And all we thought about was baseball.We recount the game as we leave: Two double plays, four home runs (including Russell Martin's first ever dinger) and a terrific job by Dodgers pitcher Aaron Sele, who is fighting to win a spot back in the bigs. Jamal Brown recorded his first double-double of the season, scoring a career-high 30 points to go with 13 rebounds while leading Cal State Fullerton to an 88-80 victory Friday night over Chicago State in the first round of the San Francisco Invitational.The Titans (4-1) nearly squandered an 18-point lead in the final four minutes.The Cougars (1-4) scored 14 consecutive points to pull to within 82-78 on two free throws by Royce Parran with 1:41 left before Brown made four free throws down the stretch to clinch the victory.The Titans play San Francisco, which beat New Mexico State, 74-64, for the tournament championship tonight.Fullerton is off to its best start since 1998-99 and is seeking to record consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 20 years.The Titans, preseason favorites to win the Big West Conference, went 21-11 last season in Bob Burton's second year as coach.Parran finished with a game-high 35 points and six rebounds for the Cougars, who are in the middle of a season-opening 13-game trip.*Six players scored in double figures, led by Eshaya Murphy's 20 points, as the USC women cruised to a 97-69 nonconference victory over Cal State Northridge at the Sports Arena.The Trojans (5-2) led by as many as 39 points, at 6:27 of the second half. "Their numbers are out of whack with every other estimate."The Bush administration last year estimated the war's civilian casualty count at 30,000. Erlynne (Hunt), "a notorious Jezebel" whose prowess at seducing other women's husbands is about to cause her imminent departure from that great metropolis.Scanning a magazine, Mrs Erlynne hits on the idea of visiting Amalfi. Home is a single-wide rented mobile, the main virtue of which is that you can't get lost in it.

Since 1983, the rate of premature birth in the United States has risen nearly 30%, according to the March of Dimes."We've been pacified by our own successes," says Dr Nancy S Green, medical director of the March of Dimes. He has a deck off the back of his house, upon which he sorts out his life as he watches the hawks. 99 Nextel Cup Ford.Today, he is the most intriguing driver in NASCAR. Lemon for a one-yard loss.The secondary started fall as the biggest question mark, but could turn out to be a pleasant surprise.Safeties Bing and Scott Ware form the core. Backed by music mogul Diddy, he has celebrity pals, a larger-than-life persona and a Crest smile But it may be a case of trying to go too far too fast After all, he ain't no Hollaback hit maker.. "The price of oil dropped dramatically, and they tend to be major factors overall," he said of the energy companies Still, he remains confident in the market's prospects. The report does not attempt, however, to answer whether these developments are good or bad for students.A publishers trade group quickly criticized the GAO, saying the report used misleading data.Publishers contend their new products aid learning and help overworked teachers instruct and evaluate.But critics say publishers are gouging students, "bundling" their products with unnecessary add-ons and undermining the market for used textbooks with new editions -- even in subjects that evolve little if at all, such as Latin.The report confirms "one, that textbook prices are a significant college cost; two, that textbook prices are skyrocketing; and three, that publishers' practices contribute to the high costs of textbooks," said Merriah Fairchild of the California Public Interest Research Group.Rep.

In each case, the dealers handed over a gun after being paid cash. District Judge Claudia Wilken came a day after the California Coastal Commission raised official objections to the same federal plan.The judge's ruling at a hearing Friday in Oakland came as a surprise to federal officials, who scrambled for clarification."We know we cannot move forward until additional environmental analysis has been conducted," said John Romero, a spokesman for the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service. On Thursday, they said they were largely rebuffed by NASA insiders who said they did not have the resources to consider new technology.Steve Nutt, senior associate dean for research at USC and head of the engineering department's foam research center, submitted a proposal in 2003 to NASA for a fiber-reinforced foam that his team had developed.Nutt's lab at USC pioneered a system of mixing chopped glass or aramid fibers into the foam, creating dramatic improvements in strength and the ability to resist cracking."They said the technology had merit, but the interest kind of dried up," Nutt said. Strathairn's newscaster is part pillar of rectitude, part bird of prey, a driven man of impeccable taste and tightly wound presence who was never far from the cigarettes that led to an early death.The best part of Strathairn's haunted, haunting performance is his voice, the way he is able to uncannily reproduce Murrow's unmistakable cadences. Three men dubbed the "Grandpa Gang" were convicted in Hagen, Germany, of robbing 14 banks of more than $1.23 million, sometimes using guns dating to World War II.Rudolf Richter, 74, was sentenced to nine years, and Wilfried Ackermann, 73, got 10 years. Walker did not accompany Mayo on his visit.-- Ben BolchJURISPRUDENCEMcNeeley, Former Tyson Opponent, Is ChargedPeter McNeeley, the former heavyweight boxing contender who lost to Mike Tyson in 1995, pleaded not guilty to charges that he drove a getaway car during a drugstore robbery in Stoughton, Mass.McNeeley, 37, pleaded not guilty to charges of being an accessory to an armed robbery, before and after the fact.*DeAnthony Norman Ford, the man accused of fatally shooting USC basketball player Ryan Francis on May 13 in Baton Rouge, La., pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.Ford's bond was reduced from $350,000 to $300,000 Ford, 19, is next scheduled to appear in court Oct.