| Prosthetic offers realistic feeling, grip
When Army Sgt. Juan Arredondo catches a football while playing with his kids, it seems even more miraculous than the New York Giants' recent Super Bowl win. Arredondo, 28, lost his left hand when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 28, 2005, severing his arm at the wrist. Video See the i-LIMB in action "My hand was still on the steering wheel, so I grabbed it and got out," Arredondo said. He stuck his hand in his cargo pocket, but when he presented it to the doctors back at the combat support hospital at Taqaddum, they couldn't save it. Scientists built him a new one. Arredondo is the first soldier to use a new hand — the i-LIMB — that has working motors in each finger. Previous versions had only one motor that powered the thumb and two fingers.
O’Neill delighted with Aston Villa display
Goals from Ashley Young and substitute Marlon Harewood gave the Midlands club a 2-1 win over Reading, and kept them well and truly in the hunt for a top-six Premier League finish.
"I thought we played very well today and I was delighted with the performance," O'Neill told Sky Sports. "We looked a threat all day and we scored some great goals.
"We needed the second goal, not just because Reading scored so late on, but they I thought they caused us a few problems as well. But we played openly and tried to go and win the game.
"We're now in contention. We've given ourselves a chance. There's 11 games to go, a long, long way to go yet, but we've given ourselves a chance and we must compete in that way for the rest of the season.
"We'll have ups and down.
Meet Virginia's consumer cop
In Virginia, McDonnell has carved out his niche with little mention of consumer concerns. Since taking office in early 2006, he has highlighted a slew of public health and safety issues - domestic violence, a sex-offender registry, protections for young Internet users. Last year, he formed a task force to help reduce regulatory burdens on businesses. This month, he touted a food bank fundraiser among the state's lawyers and filed a legal brief in support of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. McDonnell, in a recent interview, said he considers himself a strong consumer advocate with two primary functions: enforcement of consumer-protection laws, and consumer education, which he disseminates through presentations, regional outreach and written information in brochures and on his Web site.
Coaching from A to Zimmerman
I came into it, as I told my players, with a clean slate," he said.
Despite unfamiliarity with the nuances of Division III basketball, he had been presented with a chance to fulfill the goal he wrote for himself upon graduating college: to build a program.
The Eagles had just an 8-17 record, but Emory had academic prestige and competed in one of the most competitive basketball conferences in Division III, the University Athletic Association.
Beyond the techniques and strategies he learned from his coaches, Zimmerman says that Rhodes and McKillop have profoundly influenced his life. He imparts daily upon his players his strong sense of values; among them are family, trust, care and commitment. His players seem to understand, and embrace, his message.
Motor Sports Notes: Sources: Stewart allegedly hit Kurt Busch at ...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. A meeting at the NASCAR hauler Friday night after an on-track incident between drivers Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch ended abruptly when Stewart allegedly struck Busch and left, said four sources with knowledge of the incident. The altercation was the reason NASCAR vice president Jim Hunter told media outside the hauler another conversation with the drivers would be held Saturday morning, the sources said. Stewart was seen exiting the rear entrance of the NASCAR hauler not long after both drivers arrived. Busch remained far longer, sources said. .
Feb. 25: Our readers write
That is the main problem with this country...the criminals and crazy people have more rights then the law abidding citizens and children. To confused, I do not believe in sheltering my children or making them scared of the world, however, I am not going to intentionally do things that could put them in danger. Remember the case of Danielle Van Dam, the little girl who sold some cookies to her neighbor (With her mother) and three days later was kidnapped, raped and murdered by the man. " .
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