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• /R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Georges Laraque takes "Hockey for Haiti" to school in Montreal's H
  NHL joins "Hockey for Haiti" team to support the reconstruction of Grace Children's Hospital in Haiti MONTRE...
• Pens problems with Devils continue
  Mar. 18--NEWARK, N.J. -- If the New Jersey Devils get past the Pittsburgh Penguins in the playoffs, they will ...
• Le Bon Table Scores "Puck"
  Le Bon Table Brand Foods Corp. (Pink Sheets: LBTF) in a late night emergency meeting of the shareholders, ha...
• Pens stop Norfolk
  Mar. 18--WILKES-BARRE TWP. -- The moment Jesse Boulerice's right fist collided with the left side of Juraj Sim...
• Penguins Notebook: Bruins seeking revenge for Cooke hit?
  Mar. 18--NEWARK, N.J. -- The Penguins' game at Boston today is one of the most-anticipated in the NHL this sea...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• Memphis music loses 'Big Star' ? singer, songwriter Alex Chilton dies at 59
  Mar. 18--Alex Chilton, the pop hitmaker, cult icon and Memphis rock iconoclast best known as a member of 1960s...
• Odds favor Sony's thrilling bet on Jackson's unpublished recordings
  LOS ANGELES - The record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the ne...
• BRIEF: Reagan Foundation to accept $15 million donation
  Mar. 17--On behalf of the Reagan Foundation, former First Lady Nancy Reagan will be accepting a $15 million do...
• Douglas' Gal Clean & Free
  Cameron Douglas' cleaned-up girlfriend walked out of court yesterday after getting sentenced to seven months' ...
• Tiger: Master of Own Domain - Return Will Be Must-See TV
  SO WHATTYA doing the second weekend in April? As televised sports events go, how do you counter-program Tiger ...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• Clinton in Moscow to discuss peace, nukes
  A successor to the expired arms reduction treaty and sanctions against Iran top U.S. Secretary of State Hillar...
• 'Jihad Jane' to be arraigned
  The Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" has confessed to the FBI about her role in a plot to kill a Swedi...
• EDITORIAL: Undiplomatic: Israeli settlement announcement undermines peace efforts: Houston Chronicle
  Mar. 18--In the seemingly intractable diplomatic stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians, the most incen...
• Rangers' Washington apologizes for using cocaine
  SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tearfully apologized to his players Wednesday for usin...
• "JihadJane" said to have confessed
  Mar. 18--The Montgomery County woman who calls herself "JihadJane" has confessed to the FBI about her alleged ...

Basketball

• Mercyhurst Prep displays balance in Class AA win: Despite Chojnacki's foul troubles, Lakers find way
  Mar. 18--HERMITAGE -- Mercyhurst Prep has been trying to prove it's more than a one-man team all season. On W...
• Huskies' first dance partner is short: NCAA Tournament: Marquette brings small-ball to opener with U
  Mar. 18--SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Washington coach Lorenzo Romar says he's never seen a team like Marquette. Meanw...
• GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Arrows hold Mainstreeters to less than 20 percent shooting in opening-round victo
  Mar. 18--MINNEAPOLIS -- Wednesday was a good day to wear green, and not just because it was St. Patty's Day. ...
• Good news for Siena: Jackson's ankle doing better, and Obama likes Saints
  Mar. 18--SPOKANE, Wash. -- No crutches needed, hardly a trace of a limp, Clarence Jackson walked off the Siena...
• NCAA Tournament: Florida's hopes hinge on halting BYU's Jimmer Fredette
  Mar. 18--OKLAHOMA CITY -- BYU point guard Jimmer Fredette has played ball in at least two upstate New York pr...

Golf

• Golf notebook: Island man shoots his age for 750th time
  Mar. 18--Island man shoots his age for 750th time Hilton Head Island resident Leo Luken continues to make the...
• Roosevelt girls start from scratch
  Mar. 18--Imagine, sitting solo and deciding, somewhat on a whim, that golf is going to be your passion. "The ...
• Man killed in golf course mishap is remembered
  Mar. 18--Scott A. "Richie" Richards, 29, was an avid golfer who had worked and played at Clinton Hill Golf Cou...
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gene Collier column: NCAA tournament: Let's face the music and dance ...
  Mar. 18--As the exhaustively beloved NCAA tournament comes blessedly upon us within these very hours, its most...
• Local golf event benefits Special Olympics: Pros and amateurs attend Laurel Oak annual fundraiser
  Mar. 18--SARASOTA -- The two cars are displayed on opposite sides of the road at the four-way stop that leads ...

Baseball

• 1 vs. 16 usually lopsided in NCAA tourney
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The NCAA tournament is famous for the little guys shocking the marquee powerhouses and turn...
• March 17 prep roundup
  Mar. 18--VARSITY SOFTBALL Thomas Heyward 6, Pinewood Prep 3: Ashlie Layman struck out nine batters on the mou...
• Devils ground Eagles in opener
  Mar. 18--Liberty baseball coach Jeff Crane wasn't exactly venturing into unfamiliar territory as he brought th...
• Lady Antlers get past Steele
  Mar. 18--The Tivy softball team defeated Cibolo Steele, 3-2, at home Wednesday to improve its District 27-4A r...
• Tuck and recover
  Mar. 18--Travis Tuck had the game in the bag. The Tivy baseball team's third baseman had just scored the go-a...

NCAA Football

• Robert Morris relishes moment of madness
  Mar. 18--When Robert Morris senior Dallas Green was a freshman, he almost transferred. But he decided to stay...
• Bailiff pleased with scrimmage: RBs Petersen, McGuffie are drawing notice
  Mar. 18--Steady rain did absolutely nothing to dampen David Bailiff's outlook on Tuesday's intrasquad scrimmag...
• Warriors rally to beat Hornets
  OAKLAND, Calif. - Monta Ellis had 28 points and tied his career high with 13 assists, Anthony Tolliver had a c...
• College basketball: Yarde's progress: 'unbelievable'
  Mar. 17--Corielle Yarde cringes when she walks into each videotape session, knowing what lies ahead. Marist w...
• Aldridge, Cougars ready for a 'Battle' today
  Mar. 16--KANSAS CITY -- At some point this morning, Nick Aldridge will seek out Bacone's Ronnie Battle. While...

YellowBrix Top US News

• More Americans now live in multigenerational households
  More people than ever before are bunked together in multigenerational households across the USA as a record 49...
• Pa. Muslim group condemns book series
  Mar. 18--The Pennsylvania chapter of a Muslim-rights group accused a Philadelphia think tank and its Broomall ...
• 650,000 people line the parade route in Dublin
  HUNDREDS OF thousands of spectators turned out in blustery but mainly dry weather for St Patrick's Day parades...
• Police arrest convicted embezzler who was granted $9.1M tax credit: CEO is accused of violating paro
  Mar. 17--Police have arrested a Flint parolee who on Tuesday was granted a $9.1-million state tax credit to bu...
• St. Paul becomes a new front in the flood fight
  Mar. 17--As the flood of 2010 accelerates across the Upper Midwest, the focus is shifting eastward to the Mis...

Football

• Hard to mess up this team
  Mar. 18--To almost any transaction made by the new Seattle Seahawks brass, we may logically respond: Why not? ...
• Tim Tebow draws raves from NFL personnel at Pro Day (video!): Florida Gators QB Tim Tebow shows his
  The throwing motion, the throwing motion, all anybody wanted to talk about was the throwing motion. With thou...
• Bears cut losses with Vasher: After signing big, multi-year deal, cornerback never fulfilled his pro
  Mar. 18--General manager Jerry Angelo said three weeks ago at the NFL scouting combine that he planned to take...
• NFL will address safety: Rules changes due
  Mar. 18--Newly re-signed Ryan Clark may not have a new rule named after him the way Steelers teammate Hines Wa...
• Former Penn State star Morelli looking for another shot at NFL
  Mar. 18--UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- One of the most maligned quarterbacks in Penn State history returned to campu...

NCAA Basketball

• 1 vs. 16 usually lopsided in NCAA tourney
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The NCAA tournament is famous for the little guys shocking the marquee powerhouses and turn...
• Battle for UCF starting quarterback job now a two-man race: Rob Calabrese and Jeffrey Godfrey battle
  Mar. 18--UCF coach George O'Leary said Wednesday that sophomore Rob Calabrese will enter the spring as the Kni...