SKorean clubs to get more say after scandal

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean clubs will be given more power in running football in the country as part of reforms designed to overhaul the game in the wake of a match-fixing scandal.

K-League general secretary An Gi-heon told a workshop of league officials and club representatives that the scandal should be a prompt to introduce some changes to the structure of the local game.

"The K-League is now suffering scandals, but we are trying tirelessly to overcome the problems," An was quoted as saying on the Asian Football Confederation's website. "Everyone may perceive many changes are necessary.

"In this regard, the scandal can be an opportunity for us. As you …

Indians' Carmona bounces back to beat Jays 5-4

Fausto Carmona rebounded from his worst start of the season by pitching into the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Carmona (7-6) gave up four runs _ three earned _ and six hits over 6 1-3 innings to help the Indians to their first three-game winning streak since a four-game …

Apolar and polar solvation thermodynamics related to the protein unfolding process

ABSTRACT Thermodynamics related to hydrated water upon protein unfolding is studied over a broad temperature range (5-125 deg C). The hydration effect arising from the apolar interior is modeled as an increased number of hydrogen bonds between water molecules compared with bulk water. The corresponding contribution from the polar interior is modeled as a two-step process. First, the polar interior breaks hydrogen bonds in bulk water upon unfolding. Second, due to strong bonds between the polar surface and the nearest water molecules, we assume quantization using a simplified two-state picture. The heat capacity change upon hydration is compared with model compound data evaluated …

2 Foreign Doctors Killed in Somalia

Two foreign doctors working for an international medical aid organization, their Somali driver and a reporter died Monday when the doctors' vehicle hit a land mine in the southern Somali town of Kismayo, police said. Another foreign doctor and three Somalis were injured.

In the Dutch capital, the Dutch branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres said it did not immediately have details on the violence involving its workers, but was evacuating international staff from Kismayo.

The Somali reporter was passing by and was injured in the …

Bomber kills anti-Taliban lawmaker in Pakistan

Pakistan's Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an expired amnesty covering the president and key allies. The decision launches a process that could unseat the U.S.-allied leader just as the Obama administration needs stability in Islamabad to help crack down on the Taliban.

Highlighting the dangers, a suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in the Swat Valley _ the latest in a series of bombings as the army presses offensives in militant strongholds close to the Afghan border.

President Asif Ali Zardari has been under mounting pressure to resign or relinquish key powers to the prime minister and assume a ceremonial role.

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Railroad buff Jim Brady high on whistle-stop era

He grew up to the lonesome whistle of the Illinois Central.

Ever since he was a kid in Centralia, White House presssecretary Jim Brady has been crazy about trains.

Although Brady is fond of traveling on Air Force One and onpolitical charters, he says that the Golden Age of American politicswas the era of whistle-stop campaigning.

His grandfather, the late James Linus Brady of Jacksonville, wasan engineer on the Beardtown run of the Chicago, Burlington andQuincy RR. The press secretary's father, the late Harold James Bradyof Centralia, worked for the Burlington Northern RR.

When it comes to music, Brady has a strong preference for therailroad …

Texan Buys Possible Pollock at Auction

BELOIT, Wis. - A painter who says he is a longtime admirer of Jackson Pollock submitted the winning $53,000 bid Wednesday evening for a painting possibly done by the famed abstract artist.

"I've been looking at them for 40 years. My gut tells me this is real," said Bill Kolb, 62, of Austin, Texas. After a buyer's fee and taxes, Kolb will have to pay $61,215, auction officials said.

Kolb said he does very large abstract paintings and has been heavily influenced by Pollock.

The 15-minute auction opened at $25,000, but dropped to $10,000 when no one bid and then to $5,000 before the bidding heated up. It soon developed into a contest between Kolb and a Florida woman …