| UW men's hockey: Defense carries Badgers one step closer to home ice
CLOUD, Minn. -- To fully appreciate what kind of effort the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team put forth Friday night, go right to the last page of the box score. That's where you'll find the statistical summary of shots. St. Cloud State got 15 shots on goal; Wisconsin blocked 17 others. That element of team defense is a big part of the formula for road success that churned out a critical 2-1 victory for the Badgers at the National Hockey Center. Add in a determined effort in the 12th-ranked Huskies' end of the ice and a bit of luck near the end, and the 13th-ranked Badgers moved a victory away from essentially locking up a home series in the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs. "That's one of the things that we knew we would have to do," Badgers coach Mike Eaves said.
The 2008 Ford Taurus-The Family Car
Ford touts the 2008 Taurus as the "ideal" family car, and also as America's safest family car. The Taurus is a roomy vehicle that seats five in comfort and provides unexpected luxury. The Taurus ranks the highest in five safety crash tests as indicated by the Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Taurus scored a perfect 5-star rating in frontal impact (driver and passenger) side impact (front and rear seats). Taurus has combined all wheel drive (AWD) with Advanced Trac, resulting in a confident ride and handling in all weather conditions and on all road surfaces. This pairing can send a high level of driving torque to a single wheel, and can also deliver up to 100 percent of the available torque to the rear wheels when front-wheel traction is limited. .
CITIES OF STYLE GET ON LINE
To my right an electronic screen detailed the time, destination, outside temperature and travelling speed of the train in bright red figures.
Overhead, a dubbed Hollywood movie flicked into life. The whole thing was about as nerve-racking as opening a pint of milk.
I shunned a Spanish-speaking Kevin Spacey in favour of the window, playing out scenes of the largely undiscovered region between Barcelona and Madrid flashing past at nearly 200mph.
For the next two-and-a-half hours the primarily agricultural landscape displayed its unusual beauty to the full, moving rapidly from conifer forest, to rocky hillside and vast open plains under cloud cover so low I felt I could reach up and touch it.
Yet the overwhelming feeling was one of immense stillness, thanks to the almost unnerving flatness of the farmland and rocky scrub stretching over the horizon in all directions.
Not charged, transient spends 3 months in jail -- forgotten
Darrell Arthur Williams hadn't even been charged with the crime. After a Seattle bicycle cop on "proactive patrol" arrested the 40-year-old black transient for what amounted to interfering with a public urination investigation, Williams was booked into King County Jail for the night. But the next morning, a city prosecutor who reviewed the officer's report quickly declined to press charges, citing "interests of justice." With that, Williams was supposed to be released from jail immediately. That was Feb. 17, 2007. Instead, Williams remained incarcerated through May 23 -- what amounted to a short prison term. He was essentially forgotten behind bars. "There were some moments that were pretty hectic," Williams said this week of his stint in jail.
Crooked Talk on Iraq Cost
McCain once confessed that he doesn't know much about economics. Even he should be able to comprehend the disastrous fiscal effects of the Iraq war, which its proponents originally promised would cost us almost nothing. Perhaps he should ask an economist to calculate the real cost of occupying Iraq for a hundred years, as he imagines—and how many generations will pay dearly for this mistake. .
Above us lurks the skywalk subculture
Crystal Jaeger, 24, grew up in Nebraska but never learned to love the harsh winters. When the temps are bitingly cold, she refuses to go outside unless she absolutely, positively has to. Luckily, she can walk from her place of work, Security National Properties at 13th and N streets, to grab coffee, eat lunch, take a speed-walking break and even make the short trek to a parking garage at the end the day — all without going outdoors to face Jack Frost in all his gleeful sadism.See, Jaeger is part of a different species of Lincolnite: the Skywalkers. .
Saturday Question
Laura Schlessinger might say, if you tuned into her program with a relational problem) when I return to work. I appreciate that you folks have played nice today and hope you continue to do so. I also hope you enjoy the nice weather that has moved in on Coeur d'Alene. You can find your next-to-last unattended vacation Wild Card here. .
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