Chamber Strings

But it was another frustrating day for his fellow Italian Carlo Ancelotti as Premier League leaders Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Birmingham overnight. Read More

City's first match since Mancini's controversial replacement of Mark Hughes ended in a 2-0 win over Stoke that lifted them to within three points of the top four place targeted by their new Italian manager. Read More

And coach Vinny Del Negro spent much of the week dealing with rumors that he soon would be fired. Read More

They affect your children's schools and your personal safety. Read More

For months, you were anticipating your visit to that certain restaurant. Read More

Sherlock Holmes has made his reputation finding the truth at the heart of the most complex mysteries. Read More

A Scrooge of a squirrel left more than 1,000 Californians without power for several hours on Christmas Day. Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman J.D. Guidi says about 1,300 customers in the Santa Ynez (ee-NEZ') Valley lost power for about three hours Friday when a squirrel got into a substation and destroyed a piece of equipment on Christmas morning. Read More

The Black Hills Symphony Orchestra's New Year's Eve with the Symphony concert will feature ventriloquist Jim Barber, a Rapid City native working in Branson, Mo. The performance of music and comedy starts at 8 p.m. Read More

A string of shocking lapses made by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Ruchika Girhotra case have come to light to reveal how the agency botched up its own probe to nail former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore. Read More

Here's a numerical look at the Canadiens big 3-2 overtime win over the archrival Maple Leafs on Saturday night in Toronto. 3 -Number of players on the ice in Toronto chosen to the Belarusian Olympic team, including the Kostitsyn brothers and their old "pal" and former Habs teammate Mikhail Grabovski. 5 -Goals scored in the opening period by the Habs in their last two games combined. 4:28 -Time needed for the Canadiens to jump out to a 2-0 lead on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre. 4 -Team-high number of hits thrown by Benoit Pouliot in his second game with the Habs, with the big winger also accounting for four Montreal's shots on the night. 3 -Habs players who extended their ongoing point streaks, including Marc-Andre Bergeron , Andrei Markov and Tomas Plekanec , who all now boast four-game point strings. 24:27 -Ice-time logged by Markov who has quickly returned to being a horse on the Habs' blue line. 186 -Pucks fired on Jaroslav Halak over his last four games, with the Slovak-born netminder having kicked aside all but two of the Leafs' 49 shots on the night. 4 -Times Halak has led the Canadiens to four straight wins over the course of his career. 6 -Power play goals scored by the Canadiens over their last three games, with the Habs converting on 60% of their ten opportunities with the extra man in that span. Read More