Buehrle Wins 100th As White Sox End Skid

CHICAGO - The champagne was chilled, but Mark Buehrle sounded like a man who was simply relieved - not poised to pop open a bottle.

Buehrle pitched eight strong innings for his 100th career victory and the Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-3 to snap a five-game losing streak on Sunday. Now, he has a minor milestone this season to go with the no-hitter he pitched in April.

"I'd rather have those things not happen to me, and we be in first place or close to leading the division," Buehrle said. "But on a personal level, it feels pretty good."

Paul Konerko had three hits - including a solo homer - and drove in two runs as Chicago won for just the third time …

Swine flu fears keep world markets under pressure

World stock markets fell Tuesday but relatively strong U.S. consumer confidence and housing data helped limit swine flu-related losses.

The FTSE 100 of leading British shares closed down 70.61 points, or 1.7 percent, at 4,096.40 while Germany's DAX fell 86.65 points, or 1.9 percent, to 4,607.42. The CAC-40 in France was down 51.41 points, or 1.7 percent, at 3,051.02.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 16.57 points, or 0.2 percent, at 8,008.43 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 2.13 points, or 0.3 percent, at 855.38.

The solid performance on Wall Street was unexpected _ futures markets were predicting …

Edgar exhumes an issue

Fulton County residents are stunned. Native Americans areskeptical. Some of Gov. Edgar's own staffers were taken aback whenhe decided to reopen the Dickson Mounds controversy, and detractorsare contemptuous of his motives. But Edgar, who only last year saidhe saw "no reason" to honor Native American demands for the return of237 exposed skeletons in an Indian burial exhibit at Dickson Mounds,is getting an earful now.

He is hearing about assaults on the religious beliefs of"spiritual heirs" of the Mississippians who lived in the area nearLewistown 900 years ago, and about snubs to elected officials whoweren't consulted when Edgar's predecessor briefly consideredshutting …

Ireland edges past Scotland 21-18 in Six Nations

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Ireland withstood a late rally by plucky Scotland to seal a 21-18 win at Murrayfield on Sunday and stay in contention for the Six Nations title.

Converted tries by Jamie Heaslip, Eoin Reddan and recalled flyhalf Ronan O'Gara put the Irish 21-9 ahead by the 53rd minute, but their continued indiscipline brought Scotland back into the match.

Fullback Chris Paterson kicked his fourth penalty and replacement flyhalf Dan Parks added a penalty and a drop goal to pull the hosts within three points with 10 minutes left.

Ireland held on, though, for a second win in three matches and is now level on four points with Wales and France.

Unbeaten …

Venus prevails over little sister Serena for fifth Wimbledon crown

Thrilled as she was to win her fifth Wimbledon singles championship, Venus Williams muted her celebration.

No hopping in place and skipping to the net after match point, the way she's done so often on that Centre Court lawn. No giddy laughter and whoops of joy, as she's let out in the past.

This title was different from her previous successes at the grass-court Grand Slam.

This title came at the expense of her younger sibling, Serena.

Reprising their Sister Slam Show in the Wimbledon final after a five-year hiatus, Venus and Serena Williams smacked big serves, hit hard strokes from all angles and chased down seemingly unreachable balls, …

Driver for court over fatal crash The driver of an Aberdeen-bound coach has been charged over the deaths of three people in a crash on the M25.

The driver of an Aberdeen-bound coach has been charged over thedeaths of three people in a crash on the M25.

Scottish driver Philip Rooney faces three counts of death bydangerous driving after the crash near Heathrow in January.

Two passengers on the National Express 592 service died in thecrash and a third died from their injuries months later.

Rooney, 48, of Lanarkshire, is due to appear in court in Englandnext week.

Special caseworker lawyer Denis Burke from the Crown ProsecutionService said: "After months of careful consideration, I have decidedthat there is sufficient evidence against Mr Rooney for there to be arealistic prospect of a …

Effect of cationic lipids in the formation of asymmetries in supported bilayers

ABSTRACT We have studied the formation of a supported bilayer containing both cationic and zwitterionic lipids by fusion of small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) onto the solid surface at low salt conditions using a combination of attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) and deuterium NMR spectroscopy with microcalorimetry. The data suggest that a significant cationic lipid asymmetry between the outer (distal) and the inner (proximal) monolayer of a supported bilayer results under conditions of prolonged incubation times of the solid support with the SUV coating solution. For a SUV composition of DPPC/DHDAB (4:1) we observed an enrichment of the cationic component in the proximal …