knob, allowing users to adjust the overall spectrum of a... Sources: AHN Redick Lifts Duke Past BC for ACC Title YAHOO AP - Mike Krzyzewski sat at the podium with four of his seniors, basking in the glow of another Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship. This was Duke's seventh title in eight years and 16th overall, breaking a tie with North Carolina for the most in the 52-year history of the event. J.J. Redick, Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni were part of the past three. Sources: YAHOO Duke Rallies to Take NCAA's Top Seed YAHOO AP - Duke, which recovered from two late-season losses to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title, was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament on Sunday and was placed in the Atlanta bracket. Sources: YAHOO Dow, Nasdaq Post Gains on Jobs Report YAHOO AP - Broad-based gains in employment cheered Wall Street and pushed stocks sharply higher Friday as investors saw the Labor Department report as a sign of strength for the overall economy, yet tepid enough possibly to forestall more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Sources: YAHOO Volvo Sees Rise In European Truck Market AHN Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Stockholm, Sweden (AHN) – Volvo, the world’s second-biggest truck maker, expects its European truck market to grow five percent in 2006. Chief Executive Leif Johansson says an overall strengthening of the European economy has led to a strong... Sources: AHN World Baseball Classic gets thumbs up from MLB YAHOO Reuters - The inaugural World Baseball Classic is receiving an exuberant thumbs up from Major League Baseball, citing fan response, player attitudes and the overall quality of play. Sources: YAHOO Review: Apple's MacBook Pro Is Fast Laptop YAHOO AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s notebooks have long been highly regarded for their thoughtful designs and leading-edge features. But when it comes to performance, recent models have been lagging behind competitors that run Intel Corp.'s chips. Sources: YAHOO Review: Apple's MacBook Pro Is Fast Laptop YAHOO AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s notebooks have long been highly regarded for their thoughtful designs and leading-edge features. But when it comes to performance, recent models have been lagging behind competitors that run Intel Corp.'s chips. Sources: YAHOO Review: Apple's MacBook Pro Is Fast Laptop YAHOO AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s notebooks have long been highly regarded for their thoughtful designs and leading-edge features. But when it comes to performance, recent models have been lagging behind competitors that run Intel Corp.'s chips. Sources: YAHOO 8,000 Members Of U.S. Military Have Deserted Since Start Of Iraq War AHN Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, DC (AHN)—Although the overall desertion rate has plunged since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, pentagon records reveal at least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted since the Iraq war began. According to USA... Sources: AHN Digital Piracy On The Increase In Russia AHN Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter Moscow, Russia (AHN) – According to analysts, the piracy of CDs and DVDs in Russia is continuing to grow, despite government efforts to curb the problem. "Unfortunately, there is an overall growth in the number of optical disk plants and... Sources: AHN		Other aggregator

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