BRIEFLY : NCAA WINS RULING IN SEX-BIAS CASE.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services The NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association is not subject to a federal sex-bias law just because it collects dues from federally financed colleges and universities, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Washington. But the justices' unanimous decision A Unanimous Decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all 3 judges agree on which fighter won the match. left open the possibility the governing body for college sports may for other reasons be covered by the law known as Title IX of the Education Acts of 1972. Renee Smith, an Ohio woman who says she was illegally declared ineligible to play college volleyball, had argued the NCAA could be sued under the law because the dues it receives from member schools make it an indirect recipient of federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve .But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Having spent 13 years as a federal judge, but not being a career jurist, she is unique as a Supreme Court justice, having spent the majority of her career as an wrote for the court, ``At most, the association's receipt of dues demonstrates that it indirectly benefits from the federal assistance afforded its members.'' FOOTBALL: Former Cincinnati Bengals running back Stanley Wilson was convicted Monday in Los Angeles of stealing about $130,000 worth of jewelry, camera equipment and other valuables from a home last year. Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Chip Myers died of a heart attack, a little more than a month after he got the job. He was 53. Kick returner and third-down specialist David Palmer has agreed to re-sign with Minnesota for four years TENNIS: Serena Williams sparkled at the $520,000 Gaz de France Gaz de France (GDF) is a French company which produces, transports and sells natural gas around the world and especially in France which is its main market, but also Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany and other European countries. tournament in Paris, routing Swedish qualifier Asa Carlsson 6-1, 6-2 in the first round. OLYMPICS: Sergio Santander, implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in the widespread Olympic bribery scandal, resigned as president of Chile's Olympic committee. He had announced earlier he would resign March 31. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). .:Trevor Kidd, who lost his job as the Carolina Hurricanes' top goalie this season to Arturs Irbe, was signed to a multiyear contract. . . . Mike Tyson won't have any handlers or lawyers to help him in his latest bout, a disciplinary hearing today at the Montgomery (Md.) County jail. The former heavyweight champion will have to defend himself against allegations he threw a television set last Friday, after he became angry that a guard hung up a telephone he was using. |
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