Big retailers offering more organic beauty items

Organic personal care products are sprouting up at more mass retail outlets. Here are some examples:

_ Target expanded its beauty aisles this year to include nine natural and organic product lines, including Juice Organics, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, Burt's Bees, and Kiss My Face, among others. Target says the products are not tested on animals and are free of synthetic ingredients, like parabens, which are chemicals used as preservatives.

_ Wal-Mart sells Noah's Naturals and Tom's of Maine, among other brands. …

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Christ Church today: 10.30am Holy Eucharist; 11.15amContemplative Prayer Group; 7.30pm Stainer's Crucifixion performedby Cor Caerfyrddin, conducted by John S Davies. Tomorrow: 6.30pmParish Agape Meal followed by Communion of the Last Supper andStripping of the Altar. Good Friday: 8yb Gwasanaeth y Groglith …

Penno Banks Miami of Ohio to NCAA Berth

CLEVELAND - Charlie Coles wandered around the crowded floor strewn with joyous players, delirious cheerleaders and fans - and more than a few teary-eyed Zips. Miami of Ohio's folksy coach, who thought he had seen it all in college basketball, was confused.

"Did we win?" Coles asked anyone he could find.

No one had an answer.

Saying a prayer as his shot hung in the air, Doug Penno banked in a 3-pointer as the final horn sounded, giving Miami a 53-52 win over Akron in the championship of the Mid-American Conference tournament on Saturday.

Penno's unbelievable shot, which appeared off line as it left his hand, touched off a wild - and as it turned out …

Some other famous white-collar crimes

Some other high-profile white-collar crimes in recent years:

_ Sam Waksal, ImClone Systems founder, sentenced to seven years in prison in 2003 in insider trading scandal involving ImClone drug Erbitux.

_ Kenneth Lay, founder of Enron Corp., convicted of fraud, conspiracy and lying to banks in May 2006. Conviction vacated later that year after his death.

_ Jeffrey Skilling, Enron's former chief executive, sentenced in October 2006 to more than 24 years in prison role in company's collapse.

_ Andrew Fastow, Enron's former CFO, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in 2004 and sentenced to six years.

_ Joseph Nacchio, former Qwest CEO, …

Clarification: BC-US--US-Iran story

In a July 25 story, The Associated Press reported that former CIA Director Michael Hayden told CNN's "State of the Union" that U.S. military action against Iran …

Yellow Bird Project Helps Charities

* Combining art, music, and charity is the goal of Matt Stotland and Casey Cohen. These two Montreal, QC-natives have accomplished this by launching the Yellow Bird Project, a non-profit organization that collaborates with musicians to raise money for various charities.

Stotland and Cohen have approached many artists and asked them to choose a charity that they would like to support. The artists then propose an original design for the T-Shirts and the Yellow Bird Project sells the shirts exclusively online through its website. All of the profits go towards the selected charities.

The Yellow Bird Project recently collaborated with Montreal indie rockers, Stars. This band …

Schalke to get midfielder Streit from Frankfurt in January

Schalke will sign Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Albert Streit earlier than originally planned if he passes a medical exam, the two clubs said Wednesday.

Streit had surgery on his right knee last week to repair damaged …