Kids abandoned in Italy returning to Germany

Three young children abandoned in a northern Italian pizzeria by their mother and her escaped-convict boyfriend will return soon to their native Germany in the care of their grandparents, officials said Friday.

Meanwhile, authorities in German officially requested the extradition of the boyfriend, Sascha Schmidt, who had been on the lam since April 2 until captured by Italian police on Thursday.

The mother, identified as Ina Caterina Remhof, 26, remains free while prosecutors in Aosta investigate her and her companion for abandoning minors, said local police spokesman Lorenzo Mesiano.

The pair were nabbed together on the outskirts of Aosta, the …

More and more, sellers reaching out to ethnics

When the U.S. Census Bureau turned to public service advertisingto encourage participation in this year's count, ads in six differentAsian languages were used in America's biggest cities.

For the 1980 census, the bureau created advertising for thegeneral population and then had the ads translated into Spanish toreach Hispanics.

That kind of superficial targeting no longer is sufficient tocommunicate with a diverse population, with most groups having theirown newspapers or magazines and even radio and television stations.

Ethnic marketing, part of the general trend to sell productsand services to particular population segments rather than to themasses, …

Bruins-Islanders Sums

Boston	3 0 3—6
N.Y. Islanders	0 0 0—0

First Period_1, Boston, Bergeron 4 (Seguin, Marchand), 7:08. 2, Boston, Horton 6, 12:24 (pp). 3, Boston, Kelly 6, 18:45. Penalties_Comeau, NYI (high-sticking), 9:52; Jurcina, NYI (holding), 11:23.

Second Period_None. Penalties_Streit, NYI (holding), 5:34; New York bench, served by Jurcina (too many men), 17:44.

Third Period_4, Boston, Ference 1 (Corvo, Kelly), 10:25. 5, …

Friday, January 22

Today is Friday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2010. There are 343 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1517 - Ottoman troops take Cairo, Egypt.

1528 - England and France declare war on Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

1655 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves Britain's Parliament.

1760 - French are defeated by British under Eyre Coote at Wandiwash near Pondicherry, ending French presence in India.

1771 - Spain agrees to cede Falkland Islands to Britain.

1808 - King Joao VI and the Portuguese royal family flee from Napoleon's troops and move the court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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I wouldn't hold brew back, says Jimmy

Jimmy Calderwood will allow veteran striker Craig Brewster toleave Pittodrie if he's handed a return to management, writes AndrewMoir.

The 40-year-old hitman has penned a new six month deal atPittodrie after a successful end to the last campaign.

Brewster, who has impressed during pre-season …

Plagiarism: Playing by the rules

In the academic world, in music and even in church, what constitutes plagiarism is under new scrutiny after journalism's wake-up call

Anyone who thinks that a young black reporter wrote the book on plagiarism does not know much history. Other writers, performers and artists-even well-known preachers-who blend of the arts of writing, storytelling and dramatic performance, have faced accusations of plagiarism.

In essence, plagiarism is borrowing someone else's words and passing them off as one's own, whether in print, speech or performance. Journalists, scholars and other professional writers understand the rules, written and unwritten. Any original work should be just that. A …

Boats collide on Bolivian part of Lake Titicaca; 6 reported dead

A Bolivian navy captain says a boat has sunk after hitting another vessel in the dark on Lake Titicaca. Six people are reported dead.

Navy Capt. Fernando Enriquez tells the Associated Press that all of …