CALGARY (CP) - The Calgary Flames have suddenly turned their season around, led in part by the sizzling play of goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff.

Kiprusoff made 24 saves Tuesday night for his second shutout in three games and third of the season as the Flames reeled off their fifth straight victory, 3-0 over the St. Louis Blues. Kiprusoff has been in net for all five wins and has played superb...

Zhang, a noted Taiwanese calligrapher, says that students today like to do everything online, "so we will use computers to teach calligraphy." He threw himself into the computerization of traditional Chinese calligraphy heart and soul, hoping to stem the loss of the ancient art and allow young people to enjoy it.

Using an eleventh-generation pen device developed by PenPower, a notebook co...

Passionate NIU football fans would be lying if a similar thought didn't cross their minds, with the football team as its target. The team has stumbled after high preseason hopes, losing win-able home games against Ohio and now Toledo, and never synching up its young defense and injured offense. A fitting encapsulation of the season occurred on the second-to-last play against Toledo. With a thi...

(CP) - Miikka Kiprusoff stepped it up at the same time as the rest of the Calgary Flames and now they are turning their season around.

Kiprusoff made 24 saves Tuesday night for his second shutout in three games and third of the season as the Flames reeled off their fifth straight victory, 3-0 over the St. Louis Blues. Kiprusoff has been in net for all five wins and has played superb, loo...

Wharton coach Russell Roberts doesn't bother to tell his team to play hard for four quarters because he knows sometimes it has to play longer.

The Tigers went into overtime three times during District 24-3A play, the most recent being their 29-21 playoff clinching victory at Needville last Friday night.

Roberts had a team finish with three ties when he was an assistant coach before...

Medical Advances - Panelists from the University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center will discuss stem cell biology, advances in breast cancer treatment and progress in low back pain research and treatment, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway. Information: 303-739-6617

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discussion of the signs, care and treatment. Sponsored by Classic Senior Singles. 7 p.m. Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 40000 W. Six Mile, Northville. (248) 374-5920.

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5-8 p.m. $36. Henry Ford Medical Center-Lakeside, 1...

This week focuses on mindless eating, and cutting back on calories that most people won't miss.

That's what makes Wansink's tips and tricks so palatable and his book No.Advertisement

11 on the New York Times Best-Seller List: It doesn't feel like deprivation, just common sense.

The holidays tend to bring out the baker in all of us, which then brings out the binger. But Wan...

or those who want to get the "Biggest Loser" experience without dieting and exercising like wild monkeys, the show has produced a modified weight-loss program. The diet stresses generous amounts of low-fat protein and high-fiber vegetables and fruits; the exercise plan focuses on fat-burning cardio and circuit training.

Here are the basics, culled from: "The Biggest Loser -- The Weight-Lo...

When it comes to professional boxing, Mexico and the Philippines are world superpowers.

Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao (42-3-2, 33 KOs) and Erik "El Terrible" Morales have stopped 67 opponents between them. Fistic power and precision are their trademarks.

Attempting to tip the balance of power, Pacquiao and Morales meet for the third time in two years on Saturday to decide much-awaited gr...