Community takes on Internet networking
MySpace.com. Facebook.com. YouTube.com. These are Web sites visited and revisited daily, and they have revolutionized the way millions of people communicate and share their daily news. With these new avenues of networking, newspapers set out to find out how they work, and why they’re so addictive and whether they’re safe.
‘Krav Maga’
Sweating bodies slammed into the carpet. Amid shouts and grunts, a panting man fought to escape a chokehold. With wide eyes and a broad smile, a woman pulled a knife to her friend’s throat.
It was all in the name of self-defense.
Israeli fourth-degree black belt Moshe Katz taught “Krav Maga,” a mix of different martial arts techniques, to a class of 28 students on Sunday afternoon.
CAMPING at Circuit City
Mariano Harari, 19, sits wrapped in blankets and reading a textbook. He is supposed to be in class at the University of Richmond, but instead he is camping out with 100 other people to receive the first PlayStation3s available in Virginia.
Harari arrived at the Circuit City near Short Pump Tuesday at 2 p.
In the News
WORLD
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South African lawmakers passed legislation recognizing gay marriages on Tuesday despite criticism from both traditionalists and gay activists.
The bill, unprecedented on a continent where homosexuality is taboo, was decried by gay activists for not going far enough and by opponents who warned it “was provoking God’s anger.
Transactions
Football
National Football League
Dallas Cowboys – Released S Marcus Coleman.
Jacksonville Jaguars – Waived FB Rich Alexis. Signed OT Wayne Hunter from the practice squad.
New York Giants – Placed WR Amani Toomer on the injured reserve list. Signed LB Tyson Smith from the practice squad.
Nationwide
Football
SAN FRANCISCO – Hall of Fame football coach Bill Walsh, who built an NFL dynasty with the San Francisco 49ers and revolutionized the sport with his West Coast offense, disclosed that he has leukemia.
Stanford officials confirmed that Walsh, who served as the school’s interim athletic director until July, has told friends and colleagues there that he has cancer.
Nationals find new coach in New York
WASHINGTON – Mets third-base coach Manny Acta is expected to be hired by the Washington Nationals as their new manager, a baseball official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Nationals hadn’t made an announcement, said he had been told that Acta is getting the job.
Sports in Brief
Volleyball
Rams 23 23 30 17 – 1
Tigers 30 30 27 30 – 3
TOWSON, Md. – Senior Ludmila Francescatto recorded 17 kills and Renata Salvatori added eight and hit .353, yet the Rams dropped a 3-1 game at Towson Friday.
The loss snaps VCU’s two-match win streak and slips the Rams to 14-13 overall and 8-9 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Hey, sports guys!
James, Mike:
In 2009, the University of Richmond will vacate City Stadium and begin playing football at a new facility next to the Robins Center. This will leave only the semi-pro soccer team, the Kickers, as the only draw for City Stadium.
Also in 2009, VCU’s rival Old Dominion will begin playing Division I-AA football.
Weird News
Hospitalized firewalker faces fire again after world record-breaking stunt
In the UK, a Carlisle firewalker who broke the world record in January after performing his dangerous stunt that landed him in the hospital, headed back to the coals this weekend for an encore.