COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man says a great white shark knocked him off his surfboard near Winchester Bay.
The World newspaper in Coos Bay reported that 29-year-old David Lowden was paddling his board near the south jetty of the Umpqua River last week when a shark he estimated at nearly 14 feet broke the surface behind him and sent him flying.
Lowden said the shark emerged halfway from the water, broke the fins …
SAN MARINO (AP) — Moldova beat San Marino 2-0 Tuesday in Group E of European Championship qualifying.
Nicolae Josan put the visitors in front in the 20th minute and substitute Anatolie Doros doubled the lead with a penalty in the 86th.
Moldova has six points in the group, six behind leader Netherlands, while San Marino remained last with zero points.
San Marino next plays Finland on Nov. 17, while Moldova visits Sweden in March.
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KPMG LLP named Matt Detar, Wayne Groff, Kyle Horst, Scott Moody and Robert Smith to the management team of its Harrisburg office. Detar and Groff are with the audit practice; Horst and Smith are with the taxpractice; and Moody is with the advisory practice.
Walz, Deihm, Geisenberger, Bucklen & Tennis named Kelly Walraven a tax accountant with the tax division. She has two years of experi- ence in tax preparation, tax research and pension plans. She will prepare corporate, partnership and individ- ual income-tax returns and assist with income tax research projects and tax planning. Cheri Palmer was named a …
The general manager of Berlin's famed Staatsoper is leaving with immediate effect due to differences over programming, the city government said Thursday.
Peter Mussbach has been general manager at the Staatsoper, where Daniel Barenboim remains the music director, since 2002. His contract was set to run through the 2009-2010 season.
The foundation that oversees Berlin's three opera houses decided in consultation with Mussbach, 59, to "release him irrevocably with immediate effect," a statement from the city government said.
"Both sides were prompted to take this step because they were unable to reach agreement on the future …
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NEW YORK Baseball's executive council, responding to allegationsthat Marge Schott made statements offensive to minorities, appointeda four-person committee Tuesday to investigate the Cincinnati Redsowner.
The 11-member council met for about one hour in a telephoneconference call and decided to appoint the committee "to investigatethe alleged racial and ethnic remarks attributed" to Schott.
The Reds owner again denied some of the allegations against herand said she was "prepared to fight" the charges. But she also leftopen the possibility she would sell, saying, "I never want to besomeplace if I'm not wanted."
American League president Bobby Brown, …
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A rare and pristine copy of Action Comics has set a record for highest price paid for a comic book, selling for more than $2 million in an online auction.
Neither the name of the buyer nor seller was disclosed for the issue put up for auction on www.comicconnect.com Nov. 11. Bidding for the comic, which is graded at 9.0, …
