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When strangers ask her for directions, Karen Kostyal responds quickly. She has lived around Washington about 30 years and has a well-rooted sense of the area. Nonetheless, the Alexandria resident says, "my husband usually cuts in," supporting the stereotype that men feel their sense of orientation and direction is superior. .
Transfer talk: Barcelona eye Alexander Hleb
Queens Park Rangers have continued their January spending spree with the capture of striker Patrick Agyemang from Coca-Cola Championship rivals Preston North End for an undisclosed fee. The 27-year-old Ghana international has signed a four-and-a-half year deal and joins Hogan Ephraim, Akos Buzsaky, Matthew Connolly, Gavin Mahon and Kieran Lee in the new-look Rangers squad. Arsenal's talented midfielder Alexander Hleb has become a big-money target for Barcelona as they are resigned to losing Deco. The Catalan side are also tracking Cesc Fabregas, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool's Xabi Alonso. (Daily Mirror) But United face a transfer battle of their own as Cristiano Ronaldo's agent has agreed a deal in principle for him to join Real Madrid in a £50 million deal.
Ouch! Hillary Clinton's softer image is clawed over dumped cat
The last Democratic candidate to propose a similar scheme, George McGovern, lost 49 out of 50 states in the 1972 election. Soon after Giuliani went on the warpath, Clinton discovered she had other priorities and shelved the idea. Barack Obama, Clinton’s closest Democratic rival, has begun to criticise her more directly, claiming last week: "We’ve had enough of . . . triangulation and poll-driven politics." In one such example, Clinton backed a Senate resolution calling the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation, earning rebukes from Obama and John Edwards, the third-placed candidate. She then co-sponsored another resolution that would prohibit an attack on Iran without authorisa-tion from Congress. The financial sleaze that dominated the final Clinton years is also making a comeback.
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