"There was a number of people asking me a lot of questions."And many questions remain. Pierzynski hit home runs for Chicago, which improved to 30-5 against the AL Central and swept a four-game set in Cleveland for the first time since 1963."I never thought we'd sweep," said Guillen, adding that he came in "hoping we'd win the series. But they say it's too early to know how helpful automated drug dispensers may be.California Board of Pharmacy regulations do not specifically allow dispensing through automated systems, but stores carrying the machines have been granted waivers to test the technology, says Patricia Harris, executive officer of the Board of Pharmacy. "You grow up there, and as a kid, all you know is your island.

She accepted the consequences and took it on the chin and handled it She didn't try to run from it or lie. Australia won the bronze.The relay victory put Phelps in a much better frame of mind after his performance in the 400 freestyle. This delirious narrative floats somewhere outside literal written words. It was finally replaced by a pill grinder, more pepper mill than hammer, part of a noise-reduction campaign that includes rubber wheels on instrument carts, soft-soled shoes and posters reminding staff members, patients and visitors to pipe down.Margaret Amato, clinical director of nursing at Montefiore, said research had shown that the noise level during the change of shift at a hospital could reach 113 decibels -- louder than a motorcycle."Whereas a motorcycle is 95 decibels, for example," Amato said, "we at Montefiore are trying to get in the 50 to 60 range."Hospital noise is not a new complaint. Ananth Karumanchi of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and his colleagues reported finding high levels of a protein called soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 in the blood of women with preeclampsia.This protein binds to two growth factors that play a key role in maintaining the health of blood vessels.The team looked at blood samples from women with preeclampsia and found the second protein, called endoglin, that is also present in abnormally high levels in women with the disorder. A trial judge found that Vidal was mentally retarded because his verbal IQ, indicating verbal problem-solving, comprehension and judgment, showed "subaverage general intellectual functioning."Vidal's full scale IQ was above the mental retardation range because he scored substantially higher in a part of the test that measured visual perceptions and spatial dimensions, or what an expert called "skills of putting things together in a functional way."In other words, the defense expert had testified, Vidal appeared to be capable of "putting puzzles together and doing so quickly" but would not necessarily understand why one would do that or be able to follow verbal commands to do so.The defense experts said that large differentials between the two subsets of IQ were unusual and that a full scale IQ assessment, produced by a mathematical process from the subsets, was not a reliable measure of general intelligence.But a psychologist testifying for the prosecution said the full scale score was the best indicator of intelligence.The trial judge decided to place more weight on the verbal score, determining that it was more relevant to such issues as premeditation, deliberation and an ability to distinguish right from wrong.In ruling for Vidal, the state high court said the law should not dictate how to measure intellectual functioning.

Half an hour later, the moon lighting the last part of the hike, I arrived at Casa Iguana in time for dinner.Howling at the wolfsEVERYONE, including the cooks, sits down for the evening meal at 7 o'clock sharp. Based in Miami and heavily influenced by the anti-Castro Cuban exile community there, Univision is extremely unlikely ever to allow a great band such as Havana's Los Van Van, also nominated for a Latin Grammy this year, to set foot on its stages.Plus ca change, as the saying goes.. And that traffic-stopping red fox coat, hand-sculpted at the midsection, was just the kind of power piece for the new Versace woman -- rich and in charge.MILAN Who ever thought we would be looking to Donatella Versace as the standard-bearer for good taste and pared-down sophistication? That's what it has come to here in Milan, where Fashion Week ended Friday with another S&M freak show, this time from DSquared designers Dean and Dan Catan.Between their bondage girls in leather blinders, which seemed to suggest woman as horse, and the whip-wielding dominatrixes at Dolce & Gabbana earlier in the week, one had to wonder what they're putting in the water in this city.Sure, eroticism is in the cultural spotlight, and the blinders could simply be implying that women are focused on where they are going (uh-huh), but it's absurd to suggest that anyone pay designer prices for a dress with a buckled leather harness or pumps with shiny ribbed heels resembling sex toys. "The police report states that the accident was caused when the driver fell asleep while traveling 65 miles per hour."The lawsuit is one of several crushed-roof cases against automakers being tried this year Three of the five largest verdicts in U.S.