| Jordan Islamists torch Danish flag
The Islamic Action Front, Jordan's main licensed opposition party and the political offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, demanded the government expel the Danish envoy until his government offered an official apology. "Oh government, expel the Danish ambassador: Oh Dane...listen the Prophet is the symbol of our Islam. We will die for his sake and eradicate anyone who humiliates him," chanted angry protesters in the noisy sit-in near the Danish consulate in the capital Amman. The Islamists also urged Jordanians to boycott Danish products, saying reprinting the drawings was a deliberate insult and part of "the crusade by the West against Islam". Muslims consider depictions of the Prophet Mohammad offensive. Protests and riots erupted in many Muslim countries in 2006 when the cartoons, one showing the Prophet wearing a turban resembling a bomb, first appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005.
OSAA basketball
Class 3A: Starts Wednesday at Willamette University. Local team: Regis boys.
Class 2A: Starts Wednesday at the Pendleton Convention Center in Pendleton. Local teams: Santiam, Salem Academy and Kennedy girls; Western Mennonite and Kennedy boys.
Class 1A: Starts Wednesday at Baker High School in Baker City. Local team: St. Paul girls. .
Best Cinematography
To put a face to the season beyond the coverage, I thought I'd introduce this little series. Nothing special, just the trailers from each of the nominated films. A couple a day. We'll start things out with the "frontrunner.") Directing Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Actor in a Supporting Role Javier Bardem Cinematography Roger Deakins Film Editing Roderick Jaynes Best Picture Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers Sound Editing Skip Lievsay Sound Mixing Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen .
WHAT'S YOUR WORKOUT?
She lives and works in New York City, stands 5' 2'' and weighs 110 pounds. The Workout "I am not a natural athlete," insists Ms. Kimmel, who didn't exercise until age 32, when she met her former husband. "He was older than me but was in such good shape and had so much energy. He kind of shamed me into exercising." Ms. Kimmel said her husband had a Stairmaster in his apartment that she used sporadically, and she hired a trainer to show her how to use free weights. Still, exercise always felt like work. When Ms. Kimmel discovered skating, she found a new passion. "I would never wake up at 5 a.m. to go to the gym," she says. But she now gets up between 5 and 6 a.m., has breakfast and catches the morning news -- "I need to see what's happening in my world of PR," she says.
No rest for road sweepers in Nanjing
The heavy snow that has blanketed much of the country in the past three days has become a real headache for sanitation workers in this southern city.
You can see them, clad in orange outfits, with brooms and spades in hand, on every main street, sweeping the snow even as it continues to fall.
"We're working much longer hours these days because of the nonstop snow," 50-year-old Xu Chunzhen, a sanitation worker in Xuanwu district, said.
The snow started early on Saturday morning and has not let up.
Xu and her team of four workers start their day at 4 am and do not finish until 6 pm. It is their duty to keep a 1-km-long street that runs from Xinjiekou to Daxinggong, the city's downtown, free of snow.
"We can't really stop sweeping or the snow will pile up, and it is very dangerous for people to walk and ride bicycles on the snow," Xu said.
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