Atlantic recording artist Shadows Fall has received a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song "Redemption" off their critically acclaimed label debut, THREADS OF LIFE. Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair said the following: "We walked off stage in Milan Italy last night after a killer set on the Black Crusade tour and my phone started buzzing. After cracking a beer I checked my message and was absolutely shocked and amazed to find out that we had been nominated for our second Grammy!!! Redemption has been nominated in the best metal performance category for this year and I could not be more proud. The song is a celebration of the power of music and the human voice as an agent of change and to have it recognized in such a way is incredible. We were able to celebrate last night with our brothers in Machinehead who were also nominated.

Xavier takes aim at 10th straight win

The Flyers have now lost three of their last four outings, and their 5-7 conference record clearly overshadows a much more impressive 17-8 overall mark.

Xavier rolled to a 69-43 victory over Dayton in the first meeting between the teams back on January 24th, but the Flyers still own an 80-65 lead in the series.

Through 27 outings, Xavier is scoring 77.2 ppg while limiting the opposition to 62.7 ppg on 40.1 percent shooting from the floor. The Musketeers are outrebounding opponents by 6.2 rpg, a key to their success. It is hard to find many teams as balanced offensively as Xavier, as the team has six double-digit scorers in the lineup. Josh Duncan leads the pack with 11.6 ppg, while Drew Lavender is netting 11.3 ppg to go with 122 assists and only 48 turnovers.

Olbermann Accuses 'Fascist' Bush of Engaging in 'Terrorism'

The idea that even the most cynical and untrustworthy of the politicians in our history, George W. Bush, would use the literal form of terrorism against his own people was dangerous territory. It seemed to tempt fate, to heighten fear. We will not fear any longer. We will not fear the international terrorists, and we will thwart them. We will not fear the recognition of the manipulation of our yearning for safety. We will call it what it is: terrorism. We will not fear identifying the vulgar hypocrites in our government. We will name them. And we will not fear George W. Bush. Nor will we fear because George W. Bush wants us to fear.

Now, as promised, a "Special Comment." A part of what I will say was said here first on January 31.

Dart tourney's hazy days are numbered

Casual observation tells Bruner that generally, more players smoke than don't smoke, but that number is probably on the decline as more people quit smoking. Still, the environment is not a surprise to participants."It's a bar sport. The players that don't smoke know what they're getting into when they walk in," he said.Players' opinion of the ban varies.Rodney Van Sambeek, Aaron Anderson and Cal Hanson, all nonsmokers from Corona, would prefer a smoke-free environment but were enjoying themselves Friday despite the haze in Rushmore Hall."We tolerate it," Van Sambeek said. "I tell my wife it's not the beer that gives me a hangover, it's the smoke."All three said they would probably be back in two years, either way.Amy Goodrich and Heather Wurts of Highmore said the civic center may see participants dwindle if the city doesn't reinstate a smoking exception for the tournament."Or Rapid City is going to have to hold it somewhere else," Goodrich, a smoker, said."I could probably handle not smoking during matches," she allowed.

December 2006 Archives

I gave out a lot of headlamps, you know, the things you can wrap around your head and see what you're doing," he says. "I think they are one of the best inventions going. I gave electronic toothbrushes last year so it had to be headlamps this year." Umm... Okay, Matthew.

Sometimes with him it's -- the lights are on, but nobody is home.