| Giggs hits ton as Derby counts cost
In the end victory was comfortable enough and now United goes to Rome on Wednesday for a Champions League match against Roma with the group already won. Ferguson will use several fringe players for that match. All is well in the United camp, while Jewell looks at his squad and faces the challenge with openness. "Anything we might have got here would have been a bonus, ie, a corner," he said with a smile. "We kept going here. We didn't throw in the towel but what hurts is that we are making too many wrong decisions in defence." He probably wishes time and points could be bought in the January transfer window because that is what Derby needs more than anything. For United the quest to retain the Premier League title it won last season goes on.
Edwards' 'O Death' Tour: In Search of a Vanishing Demographic in S.C.
Warming up a crowd for John Edwards yesterday in Lancaster, S.C., the bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, a slight man with a shock of white hair, stood alone at a microphone on a flag-bedecked auditorium stage. “I'm death I come to take the soul," he sang, in a husky a capella warble. “Leave the body and leave it cold … O, Death / O, Death / Won't you spare me over ‘til another year." As campaign anthems go, Stanley's Appalachian dirge—made famous by the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack—wasn't exactly “Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow." But in these last-gasp days, Edwards is striving to convey an authentic cultural connection to his audiences in South Carolina, and sometimes southerners can get pretty gloomy. Especially these days, as the candidate is telling audiences in a bus tour across the upstate that he's dubbed his “Back Home, Back Roads Barnstorm." “When people talk about the mills closing and jobs leaving, nobody has to explain it to me," the former North Carolina senator, who was born near Seneca, S.C., said at one stop.
Bordering on progress
The understanding given to New Delhi was that the line of demarcation would not go through the populated areas. It meant that China had moved away from its claim on Arunachal in the northeast. New Delhi wanted this to be written down. Now China has talked in terms of small, medium and dense pockets. Another thing agreed upon earlier was the exchange of maps. There was not even a mention of that.
It is no use getting euphoric over gestures like the private dinner given by the Chinese premier to Manmohan Singh. The hype was bigger when Indias first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, visited China in 1954. One million people had turned out to welcome him on a 12-mile-long route from the airport. It was described as a Roman triumph.
We who were following the visit got involved equally emotionally like the media personnel covering Manmohan Singhs trip.
Mini-van strikes pole, sending 4 to YRMC
Two of four children injured in a Wednesday morning car accident were flown to Phoenix for treatment of serious injuries, while two others were being treated at Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma police said. The children were injured when a southbound minivan driven by Carlos Robles, 27, crossed over into northbound lanes of 4th Avenue and struck a light pole in the 1200 block shortly after 8 a.m., Yuma police said. After striking the pole, the van hit a fence encircling Sergio's House of Carpets at 1245 S. 4th Ave. The impact knocked the pole down onto the sidewalk. The four children, whose names were not available, were all under the age of 5, according to police. "Whether child safety restraints were in use at the time is still under investigation," said Clint Norred, police spokesman.
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT)
As my colleague Bevo points out, bit harsh on Joe, that. Richard Dunne is on 5.38 after his error let in West Ham for the opener. 1652: "After Chelsea, Newcastle and Man City splashed a combined 18m on Asier Del Horno, Jose Enrique and Javier Garrido, is it fair to say that all Spanish left-backs are rubbish? I don't recall Raul Bravo being all that great at Leeds either."James Chello, via text 1648: HALF-TIME Manchester City 1-1 West Ham United 1646: "My friend made a suit for Junior Agogo, ordered it but never came to pick it up, he only found out he was in Ghana yesterday."davidoff2211 on 606 .
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