Posts Tagged ‘saturday’

AFP – Blessed by the privilege of wealth, birth or both, 24 teenage girls on Saturday descend on Paris’ debutantes ball, an aristocratic tradition that survived France’s guillotining of royalty over 200 years ago.

AP – Left tackle Jason Fox is sick and listed as doubtful for No. 19 Miami’s game Saturday at South Florida, meaning he’s unlikely for what would have been a history-making start for the Hurricanes.

AP – American businessman Stan Kroenke has bought his second batch of shares this week in English soccer club Arsenal, edging closer to the threshold that forces him to make a takeover bid.

On Saturday, Amar Kaushik, who’s an assistant director to Onir, got the shock of his life on a local train where he was discussing Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D loudly and lavishly with his friends.

AP – The Minnesota Wild have traded former first-round draft choice Benoit Pouliot (BEHN-wah, POO-lee-aht) to Montreal for left wing Guillaume Latendresse (GEE-OHM, lah-TEHN-drehs).

AP – The playoff chase has gotten much more difficult for the Packers after they lost two key defensive players to season-ending injuries.

AP – It seems unlikely Michigan will fire Rich Rodriguez after two awful seasons with an NCAA investigation looming, a search for a new athletic director under way and luxury boxes to fill at the Big House.

AP – For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don’t rate close to a perfect 10.

AP – Mississippi, California and North Carolina have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.

AP – A former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country’s post-election unrest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.