Ohio State Squashes Penn State Rally

COLUMBUS, Ohio - In about the time it took 79-year-old Joe Paterno to jog to the locker room, Troy Smith and No. 1 Ohio State's defense turned a close game into a rout.

Smith threw an acrobatic 37-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter, then Malcolm Jenkins and Antonio Smith returned interceptions for touchdowns as the Buckeyes beat No. 24 Penn State 28-6 on Saturday.

"In the Big Ten, it's always a four-quarter game," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "We won a four-quarter game."

Paterno, the Nittany Lions' coach for the last 41 years, ambled to the locker room midway through the second quarter and didn't return until the start of the fourth because he was …

Swiss arrest Polanski on US request in sex case

Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police as he flew in for the Zurich Film Festival and faces possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday.

Polanski was scheduled to receive an honorary award at the festival when he was apprehended Saturday at the airport, the Swiss Justice Ministry said in a statement. It said U.S. authorities have sought the arrest of the 76-year-old director around the world since 2005.

"There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming," ministry spokesman Guido Balmer told The Associated Press. "That's why he was taken into …

Indians 12, Tigers 0 - for '96

Albert Belle hit a grand slam Wednesday as the visiting ClevelandIndians beat Detroit 9-3, completing the first season sweep againstthe Tigers in their history.

Jim Thome homered for the third straight game, Jeff Kent alsohit a home run and Orel Hershiser (14-7) won his fourth straightdecision for the Indians, who finished 12-0 against the Tigers thisyear.

Detroit became the seventh team in major-league history to getswept in a season series. The last time it happened was 1994, whenMontreal went 12-0 against San Diego. The Indians are the fifth ALteam to sweep an opponent in a season. Oakland was the last to doit, winning 12 straight from New York in …

Syracuse scholar named ombudsman for public media

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has named a communications scholar and former journalist to serve as ombudsman for the group that channels federal funds to public media.

The nonprofit corporation said Monday it has named Joel Kaplan to the post. He is currently associate dean at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. He developed a new graduate curriculum on …

Audi's Capello leads by 1 lap at 24 Hours of Le Mans; Villeneuve still chasing Triple Crown

Rinaldo Capello's Audi No. 2 had a one-lap lead over Jacques Villeneuve's Peugeot No. 7 on Sunday morning after 21 hours of racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Peugeot was leading when rain started in the 14th hour, offering an opportunity for Audi cars to make up for their relative lack of speed in dry conditions.

Capello's co-driver, Tom Kristensen, overtook Villeneuve in the fifteenth hour on lap 234 as the Peugeot No. 7 was refueling in the pits.

"Our car is difficult," Villeneuve said. "You get the power down coming out of corners and it snaps around, which makes it harder to overtake the slower cars."

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Some entries on Iraqi blogs

- "Please don't ask me whether I believe Iraq is on the verge ofcivil war yet or not. I have never experienced a civil war before,only reg- lar ones. All I see is that both sides are engaged in tit-for-tat lynchings and s- mmary exec- tions. I see governmental forcesopenly taking sides or stepping aside. I see an occ- pation forcethat is cl- eless abo- t what is going on in the co- ntry. I seepoliticians that distr- st each other and contin- e to flame the sit-ation for their own personal interests. I see Islamic clericsdelivering fiery sermons against each other, then smile and h- g eachother at the end of the day in staged PR st- nts. . . ."

--March 24, Healing Iraq …

Air Canada se doit de réussir

Engag�e dans une longue restructuration lanc�e en avril 2003, Air Canada doit maintenant convaincre tout un chacun de la rigueur du travail accompli sous la protection des tribunaux. Et, � moins que le mauvais sort ne s'acharne sur lui, le transporteur dominant du pays peut esp�rer mettre � profit tout le pouvoir que rec�le sa franchise.

Dans un secteur aussi sensible que celui de l'aviation civile, on se rem�more de trop nombreux faux pas, notamment les faillites de Continental Airlines ou, plus r�cemment, la situation d'US Airways. Celle-ci avait pourtant quitte la protection des tribunaux en 2003, forte des r�ductions de co�ts r�currentes de 2 milliards US par ann�e, dont la …