We knew about the offense. We expected aerial fireworks from Matt Hasselbeck and Darrell Jackson. We figured on touchdowns and 100-yard rushing efforts from Shaun Alexander. We knew Mike Holmgren could put together a West Coast attack that would stretch opposing defenses to the breaking point.

Iraq saw, as usual, a violent weekend, with three car bombings across the country, and brutal discoveries of dead bodies in Baghdad. An accident over the weekend in the southern Iraqi city of Basra involving a UK military helicopter crash and subsequent mob attack on British troops also resulted in a loss of life.

A 35-year-old Addye Joy Durant, graphic artist and designer, will begin taking Verizon`s challenge to live 21-days in a storefront known as Dream254: The Verizon Incubator.

Arnold "Red" Auerbach died suddenly of a heart attack on Saturday in Washington, where he lived. He was 89

For the first time since 1992 the USA Men Basketball team will be lead by a coach who hasn?t coach a professional team. Earlier this week, Coach Mike Krzyzewski was named as the new head coach of the USA Basketball Men`s Senior National Team from 2006-2008. After the last year?s debacle at the Olympic Games, the USA Basketball committee is going in different direction, hoping that it will yield different results.

Venturing into the street is perilous for the Chechen minority here after a recent terror wave.

The Source Magazine is introducing `Unsigned Hype` Alumni. In this Hip Hop issue, Atomic Music Group`s new signed recording artist `Trenseta` is discussed, revealing his next step into the world of Hip Hop.

The rumor mill regarding Apple`s new baby, allegedly title iPhone, is becoming an unstoppable online phenomena. People are constantly talking about the iPhone on forums and chat rooms, and tech blogs are filled with references.

The Islamic Republic of Iran announced plans this past Sunday for a conference to examine evidence for the Holocaust, a new step in hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad`s campaign against Israel. The Jewish state and Iran had good relations until the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

When it comes to running a small or medium business the main objective of a company is to save as much money as possible. However, every business owner will tell you that getting the best in IT development is always pricey as are most of the newest software upgrades.

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In a long message to the Afghani nation, fugitive Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, urged the United States to pull its troops out of his homeland and warned that his enemies would be ?surprised? by the level of attacks that his fighters would use to drive western forces out of his country.

As the public becomes increasingly gloomy about U.S. involvement in Iraq, where more than 2,300 American troops have died, President Bush is struggling with public approval ratings that have dropped to all-time lows during his tenure.

Iran`s former president Hashemi Rafsanjani accuses the United States Sunday of waging "a psychological war" against Tehran and says an American strike against the Islamic Republic would not be in Washington`s interests. Rafsanjani, who heads the Expediency Council, a powerful body that mediates between Iran`s parliament and clerical hierarchy, says Western nations` attempts to block Iran`s nuclear program were "unjust."

Democrats haven`t held fire over the nomination, but have left most of the criticism to Republicans, welcoming an intra-Republican fight at a time of low poll numbers for a Republican president and scandals involving Republican congressional representatives.