The Astana team arrived in Palermo for the Giro d'Italia after a last minute scramble to assemble the team together for the first Grand Tour of the year, and while the team's preparation was not ideal, it is still heading into the race with high hopes.

At the corner of George and Rowe streets in Morristown, the sounds of Spanish and English mingle with hammering and whirring, all blended with laughter.

At the Santa Ana Star Center on May 2 at 8 p.m., now a second show has been scheduled on May 3 at 8 p.m. George Lopez is one of the premier comedic talents in the entertainment industry today. He is the co-creator, writer, producer and star of the sitcom, “George Lopez.”

One of the advantages that the American Right has achieved from investing tens of billions of dollars in media - from talk radio and cable TV, to print and the Internet - is the ability to define what is and what isn't a ''scandal,'' a powerful factor in determining who wins national elections.

Moon’s successful fishing in political/media waters also seems to have protected him and his anti-Americanism from the kind of ugly public attention that has inundated Jeremiah Wright.

FESTIVAL OF STUDENT-DIRECTED ONE-ACTS 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, as well as May 2-3, Fain Fine Arts Center, MSU. Several one-act plays, directed by MSU students, will be presented. $3. (940) 397-4399 or (940) 397-4393.

A Manassas man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to hiring illegal immigrants who were not authorized to work in the U.S.

World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol. Plus Iain Macwhirter on how food prices are rocketing