News: Emission Impossible?

The Kyoto accord takes effect this week, with new obligations to reduce greenhouse gases. For the plan to work, here's what Europe must do...

Sports: Meyers named new coach at Old Dominion

Jerry Meyers, an assistant coach at South Carolina for the past eight years, has been named head baseball coach at Old Dominion. Meyers, who helped the Gamecocks to an 372-152 mark and two SEC titles in his eight years in Columbia, was an assistant at ODU in 1996, when the Monarchs won the Colonial Athletic Association title. ...

Sports: Diving in Belize

Turneffe Island Lodge is a little private island in Belize, located 30 miles off the coast. They offer 7, 4 and 3 nights all-inclusive diving packages. The lodge is only 5-10 minutes away from the best dive sites, with a maximum of 30 divers per week. Their 7-night dive package includes 17 dives, a day trip to Lighthouse Reef Atoll and the Blue Hole, and one night dive....

News: 'Gene hairs' could cure deafness

American scientists have published evidence that it might be possible to use gene transplants to treat a common cause of deafness. ...

Sports: Laila Ali retains title with TKO

Laila Ali retained her WIBA super middleweight championship title with an eighth-round TKO of Cassandra Geiggar Friday night. The referee stopped the fight at 1:13 after Ali (20-0, 17 KO), daughter of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, finally punched Geiggar (6-5, 6 KO), into the ropes. ...