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9 p.m.: Chief: Fire at trailer park ‘suspicious’
Whitehead said firefighters had the blaze under control shortly before 2:15 p.m. Frankton and Chesterfield-Union Township firefighters assisted at the scene. No firefighters were injured battling the fire. The home was fully engulfed with flames when firefighters arrived, Whitehead said. He said he suspected an accelerant was used to get the fire going. "More or less gasoline," Whitehead said. He said it's the third such suspicious blaze at the trailer park since this summer. In all the cases, he said, the utilities had been turned off to the homes and they were uninhabited. Investigators don't yet know how those blazes were set. Whitehead couldn't immediately provide the dates of the previous fires. Whitney Faircloth, who lives at a neighboring trailer, believes one of the previous fires was caused by workers tearing down an adjacent trailer.
French investigators studying dermatologist's murder
French investigators have arrived in the United States, looking to study evidence in the case of a dual citizen accused of killing a Chicago dermatologist in 2006. An arrest warrant was issued in Chicago for Hans Peterson Dr. David Cornbleet's death. But Peterson turned himself in to French authorities. A French judge has ruled Peterson won't be extradited. The French investigators are to decide if Peterson will be prosecuted for murder in the French judicial system. Cook County state's attorney's office spokesman John Gorman says prosecutors hope the French officials change their position on extradition. Cornbleet's son, Jon, of Naperville, has alleged Peterson killed the physician after being prescribed an acne medicine that he believed made him impotent.
Sicknote crackdown will hit 30,000 in Hampshire
A Government crackdown on benefits will hit more than 30,000 claimants acorss Hampshire, it has been revealed. From October next year individuals applying for incapacity benefits will be asked to undertake a new test to establish what they are capable of doing, rather than simply having their disabilities measured, Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain said yesterday. The new regime, which will initially cover only new claimants, will eventually be imposed on all those receiving incapacity support. As of May this year there were more than 30,000 such people in south west Hampshire - including nearly 10,000 in Southampton. The harder test will assess claimants' abilities to perform certain work-related tasks, such as using a computer keyboard and mouse.
PARRISH ALFORD: Rebels load up with runners
If you had any trouble identifying Houston Nutt's preferred style of offense while he was head coach at Arkansas, his first Ole Miss recruiting class can help you out.
Nutt expressed great excitement Wednesday over the running backs he signed and figures there might be another Darren McFadden or Felix Jones in the making.
The class has four running backs -and would have had five had South Panola's Darius "Tig" Barksdale chosen to sign.
On signing day, it became apparent that Barksdale didn't give himself a very good chance to qualify academically, but that news was offset in a big way when Nutt landed former Auburn signee Enrique Davis (6-1, 215).
Davis was a Parade All-American out of Lynn Haven, Fla., in 2006 but attended Hargrave Military Academy.
Who is afraid of Disneyfication? A response to Sonja Hegasy
Ahdaf Soueif did not initially welcome the translation of her novel In the Eye of Sun from English to Arabic (the state-owned literary weekly Akhbar al-Adab did attempt a translation never easy in the case of an 800-page book). In a public lecture, Soueif declared that only she herself would be truly faithful to the text, but that she would rather write a new novel. This is understandable. If Soueif had been a victim of the parochialism of Egyptian intellectuals she would not have been invited to the Higher Council on Cultures conference on the Arab novel in 1998, at which she thanked the council Chairman Gaber al-Asfour for acknowledging her work as belonging to the Arab novel. Soueifs The Map of Love has been translated into Arabic, and her work Zinat al-Hayat has been published by al-Hayaa al-Amma lil kitab, the official government press.
MWSF: Macworld Best of Show 2008
It's a great update for a much-loved product. MacBook Air, from Apple: In the history of Apple announcements, this was one of the least surprising: Pretty much everyone in the room at Steve Jobs's Expo keynote was expecting a thin notebook. But they probably weren't expecting this: The MacBook Air is almost frighteningly skinny. And yet it really is a full-fledged Mac, with a 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and reasonable quantities of RAM, hard drive, keyboard, and screen. Sure, you have to give up an optical drive, Ethernet, FireWire, stereo speakers, and a few other amenities. But tell that to the hundreds of Mac users who crowded the Apple booth at Expo, balancing their MacBook Air daintily on their fingertips, and beaming widely. Guitar Hero III, from Aspyr: This game lets you live out your rock star fantasies as you "play" guitar or bass along with your favorite rock songs.
Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Hodes)
Make no mistake, Johan Santana to the Mets is a huge deal. Epic, in fact. But does it make the Mets New York's team? Not even close. The Yankees are still tops in New York, and one pitcher, no matter how great, cannot do anything to change that. Historically, the comparisons scarcely need to be made. Then again, why not have some fun. World Series Titles: 26-2. Pennants: 39-4. Division Titles: 15-2. Need I go on? The Yankees are the most successful franchise in the history of professional sports. The Mets? Eh, not so much. Still, this isn't a historical debate -- it's an exercise in who will be the "it" team in New York in 2008. Article continues on TheDartmouth.com at: http://thedartmouth.com/2008/02/11/sports/hodes/ ?> .
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