"It was kind of a leap of faith for both of us," coach Jim Grobe said Tuesday. "But we haven't been disappointed. He's got a big-time leg."Kinal said he had to retrain his leg to kick in a more Americanized way.A well-struck ball in Australia — where the game is called "footy" — rotates end-over-end and might not clear 10 feet in height. That's exactly what U.S. coaches don't want in a sport that prizes spiraling punts that hang...

When players complete Batman's latest Rocksteady-developed adventure, they can look forward to replaying the game without being forced through the game's gadget progression system.Rocksteady's Dax Ginn has revealed that Batman: Arkham City will feature a 'New Game Plus' mode, allowing players to begin the adventure again with everything they've collected, upgraded, and unlocked available to them.According to Ginn, you'll "need"...

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Many of us watched tropical cyclone Irene's approach with enough anxiety to last a lifetime. After all, a hurricane riding up the East Coast is maybe the nightmare scenario for forecasters, emergency managers, and residents alike. But Irene, thankfully, didn't quite live up to some of its expectations. Now that we are a couple...

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By JORI FINKELLos Angeles Times While the Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was celebrated as a painting before its theft in 1911, it was not yet a household image. "factbox" --> This much is well established: On Aug. 21, 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, who had briefly worked on a project at the Louvre, walked out of the Paris museum with "Mona Lisa," the celebrated masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. The...

After a tumultuous four months without a fulltime leader, BART's board is expected to name a new general manager today.Grace Crunican, former chief of the Seattle Department of Transportation and a deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration under President Bill Clinton, is expected to be named general manager in a special board meeting.Although few board members have publicly discussed Crunican, Director Joel...

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The night tour of Alcatraz Island makes the hair on the back of your neck prickle long after the three-hour trip has ended. But the eerie thrill is worth it, if not only for the million-dollar view of the San Francisco skyline -- a spectacular light-show dancing in the distance. Our boat leaves Pier 33 at 7:05 p.m., while the sun is about to set over the Golden Gate Bridge, painting a ghostly silhouette of the infamous structure....

The United States Postal Service is looking to cut costs by cutting offices.The government agency released a lengthy list of possible closures on Friday, including 62 offices in Michigan, 10 in Detroit and three others in the metropolitan area.But spokesman Ed Moore says the USPS has not made any final decisions and residents still have...

PHILADELPHIA — The movie year is 1983. The Oscar contenders include "The Big Chill," "Yentl," "Silkwood." The winner is "Terms of Endearment." Across the country, all the good little boys and girls line up to see "Return of the Jedi," with its furry Ewoks. Hollywood's idea of an action movie is "Octopussy," starring tea-sipping Roger Moore. Then, in December, like a 20-ton hunk of crack plopped...

& Paper hearts touching the real kind is the idea behind a project spearheaded by a Lower Makefield woman who lost her first husband in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. & Tara Bane-DellaCorte is organizing the effort, which involves students making 2,973 paper hearts, each one with the name of one victim of the attacks. The 8-by-12 inch hearts are sealed ...

Related To StoryFrom Dan MericaCNNPOSTED: 1:46 pm MDT August 26, 2011UPDATED: 1:56 pm MDT August 26, 2011WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Just days after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake cracked the Washington Monument in four places, the National Park Service is trying to protect it from being further damaged by Hurricane Irene, spokeswoman Carol Johnson said Friday.Engineers for the National Park Service are working inside the Washington Monument...

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& 26 August 2011& Last updated at 15:53 GMT & A painting that has claims to be the only full-length portrait of the famous Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh is causing a stir at a Grimsby gallery. Abbey Walk Gallery has had a surge in visitors since it put the pastel painting on display three weeks ago. ...

Q:  I am just expressing my concern over VA Dept. of Health not releasing the names of the bodies of water to which the amoeba victim in Henrico county was exposed.  The explanation that the public should not be lead astray by thinking these possible known bodies of water are the only ones to be aware of is not a comfortable one nor a safe one for citizens, in my estimation.  The explanation of the...

Imagine if, in 1963, two years after JFK's famous speech to Congress, the New York Times had run a story, "Space program fails to live up to promise."  That will give you some idea of how bad a recent NYT story on the clean energy economy was, "Number of Green Jobs Fails to Live Up to Promises." The story is triply terrible:  It's incorrect and premature and misleading.  So of course it has been quoted endlessly...