| Clinton may unite Republicans
She's a Democrat. Both Missourians want anyone but Democrat Hillary Clinton for U.S. president. "We're tired of the Hillary thing," Effertz said. "We'd had enough of Bill and Hillary." "I do not like the way they've been kind of nasty," said Erganian, of Rocheport, Missouri. "I don't want anybody in office like that." .
Penn State prof dies in campus pool
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A Penn State professor has died in a campus pool. Sixty-eight-year-old Michael Rothkopf was taking a break during a swim at McCoy Natatorium yesterday when lifeguards noticed his face had turned toward the water. University acquatics director Tom Griffiths says staff tried to revive Mr. Rothkopf. An ambulance then took him to Mount Nittany Medical Center. He was pronounced dead about an hour later. The county coroner says Mr. Rothkopf likely had a heart attack. Mr. Rothkopf arrived at Penn State in the fall and was a professor of supply chain and information systems. He previously taught at Rutgers and the University of California, Berkeley. .
Phillies looking for this year's pitching longshot
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Steve Noworyta's face is not one you probably know, but it is a baseball face. Tight brown hair cut close to the scalp, a neatly trimmed mustache, a jaw that looks built to take a punch. From a distance, he looks like Tom Selleck in "Mr. Baseball," except for the past 9 1/2 years, Noworyta has been Mr. Minor Leagues for the Phillies, monitoring the organization's prospects from the front line. He has seen Ryan Howard in Batavia, Jimmy Rollins in Clearwater, Cole Hamels in Lakewood. And last March, when most of the world didn't know Kyle Kendrick from Jimi Hendrix, Noworyta was waiting for his moment to shine. "We knew he was close," said Noworyta, the Phillies' director of minor leagues. A year later, Kendrick, 10-4 with a 3.87 ERA after a June call-up from Double A Reading, is penciled in as the Phillies' fourth starter.
Patterson: Cobo plans stalled
In the latest roadblock facing an effort to expand Cobo Center, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said Tuesday that no progress has been made and he won't attend a regional summit Friday called by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to work on a plan for Cobo. .
Singapore apologizes for terror escape
The Singapore government apologized Thursday for the security lapse that allowed a suspected Islamic terrorist leader to escape from jail, triggering a manhunt across this usually well-policed island nation.</p><p>Authorities said Mas Selamat Kastari, who once allegedly plotted to hijack a plane and crash it into Singapore's international airport, slipped away Wednesday. He is said to be commander of the Singapore arm of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian extremist group allied with al-Qaida.</p><p>Minister of Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng said Mas Selamat escaped after being taken from his cell to go to a room for a scheduled visit by his family at the Whitley Road Detention Center, which is in a wooded residential area in central Singapore.</p><p>Mas Selamat, 47, was allowed to first go to the restroom and escaped from the heavily guarded facility, Wong said in Parliament, without offering any specifics.</p><p>"This should never have happened," said Wong, who is also deputy prime minister.
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