Knee improved, Quentin returns to lineup

Carlos Quentin was back in the Padres' lineup Friday batting cleanup against the D-backs after missing the club's last two games with a sore left knee.

mlb.com (11 hours ago)

3 men arrested in Sheridan, Arkwright burglaries

MAYVILLE – Two Jamestown men and a Dunkirk man were being held in the Chautauqua County Jail here on burglary and stolen property charges after their arrests by state troopers, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies and Village of Fredonia police officers, officials said Thursday.William E. Jackson Jr., 25, and Alese...

buffalonews.com (1 day ago)

Sir Quentin Blake: Children need illustration to read

Children read after being captivated by pictures, Sir Quentin Blake argues, saying no-one should try heavy texts too young.    

telegraph.co.uk (1 day ago)

Hay Festival 2013: Quentin Blake's illustration lecture

Illustration at its best is a bridge, not a barrier, to the realm of reading, argues Quentin Blake during a talk at Hay Festival 2013.    

telegraph.co.uk (1 day ago)

Governor-General remembers talented Hazel

GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce says Hazel Hawke was compassionate, intelligent and had a wonderful sense of humour.    

news.com.au (2 days ago)

Bloomfield Middle School's Mile Run Invitational

Bloomfield Middle School eighth-grader Grace Cannon and seventh-grader Quentin Phanord, pictured with the large trophies, stand with other top finishers in the Mile Run Invitational at Brookdale Park.

northjersey.com (2 days ago)

QUENTIN LETTS: Boris yearns to be indulged... in politics and elsewhere

In the absence of PMQs I went to BMQs, Boris Mayoral Questions. It is all markedly more relaxed than the Commons, which Mr Johnson never mastered when he was an MP, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

dailymail.co.uk (2 days ago)

NCAA champs Dake, Maple, Perry, Wright among NWCA All-Academic honorees

In a true combination of brains and brawn, four NCAA Division I wrestling champs – Kyle Dake, Kendric Maple, Chris Perry and Quentin Wright – are among the members of the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s Individual All...

examiner.com (2 days ago)

PSU Digest: Nittany Lion duo earn scholarships

Gymnast Scott Rosenthal, of Clearfield, and wrestler Quentin Wright, a former Bald Eagle Area standout, were each honored with the award, which carries a $7,500 scholarship for postgraduate study at…Click to Continue »

centredaily.com (3 days ago)

Quentin rests sore knee after awkward slide

Carlos Quentin is not in the lineup for Tuesday night's game against the Cardinals, resting a sore knee after sliding awkwardly into home plate Monday.

mlb.com (3 days ago)

QUENTIN LETTS: These Tories of the baleful brigade, less trainable than Burmese cats

Yesterday Justice Secretary Chris Grayling indicated that Chris Huhne should have done longer in jail. He also suggested the Tories would quit the European Court of Human Rights, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

dailymail.co.uk (3 days ago)

Harry Potter Book with Author Notes Sold for $228K

(LONDON) - For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the “Harry Potter” books in the world. A first edition copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” that contains author J.K. Rowling’s notes and original illustrations fetched 150,000 pounds ($228,000) at a London auction on...

time.com (3 days ago)

Harry Potter first edition featuring JK Rowling drawings sells for £150,000

A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, with author JK Rowling's notes and original illustrations, was sold for £150,000 at auction in London. The book, which was auctioned by Sotheby's at a charity sale in aid of the English Pen writers' association, was purchased by an anonymous bidder by...

guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)

TV highlights 21/05/2013

Without a modicum of charisma and eccentricity, Coast would have just been a programme about fish, forts and erosion. This spin-off presented by Nicholas Crane, a man not long on charm or quirk, duly feels a bit dry. Towns – runs the opening narration – where would we be without them? Some have harbours, some...

guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)

QUENTIN LETTS: Fingers were wagged about not respecting minorities

Yesterday's gay marriage debate was a battle of intolerances. ‘You’re less tolerant than me.’ ‘Rubbish!’ Yes, folks, it was another day in the modern politics of egalitarian one-upmanship, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

dailymail.co.uk (4 days ago)

Quentin Jammer expects to leave Chargers

philly.com (4 days ago)

The truth about petrol prices

Every motorist “instinctively knows” something is wrong with how much we pay at the petrol pump, Quentin Willson, the fuel...

thetimes.co.uk (5 days ago)

Padres option Brach to make room for Quentin

Reliever Brad Brach, who had the second-lowest inherited runners scored percentage, was optioned to Triple-A Tucson to make room for Carlos Quentin before Saturday's game against the Nationals.

mlb.com (6 days ago)

Padres activate Quentin, option Brach to Tucson

The San Diego Padres have activated outfielder Carlos Quentin from paternity leave and optioned right-hander Brad Brach to Triple-A Tucson.

modbee.com (6 days ago)

Stauffer called up; Quentin on paternity leave

The Padres selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Tim Stauffer from Triple-A Tucson and placed outfielder Carlos Quentin on paternity leave on Friday.

mlb.com (7 days ago)

Cannes 2013: panic as shots fired during TV broadcast

Actors ran for cover at the Cannes film festival on Friday after a man fired shots from a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast. Oscar winner Christopher Waltz and French actor Daniel Auteuil were being interviewed by French TV station Canal+ on a beach-front set when two shots were heard. "The bodyguards...

guardian.co.uk (7 days ago)

EXCLUSIVE: 'I feared for my life': Christoph Waltz left shaken after man points hand-gun at him...

Waltz, who won Oscars for roles in two Quentin Tarantino movies, was being interviewed on the set of a French news programme when two shots were fired into the air.

dailymail.co.uk (7 days ago)

Greinke looks sharp in return as Dodgers defeat Nationals

When Zack Greinke made his last start for the Los Angeles Dodgers before Wednesday, the team had a winning record and was only half a game out of first place in the National League West. Then Greinke wrestled with the San Diego Padres' Carlos Quentin, breaking his collarbone, and things took a turn.

miamiherald.com (9 days ago)

2nd person suspected in Sumner killing arrested in Georgia

A 29-year-old Georgia man was arrested Wednesday on a Pierce County warrant charging him with killing a man outside a Sumner motel in December, police said. Authorities in the greater Atlanta area arrested Quentin Lorenzo Simmons about 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sumner Police Chief Brad Moericke said in a news release.

thenewstribune.com (9 days ago)

Zack Greinke gets victory for Dodgers, no charge

Right-hander looks sharp in his first game back from injury, and he even picks up an RBI in the 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.When Zack Greinke made his last start for the Dodgers before Wednesday, the team had a winning record and was only half a game out of first place in the National League West. Then...

latimes.com (9 days ago)

Mr Clegg was like a farmer, gummies stuck in the mire

QUENTIN LETTS: The deputy PM was confronted with a 2010 election leaflet in which Mr Clegg called for an in-out referendum. Now the same Cleggy is blocking the idea. Soon he was up to his oxters in doo-doo.

dailymail.co.uk (9 days ago)

Will Smith lassoes lead role in The Wild Bunch remake

Will Smith is set to star in a modern-day remake of The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah's classic tale of a gang of ageing outlaws organising one last heist in the dying days of the American old west, reports the Wrap. A new version of Peckinpah's iconic western has been gestating in Hollywood for almost a decade. The...

guardian.co.uk (10 days ago)

Padres rally to beat Johnson, Orioles 3-2 (Yahoo! Sports)

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Chris Denorfia and Everth Cabrera hit two-out RBI singles off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres got a home run from Carlos Quentin in a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.

yahoo.com (10 days ago)

Padres rally to beat Johnson, Orioles 3-2

Chris Denorfia and Everth Cabrera hit two-out RBI singles off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres got a home run from Carlos Quentin in a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.

modbee.com (10 days ago)

Padres Rally to Beat Johnson, Orioles 3-2

Chris Denorfia and Everth Cabrera hit two-out RBI singles off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres got a home run from Carlos Quentin in a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.    

nytimes.com (10 days ago)