Crypts for Remains From NYC Crash

NEW YORK - The last unidentified remains of people killed in the 2001 crash of an American Airlines flight to the Dominican Republic have been placed in two crypts, officials said Saturday.

Families of the 265 victims of the crash in the quiet neighborhood of Belle Harbor, Queens, were invited to a dedication ceremony Sunday at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, said Susan Olsen, a cemetery official.

Olsen said the unidentified remains, in four caskets, were entombed at a mausoleum in the cemetery on Friday.

The bodies of all 265 victims of the crash of Flight 587 had been identified, but the medical examiner's office was left with some remains that could not be …

There's gold in the house as Liukin visits worlds

Nastia Liukin has been to plenty of world championships. None quite like this, however.

The Olympic champion got to see what the view is like from the spectator seats Thursday night when she came to the World Figure Skating Championships to root on fellow American Evan Lysacek. Liukin got to know several of the U.S. skaters during a made-for-television skating and gymnastics show last December.

"It's so cool to be here," said Liukin, who was in town for a photo shoot. "I've never been to an actual skating competition. I'm nervous! It's so different. When you're out there on the floor (competing), you're nervous. But when you're a spectator, …

TV home auction to air live Aug. 25

A Chicago auctioneer is gearing up for the "first-ever" live,televised real estate auction on Aug. 25 over WPWR-Channel 50.

The first round of programming, from 8:30 to 9 a.m., willpresent exterior and interior photographs of the 93 Chicago arearesidential and commercial properties to be auctioned, said JerryOstry, a partner in Ostry Financial Real Estate Auction Exchange.

From 9 to 10 a.m., the firm will present an off-the-air seminaron buying and selling techniques at the auction site at the EmbassySuites Hotel on Butterfield and Highland in Lombard.

The actual auction will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. atthe hotel and will be …

Macedonia, Qatar sign deals on investment, tourism

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonian authorities say Qatar and Macedonia have agreed to mutually protect and promote investments, as well as to cooperate on tourism.

The office of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has not made public any details on the treaties signed Monday during a visit to Macedonia …

Tesco PLC says 1Q sales up 13.7 pc but UK sales growth rate slows

Tesco PLC, Britain's largest grocer, reported Tuesday that group sales rose 13.7 percent in the first quarter but that the rate of sales growth in nonfood categories in its core U.K. market had slowed.

Analysts said the report was at the lower end of market expectations.

The company's sales growth in the 13 weeks ending May 24 was led by a strong performance outside Britain, with so-called international sales up 26.6 percent at actual exchange rates and by 13.9 percent at constant rates. Sales in Europe were up 32.4 percent at actual rates and sales in Asia was up 16.7 percent.

At home, total sales were up 9.4 percent led by the soaring prices of …

Show Me You'Re Good Enough, Says Thorburn Show Me You'Re Good Enough, Says Thorburn

Bristol Shoguns head coach Peter Thorburn knows his side need toprove they are good enough to stay in English rugby's top flightafter their 34-19 defeat put them bottom of the Zurich Premiership.

The Shoguns now have just three games left - against Saracens,Bath and London Irish - to show the rest of the Premiership elitethey are good enough to survive.

Newcastle's 22-20 home win over Northampton yesterday saw theFalcons leapfrog over Bristol and the West Country showdown againstBath on May 4 now has all the look of a winner-takes-all relegationbattle.

With owner Malcolm Pearce set to cease funding the side at the endof the season after five years of …

NSF approves 29 new connections to high-performance computer network

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that 29 additional institutions will be connected to the very high-performance Backbone Network Service (vBNS), allowing engineers and scientists nationwide to collaborate and share powerful computing and information resources. This brings the total number of institutions approved for connections to 92.

The vBNS is a crucial player in the President's Next Generation Internet and is the initial interconnect for Internet2 member institutions. "By building an Internet that is faster and more advanced, we can keep the United States at the cutting edge of Internet technology, and explore new applications in distance learning, …