Davis, White lead original dance at GP final

Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States finished first in the original dance on Thursday, the opening day of the International Skating Union's Grand Prix final.

Skating to Indian folk dance, Davis and White received a season's best 65.80 points to finish ahead of Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who were second with 64.01 points. Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France were third with 56.93 points.

"We skated well today," White said. "We weren't perfect and there is room for improvement but we were happy to get a level 4 on all elements. It's important to have fun in the original dance and we were able to do …

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Strasburg beats Marlins 3-1 in stadium finale

MIAMI (AP) — While Stephen Strasburg is just getting started, the Florida Marlins' first home is history.

The Washington ace allowed one hit and struck out 10 in six scoreless innings Wednesday to earn his first win since July 2010, and the Marlins bid their much-maligned stadium goodbye with a 3-1 loss.

Next year the Marlins move into a new ballpark with new manager Ozzie Guillen, who held his introductory news conference before the game. The Nationals also have a brighter future thanks to Strasburg (1-1), who threw a gem in his fifth start since returning from elbow surgery.

"It felt pretty good out there to go out and pound the strike zone like I know I can," …

Dutch coach out to avoid tendency to self destruct

One game away from a World Cup final, the Dutch hope their notorious tendency to self-destruct doesn't come back to haunt them.

After five World Cup wins in a row, including a memorable 2-1 quarterfinal victory over five-time champion Brazil, the Dutch have an impressive record and are strong favorites to beat Uruguay in Cape Town on Tuesday.

But the team is well short of its best form, and coach Bert van Marwijk says the Dutch have a history of thinking too far ahead.

"We have witnessed it before in the past," he said. "Think about two years ago in Austria and Switzerland. We beat Italy and France and everybody already thought we …

UIC stalls plan to demolish 6 Maxwell Street buildings

A controversial plan to demolish six buildings in the old MaxwellStreet market area has been put on hold, a spokesman for theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago said Tuesday.

Preservationists oppose the plan, part of a southward expansionby UIC.

The six buildings, described by the university as boarded up anddilapidated, are among about 50 in the redevelopment area."I don't want to imply we are never going to tear down thebuildings," said UIC spokesman Danny Chun. "(Preservationists) wantto save every building. That's not practical."The university hasn't decided how many of the structures …

AIChE®: Proudly Announces New Fellows for 2004

The grade of Fellow is a special category of AIChE membership, reserved for those tenured Institute members who have display significant service to AIChE and the profession, and who have achieved significant accomplishments in chemical engineering.

Arthur E. Bergles

Lorenz T. Biegler (Pittsburgh)

Thomas R. Blackwood (St. Louis)

Neil L Book (St. Louis)

Charles N. Carpenter (St. Louis)

Jorge M. Ferrer (Baton Rouge)

Robert R Gale (St. Louis)

lgnacio E. Grossmann (Pittsburgh)

Robert B. James, Jr. (Chicago)

LarryA. Kaye (lowa)

Gregory L. Keeports (Delaware Valley)

Thomas A. Kenat (Akron)

Peter N. Lodal …

Scottish Football Results

Results Sunday in Scottish football (home teams listed first):

Scottish Cup

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