Walk around park for Alzheimer's Society ; In brief

SOUTH WEALD: A walk in aid of the Alzheimer's Society will takeplace on Sunday.

The meet-up for the charity stroll will be at the cricket clubcar …

S.Korean Leader: Offer to Help Unheeded

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press that a Seoul offer to help resolve a banking impasse blocking North Korea's nuclear disarmament went unheeded by Washington and Pyongyang.

Roh, whose term expires in February, also said there could be time while he's in office to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - but only if the reclusive North moves to abandon its nuclear program.

"We have offered to help in resolving the (bank) issue to both sides, but after our offer there has not been an answer from either side," Roh said during an interview with AP President and CEO Tom Curley.

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Businessman pleads guilty in NY pension probe

A California businessman has pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with an investigation of alleged corruption at New York's public pension fund.

The attorney general's office said Tuesday Julio (HOO'-lee-oh) Ramirez entered into a corrupt agreement with a top political aide to former New York Comptroller Alan …

Media Are Urged to Help Heal Race Rifts

Journalists need to break through stereotyped news coverage andtake a healing role to improve race relations in Chicago and theUnited States, three Northwestern University researchers saidThursday at a downtown forum.

The professors presented studies of network TV coverage, mayoralelection coverage in Chicago and articles on Native Americans thatthey say show bias toward stereotypes and a lack of serious analysisof racial issues.

Often subtle in its stereotyping, they said such coverage canexacerbate what sociologists call sometimes covert "modern racism"among whites.

For example, a survey of network news in 1990 and 1991 found"nearly two-thirds of …

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Clemson Stuns No. 7 Duke in ACC Tourney

Clemson's dubious basketball history has drawn chuckles for years, and the depth of its futility _ try 0-53 at North Carolina _ is difficult to comprehend.

Well, this Clemson team is starting to shed the image that it's a football school in a basketball league.

The Tigers stunned No. 7 Duke 78-74 Saturday to advance to their first Atlantic Coast Conference final in 46 years. Clemson had lost 22 straight games to the Blue Devils and is the only charter member of the ACC to never win the league tournament title.

Trevor Booker scored 18 points and Cliff Hammonds added 17 for the third-seeded Tigers (24-8), who hadn't beaten the Blue …

Comedy gem still sparkles a century later

Oscar Wilde certainly knew how to keep audiences laughing.

The Importance of Being Earnest is still pulling the crowds morethan a century after it was written in 1895. And we still love it.

The role of Lady Bracknell seems the ideal fit for Penelope Keith,who portrays the formidable matriarch with the cynicism she honedto perfection in To The Manor Born.

William Ellis and …