BRIEFLY NASCAR SUSPENDS TWO INVOLVED IN SUIT.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Two officials named in a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. lawsuit against NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. have been placed on administrative leave for violating company policy, The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. has learned. The officials, who were not immediately identified, were sent home from Kentucky Speedway on Friday evening, a person told the AP. Mauricia Grant filed her suit Tuesday, alleging 23 specific incidents of sexual harassment and 34 specific incidents of racial and gender discrimination during her time as a technical inspector for NASCAR's second-tier Nationwide Series. Grant, who is black, claims her October 2007 firing was retaliation for complaining about the way she was treated on the job from her January 2005 hiring. Kyle Busch Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American race car driver. Currently, he drives the #5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series as well as the #5 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series. will start from the pole Sunday in the Lifelock 400, thanks to rain that washed away qualifying at Michigan International Speedway Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.22 km), moderate-banked, D shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres [1] near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. in Brooklyn. The rain began pelting down after 11 of 45 drivers had completed qualifying attempts on the two-mile oval and NASCAR was forced to fill the race field by points, giving series leader Busch his third pole start of the season. OLYMPICS: Ronda Rousey needed less than three minutes to put away three outmatched players and win the U.S. women's middleweight (154 1/3 pounds) judo judo (j  `dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. trials in Las Vegas. Rousey, from Santa Monica, is the
daughter of Ann-Maria DeMars, the only U.S. woman to win a world judo
title.
Spain, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Belarus earned berths in the women's basketball tournament at the Beijing Olympics, winning their quarterfinal games in a FIBA FIBA Fédération Internationale de Basketball (International Basketball Federation) FIBA Florida International Bankers Association FIBA Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur FIBA Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc. qualifying tournament. SOCCER: Portuguese champion FC Porto could still get to play in next season's Champions league after winning an appeal against its suspension. UEFA's appeal body overturned the suspension that was imposed by its own disciplinary body because of a bribery scandal. The case will now go back to the disciplinary body for another ruling. Porto has admitted trying to bribe referees in two league matches played four years ago. MISC MISC Miscellaneous MISC Miscellany MISC Miscarriage MISC Malaysia International Shipping Corporation MISC Maui Invasive Species Committee MISC Minimum Instruction Set Computing MiSC Microsoft Software Center (Indonesia) .: Former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick has been charged with driving under the influence and eluding police in Norfolk, Va. Police said a uniformed bicycle patrol officer observed Vick and a female involved in an altercation in the car early Friday. When the officer asked for a driver's license, police say Vick sped away but was stopped minutes later. Vick was released by the Miami Dolphins in 2007. He is the brother of former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. |
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