Star Amy 'smitten' with Don

Top Scots singer Amy Macdonald has reportedly netted a newboyfriend - Dons striker Steve Lovell.

The 20-year-old songstress - who once penned a lyric criticisingfootballers' wives - has posted pictures of them together on herwebsite.

Amy is said to be smitten with Steve, 27.

The star, from Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, has refused to commenton the relationship.

A spokesman for the singer said: "Amy and Steve are together butit is early days.

"They have both been very busy - Amy has a UK tour and Steve hashad match commitments but they have grown …

Takashi Ishihara; This burly former rugby player made two defining calls. He railroaded through a U.S. assembly plant aginst bitter objections at home, then brushed aside U.S. dealer pleas and dropped the Datsun name.(Occupation overview)

Byline: Hans Greimel

This burly former rugby player made two defining calls. He railroaded through a U.S. assembly plant against bitter objections at home, then brushed aside U.S. dealer pleas and dropped the Datsun name.

Takashi Ishihara rammed through two decisions that defined Nissan Motor Co. in the United States. The brusque former rugby player championed Nissan's first U.S. assembly plant despite fierce opposition at home. And he axed the Datsun name.

"He was a man of action,'' recalls Yoshikazu Hanawa, a former Nissan president, about Ishihara, who died in 2003 at age 91.

Ishihara joined Nissan in 1937, avoiding a tour of duty in World …

ELLERBE'S TROUBLED RUN COMES TO END.(SPORTS)

Byline: Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Defeats, discipline problems and dwindling attendance proved to be Brian Ellerbe's downfall at Michigan.

Ellerbe was fired Tuesday after four seasons as coach of the Wolverines, who went 10-18 overall and 4-12 in the Big Ten Conference this year.

``I did not see the improvement in the program over the past four years that I hoped for and that I believe is possible,'' athletic director Bill Martin said at a news conference. ``I believe it is in the best interests of our student-athletes and the basketball program as a whole to have new leadership at this time.''

The Wolverines were 62-60 under …

Company to begin shipping HIV-1 incidence test.

2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Calypte Biomedical Corporation (HIV) announced that it began shipping its HIV-1 BED Incidence EIA test (Incidence Test).

The first shipment is destined for South Africa, and the company currently has initial orders for approximately 12,000 tests worldwide. Shipments to China and Brazil should commence in the coming weeks.

In April 2004, the company announced that it had been granted a worldwide non-exclusive license by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to commercially manufacture and sell a unique test that was developed by the CDC in order to help epidemiologists and researchers …

Japanese translators handle words & more in MLB

FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) — When Minnesota Twins general manager Bill Smith was interviewing candidates hoping to become the team's first Japanese interpreter, he was looking for far more than just someone who could translate for new second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka.

Signing Nishioka marked the Twins' first real foray into Japan, and they were determined to make his transition from the Far East to the American Midwest as seamless as it can possibly be for a 26-year-old who doesn't speak English.

The Twins have people and players in their organization who speak Spanish and can help the many Hispanic players adjust to their new surroundings, but they didn't have anyone in the …

Osteoporosis Deal Could Reap $118M For Genome Therapeutics.(Brief Article)

Genome Therapeutics Corp. entered Into Its second human genomics alliance, this time with Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories to develop therapeutics to prevent and treat osteoporosis. The collaboration could be worth $118 million for Genome Therapeutics, of Waltham, Mass., if the research program continues for Its full term and all milestones are met. The company also will receive royalties based on marketed products that come out of the collaboration.

The $118 million payment consists of an undisclosed up-front license fee, funding for a multiyear research program, as well as milestone payments. "This Is certainly our largest aggregate commercial biotech deal to date, said Robert …

Continuing violence kills more Iraqis; At least 66 die in latest bombings as Shiite area of Baghdad is targeted.(Main)

Byline: ANDY MOSHER and NASEER NOURI Washington Post

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The start of a new week in war-torn Iraq closely resembled the worst days of the previous week, as two bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood and a massive charge hidden in a car in the northern city of Kirkuk killed a total of at least 66 Iraqis on Sunday, police and military officials said.

Meanwhile, Iraqi officials said former President Saddam Hussein had been hospitalized since Saturday after showing signs of ill health from a hunger strike now in its third week.

Saddam, 69, who is being tried on charges of crimes against humanity, was in stable condition, Iraqi and U.S. …