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...team tournament, is their regular-season game as attractive a product? "I think we all in college basketball have to be certain that we try to protect what's so special about it," says Dan Gavitt, associate commissioner for the Big East Conference. One expert recently predicted that 13 out of the 16 Big East teams would have qualified for a 96-team tournament. So you would think that a guy like Gavitt would be pushing hard for a larger field. However, knowing that such a scenario would render the Big East regular season and conference tournament practically meaningless...
...electronic controls used by automakers today have helped make cars dramatically safer, notes Chris Gerdes, a Stanford University expert in automotive engineering, who has volunteered to defend Toyota. But engine software codes are closely guarded secrets, even within a company. "It's the vehicle's DNA," says Michels, echoing a sentiment expressed by other automakers. "But it's more like a calculator than the software in your PC. You are not going to get a [blank] blue screen," he says, adding that the computer inside a vehicle is a secure, sealed system that can't be contaminated from the outside...
...will push for a ban on international trade of the bluefin. Japan has already said it would oppose the ban, but Tokyo faces an uphill battle. "A ban is the only possibility to prevent a total collapse of this species," says Sergei Tudela, Atlantic bluefin tuna expert for the World Wildlife Fund...
...expert on keeping life in balance, Libra, but this week is tipping the scales. Some negative energy on Thursday may test your emotions, but try to keep some perspective. Unless you’re in Winthrop. Sorry...
...twins became more famous for their garishly colored matching attire and bouncy dance moves than for their singing talent.) Analysts also feel the timing of the museum opening is unfortunate. "This would have been envisaged right at the nexus of our self-belief," says Tony Tracy, a leprechaun expert and a film lecturer at the University of Galway. "But it's now arriving just as the country has hit rock bottom, and the Irish are concerned that we're once again living up to the stereotype of the leprechaun." (See pictures of Susan Boyle's road to fame...