'The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana' by Umberto Eco Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 30 Jul 2005 9:15 PM PDT Well, tickle my pylorus with a mysterious flame -- Umberto Eco is at it again. In his warm, challenging, dizzying and ultimately rewarding new novel, Eco violates Aldous Huxley's maxim that "every man's memory is his private literature." | Satan missing among list of players Sabres qualified Sports Illustrated Sat, 30 Jul 2005 6:13 PM PDT End of the line? BUFFALO -- Forward Miroslav Satan is on the verge of becoming a free agent after the Buffalo Sabres failed to include their six-time leading scorer among the 12 players whose rights they retained Saturday. | Miscues led to shuttle's latest woes Sun-Sentinel Sun, 31 Jul 2005 0:17 AM PDT Last Tuesday morning, NASA's contention that it had produced the safest fuel tank in shuttle history was shattered two minutes into the flight of the Discovery . | The 2005 Crabs season that was Times-Standard Sun, 31 Jul 2005 6:16 AM PDT ARCATA -- Not every team on the North Coast can catch the attention of Jay Leno, and that was far from the most noteworthy moment of the 2005 Humboldt Crabs season. | Liem takes U-14 world title Viet Nam News Sun, 31 Jul 2005 6:40 AM PDT HA NOI Le Quang Liem of Viet Nam won the U-14 title in the World Junior Chess Championship in Belford, France, on Thursday night. The 14-year-old Saigonese won the title after beating Feller Sebastien of France in the crucial match in the 11th round with nine points. | Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has said it all - "Op-Ed" News From Bangladesh Sun, 31 Jul 2005 5:27 AM PDT The newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in a recent move has invited ‘all’ the political parties to seat for dialogues with the Election Commission (EC) to get their views on the voter list. | Tactics differ in Senate matchup: Santorum's everywhere, Casey's quiet Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 30 Jul 2005 9:39 PM PDT For television news aficionados last week, it was all Rick, all the time. U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., was on the "Today Show," "Hardball," "The Daily Show," Fox, CNN -- not to mention the KD/PG Sunday Edition. | Upbeat NASA missed threats San Jose Mercury News Sun, 31 Jul 2005 3:45 AM PDT ``We are ready to fly.'' It was June 24, and William W. Parsons, NASA's shuttle program manager, was speaking to reporters on a telephone conference call from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Two and a half years of study and struggle, he told them, were over at long last. The shuttle Discovery could blast off in July. | | |
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