♦ Targacept Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as NNR Therapeutics(TM), today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.	1 vote

♦ Final Organ Concert of Summer Series Features Stephen Steely

The final concert of the Summer Organ Concert Recital series at Sinsinawa Mound presents Stephen Steely, Moline, on Aug. 27. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.	1 vote

♦ Sudan president makes 'orchestrated' visit to Darfur

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir sought to cast himself as a peacemaker during speeches across the troubled land where an international prosecutor accuses him of committing crimes against humanity. NYALA, Sudan (AP) Sudan's president made a defiant visit to Darfur just a week after being charged with genocide in the war-ravaged region...	1 vote

♦ At Hearings on Blues, Views of New System

By Jane M. Von Bergen, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jul. 20--No wonder more than 100 people lined up to testify at four days of what sounded like an utter yawner -Insurance Department hearings on the proposed merger of Pennsylvania's two largest health insurers.	1 vote

♦ Beijing goes for green with Olympic clean-up

The rusty, buckled, soot-stained veins of the number four blast furnace lie cold and silent. The towering smoke stacks exhale no more. Inside the cavernous body of the number three steel mill all is still and dark. Beijing's biggest single source of pollution, the vast Shougang steel complex, has been sacrificed to the Olympics and, this week...	1 vote

♦ No need to add water or sand to enjoy these summer reads

Hot book: Summer Affair is sure to keep things sizzling on the beach. It's the summer of the SPF-rated novel. Publishers are turning up the heat with books that put us in the mood for sun and fun — even if we aren't going anywhere. A Summer Affair , Bikini Season , The Beach House , The Sand Castle and July and August are basking on bookshelves.	1 vote

♦ Your 'stuff' can speak volumes

Stuff. Everyone has it. Two new books examine the complicated relationship between Americans and their possessions. USA TODAY sorts them out. When Organizing Isn't Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Julie Morgenstern (Fireside, $24). With mega-sellers like Organizing From the Inside Out and Never Check E-Mail in the Morning ...	1 vote

♦ Rose Tremain wins Orange prize

LONDON (AP) — English writer Rose Tremain has won Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women. The judges of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction awarded the prize to Tremain Wednesday for her novel, The Road Home , about an Eastern European migrant in Britain. Tremain set the novel in London and has said she wanted to draw out the individuality of an immigrant.	1 vote

♦ Website to trace Brits in crises

A service to help track down Britons caught up in emergencies abroad is being launched by the Foreign Office. The recent quake in China and cyclone in Burma both highlighted the problems involved in trying to get hold of people possibly caught up in crises. Travellers can now register their details with the Locate service on the Foreign Office website. These include details of their travel plans...	1 vote

♦ Do we need tax credits for fitness?

In the face of waning participation in organized sports, a Calgary Tory politician who twice climbed Mount Everest is proposing a fitness tax credit to encourage healthier living.	1 vote