Tomatoes May Help Fight Cancer

Go for red tomatoes. They may help save you from cancer.

The red pigment in tomatoes is lycopene, a strongantioxidant. New tests by British researchers find that lycopene isfour times stronger than other vegetable antioxidants at neutralizingthe cell-damaging, cancer-promoting effects of cigarette smoke.

In another recent study, investigators in Hawaii found thatlycopene actually destroyed cancer cells.

Luckily, you get lots of lycopene in fresh tomatoes and in allkinds of canned tomato products. Lycopene is not destroyed by heat.

Here, expressed in milligrams, are the amounts of lycopene invarious tomato products, according to a new analysis …

Syracuse puts Fine on leave after police inquiry

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse Chancellor Nancy Cantor vowed Friday that the school will not turn a blind eye to child molesting allegations against a longtime assistant basketball coach that resurfaced just two weeks after the Penn State scandal.

The school placed Fine on administrative leave Thursday night "in light of the new allegations" and an investigation by the Syracuse City Police.

ESPN said the accusations were made by two former ball boys.

Bobby Davis, now 39, told ESPN that Fine allegedly molested him beginning in 1984 and that the sexual contact continued until he was around 27. A ball boy for six years, Davis told ESPN the alleged abuse occurred at Fine's …

5 shot, 2 dead when gunman invades LA area home

Investigators say a gunman with an assault rifle and a can of gasoline stormed his ex-girlfriend's home and shot four people, killing two of them before a sheriff's deputy confronted and shot the attacker.

Los Angeles County Undersheriff Larry Waldie says a deputy heard automatic weapons fire around 4 a.m. Thursday, grabbed his AR-15 rifle and confronted the gunman …

Investing in landmarks: Brothers buy 2 more of city's older buildings

The Riggs Corp.s landmark buildings Year Building Yearbuilt name Address purchased Floors Square feet Pricepaid 1950 Woolworth 205 Capitol St. 1998 5 35,000 $650,000 1911 Union 723 Kanawha Blvd. 2000 13 58,000 $1.2million 1915 Security 100 Capitol St. 2001 11 70,000 $625,000 1940s Atlas 1031 Quarrier St. 2004 8 60,000 $1.7million 1919 Medical Arts 1027 Quarrier St. 2004 5 55,000 $675,000 TOTAL: 278,000 $4.85 million

KANAWHA City natives Martin and Thomas Riggs quietly haveassembled a real estate portfolio of downtown Charleston landmarks.

The Riggs Corp. owns the Union …

AXIS OF EVIL; Five new Republican senators hope to make your worst nightmares come true

When the new Senate storms Capitol Hill early next year, the narrow Republican majority of the past two years will disappear, to be replaced by a much wider Republican majority. Currently, the Senate comprises 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and an independent--Jim Jeffords, of Vermont, a former Republican who usually votes with the Democrats. Because of last week's election, the Senate will soon seat 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats, and Jeffords.

Who are these people? Unlike the House, where Republican members lead lives of near-anonymous fealty dictated by Speaker Dennis Hastert and majority leader Tom DeLay, senators matter as individuals--not as just a voting bloc. There are …

Robredo rules himself out of Davis Cup

Tommy Robredo has ruled himself out as a possible replacement for the injured Rafael Nadal in the Spanish team to play Argentina in the Davis Cup final.

Robredo said it would be "impossible to be available" to replace the top-ranked Nadal, who cannot play in the Nov. 21-23 final at Mar del Plata because of continuing trouble with knee tendinitis.

"It's been about 12 days now that I haven't done anything so it would be a surprise if they selected me, but I couldn't go," Robredo said. "Not because I wouldn't want to go, more because it would be crazy because I wouldn't bring anything to the team."

Nadal ruled himself …

Behold the Christ Child ; Your poems

A star that was so big and bright Appeared to all that gloriousnight And neath the brilliance of its light The child of God wasborn -- pure white. All around the heavens sang To hail the dawn ofGods own Lamb For on that hay all life did lay A shepherd to guideand show the way.

For here on lowly stable stall Lay the head that is creationscall For sin was …