| Major concerns over King's knee
MARLON KING has been told he may have to quit the game in three years due to the condition of his knee. The 27-year-old underwent a stringent two-day medical at Craven Cottage at the weekend after Watford accepted a £5m cash offer for the 11-goal striker. Tests and scans revealed King has a deteriorating problem in his right knee and it understood that the problem is inoperable. In November 2006, King underwent complex surgery to repair a small tear in his meniscus but upon closer inspection, the surgeon discovered there was piece of cartilage flapping and a bit of bone had come away. The operation sidelined King for six months. In light of the results of the medical, Fulham asked Watford to drop the asking price and renegotiate the deal on a year-by-by instalment basis.
Festival immerses McArthur students in art
The school's 700 or so students took turns visiting 18 booths set up outside the school, where teachers, parents and local artists gave quick 10-minute sessions on everything from print-making to Native American culture.Along the way, art became a way to touch on other topics from the way that pigment from the earth is used to make oil paint to the average size of a sumo wrestler."They weigh over 300 pounds," said physical education teacher Casandra Waller."That's like five of you," said fourth-grader Dakota Smith."It's more like two of me," Waller corrected.Waller used props on Asian art, culture and history from one of the three trunks loaned to the school by the Pensacola Museum of Art. She explained to the class that she was wearing rubber gloves to keep the oils on her skin from affecting the surfaces of the various objects provided by the museum.The trunk included a kimono, several origami creations and an illustration of a giant wave crashing toward a village."Tsunami!" said fourth-grader Lewis Donahue.Art teachers from other Escambia County schools took part in the event, which has been held for the past three years at the school.
Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode
Under the bright club lights at The Door on Scottsdale Road, Willy Northpole is shining like a gold star. The Phoenix-born-and-bred rapper is wearing a shimmering designer shirt that hugs his bulging biceps, and several thick gold chains hang from his neck. The diamond studs in his earlobes flash when he turns his head. He's got a beautiful woman with him; she's wearing a classic little black dress and being very quiet. .
Earnings roundup: AMD, WaMu
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Still bleeding from a costly acquisition, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. accounted in the fourth quarter for overspending $1.6 billion on a graphics chip-maker _ but it posted a narrower loss than analysts feared on surging sales of microprocessors. SEATTLE (AP) _ Washington Mutual Inc., the country's biggest savings and loan, said Thursday it swung to a $1.87 billion loss in the fourth quarter, hurt badly by the sinking value of its mortgage portfolio. Other stories: BOSTON (AP) _ International Business Machines Corp. told Wall Street to raise its 2008 estimates Thursday, further boosting a stock that was already buoyed by strong fourth-quarter earnings. ROCKLAND, Mass. (AP) _ Independent Bank Corp., the parent of Rockland Trust Co., said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit dipped nearly 5 percent as it set more cash aside to cover customers' unpaid loans.
Hidden deals distort market
Hidden deals distort market Disguised incentives skew property values as the paperwork no longer accurately reflects what buyers paid. James R. Hagerty and Michael Corkery / Wall Street Journal PARKER, Colo. -- As the housing market slump deepens, disguised discounts are making it harder to tell exactly how much people are paying for homes. Buyers, sellers and other market participants typically monitor fluctuating home values through sale records that legally have to be listed with county clerks. But incentives offered to buyers -- ranging from free cars or furniture to cash rebates -- are making those prices less reliable as a sign of what buyers actually paid, netting out the giveaways. And that may be misleading lenders and people shopping for homes, some real-estate lawyers and appraisers warn.
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