Amazon: Vista SP1 to Arrive Tuesday

A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site.

The retailer is selling copies of Vista without the service pack and advising customers that they can download the free SP1 upgrade starting Tuesday.

Amazon is also taking pre-orders for boxed copies of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which it said it will start shipping Wednesday.

In an e-mailed statement, Microsoft said it is on track to release SP1 in mid-March. The software maker acknowledged Amazon's claim that the upgrade would be available Tuesday online, but …

Cubs' sleeper still man of mystery

Charlie Chan, Columbo and Mannix reportedly are coming out ofretirement to investigate the case of the sleeping Cub. And sincethis organization has been in the land of nod for generations, theywill have a lot of work to do.

Former Cubs closer Lee Smith used to tell the trainer not to wakehim until the bottom of the fifth inning, so it didn't take Kojakto figure out that relievers were the main suspects in the mystery.

Intrepid reporters grilled relievers Antonio Alfonseca, Tom Gordonand Kyle Farnsworth after Thursday's game, but no confessions wereforthcoming.

Interim manager Bruce Kimm demanded a more professional approachfrom his players in a pregame …

At long last, start in sight for paper recycling plant

Construction is expected to begin in the summer or fall for a facility that will recycle approximately 400,000 metric tons/year of wastepaper (representing four million trees) into 330,000 metric tons of newsprint, or about oneeighth of New York City's total demand. Known as the Bronx Community Paper Company, the project has taken seven years of planning by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, a group known for rehabilitating and weatherizing housing in the South Bronx and helping neighborhood youths develop job skills. (See "Paper Mill Project Plants Roots …

13 babies die at Turkish hospital

A team of doctors is investigating the weekend deaths of 13 newborn babies at a hospital in western Turkey, officials said Monday.

The babies _ all of them premature _ died late Saturday and early Sunday at Izmir's Tepecik hospital.

It was the second such incident in Turkey in three months.

In July, more than two-dozen newborns died at a hospital for high-risk births in the capital, Ankara. Government-appointed doctors investigating the deaths said a shortage of personnel was to blame.

The team of doctors looking into the deaths in Izmir is expected to release preliminary findings Monday, Izmir health department head Mehmet Ozkan …

General Election, 2004: New Brunswick

NEW BRUNSWICK

Acadie--Bathurst

Godin, Yvon (NDP) ................................................... 23,857

Rousselle, Serge (Lib.) ............................................... 14,452

Bernard, Joel E. (C) ..................................................... 4,841

Lanteigne, Mario (G) ................................................... 1,085

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LeBlanc, Dominic (Lib.) ............................................ 21,934

Vautour, Angela (C) ................................................... 11,604

Bourque, Omer (NDP) ................................................ 6,056

Girouard, Anna (G) …

Barrington's big finish drops Glenbrook South

In the short history of the series between Barrington andGlenbrook South, the No. 8 Broncos had never won in Glenview. Theywere in danger of keeping that streak alive until they exploded forthree touchdowns in the second half.

Dan Pohlman carried 21 times for 91 yards and three touchdowns,and Joe Butera added a 70-yard interception return as Barrington won25-7.

"Things just weren't clicking at the start," Barrington coach AlKamradt said. "It took us a while to get into it. Overall it was agood effort, but there are a lot of things we've got to correct."

Hanging on to a tenuous 7-0 lead, Barrington finally began todistance itself from Glenbrook South in …

Mirandes to play Bilbao in Copa del Rey semifinals

MADRID (AP) — Third-tier club Mirandes' improbable run in the Copa del Rey reaches the semifinals against Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday, while Barcelona will be looking to shake off its recent woes away from home at Valencia on Wednesday.

Mirandes has already eliminated topflight clubs Villarreal, Racing Santander and Espanyol to become only the third team below the second division to reach the last four.

But now the northern club, guided by daytime banker and forward Pablo Infante, faces perhaps its toughest test yet against its Basque neighbor. Bilbao is a 23-time cup champion that has won five of its last six games, with striker Fernando Llorente scoring six goals over that …