Village 1/12 radio control race car club

ANY persons interested in helping form the above indoor club isinvited to attend a meeting …

Military: Errors Made in Tillman's Death

WASHINGTON - Nine high-ranking Army officers, including four generals, made critical errors in reporting the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, but there was no criminal wrongdoing in the shooting of the former NFL player, the military concluded Monday.

In releasing a pair of reports on the 2004 killing, however, defense officials did not rule out that criminal violations may have been committed by officers who provided misleading information as the military investigated the killing. While saying they believed there was no orchestrated cover-up, they left the decision on whether crimes occurred to the Army.

Army and Defense Department …

England reaches 270-7 in 1st ODI against Windies

Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah hit half centuries Friday to take England to 270-7 in the first one-day international against the West Indies.

Collingwood struck six fours to top-score with 69 off 77 balls, while Shah compiled 62 off 86 balls with five boundaries at Providence Stadium. The pair anchored the visitors' innings in a fourth-wicket stand of 98 off 113 balls.

Opener Ravi Bopara hit 43 while Matt Prior helped boost the lower order with an unbeaten 26 off 21 balls.

Medium pacer Kieron Pollard took 2-46 and Dwayne Bravo 2-65 to lead the home team's bowling on a slow pitch.

England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and batted …

Chinatown `officials' nabbed

Federal agents swept across Chinatown today to arrest some of 29people indicted on charges of using Chinese merchants associations inChicago, New York and Houston as a front for a multimillion-dollargambling operation.

The indictments include racketeering charges against theNational On Leong Chinese Merchants Association, headquartered in NewYork, as well as its Chicago, Houston and New York chapters.

Locally, the case marks the first time Chicago attorney RobertCooley has been mentioned in any court document as an unindictedco-conspirator. Cooley also has been working as an undercovergovernment operative in a massive investigation of the 1st Ward,which …

Information session turns into angry harangue

Ailsa Craig, Ont.

About thirty people gathered at Nairn Mennonite Church last month to hear former MC Canada staffer Sakoieta' Widrick speak about ways Mennonites can build relationships with their aboriginal neighbours. At least that is what they expected to hear.

Instead, they were treated to one angry comment after another from Widrick about MC Canada, Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, Mennonite pastors (including four in the audience), and white people's ignorance in general. Widrick seemed loath to answer the question in the title of the event sponsored by the Nairn, Zurich and Brussels congregations. Even direct questions about how to go about building neighbourly …

Hostages Held in Venezuelan Bank Seige

Hostages inside a bank waved signs in the windows with desperate pleas for help and used cell phones to call their relatives Tuesday as the standoff languished into a second day.

The gunmen released a female bank employee, the seventh captive to come out of the bank since the crisis began Monday morning with a botched robbery.

A man identified as one of the gunmen said they planned to release at least one more, but later an apparent gunshot rang out _ police said from inside the bank _ breaking a window and sending reporters and police scattering behind cars.

During the night, the gunmen had accepted a package with diapers and a bottle for a …

Not all players comped equally

Whether comps come in the form of meals, hotel stays, cash back, free play or anything else, players who are the most valuable to the casino have always been given the most incentive to return.

Along with wagering totals, the house edge is taken into account. Given equal bets, a roulette player is worth more to the casino than a blackjack player, and those who make the really bad bets at craps are worth more than either.

So it goes on electronic games, and that brings me to a question from a reader, who asked via e-mail, "Can you tell me why they now penalize video poker players by awarding us less points than slot players?"

Video poker players do get fewer points …