http://newscrape.com The latest news and happenings on one page. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:37:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AP - Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday reaching the coast and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida http://newscrape.com/features/67466/fay-may-strengthen-and-hit-florida-again-ap/ AP - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46. http://newscrape.com/features/67512/dmb-sax-player-dies-at-46-from-atv-wreck-injuries-ap/ AP - The Mets got big hits with the bases loaded and their bullpen was outstanding, for a change. If they keep that up, they'll have a much better chance of hanging on in the NL East. http://newscrape.com/sports/67548/delgado-mets-rally-past-braves-with-big-8th-ap/ AP - Willy Aybar broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run double, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 Tuesday night for their ninth victory in 11 games. http://newscrape.com/sports/67504/aybar-rays-move-to-5-0-at-home-against-angels-ap/ AP - Rich Harden allowed two hits in seven innings, struck out 10 and bunted in the go-ahead run for his first career RBI, leading the surging Chicago Cubs over the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 Tuesday night. http://newscrape.com/sports/67505/harden-fans-10-knocks-in-run-as-cubs-blank-reds-ap/ AP - Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery. Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in the ... http://newscrape.com/sports/67483/yastrzemski-undergoes-triple-bypass-surgery-ap/ AP - Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin asked to be traded, saying he doesn't feel his situation can be resolved and declaring he has no relationship with coach Ken Whisenhunt. http://newscrape.com/sports/67507/receiver-boldin-wants-cardinals-to-trade-him-ap/ Reuters - Guinness World Records has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines. http://newscrape.com/weird/67530/new-rules-make-chinas-bao-worlds-tallest-again-reuters/ Reuters - EBay Inc is cutting the fees U.S. sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one of the company's boldest moves this year to boost merchandise for sale, lure new buyers and take on competitors. http://newscrape.com/business/67522/ebay-lowering-fixed-price-sellers-listing-fees-reuters/ AP - Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. http://newscrape.com/politics/67531/mccain-obama-to-silence-critical-ads-on-sept-11-ap/ AP - Support for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies. http://newscrape.com/science/67546/group-says-climate-resolutions-increase-ap/ AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew into Kabul Wednesday and met survivors of an ambush that killed 10 French troops in the deadliest attack on international forces in post-Taliban Afghanistan. http://newscrape.com/features/67514/french-president-in-afghanistan-after-10-troops-killed-afp/ AP - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal. http://newscrape.com/sports/67535/us-beats-japan-4-1-to-advance-to-gold-medal-game-ap/ AP - British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison. http://newscrape.com/world/67518/vietnam-releases-gary-glitter-from-prison-ap/ AFP - The double-decker Routemaster bus, a phased-out London icon, is gaining a second life in a Japanese city that believes the red road giant fits right in. http://newscrape.com/world/67542/london-double-decker-cruises-to-new-life-in-japan-afp/ Reuters - A joint venture created by LandCap Partners is buying $40 million of troubled land and construction loans from Wachovia Corp The Wall Street Journal said. http://newscrape.com/business/67545/landcap-jv-to-buy-wachovia-loans-report-reuters/ AP - Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended to discuss implementing replay and are angry that their concerns aren't being addressed. http://newscrape.com/features/67492/ap-newsbreak-umpires-refuse-replay-call-with-mlb-ap-2/ AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data ... http://newscrape.com/health/67490/trace-arsenic-in-water-may-be-linked-with-diabetes-ap-2/ AP - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice http://newscrape.com/us-national/67467/researcher-says-bigfoot-just-a-rubber-gorilla-suit-ap-2/ AP - Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year http://newscrape.com/us-national/67537/study-finds-minorities-more-likely-to-be-paddled-ap/