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TODAY

Sikich will hold a seminar titled "401(k) Innovations" at 998Corporate Blvd., Aurora. The seminar is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.Registration is required. For information or to register, callSamantha Staniszewski, (630) 566-8531 or visit www.sikich.com

TUESDAY

Young Professionals of Chicago will hold a "Sports Marketing"networking breakfast at the Mid Day Club, 21 S. Clark, 56th Floor;from 7 to 9 a.m. Keynote speaker Tom Fox, senior vice president ofsports and event marketing …

Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Antioxidant Protocols

Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Antioxidant Protocols Donald Armstrong (Ed). New Jersey: Humana Press, 2002. ISBN 0-89603-850-5. 322 pp. $89.50.

Oxygen free radicals are formed as a consequence of normal oxidative metabolism. These free radicals have multifactorial effects, including damage to DNA. Their generation increases under the influence of inflammatory processes and they contribute to the development of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes, and also are involved in the process of ageing.

This volume in the excellent Methods in Molecular Biology series is an update and expansion of Donald Armstrong's previous Free Radical and …

9 killed in attack on US convoy in Afghanistan

A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. military convoy passing through a crowded livestock market in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least eight civilians and a U.S. soldier and wounding an additional 74 civilians.

Separately, two British troops were killed Wednesday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, Britain's defense ministry said in a statement. Their vehicle was struck by an explosive while they were on a patrol with Afghan security forces.

The suicide attack that hit the American patrol in the east occurred in Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province, said Lt. Cmdr. Walter Matthews, a U.S. military spokesman.

At least eight …

They were corny in 1686, too

Someone recently sent me a book of Humour, Wit and Satire of the17th Century. Henny Youngman and Don Rickles would feel rightat home.

The 454-page book itself is an antique: It was printed in 1884in New York.

Talk about bad gags! Some things never change.

They took cheap shots at doctors 300 years ago:

"There was a Painter became a Physician, whereupon one said tohim, You have done well, for before the faults of your work wereseen, but now they were unseen."

Same for attorneys:

"A Lawyer said in jest, A Taylor is the best Client in all theland: . . . `Cause he has so many Suits in hand."

And people made fun of …

Bush Wants Mideast Peace Conference

WASHINGTON - President Bush will call for an international conference this fall to include Israel and some of its Arab neighbors to help restart Mideast peace talks and will pledge increased aid to the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas, The Associated Press has learned.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would lead the peace conference, which would include representatives of Israel and "neighbors in the region," said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Bush planned to speak Monday afternoon at the White House about the peace conference and U.S. financial and diplomatic support for Abbas, who controls just the West …

NHL Standings

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All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
	W	L OT Pts	GF	GA
Philadelphia	44 19	8	96 228 190
Pittsburgh	41 23	8	90 208 177
N.Y. Rangers	39 30	4	82 215 179
New Jersey	34 34	4

Winnie-the-Pooh

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In an entertainment industry dominated by shoot-'em-up computer games and blockbuster action movies, Winnie-the-Pooh is an unlikely success. The "tubby little cubby" firstappeared in 1924 in When We Were VeryYoung, a collection of verse by A. A. Milne (1882–1956). Winnie-the-Pooh became a household name in 1926 with the publication of the children's story Winnie-the-Pooh, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1879–1976). Milne's book became one of the most popular children's books of the twentieth century. Its follow-up volumes, Now We Are Six (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928) had similar success. At the beginning of …