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On Friday, Dr. Adrian Dexter Talbot of Slidell, Louisiana was charged by a federal grand jury in New Orleanswith one count each of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances, maintaining drug-involved premises, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud, along with four counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances. The 55-year-old doctor’s initial court appearance will take place on September 10, where he will appear in front of U....

From day one, Milosevic thought the alliance would crumble; that Italy would not allow its bases to be used; that Greece would split away; that the Russians would run to his aid. But as the campaign moved on, NATO resolve strengthened. We succeeded because, with President Clinton’s strong leadership, we kept Europe and the United States together. Milosevic finally understood that we simply were not going to go away. And nor will we go away until the agreement on paper is translated into reality on the ground....

The two companies are getting bulk discounts on the computers through a San Francisco start-up called PeoplePC, which will funnel employees toward online partners like E*trade and Buy.com, which then share revenue from the resulting transactions and fees. PeoplePC CEO Nick Grouf says the deals mark the beginning of the “boundary-less organization,” where information flows seamlessly up and down the corporate ladder. So will other big companies jump on board?...

Still, peace negotiators in Geneva were claiming a victory of sorts. After recognizing that they couldn’t count on NATO airstrikes, the Muslims returned to the talks, hoping for a better deal on paper. The international mediators themselves appeared to be sick of dealing with an intractable war and were now impatiently trying to impose peace. They presented the Serbs, Croats and Muslims with a 10-day deadline to approve a redrawn map of Bosnia-or face war without end....

The maneuvers in this dogfight shadow the intense politics of the global defense industry. Boeing has launched its war-tested F-15 against the cutting-edge but untested European Typhoon and French-built Rafale. The winner will grab a commanding place in the post-cold-war arms market. Defeat is almost unthinkable to Boeing, because U.S. companies have dominated fighter sales to South Korea. A victory for Eurofighter would be critical to the aim of the year-old European aerospace consortium European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) to challenge American defense contractors....

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But now, a reprieve. PBS started production last week on a 90-minute conclusion to the series, to air Oct. 11. The final episode “ties up the loose ends,” says John Falsey, who produced the show with his partner, Joshua Brand. (The two have been luckier with “Northern Exposure.”) After the conclusion, PBS will re-air all 39 original episodes. Falsey and star Sam Waterston both say “Fly Away” was able to last as long as it did largely because of viewer support and viewer mail....

Milwaukee landed right-handed pitcher Bowdien “Buddy” Derby and catcher Jacob Nottingham in the deal. MORE: Fantasy Source: Key players on new teams Davis, 28, batted .247/.323/.505 with 27 home runs and 66 RBIs in 121 games last season. In 2014, his first full season in the bigs, he belted 22 homers in 144 games. MORE: Top 50 fantasy prospects The addition of Davis will likely move Coco Crisp back to center field in a platoon with Billy Burns or into a fourth-outfielder role....

The A’s sent minor league right-hander Dakota Chalmers to Minnesota on Thursday to complete the deal that adds more depth to Oakland’s stellar bullpen. The 41-year-old Rodney is 3-2 with 25 saves and a 3.09 ERA in 46 relief appearances for Minnesota this season. The right-handed Rodney has 325 career saves, 17th most in baseball history. Oakland acquired former Mets closer Jeurys Familia last month to go along with Blake Treinen and Lou Trivino in one of baseball’s deepest bullpens....

His modesty masked whopping profits. Working from a computer in his bedroom, Lebed made hundreds of thousands of dollars trading stocks online. Unfortunately, not all of it was legal, according to the SEC. Last week the agency brought and settled civil fraud charges against Lebed saying he used the Internet to manipulate stock prices in a scheme that netted him more than a quarter of a million dollars. The SEC says Lebed used online chat rooms to drive up the price of 11 stocks he owned, a practice known as “pumping and dumping....

He will never get it. In three of the most significant decisions of this term, which ended last week, the Supreme Court ruled that employees like Murphy, who can function normally when their impairments are treated, do not qualify for protection under the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Advocates for the disabled say the rulings strip millions of protection from bias. Ecstatic corporate managers say it stems a growing tide of unnecessary lawsuits....

How Ronaldo inspired Jesus The story of Gabriel Jesus has a heroine: his mother, Vera Lucia. Vera had four children and acted as both a mother and father to all of them. Just before the birth of Gabriel, her youngest son, Vera’s partner walked out on her. Gabriel’s father simply left without trace and they never heard from him again. Vera was left with an entire family to feed. Yet she made do and everyone in Jardim Peri admired the way in which ‘Dona Vera’ — as she was affectionately known within the community — managed to raise four kids on her own in their small home (pictured below)....

“I didn’t want to risk the team a medal because they worked way too hard for my screw ups,” she said, adding, “I think we’re a little too stressed out.” Simone Biles participated in one event at the 2021 Olympics’ women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday before exiting the floor. She bailed out of the vault she attempted, logging a 13.766 score before exiting the floor with a trainer....

Nevertheless, a further two months have passed since LeBron’s comments, and Carmelo is no closer to being a Laker. Anthony has failed to attract any serious interest since being told that he had no future in Houston, and the Rockets eventually had to send cash considerations to Chicago in order to offload the 10-time All-Star. Anthony was immediately waived by the Bulls, and the 34-year-old is now running out of time to find a home for the remainder of the season....

After all, the team had been bosted by the arrival of superstar LeBron James, while both the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors were suffering difficult starts to the season. Nevertheless, the Rockets have managed to return to form due to a series of incredible solo-performances from James Harden, while the Warriors starting lineup now boasts DeMarcus Cousins. Meanwhile, the Lakers have struggled without James, and there is a clear need for the team to make additions ahead of the trade deadline....

The Rams (4-2) are coming into this contest after losing to the San Francisco 49ers last week. The Bears (5-1) on the other hand have been on a roll, as they recorded a victory over the Carolina Panthers last week, their second straight victory in as many weeks. Los Angeles Rams vs Chicago Bears Head-To-Head This will be the 95th meeting between these teams, with the Bears leading the all-time series 54-37-3....

Mayor Tom Bradley calls Los Angeles “the most ethnically diverse city in the world,” and he’s surely right. Los Angeles is the new Ellis Island, the place futurists tout as the America of tomorrow. The demographic changes that are beginning to transform the rest of the country are here already. Just a decade ago, Los Angeles was largely white and homogeneous. Today there are no majorities. The 1990 census says the city is 40 percent Latino, 37 percent Anglo and 23 percent black and Asian....

The NFL sent a memo to teams Wednesday warning that if teams failed to follow mask guidelines, suspensions or the loss of draft picks could follow. The announcement came the same day that the league chose to postpone Titans vs. Steelers for at least a day or two because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Tennessee squad. MORE: The latest on Titans-Steelers The memo to teams came from Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations....

What’s the big deal? Aren’t thousands of mobile calls “handed off” every day from one “cell” to another without a glitch? They are indeed. But third-generation technology, or 3G, is so radically new that it requires a rethinking of just about every aspect of how mobile phones work, from the handsets to the transmission masts to the software that runs them. For this reason, 3G is a massive engineering and construction project that will take years to complete and cost hundreds of billions of dollars....

In the realm of video games, Lord of the Rings has had success, but never to the heights that the license could potentially provide. From LEGO Lord of the Rings’ humor-filled retelling of the trilogy to Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor’s combat-heavy experience that puts Middle-earth’s dense lore in the background, the IP hasn’t truly had a game that fully captures the magic of Tolkien’s incredible invention. On the other hand, another of fiction’s biggest properties, Star Wars, has been spoiled with how many video game offerings it has had....