AP - When Atlanta general manager Don Waddell guaranteed the Thrashers would make their first postseason appearance, he couldn't have imagined a win like this would help the cause.

AP - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday offered "free, unlimited technical support" to rivals interested in making their software work with Microsoft servers, calling it a sign that it is seeking full compliance with an EU antitrust ruling.

AFP - Microsoft said it has delayed release of its latest operating system to consumers and small businesses to January so it can refine the software without interfering with the Christmas sales season.

AP - Don't know much about George Mason's basketball team? How about the school itself? Or the man for whom it was named?

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - "I don't have any problem with real fur. It's gorgeous," declared fashion designer Kevan Hall just before his eponymous show kicked off L.A.'s Fall 2006 Fashion Week on Sunday evening. His belief in fur as ultimate fashion was obvious on the runway from the first model, who wore a mocha mink vest paired with tweed trousers and a printed blouse.

AP - Sinn Fein accused the Bush administration Monday of needlessly harassing officials of the IRA-linked party at airports in the United States, where party leader Gerry Adams was detained last week because he is on the U.S. "watch list."

AP - Don't let that 13 seed fool you. Bradley, the lowest-seeded team in the round of 16, might be one of the best defensive squads remaining in the NCAA tournament. And NBA teams have been scouting Patrick O'Bryant and Marcellus Sommerville all season.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer Los Angeles, California (AHN) - The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) will put new detectives on the still unsolved murder of rap icon, Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered in 1997. Don Vincent, the L.A. assistant city attorney confirms that "They are...

AP - In this send-up of "Monopoly," players don't pass "Go" and they don't go directly to jail — they go to Guantanamo Bay.

AP - In this send-up of "Monopoly," players don't pass "Go" and they don't go directly to jail — they go to Guantanamo Bay.

AP - Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie getting married here Saturday? The locals don't know — and they don't care.

AP - Gerry Adams, leader of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party in Northern Ireland, was detained at a Washington airport on Friday after attending a St. Patrick's Day event at the White House, according to a congressman.

AP - Those who live and work in the region where an ivory-billed woodpecker was reportedly spotted are used to people doubting the bird's discovery — they've heard it before. But despite an article in Friday's issue of the journal Science that suggests the bird does not live in the eastern swamps of Arkansas, locals in the 4,000-resident town of Brinkley don't believe birders will take flight.

AP - The Buffalo Sabres are peaking as they head into the final stretch of the season. Chris Drury had two goals and an assist as the Sabres won their eighth straight Thursday night, 3-1 over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

AP - The Buffalo Sabres showed they can still win a low-scoring game.

AP - Jason McElwain didn't think anything could beat the night he scored 20 points in four minutes for his high school basketball team and was carried off the court on his teammates' shoulders.

AP - The new mantra of the music industry? Don't trust anyone over 16!

AP - President Hu Jintao has a message for Chinese who are greedy, lazy or unpatriotic: Be ashamed, be very ashamed. Hu's list of eight do's and don't's was unveiled during the meeting of parliament that ended this week.

Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Hollywood, CA (AHN) – Oscar nominated actor Don Cheadle is reportedly in talks to play Miles Davis in an upcoming biopic. Davis’ nephew, Vince Wilburn, who accepted the jazz legend’s award at the 21st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

AP - The Dallas Mavericks are suddenly less concerned about earning the top seed in the Western Conference. Their focus now is on going into the playoffs healthy.