| TI's computer chips are improving medical devices
Remember the first cellphone you saw? It looked like an electronic brick, died after a couple of hours and only did one thing: transmit conversations. Better chips from Texas Instruments Inc. transformed those clunky relics into sleek little computers that run all day and do everything but make your breakfast. .
State Line car crash injures Ogden woman
Staff photo by Evan Lewis Texarkana, Ark., firefighters attend Susie Muldoon, 44, of Ogden, Ark., who was involved in a two-vehicle accident about 9 p.m. Thursday on North State Line Avenue as she was turning into the Walgreen�s parking lot. Muldoon was taken to CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System with non-life threatening injuries, officials said. .
Rolen, Ryan to stay behind
Though the new season is still six days away, the Blue Jays already have one eye on the opposition and another on the sick bay. The team confirmed yesterday that two of their key pieces – third baseman Scott Rolen and closer B.J. Ryan – will not travel north on Friday with the club. Rolen, who mangled the middle finger of his right hand in a fielding mishap on Sunday, underwent surgery in Baltimore yesterday. A screw was inserted in the finger, which is also missing most of its nail. The screw will remain in Rolen's finger for 14 days, when a second surgery will be performed to remove it. "Basically, it's (pain) tolerance from there. ... It's definitely two weeks. We'll see from there," GM J.P. Ricciardi said. "It's the individual, his pain tolerance.
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