Golf-Wind stops play at Australian Open

SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Play was suspended during the final round of the Australian Open on Sunday when high winds resulted in balls moving on the greens at The Lakes Golf Club.Organisers announced the suspension at 11:45 a.m. local time (0045 GMT), some 35 minutes before the leading group were scheduled to tee off.John Senden and Britain's world number four Justin Rose will be the last players...

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Cricket-New Zealand coach Hesson's advice 'laughable' - Taylor

WELLINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Disgruntled former captain Ross Taylor has slammed New Zealand's team management, dismissing head coach Mike Hesson's advice as "laughable" and claiming he was not given enough support in his 18-month stint as skipper.Taylor was stripped of the Twenty20 and one-day captaincy last week on Hesson's recommendation, and rejected an offer to stay on as test skipper in the...

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UPDATE 1-Golf-Play resumes at windy Australian Open

 SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Play resumed in the final round of the Australian Open on Sunday after a three-hour delay forced by gale-force winds at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.Organisers announced the suspension of play at 11:45 a.m. local time (0045 GMT) after the 80 kilometre per hour winds resulted in balls moving on the greens and a TV tower collapsing at the 18th."It got to 80 kilometres,...

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Play resumes at windy Australian Open

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Play resumed in the final round of the Australian Open on Sunday after a three-hour delay forced by gale-force winds at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.Organizers announced the suspension of play at 11:45 a.m. local time (0045 GMT) after the 80 kilometer per hour winds resulted in balls moving on the greens and a TV tower collapsing at the 18th."It got to 80 kilometers, which was...

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UPDATE 1-Golf-Senior masters Sydney gale to win Australian Open

* Senior oldest winner of his national Open* Wind dominates final round* Rose fades to share of fourth (Adds detail, quotes)SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Peter Senior drew on all his experience from 34 years as a professional golfer to master galeforce winds and win the Australian Open by a shot on Sunday, 23 years after he first held aloft the Stonehaven Cup.Gusting winds of up to 80 kilometres an hour...

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Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything

 Light from some of the universe's most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time, according to new observations of so-called gamma-ray bursts from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Ikaros spacecraft. Photons released by these bursts help place limits on a unified model of all of the forces of nature — what scientists call a "theory of everything."Using...

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Cancer Impacts Health of American Economy

 Cancer among American workers costs the businesses where they work billions of dollars a year in lost productivity, new research finds.A study led by Grant Skrepnek of the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson revealed that cancer in U.S. employees results in more than 33 million disability days per year, which amounts to $7.5 billion in lost productivity. Based on data from 2004 to...

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Stressed Out Entrepreneurs Are Still Happier than Other Workers

 Stress and worry may be a part of the job for entrepreneurs, but new research has found that entrepreneurs also say they have many other positive experiences at work.In particular, entrepreneurs say they are more likely than other workers to report that they learned or did something new in the past day.  Entrepreneurs were also more likely than other workers to say they experienced enjoyment...

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Bizarre Creature Found in 200-Million-Year-Old Cocoon

 About 200 million years ago, a leech released a slimy mucous cocoon  that unwittingly encased and trapped a bizarre animal with a springy tail, preserving it until researchers discovered the teardrop-shaped creature in Antarctica recently.The cocoon looks like those produced by living leeches, such as the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis. Encased inside was a bell animal that looked...

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Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys  are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the tourist town of Key West.If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it would be the first such experiment in the U.S. Some Key West...

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