Libyan govt shelling kills 4 as aid ship docks

MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's forces showered the port area of this besieged rebel city with rockets just minutes after an international aid ship docked there Wednesday, killing four people as part of the regime's increasingly bloody attempt to choke off Misrata's remaining lifeline.

The attack caused panic among hundreds of stranded migrant workers and fleeing Libyans who were trying to board the Red Star One, a ferry chartered by the International Organization for Migration. In the chaos, some families were separated and the boat had to redock twice to sort it all out.

The timing of the shelling suggested Libyan forces were deliberately trying to disrupt the …

Hiller helps Ducks keep winning at home

Jonas Hiller is making it easy for the Anaheim Ducks to quickly forget about traded goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

Hiller made a season-high 46 saves on Wednesday in a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings, which extended the Ducks' home winning streak to nine games in the NHL. It was Anaheim's second game since signing the 27-year-old Swiss netminder to a four-year, $18 million contract extension and trading Giguere to Toronto the following day.

On Monday, Hiller stopped 33 shots in a 3-0 victory at Florida. He is 11-3 with a 2.12 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage in his last 14 games, leading a surge that has put the Ducks into playoff …

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'Cougar Town' returns to TV after 9-month hiatus

NEW YORK (AP) — Courteney Cox likes being part of a team. She loved being part of an ensemble on "Friends" and feels the same way about the direction her show "Cougar Town" has taken on ABC.

It debuted with Cox's character, Jules, as a 40-something divorcee who dated younger men and quickly moved away from that to focus on her relationship with her friends.

"I think all successful shows are ensembles," Cox said Tuesday in an interview with co-star Josh Hopkins. "It seems like you have to be supported by somebody. You can't just come out and do a one-man show."

Cox, Hopkins and the rest of the "Cougar Town" cast have been on a whirlwind promotional tour for the show's …

Kia Sportage gets poor rating for roof strength

The Kia Sportage sport utility vehicle received poor ratings Tuesday in new roof strength tests designed by the insurance industry to give consumers a better sense of how their vehicles might perform in a serious rollover crash.

The Volkswagen Tiguan, Subaru Forester, Honda Element and Jeep Patriot received top scores among a dozen small sport utility vehicles tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The Suzuki Grand Vitara, Chevrolet Equinox, Toyota RAV4, Nissan Rogue and Mitsubishi Outlander received the second-highest score of acceptable. Roofs on the Honda CR-V and the Ford Escape merited the second-lowest rating of marginal.

The …

Daisy Pulls It Off Next Stage Youth Mission Theatre, Bath

Daisy certainly pulls it off in Next Stage Youth's ambitiousproduction of Denise Deegan's ripping yarn, a comedy traditionallyplayed by adults in the role of children.

Set in a posh boarding school in the 1930s, Daisy Pulls It Off isa parody of the likes of The Famous Five or Angela Brazil's schoolstories.

There is snobbery, larks in the dorm, a hunt for hidden treasureand a dramatic cliff rescue after a midnight feast has gone horriblywrong.

All these jolly japes are accompanied by a perfectly toppinglitany of expostulation - all that's lacking are lashings of gingerbeer.

Next Stage Youth has taken the unusual step of producing thiscomedy …

Ex-Con Guilty in Fla. Girl's Slaying

MIAMI - A sex offender was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and raping a 9-year-old girl and burying her alive in a case that led to a crackdown around the country on people convicted of sex crimes. Jurors deliberated about four hours before returning the verdict against John Evander Couey in the slaying of Jessica Lunsford, who was snatched from her bedroom in February 2005 about 150 yards from the trailer where Couey had been living.

Her body was found in a shallow hole, encased in two black plastic trash bags. She had suffocated and was found clutching a purple stuffed dolphin.

The jury next must decide whether Couey, 48, should get death by injection or life in …