Good and Bad News for Boxing: Only One Pacquiao
The Filipino boxer wins by TKO in an electrifying match with Miguel Angel Cotto. But is it enough to save boxing?
TCU building case as best BCS buster ever
There’s no doubt which team is the best outside the BCS conference. TCU answered that question loud and clear. Andy Dalton and the fourth-ranked Horned Frogs pummeled No. 16 Utah to stake their claim as the team waiting to slide into the national championship game should any of the three teams ahead of them slip
Asian stocks mostly higher after China, Japan data (AP)
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after figures from China and Japan showed the region’s two biggest economies were on track to recovering from the global downturn.
Philippines’ Mayon volcano spews ash, could erupt (AP)
AP – Scientists say the cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines has shot an ash plume into the air and are advising nearby residents to be ready to move in case of eruption.
Veterans Day events
Lecture — 7:45 to 9 a.m. today. Brig. Gen. William Grimsley discusses the military’s impact on the Central Texas economy as part of the Austin Economic Club’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Sheraton Austin Hotel, 701 E. 11th St. $35
Analysis: France-Germany ties fade (AP)
AP – Throughout the Cold War, Germany was the steadfast trans-Atlantic ally — and France the perpetual skeptic. Paris snubbed NATO, booted allied soldiers off its soil and sought a privileged relationship with Moscow.
OMG - Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Holding Hands!
Spotted, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart holding hands as they left Paris today! Amidst all the speculation of are-they or aren’t they this certainly seems to seal the deal - the two look oh so happy. We saw Rob’s big smile as he left his hotel after their adorable press conference with Taylor this morning. Amid all the magazine mania especially the romantic Harper’s shoot, this is the best. A short while later, they landed in London for the next leg of their promotional tour.
Michael Jackson movie to screen in China (AP)
AP – The Michael Jackson documentary “This Is It” has snapped up one of the last of China’s 20 annual foreign movie import slots, a Sony Pictures executive said Tuesday.
3 Americans share 2009 Nobel Prize in physics (AP)
AP – Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.
