AP - The Supreme Court said Friday that it would hear arguments a second time before ruling on the constitutionality of a Kansas death penalty law, apparently so new Justice Samuel Alito can break a tie.

AP - Laughin' all the way, George Mason coach Jim Larranaga is having a grand ol' time at the NCAA tournament. He tells his players to relish the moment, then makes sure they do by making them guffaw at his awkward dance moves or by having them play a version of stickball.

Reuters - Although pinup icon Bettie Page became an overnight sensation for her naughty girl poses in the 1950s, her recent journey to the big screen has been anything but facile.

German drugs firm Bayer makes a $19.5bn bid for Schering, after the latter rejects a bid from Merck.

AP - Kenton Paulino beat West Virginia at its own game, hitting a 3-pointer as time expired to give Texas a 74-71 victory over the Mountaineers on Thursday night in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

AP - Peter Bondra scored 1:03 into overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 6-5 win over New Jersey on Thursday night and a four-game season sweep of the Devils.

AP - German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG said Thursday it would make a 16.3 billion euro ($19.5 billion) white-knight offer for Schering AG, bidding against a hostile takeover effort from Merck KgA.

AP - With first place in the Atlantic Division on the line, no one would've guessed that New York's Ryan Hollweg and Philadelphia's R.J. Umberger would be the difference-makers.

AFP - The board of Italian electricity giant Enel made no decision about a possible bid for France's Suez after meeting in Rome.

AFP - Belarussian opposition supporters were spending a fourth freezing night on the main square of Minsk, but their protest showed no sign of shaking authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AP - Adobe Systems Inc., which makes software such as Acrobat for creating digital documents, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit fell 31 percent, due largely to expenses from its acquisition of Macromedia.

Reuters - Dell Inc. , the world's biggest PC maker, said on Wednesday it agreed to buy privately held Alienware, which makes high-end gaming computers.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) - Microsoft lands a deal to provide Internet Protocol television services (IPTV) to Deutsche Telekom. ECommerce Times reports Microsoft will distribute next-generation television and interactive entertainment to the phone company over...

Reuters - A bored Canadian bureaucrat fed up with office drudgery is seeking C$1 million (491,000 pounds) in donations so he can quit his job and "do something that makes a difference in my life and the lives of others".

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter (AHN) - Ohio State's loss to Boston College makes it the first No. 1 to get booted from the women's NCAA tournament. The eighth-seeded Eagles upset the Buckeyes 79-69 in the second round of the Albuquerque Regional. SI.com reports Ohio is the first top seed to...

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 - Steve Bernier scored two goals and Vesa Toskala made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season in the San Jose Sharks' 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

AP - The experimental drug that caused convulsions and organ failure in the first humans it was tested on only left monkeys with swollen glands, and there was nothing to predict the disastrous effects on people, the drug company's chief scientist said Tuesday.

Reuters - You can slice and dice the various TV police procedurals by location, technology, types of crimes or even the degree to which solving them depends on messages from the Great Beyond. Still, the one thing they have in common is the presumption that cops are good and robbers are bad. With rare exception, the men and women with the shields are caring, dedicated and ethical, while the perps run the gamut from indifferent to psychotic.

AP - The Players Championship is the kind of week that makes J.B. Holmes realize how quickly his life has changed.