Capital succeeds even in a rebuilding season

State High School Soccer Tournament WHEN: Friday at 9 a.m. GirlsSemifinal: Elkins (21-0-3) vs. Fairmont Senior (21-1-1); Friday atabout 11:30 a.m. Girls Semifinal: George Washington (10-6-8) vs.Parkersburg (19-3-1). Friday at 4 p.m. Boys Semifinals: Martinsburg(17-4-3) vs. Fairmont Senior (21-1-0); Friday at about 6:30 p.m. Capital (17-2-3) vs. Parkersburg (21-1-1). WHERE: YMCA Soccer Complexin Beckley NOTE: Championship games will be played Saturday at thesame site, with the girls starting at 11 a.m. and the boys startingat about 1:30 p.m.

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Last year was supposed to be the team at Capital.

The defending state champs had experience, …

Heart Infection Sidelines Wayne Newton

Wayne Newton had been sidelined with a recurring heart infection.

The Las Vegas icon and "Danke Schoen" crooner has cardiomyopathy, a viral infection of the heart muscle, said Deanna Pettit, a spokeswoman for Harrah's Entertainment Inc., on Friday. Pettit said Newton has been previously treated for the virus.

The 65-year-old singer has canceled a two-month holiday engagement at Harrah's Las Vegas and won't be performing on the Nov. 27 finale of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," Pettit said.

Calls to Lori Jonas, Newton's spokeswoman in Los Angeles, weren't immediately returned.

"I really want to apologize to the fans …

General Election - 2003: Nova Scotia

GENERAL ELECTION - 2003

�LECTION G�N�RALE

Legislature / L�gislature : Thirty-sixth/Trente-sixi�me

Voting / Scrutin: August 5, 2003 / le 5 ao�t 2003

Legend / L�gende: Ind: Independent/Ind�pendant; Lib: Liberal/Lib�ral; MP: Marijuana Party / Parti Marijuana; NDP: New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti d�mocratique; NSP: Nova Scotia Provincial Party; PC: Progressive Conservative/Progressiste conservateur.

Annapolis

McNeil, Stephen (Lib.) ................................................ 4,522

Chipman, Frank (PC) .................................................. 2,795

Nette, Adrian (NDP) ................................................... 1,395

Wilson, Harry (NSP) ...................................................... 185

Antigonish

MacIsaac, Angus (PC) ................................................. 4,256

Cameron, David (Lib.) ................................................. 3,650

O'Toole, MarTerry (NDP) .......................................... 1,755

Purdy, Gene (MP) .......................................................... 560

Argyle

d'Entremont, Chris (PC) .............................................. 2,345

d'Entremont, Aldric (Lib.) ........................................... 1,946

Muise, Charles (NDP) .................................................... 595

Bedford

Christie, Peter (PC) ..................................................... 4,114

Zurawski, Richard (Lib.) ............................................. 3,208

Watson, Robert (NDP) ................................................ 2,055

Cape Breton Centre

Corbett, Frank (NDP) ................................................. 3,929

McGillivray, Basil (Lib.) ............................................. 3,456

Tighe MacLeod, Rita (PC) ............................................. 373

Cape Breton North

Clarke, Cecil (PC) ........................................................ 3,754

White, Michael (Lib.) .................................................. 3,169

Snow, Cecil (NDP) ...................................................... 1,714

Cape Breton Nova

Gosse, Gordie (NDP) .................................................. 3,168

Crowe, Mel (Lib.) ........................................................ 3,094

Marsman, Todd (PC) ..................................................... 684

Cape Breton South

MacDonald, Manning …

Federal judge strikes down 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Days later, Sen. Reid schedules Senate hearing for repeal

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside, Calif, struck down the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on open gays in the military Sept. 9.

Phillips found that the ban violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of free speech and due process under the First and Fifth Amendments.

"The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Act infringes the fundamental rights of United States servicemembers in many ways," Phillips wrote in her 86-page opinion. "The act denies homosexuals serving in the Armed Forces the right to enjoy 'intimate conduct' in their personal relationships. The act denies them the …

Iraqi Leader to Address UN Today

UNITED NATIONS - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will address the United Nations General Assembly today as the high-level meeting of world leaders continue. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque is also expected to speak. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been slotted to speak in the afternoon, but he pulled out at the last minute, leaving his foreign minister to take his place.

Yesterday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders his country will defy any further U.N. Security Council resolutions imposed by "arrogant powers" seeking to curb its nuclear program, accusing them of lying and imposing illegal sanctions against Tehran.

He said it is …

Stocks waver as investors worry about US debt load

Stocks wavered Friday morning after a slide in the previous session as investors fretted over the health of government balance sheets.

Trading was quiet ahead of the long Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Investors are asking how the U.S. will pay for its programs to revive the economy and stabilize the banking system after a credit rating agency on Thursday issued a warning that Britain's credit rating could be lowered because of its huge debt load.

Those fears spilled over to the U.S., which is also selling debt at a rate of billions per week to bankroll programs aimed at fighting the recession. That helped push the dollar to its weakest level …

Year After Russia Coup, Diversity Has Strong Hold

MOSCOW Many political illusions have been shattered, andPresident Boris N. Yeltsin's popularity has slumped in the year thathas followed the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union.But Russia has changed in one way that may profoundly affect thecountry's future: The Russian people no longer think and actuniformly in the political arena.

As long as the communists were in power, public opinion tendedto be unanimous. Most people were afraid to express anything butsupport for the regime. But when Mikhail S. Gorbachev, as theSoviet leader, inaugurated his policy of glasnost, or openness, therewas an outpouring of grievances. The stage was set for a strugglebetween …