Thursday, March 15, 2012

Only one Dave Feldman?

There must be more than one Dave Feldman on the Sun-Timespayroll.

How can just one man handicap races, write columns, getinterviewed on talk shows, travel to out-of-state tracks for specialraces, fulfill his duties as president of the Horsemen's Benevolent …

Market Set to Bounce Back After Selloff

NEW YORK - Wall Street appeared poised for a rebound on Wednesday after strong quarterly earnings from Amazon.com Inc. and Boeing Co. helped offset fears about the slumping mortgage industry's impact on the overall economy.

The move higher would follow Wall Street's tumble on that took the Dow Jones industrials down more than 200 points. Investors were rattled by disappointing earnings and renewed concerns about the mortgage lending market.

Investors will get a better glimpse of the economy later Wednesday when the National Association of Realtors reports on existing home sales for June. The market anticipates that 5.85 million homes were resold in June, down from 5.99 …

Monday's Sports Scoreboard

American League
Toronto vs Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs Texas, 2:05 p.m.
Boston vs Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Detroit vs Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.
Seattle vs Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
National League
Houston vs Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.
St. Louis vs Milwaukee, 2:05 …

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

U.S. AID TO RUSSIA

President CLinton offered more than $1.62 billion in grants and loanguarantees to Russian President Boris Yeltsin Sunday at their summitin Vancouver, Canada. The package: ENCOURAGING REFORMS WHO GETS U.S. AID The United Although this is the largest U.S.assistance States will put package ever offered to Russia,the deal is up $48 million only a small part of the UnitedStates $1.3 for Democracy trillion foreign aid budget. Andit's less Corps' of than aid sent to the biggestrecipients, Americans to Israel and Egypt: help Russia …

Excess Cancer Mortality in Psychiatric Patients

Objectives: There are conflicting data on cancer incidence and mortality in psychiatric patients, although most studies suggest that while cancer mortality is higher, incidence is no different from that in the general population. Different methodologies and outcomes may account for some of the conflicting results. We investigated the association between mental illness and cancer incidence, first admission rates, and mortality in Nova Scotia using a standard methodology.

Method: A population-based record-linkage study of 247 344 patients in contact with primary care or specialist mental health services during 1995 to 2001 was used. Records were linked with cancer registrations and …

Doug Davis Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer

Diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Doug Davis decided he wanted to keep pitching until his April 10 operation.

And he said he expects to pitch again soon after that.

"It's going to take me down for a while but not out for good," said Davis, who spoke at a news conference after facing the Colorado Rockies in a Chase Field exhibition Friday night.

"I know I'm not going through this alone," the 32-year-old Davis said. "I know I've got all the help in the world, and I'm definitely optimistic of the outcome."

Davis made his scheduled start in a 12-4 loss to Colorado on Friday night and …

Drogba doubt as Jose raises stakes Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho must decide whether to risk star striker Didier Drogba for the clash against Blackburn tomorrow.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho must decide whether to risk starstriker Didier Drogba for the clash against Blackburn tomorrow.

The 29-year-old revealed he is "not really fit" afteraggravating a knee problems in the latter stages of the Blues' defeatat Aston Villa almost two weeks ago.

The problem meant the 29-year-old Ivory Coast forward did notfeature for his country over the international break and, despitedescribing it as improving, he is still undergoing treatment.

Meanwhile, Mourinho has challenged his players to return frominternational duty and focus their minds on winning back the PremierLeague title.

A host of Chelsea players were away this …