Ohio Rep. Ney Expected to Plead Guilty

WASHINGTON - Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday to at least one criminal charge in an election-year congressional corruption investigation, Republican officials said Thursday night.

Ney has consistently denied all wrongdoing. He announced earlier this summer he would not seek re-election, a step he took reluctantly and at the prodding of party leaders fearful of the loss of his seat.

The Republican officials who described the legal developments said they did not know whether Ney intended to …

AP sources: House lays groundwork for CIA probe

The CIA spent at least $1 million on the secret intelligence program that aimed to develop hit squads to kill al-Qaida leaders but never went beyond the planning stage, a congressional official said Tuesday.

The highly classified program, which never became operational but remained in existence until it was shut down by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June, is expected to trigger a congressional investigation, other officials said.

The House Intelligence Committee asked the CIA to provide documents about the now-canceled program to kill al-Qaida leaders, and agency officials said it would comply with the request, congressional officials said Tuesday.

According to one …

STEEL SITE

History of the Wisconsin Steel location at 106th and Torrence: 1977: EDC Holding Corp., an Envirodyne Industries subsidiary, buysWisconsin Steel from International Harvester (now Navistar). 1980: Wisconsin Steel abruptly closes its mill, laying off 3,500employees, and files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. 1981: The U.S. Economic Development Administration, an arm of theU.S. Commerce Department, takes title to the mill in a court-orderedbankruptcy auction. The agency was liable for $55 million afterEnvirodyne defaulted on federally guaranteed loans. 1982: After selling off some of the mill's assets, the EDA puts thecomplex up for sale. 1985: The Southeast Chicago Development …

Badger LB Borland injures shoulder, out for season

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin is preparing to be without one of its biggest playmakers on defense.

Coach Bret Bielema said Tuesday morning that linebacker Chris Borland is out for the season and that the school will pursue a medical redshirt for the sophomore because of a lingering left shoulder injury.

"After talking with our training staff and with Chris, we decided that the best thing for Chris was to shut him down for the rest of the year," Bielema said in a statement. "Obviously, Chris is a tremendous player and a ferocious competitor but after looking at all the options, everyone agreed this was the only option for him."

Borland was the Big Ten's freshman of the year …

Aust drops legal threat against Iranian president

Australia on Wednesday withdrew a threat to take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said his government had mulled over the option for months before deciding that a trial could distract attention from international efforts to end Iran's nuclear program.

"We determined to avoid pursuing a case which would give further profile to these obscene remarks," Smith told Parliament.

"Most importantly, the Australian government would not want such legal action to complicate or distract from the international community's efforts to …

Prosecutors want bond canceled in ballplayer-blackmail case

Prosecutors asked a court Monday to cancel the bond of a self-styled Chicago community activist charged with blackmailing New YorkYankees slugger Gary Sheffield.

They unveiled a report that said Derrick Mosley was insulting tocourt employees and "creeped out" one by staring at her.

Mosley, 38, also presents a danger as long as he is free on bondbecause his "ability to use the Internet and telephone enables him tocontinue to execute these extortion and fraud schemes," prosecutorssaid in papers filed in U.S. District Court.

Mosley has been free on bond but under house arrest since Jan. 20.

He is accused of plotting to extort money from Sheffield and hiswife …

Immunophenotyping

Immunophenotyping

C. C. Stewart and J. K. A. Nicholson, eds. New York: Wiley-Liss. 1999. ISBN 0-471-23957-7. 442 pp. 74.50.

Flow cytometry is one of the most operator-dependent semi-automated procedures used in the clinical laboratory. The virtual explosion in its use during the past 20 years, noted by the editors in their preface, has not always been accompanied by a full understanding of the principles involved or its applications. Many of us, although using flow cytometry on a daily basis, are not experts. This timely book, the second in the Cytometric Cellular Analysis series, should be essential reading for those using flow cytometry for immunophenotyping in clinical …