Leading scorers in the English Premier League after Saturday's games:
Nicolas Anelka, Chelsea, 13 goals
Robinho, Manchester City, 8
Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, 8
Amr Zaki, Wigan, 8
Robin van Persie, Arsenal, 7
Gabriel Agbonlahor, Aston Villa, 7
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Rose is a Red,
Cincy fans are blue,
Pete is disabled
And that's new.
Pete Rose will be sidelined on Opening Day as a player for thefirst time in his 23-season career.
The Cincinnati player-manager yesterday went on the 15-daydisabled list to recover from a severe case of the flu.
Rose missed most of the last week of spring training with theflu. He'll be eligible to come off the disabled list April 18.
Rose was placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to Thursday, theday of the first game he missed. The move left the Reds at theagreed 24-man roster limit.
Rose, who turns 45 April 14, had stomach pains for a week …
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A letter from Democratic senators blasting conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh for using the phrase "phony soldiers" on his program was sold Friday on eBay for a record $2.1 million.
A private foundation made the winning bid, which eBay spokeswoman Catherine England said set a record for the most expensive item sold for charity by the online auctioneer.
Limbaugh's comment during his radio show last month drew broad criticism from Democrats, who said he was smearing soldiers opposed to the Iraq war. Limbaugh and other conservatives responded with outrage of their own, saying Democrats were mischaracterizing comments aimed at one particular …
Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, has died. He was 91.
Klein died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, family members told the Union-Tribune.
Klein became a special correspondent for Copley after serving with the Navy in World War II. He covered Nixon's 1946 congressional campaign for Copley, starting an association that would eventually lead him to the White House.
Klein accompanied Vice President Nixon to Moscow in 1959 for historic meetings with Soviet Premier Nikita …
Narrow loss is harsh but side must improve at the breakdown Matchreport David Anderson email: sport@gazettenews.co.uk OLDCOLFEIANS....... 20 BRENTWOOD ......... 17 (London & South-East Division 1North) A LATE surge from Brentwood wasn't enough to stop theirsecond defeat of the season at Old Colfeians on Saturday.
Director of Rugby Steve Killington was forced to make two changesto last week's winning team. Winger Andy Lloyd replaced Tom Larkinwhile veteran hooker Dave Brook, called up at mid-day, took overfrom Anthony Sherwood. On an extremely hot afternoon Old Colfskicked off into the sun. The first few passages of play belonged toBrentwood's pack as they …
EXCLUSIVE REPORT
IT LEADERS POLLED ABOUT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE CONFIRM THAT IT DELIVERS ROBUST APPLICATIONS- TYPICALLY AT LOWER COST THAN CONVENTIONAL DEPLOYMENT AND LICENSING MODELS. BUT IMPLEMENTATION IS SLOW IN THE ENTERPRISE CORE, WHERE DATA SECURITY, AVAILABILITY AND EASE OF INTEGRATION REMAIN KEY CONCERNS.
ANDY STEGGLES, CIO OF THE RISK AND INSURANCE Management Society, considers himself a convert to software as a service. It was a very different story 18 months ago, when he was sure SaaS would never work for RIMS' complex systems and the mission-critical data the New York-based professional association had on its 11,000 members around the world.
Steggles …
Detroit 4, Dallas 1
Friday, May 9
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2
Saturday, May 10
Detroit 2, Dallas 1
Sunday, May 11
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2
Monday, May 12
Detroit 5, Dallas 2
Tuesday, May 13
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 1
Wednesday, May 14
Dallas 3, Detroit 1
Thursday, May 15
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2
Saturday, May 17
Dallas 2, Detroit 1
Sunday, May 18
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 0, Pittsburgh wins series …
