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...within their spheres of influence. They might also antagonize Islamic fundamentalists in the oil-rich region. U.S. troops know the risk, and patrol the 16 villages within three miles of the base, trying to make friends with the locals and listening for any signs of trouble. Rumseld spent Saturday aboard an MC-130 special-operations plane, hopping around U.S. bases in Afghanistan and meeting with Afghan leaders and the U.S. troops there to defend them...
...championship with player perks. At the American Airlines Center, each player's locker is outfitted with a flat-screen TV, DVD player, VCR and stereo receiver. Cuban's embellishments to the arena, including a private underground court for pregame practices, added $2.5 million to construction costs. Aboard the team's 757, there is a weight room and a medical facility. Most teams have a head coach and two assistants. The Mavericks have 12 assistants, most of whom work at nurturing young talent. "Professional basketball players are no different from everyone else. They look for reasons to stay...
...passed, pilots are pushing for the right to carry guns in the cockpit. On May 2, a House subcommittee will hold hearings on the question. ALPA and a grassroots organization called the Airline Pilots' Security Alliance have designed a program to screen and train pilots to use weapons aboard aircraft. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has come out against arming pilots; other opponents cite such concerns as pilot distraction, accidental discharge and theft. But the pilots say that if the government can't keep their aircraft safe and secure, they'll have to do it themselves...
...break out of that? You mix things up when you do get on base. You give sophomore Bryan Hale the green light to steal second with two outs. Or, you tell senior Chaney Sheffield to bunt his way aboard with two outs in the seventh, runners on first and third and hot-swinging senior Mark Mager in the on-deck circle...
Penn’s seventh inning began with junior Kenon Ronz on the mound in the seventh. Glass bunted his way aboard to begin the inning, and Mullen drilled a 3-1 pitch to left field to cut a 10-4 deficit to 10-6. In the next at bat, Italiano took Ronz deep to right field and out of the game, as the junior was pulled in favor of Dryden...