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Frank Rijkaard keeps his cool in Catalan heat
After the 0-0 draw at Ibrox last month, Barcelona wunderkind Lionel Messi accused Rangers of playing "anti-football". Many commentators, however, were of the opinion that Barca had taken the Scots too lightly. "Not at all," refuted Rijkaard calmly. "We knew that Rangers were on a very good run. They had had some good results. They're a good team, strong and disciplined with some very talented players. "No, we could never have underestimated Rangers because of the club itself, the atmosphere, the public. We knew it would be tough." How does he think Rangers will approach tonight's match? "I think more or less the same, I think maybe a little more defensive. They're strong collectively in defence and when they have the ball they can hurt you. We need to be prepared.
Obama hits back at Hillary
Clinton also criticised what she called Obama's inconsistencies on hemispheric trade, an issue important in Ohio, where many voters blame trade deals for job losses. Instead of only his usual message that he is better equipped to lead on foreign policy because he showed better judgment than Clinton by opposing the Iraq war early on, the Illinois senator bluntly derided Clinton's assertion that her eight years as first lady counted as foreign policy seasoning. 'Think it's important to examine the argument' "I hope people start asking, what exactly is this foreign experience that she's claiming? I know she talks about visiting 80 countries. However it's not clear...was she negotiating treaties or agreements, or was she handling crises during this period of time?" Obama asked.
MacBook Air’s collapsible port patent revealed, more
On February 28, 2008, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's patent application detailing the MacBook Air's collapsible port feature. The patent presents evidence that the collapsible port was originally earmarked for the rear of the notebook and was to present additional options. Yet what was interesting to discover is that this new collapsible port isn't limited to the MacBook Air. According to Apple's own technical notes, “the present invention may apply to other types of devices, and still remain within the spirit and scope of the present invention." MacBook Air's Flip-Down Port Hatch Apple highlights the MacBook Air's innovative features on their websites by stating that “the innovative now-you-see-it, now-you-don't port hatch flips down to reveal (and closes to hide) all the ports you really need: a USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack, and a micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite, and S-video output.
LITTWIN: McCain rewrites his own history
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – It wasn't just a primary they held here in South Carolina. It was more like a group exorcism. John McCain did more than beat Mike Huckabee here. And he did more than just beat Mitt Romney. And he did much more than just beat Fred “This Campaignin' Stuff Is Harder Than I Thought" Thompson. What McCain did, mostly and most memorably, was to beat back the demons that have haunted him since 2000. The demons, though, once again made it uncomfortably close. Anyone – particularly in this Republican campaign – can win a primary. But hardly anyone wins a chance to rewrite his own history. “You know, it took us a while," McCain told a cheering crowd in Charleston, “but what's eight years among friends?" It wasn't so friendly eight years ago. In 2000, McCain lost in one of the dirtiest campaigns in history, a campaign in which many of us were introduced to Karl Rove's particular style of campaigning.
Senior Scene
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Mississippi 54, Kentucky 58
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Joe Crawford and Patrick Patterson scored 15 points apiece as Kentucky held off Mississippi 58-54 on Wednesday. Ramel Bradley added 14 points and five rebounds for Kentucky (16-10, 10-3 Southeastern Conference), which moved to within one game of No. 1 Tennessee for first place in the SEC's Eastern Division. The Wildcats play at the Volunteers on Sunday. Chris Warren led Ole Miss with 25 points and Dwayne Curtis had 12 points and 15 rebounds, but the Rebels (18-9, 4-9) remained winless on the road in the SEC and continued their precipitous fall from the Top 25 last month. Ole Miss shot just 31 percent from the floor and turned the ball over 19 times. Still, the Rebels had a chance to win it after whittling a 23-point deficit to two in the final seconds.
A blog about technology from BBC News
And for years the multi-national companies behind many of the fims, music and TV programmes we enjoy have been looking for a way to shut down the website. But it's been a game of cat and mouse, made more difficult because The Pirate Bay does not keep its servers in the same country its founders are based in, and because the website itself does not store any copyrighted files - it points in the direction of copied material that are "out there" on the internet. In effect, The Pirate Bay is a global address book for copied and copyrighted material. It takes advantage of a program called BitTorrent, which makes it easy to share files among large groups of people. Each BitTorrent file comes with an addresss, a tracker, and it's the location of that address that The Pirate Bay publishes on its site.
The good, bad and flinty: Western rivalries
New to DVD, "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate, R, $29.95) was one of 2007's most entertaining films and featured an epic rivalry between Russell Crowe as a charismatic outlaw and Christian Bale as the desperate rancher determined to get him to the train bound for Yuma Prison. After you've finished the DVD - whose extras include some deleted scenes that add a little texture, and a respectable documentary about outlaws - you may have a hankering for more of the same. So here's a roundup of great Western adversaries you can hunt down for yourself. "Deadwood"
Timothy Olyphant vs. Ian McShane
(HBO, $99.98 per season box set): In David Milch's brilliant, profane, mud-caked cable series, Olyphant's Sheriff Seth Bullock could captain the U.S. Olympic Seething team, emanating a rage so palpable that there ought to be a cloud of it around him.
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