FULL NAME: Alexander Fernandez.
BORN: Aug. 13, 1969, in Miami Beach
HEIGHT, WEIGHT: 6-1, 205
HOW ACQUIRED: Drafted June 4 fromn Miamio-Dade South CommunityCollege in first round (fourth pick over all).
COLLEGE HEIGHLIGHTS: In 1990, he was 12-2 with a 1.19 earned-runaverage in sophomore year at Miami-Dade. he struck out 154 and walked23 in …
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top court is allowing the family of a man charged with stabbing his mother to death during a psychotic rage to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against his psychiatrist.
The lawsuit claims Dr. Derek Johnson O'Brien committed medical malpractice when he ordered two of Victor Bruscato's medications be discontinued.
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday …
Manchester City may be happy to extend its record run of seven straight Premier League draws when it comes up against Chelsea on Saturday.
City's expensively assembled squad finally clicked back into gear to beat Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup this week, but Chelsea has scored 17 goals and conceded none in winning its last five Premier League matches and is five points clear at the top with by far the best goal difference.
"What the win has done has put us in the right frame of mind for the visit of Chelsea at the weekend," City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips said.
That attitude could be crucial if City's players are not to be intimidated …
This is not an easy process. It took Wallinger, who recordsunder the band name World Party (essentially himself and drummerChris Sharrock), three months to complete "Penny Lane." Now, heregards it with even more awe than before.
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Companies that develop a global tax strategy can ensure a competitive advantage by a reduction in their tax burden
Imagine you are the tax director of a Canadian corporation. You arrive at your office on Monday morning and an e-mail message from the company's president is waiting for you: "Just clinched a great deal to purchase an operation in Latin America. Please see me this afternoon to discuss any tax issues." Over the next several days, however, enthusiasm turns sour as the company discovers its return on investment will be much less than expected, due to high corporate and capital taxes in the target country and a substantial tax cost in repatriating earnings. …
Representatives of a Jewish human rights organization say an Israeli delegation is traveling to Chile and Argentina to hunt for the former SS doctor Aribert Heim.
The Wiesenthal Center in Buenos Aires says Efraim Zurrof is visiting the Chilean city of Puerto Montt with other officials Monday. Zurrof is the director of the Wiesenthal Center's Israeli office and the …
A circuit judge denied a tearful request from a young mother tokeep her out of jail so she could help raise a baby she is accusedof neglecting.
Jessica Lee Saunders, 20, pleaded guilty in April to childneglect causing injury concerning second-degree burns. Her six-month old daughter, Zayna, was injured in December 2006.
Saunders was arrested after she brought the baby to the hospitalfor treatment of multiple burns to her inner and outer thighs,calves, ankles and feet. Doctors alerted the police, saying some ofthe burns were older and appeared to have come from differentcauses.
Saunders said the child rolled off a bed onto a radiator heater,but the attending …
