| Baby elephant gets a name: Jade
The new baby elephant at Saint Louis Zoo will be known as Jade. The zoo said Wednesday that more than 13,000 votes were cast in a contest to name the new arrival. The 10-year-old Asian elephant Rani gave birth on Feb. 25 to the baby girl. The public was invited to vote on one of three potential names - Emmy, Hana or Jade. An elephant care team continues to work with first-time mom Rani to help her become comfortable in her maternal role, and to introduce the baby to the rest of the herd, the zoo said. The baby is not yet on display. ---- On the 'Net: Saint Louis Zoo: http://www.stlzoo.org .
Sachem success not a total surprise to Manchester
You get the feeling that if Bill Manchester could figure out a way to get his three children, including his new baby boy, Robert, in the car this morning he would make the lengthy road trip from his Maine home to Lowell's Tsongas Arena.
"I would love to be there, but with three kids all by myself it might be a little tricky," said the former Pentucket girls basketball coach who has kept close tabs on this year's epic season by his former team which plays for the North title this morning in Lowell.
Manchester, who left Pentucket after one year to take the reins of the Marshwood High School football program in South Berwick Maine, was on hand to see Pentucket play in its first tournament game in nearly two decades in the Sachems' opener against Watertown last week and was more than a little impressed.
3-Day-Old Baby Seized at Texas Hospital
LUBBOCK, Texas - A woman posing as a medical worker kidnapped a 3-day-old girl from a hospital early Saturday, police said.Mychael Darthard-Dawodu was last seen at 1:20 a.m. at Covenant Lakeside Hospital when a woman wearing blue and flower-print hospital scrubs and a gray hooded jacket took her and drove off in a pickup truck, police said.Hospital surveillance video showed the woman with the jacket hood pulled around her head and holding a purse as she walked out of the building through the lobby.It wasn't immediately clear if the kidnapper was wearing a hospital name badge, Gwen Stafford, senior vice president of Covenant Health System, said at a news conference."I don't think that our staff had ever seen her," she said.The baby was jaundiced but he did not have any other information on her medical condition, Lt.
New Bedford Deals With Aftermath Of Immigration Raid
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Immigrants brought prosperity to New Bedford. They manned its lucrative whaling fleet, ran its textile mills and provided the muscle for the fishing boats that leave here daily for the Atlantic. But this New England city, which occasionally gives a knowing wink-and-nod at its illegal immigrant population, found itself in turmoil Wednesday, one day after federal agents raided a leather factory and detained more than 300 undocumented workers. In the aftermath, dozens of young children were stranded at schools and with baby sitters. Anxious fathers learned how to feed infants with bottles. Friends and relatives crowded a church basement to scan a list for names of the missing. "If you feel you don't want us here, just deport us and let us go," said Carlos Miranda, who begged to be reunited just hours before learning his girlfriend was released.
Former Pentucket coach watches from afar
You get the feeling that if Bill Manchester could figure out a way to get his three children, including his new baby boy, Robert, in the car this morning he would make the lengthy road trip from his Maine home to Lowell's Tsongas Arena."I would love to be there, but with three kids all by myself it might be a little tricky," said the former Pentucket girls basketball coach who has kept close tabs on this year's epic season by his former team which plays for the North title this morning in Lowell.Manchester, who left Pentucket after one year to take the reins of the Marshwood High School football program in South Berwick Maine, was on hand to see Pentucket play in its first tournament game in nearly two decades in the Sachems' opener against Watertown last week and was more than a little impressed."To be honest I was kind of scared to see them play Watertown.
Officials warn of dangers of dust
DEMING — The New Mexico Environment Department warns Luna, Grant and Hidalgo residents to be aware of health risks related to dust storms, a season which officials say could begin this month. "It could start now. We have dust storms beginning March, April. About the first week of May, it slows down," said Deming emergency manager Steve Mauer. According to the NMED, inhaling dust can pose a number of serious health problems, or irritate existing ones, though dust storms are common in arid climates. Inhaling dust can irritate the lungs and trigger allergic reactions, breathing problems and asthma attacks. Dust can also cause coughing, wheezing and runny noses. Breathing large amounts of dust for prolonged periods can result in chronic breathing and lung problems. "The environment department is working with Luna County and the city of Deming to make sure residents are aware of health risks brought on by dust storms," said NMED Secretary Ron Curry in a news release.
Rosko: ACWSAA has come a long way, baby
ASHTABULA - After his second retirement from coaching, Frank Roskovics decided it was time to do "something" to promote women's sports ... Rosko: ACWSAA has come a long way, baby Founder hoping more people will get involved in organization that has been area's biggest supporter of women's sports Star Beacon By JESSIE LOOMAN .
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