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History and logic combine to suggest Morgan State doesn't have much of a chance in today's NCAA Tournament first-round game against West Virginia. The Bears, winners of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, are 27-9 and have won seven consecutive games and 19 of 21, but they'll be playing the surging Mountaineers (27-6) who have won six in a row, including three in the Big East Conference Tournament. Beyond that, Morgan State is a No. 15 seed, WVU a No. 2 seed.

I always tell them that success is lonely and a lot of times people don't understand the things that you go through, but this team has been through an awful lot   -Todd Bozeman

 

US internet giant Google Inc might close its operations in China next month after a row over a hacking attack that apparently originated in China, a state media report said Friday. The Shanghai-based China Business News quoted an executive with an unidentified advertising agency linked to Google as saying the US firm had decided to "pull out" of China from April 10. The newspaper also quoted an unnamed China-based Google employee as saying the company might announce its decision Monday.

a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China   -David Drummond

 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Don't expect little ol' Wofford to be overwhelmed. Sure, the Terriers have the smallest enrollment of any team in the NCAA tournament (1,450 students), have no starters taller than 6-6 and are making their debut on college basketball's biggest stage. But the Southern Conference champions have as much confidence and swagger as any of the big boys.

This team is not going to blink   -Mike Young

 

It has been a difficult week in Gauteng's Roads and Transport Department, with criticism of three of its tenders. The tenders were over several years and totalled about R200 million. It emerged on Thursday that the department - which is now under different management - handed out an unadvertised contract for R67.8 million three years ago to GNS Risk Advisory Services, a business that is 50 percent owned by General Siphiwe Nyanda, then retired from the military and now the communications minister.

According to Nkosi, 'a contract relating to services of risk management, advisory services and security services' was awarded to GNS on October 25, 2007   -Jack Bloom

 

Excitement is in the air as the Sprint Cup Series returns from the off weekend for what's hoped to be 500 laps of beating-a-banging. After their crash heard around the world in Atlanta, Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski will be back on track for both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races with many eyes on them. If the two tangle again it could knock Keselowski out of the top-35 in owner's points.  

The ranks of temporary help workers have increased for the past five months in a row, according to recently released Department of Labor figures. The Wall Street Journal reports that the number of Americans employed in temporary jobs rose 47,500 in February to 2 million—but at the same time, overall employment declined. While staffing firms nationwide are reporting increased business as firms prepare for economic recovery, they say hiring is still nowhere near pre-recession levels.  

Publix and its employees have a long history in supporting United Way of Martin County's annual campaign. This year, Publix employees from 10 Martin County stores contributed $172,718, which was matched by a $122,400 corporate gift, bringing Publix's total contribution to $295,718, a 10 percent increase from last year. United Way of Martin County staff visited each local Publix for Publix Appreciation Day to thank employees for their continued support.  

The Examination Yuan's reform proposal on civil servants' evaluation has not only drawn backlash from public functionaries but also stirred a heated debate at a weekly Cabinet meeting Thursday. At issue were proposals that at least 3 percent of the staff at government agencies be given grade-C on their performance and that if an employee receives three Cs in a row, he or she should be fired or forced into early retirement. The following are excerpts from local media coverage of the issue: United Daily  

Florida Institute of Technology is offering residents the chance to immerse themselves in French culture at the university's fifth - and possibly final - Tournees French Film Festival. The festival, which begins at 7 p.m. March 28 at Florida Tech's Gleason Performing Arts Center, features five films and is funded through a grant from the French American Cultural Exchange and by the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture.

We expected 50 people to show up (to the first film festival five years ago)   -Gordon Patterson

 

It doesn't take long for visitors to DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen's design studio to realize the wide range of options at their fingertips. In one of the showrooms, about 70 options for cabinet doors present themselves in various designs, woods, colors and grains. And that's just for starters.