Thursday, March 15, 2012

UK to extradite 'miracle baby' pastor to Kenya

LONDON (AP) — British authorities say they are preparing to extradite to Kenya a self-styled archbishop who claimed to help infertile couples produce "miracle babies."

Gilbert Deya faces charges in Kenya of abducting five children from a hospital.

Britain's Home Office said Wednesday that Deya has exhausted all appeals and will be deported.

Deya's wife Mary …

Siem takes lead at Avantha tournament

Germany's Marcel Siem eagled the par-5 ninth hole for an 8-under 64 and a one-stroke lead Thursday in the Avantha Masters.

"I can't remember the last time that I shot 64," said Siem, who won the 2004 Dunhill Championship for his lone European tour title. "It must be at least three years ago, so I am pretty happy with that. It's definitely my best round for a few years."

Taiwan's Chan Yih-shin opened with a 65, also making an eagle No. 9, in …

Sleep change can add fat Hormone levels linked to deep slumber in men

A man loses the ability to sleep deeply at a surprisingly earlyage, and this can lead to middle age love handles, University ofChicago researchers report.

Men under age 26 spend 19 percent of their sleep time in thedeepest stages of sleep. After age 35, generally, they spend lessthan 5 percent of sleep time in deep sleep.

Men secrete growth hormones while in deep sleep. Thus, growthhormone levels drop as men age and sleep deteriorates. In turn,reduced growth hormone levels lead to weight gain, muscle loss andreduced exercise capacity.

Researcher Eve Van Cauter and colleagues studied the relationbetween sleep patterns and growth hormones in 149 healthy men aged …

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Durcan takes over as CEO in wake of Appleton death

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The board of directors for Micron Technology Inc. has named president and chief operating officer Mark Durcan as the company's interim chief executive officer.

The move comes hours after CEO and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a plane crash at the Boise Airport. Appleton was flying an experimental plane Friday morning and crashed moments after takeoff.

Micron officials say the …

Comcast says wireless deal could close this year

Comcast Corp. said Tuesday that its investment in a joint venture to offer mobile Internet access to subscribers could be finalized by the end of the year.

Steve Burke, president of Philadelphia-based Comcast, said the new service would let cable companies offer "wireless data speeds that Verizon and AT&T can't match."

Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV operator, in May joined Time Warner Cable Inc., Intel Corp., Google Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp., Clearwire Corp. and other partners to form a $14.55 billion communications company that will offer high-speed mobile Internet access.

The company, to be called Clearwire, will use WiMax …

Was remark a code breaker? ; Letters

THE letter which appeared under my name recently in the Journalwas of necessity a truncated version of the original; it concernedthe behaviour of a Ceredigion County Councillor who representsCardigan.

It was correctly stated that the Code of Conduct to whichCouncillors have to adhere had apparently been contravened when MrAdams Lewis had, at two council meetings, called a fellow councillora liar. It is considered that the relevant parts of the Code need tobe quoted. They are in part two, and state: "You must show respectand consideration for others ... you must not conduct yourself in amanner which could reasonably be regarded as bringing your office …

No. 21 Nevada Rolls Over Idaho 81-55

RENO, Nev. - Nick Fazekas wasn't concerned about coming out flat after a weeklong layoff since No. 21 Nevada's last game. Marcelus Kemp scored 22 points and Fazekas added 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the three-time defending Western Athletic Conference champions to an 81-55 victory over Idaho on Saturday night.

Kemp made 8-of-13 from the field and Fazekas 7-of-8 for the Wolf Pack (13-1, 1-0), who went on a 20-6 run late in the first half and shot 57 percent on the game en route to their sixth straight victory since their lone loss to rival UNLV.

Nevada had not played since beating Gonzaga in Seattle last Saturday.

"We were wanting to play," Fazekas said. "We …