Arrests end March Madness: University students riot after NCAA final

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Basketball fans upset by Indiana's loss in theNCAA championship torched couches, toppled street signs and threwbeer bottles at officers, while Maryland fans set bonfires and shotoff fireworks in celebration.

Bloomington officers broke up the crowd with tear gas, sendinghundreds of students and fans from an intersection near the edge ofthe Indiana University campus at about 1:30 a.m. today.

About 30 people were arrested on charges including publicintoxication, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, police said.Four others were charged with battery on a police officer.

"When students started getting pelted with bottles that's when …

Crash of Make-A-Wish truck convoy in Pa. hurts 5

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Four trucks in a massive convoy benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation have crashed in a chain reaction on a Pennsylvania highway, injuring several people.

State police say the 149-vehicle convoy stopped for an unknown reason on Sunday afternoon in Tyrone Township in Adams County. They say a Snyder's of Hanover bakery delivery vehicle hit the back of a box truck, triggering the chain reaction crash. The box truck …

Twins 1st baseman Morneau done for season

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's Justin Morneau won't play again this season because of concussion symptoms and a cyst that needs to be surgically removed.

The Twins announced Sunday the first baseman will have the cyst removed from his left knee this week.

The decision to shut down Morneau with 12 games remaining in the regular season means the 30-year-old slugger and former American League MVP will have played in only 69 games. …

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These 7 Supplements Might Just Help You Reach the Century Mark

"Live long and prosper."

Profound words a couple of generations ago from Mr. Spock of Star Trek fame.

The fact is, nearly everyone wants to live longer. And the desire to do so isn't new. Five centuries ago, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Le�n searched for a fountain of youth. In the 1930s, Americans became enthralled by the H unzas, a traditional people in the Himalayas, whose members reportedly lived past 100 years of age. Now, many scientists are studying the centenarians of Okinawa.

The science is finally catching up with our pipe dreams, and much of that science now focuses on nutrition. I …

Education, Health Cited for Budget Boost

WASHINGTON - A bill filled with money for job training, health and education faces a veto from President Bush, who complains that Democratic add-ons have made it too expensive.

Some of the president's fellow Republicans, worried about re-election, say it's actually too skimpy.

The bill, containing $152 billion for social programs including special education, community health centers, Head Start and health research, easily passed the House on Thursday by a 276-140 vote.

The tally wouldn't be big enough to overcome a promised veto from the White House, which calls it "irresponsible and excessive" for busting Bush's budget by almost $13 billion.

That's …

Pakistan: Islamic appellate court formed in NW

Pakistan announced the formation of an Islamic appellate court for part of its northwest under a deal to end fighting between security forces and the Taliban, but a spokesman for a cleric mediating the pact rejected the panel on Sunday.

Under the deal struck in February, the government agreed to impose Islamic law in the Swat Valley and surrounding areas that make up the Malakand Division in exchange for peace with militants. But the pact appeared to embolden the Taliban in Swat, who soon entered an adjacent district just 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the capital.

American officials have furiously criticized the deal, which they say will encourage militants …

Hansen has rest of field on run

When Joy Hansen is in top form, the signs are obvious.

And they were more than apparent Sunday.

Hansen won the Chicago Sun-Times Triathlon women's title,crossing the finish line in 1:52.12. Hansen finished 42 secondsahead of Carol Montgomery and broke Karen Smyers' streak of 11consecutive victories.

"When she's running well, she's like a gazelle," said Smyers,who finished fifth. "And that's how she looked today.

"She got off her bike, she was on her toes and I said `Uh-Oh,she's the person to beat today.' She bounced off her bike and wasgone," said Paula-Newby Fraser, who took sixth. "It was like `OK,Joy, go on, get lost.' "

But Hansen, …