| No Boulder impeachment vote
BOULDER Boulder won't debate a measure calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Backers of the measure couldn't muster support from five members of the Boulder City Council to draft an impeachment resolution, even though many members said they were sympathetic to its goals. The council reached that decision late Tuesday night after hearing from dozens of activists who pleaded with them to draft such a resolution. Two Boulder police officers were stationed in the room after elected officials received threatening e-mails from impeachment opponents, City Clerk Alisa Lewis said. Deputy Mayor Crystal Gray said she received one e-mail that said the portrait of the City Council "would make a fine target for a firing squad." City Councilman Macon Cowles last week told his colleagues that he'd ask for a vote on whether to move forward with an impeachment resolution, even though he opposed taking up the measure.
Meat safety activists say public getting a bum steer
Most people would rather not think about what happens between when they see a cow munching on grass in a pristine pasture to when they chow down a cheeseburger. Maybe they should. Local supermarket chains insist the meat they sell is safe, with the state's top food supply safety official adding that consumers should feel confident about what they eat. But public safety advocates say that the current meat inspection system, while better than for some other products, fails to optimally serve consumers — pointing to a fragmented food safety bureaucracy and a dearth of inspectors. With meat increasingly packaged and ground before hitting stores, they say lack of refrigeration regulations and in-store inspections are also real concerns.
Kelvin in deep water while Scots walked tall
Wendy's brother, Douglas, the International Development Secretary, faced the usual calls to resign after an official report fingered him for the Holyrood voting fiasco, in which 140,000 votes ganged agley. The report did not name him but accused a "small buffoon" of indulging in "party self-interest" when designing the ballot paper. Whitehall cock-ups continued when HM Revenue and Customs lost a copy of its entire child benefits database, containing details of 25 million people, who were urged to monitor their bank accounts "for unusual activity". Even Broon's details were included, though his bank account just contains a dead spider. Broon's ludicrous premiership faced a new crisis after the comical Fifer admitted secret donations to Labour from a property tycoon were illegal. Broon promised to hand back the £650,000 given through intermediaries by David Abrahams.
The Epic of Craig Biggio
There's also little distinction made between fantasy sports news and real sports news. When I went to ESPN.com the other day, a full-page fantasy football ad popped up before I could get to the home page. I clicked through, and a ticker said I had less than a minute to make my first draft selection. If I wanted to be the general manager of me, I'd better hurry. Meanwhile, on SportsCenter, I found Dan Patrick discussing "six running backs you don't want on your fantasy football team." I'm not sure who Michael Bennett plays for these days, but I do know that he is, at best, a "late-round draft risk." Even considering ESPN's lousy summer, with that idea-bankrupt "50 States in 50 Days" feature and the endless reports on Barry Bonds' knee fluid, this was disheartening. Patrick is ESPN's top talent.
SUPER DREAM COME TRUE: U-D Jesuit's Geoff Pope gets chance with Giants ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Let's see. Geoff Pope didn't start at cornerback until his senior year at University of Detroit Jesuit High. He clashed with his coach at Eastern Michigan and transferred. He wasn't drafted. He got cut by the Miami Dolphins, the NFL's worst team this season. .
Rolen says Toronto fans will take to Eckstein as their shortstop
Scott Rolen, who feuded with St. Louis manager Tony La Russa in recent years, is definitely gone from St. Louis. The All-Star third baseman was upbeat as he arrived Tuesday at Toronto's camp. "It's exciting," said Rolen, traded from St. Louis to the Blue Jays for Troy Glaus. "It's like going to a new school or your first day of school. You walk in and you don't see or know anybody, it's challenging and exciting at the same time." Rolen will play alongside former St. Louis teammate David Eckstein. The Blue Jays signed the 5 1/2 -foot shortstop as a free agent. "The fans will take a liking to him right away," Rolen said. "He's the little engine that could. He's going to be running around out here like his hair's on fire." Astros At Kissimmee, Fla., Houston Astros pitcher Woody Williams walked into the clubhouse and saw a swarm of reporters gathered around Miguel Tejada.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
CONSUMER ADVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT Since the mid-1990s, there has been a noticeable improvement in Greece's public transportation systems, including the ferry networks serving the islands. Bus and trolley routes are now served by new fleets, while a new mass transit system in Athens - the metro - has helped relieve congestion in the capital's centre. The 2004 Olympics provided the impetus for improvements in public transport, which include the reintroduction of the tram as a link between the southern coastal suburbs and downtown Athens. Tram The tram has three lines: from Neos Kosmos (metro station) to Hellenic Olympic Complex (Agios Kosmas) and from Glyfada to the Peace and Friendship Stadium (alongside the Faliro Sports Complex). The third line runs from Syntagma to Glyfada.
Heath Ledger was a lonesome cowboy
I met him six times in nine years and for the most part he was awkward about being in the spotlight. He worried about his roles and fretted over the consequences. When I last saw him, at the Ven-ice film festival in September, he looked shattered. He could have been 50, with lines etched deep in his face and the weight of the world on his 6ft frame. He complained to The New York Times in his last official interview in November of getting only two hours’ sleep a night. Film acting in the premier league is not supposed to be like this. In the hellraising days, rip-roaring Brits such as Peter O’Toole, Richard Burton and Richard Harris worked out their frustration on the bottle – and on their leading ladies. Now, Hollywood’s top ranks seem to be riddled with those who agonise: young men who take tablets with unpronounceable names in private.
In eyes of L.A., to err is a fine
On a recent morning while Glenn Geraghty was away, the security alarm at his Watts home went off. When Los Angeles police officers arrived, a neighbor with a key to the house offered a sheepish apology: Geraghty's dog, Checkers, had pawed open the gate on his cage and tripped the alarm's motion sensors.
The police left, only to be summoned back hours later when the dog got free a second time. That should have been the end of it. A city law grants only two false alarms every 12 months. Any more than that and police aren't required to respond unless someone at the scene verifies that the alarm is real.
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Obama Photo Worth 1000 Keywords? Or Less?
An Obama picture is worth a thousand words. You know which one. Obama photo. Somalia. Turban. Kenya. African dress. Keywords in search engine wargames played by presidential candidates. The clear message: He's a Muslim. The subtext: He's not like us. No question the whole sordid incident will be condemned. The Clinton campaign is sinking like the Titanic and willing to take anyone without a life raft with it. Women and children? First. They're the ones looking at Hillary as a role model. In the Beginning Was the Keyword During tonight's debate in Cleveland, Ohio, Barack Obama will have Hillary Clinton backed into a corner. No doubt she'll be on best behavior. No cynical, sarcastic mocking of Obama's message of unity. No playing the audience for laughs with her imitation of Obama's audacity of hope, deriding it as the "heavens opening up" and "choirs of angels" descending from above.
Thin(ner) by summer
If you want to lose weight and shape up before summer, there's still time, nutrition experts say. By Easter, which is March 23, you could drop 5 pounds or more and lose some of your belly fat, which means your pants and jeans would fit better. By Memorial Day (May 26), you could lose 10 to 12 pounds and probably wear a bathing suit a size smaller than one you'd fit into now. And by the first day of summer, June 21, you could drop 15 pounds or more and wear shorts that are one to two sizes smaller than what you wear now. To accomplish these goals, you'll need to cut calories by 400 to 500 a day, burn several hundred extra calories a day through an aerobic activity such as walking and start strength training to tone muscle. So says Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientific officer for Weight Watchers.
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