Utah's Milk-y way

"Cows! We're remarkable cows. ... If you thought that all wecould do is go moo, Then you ought to come see what we do." --children's song by Sandra Boynton

LOGAN -- Cows were among the first settlers in Cache Valley. In1855, Brigham Young dispatched a herd of more than 2,500 churchcattle to the valley under the direction of Bryant Stringham andothers.

This first herd didn't fare all that well. Earlier reports bygovernment explorer Howard Stansbury had commented on the "richgreen grass" and noted that "any amount of hay might be cut withoutin the least interfering with the range for cattle." But the winterof 1855-56 was extremely harsh, so the cattle were driven back …

Egypt's stock exchange says an announcement about long-delayed reopening will come next week

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's stock exchange says an …

Report: Kodak may file for bankruptcy

ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — Shares of Eastman Kodak Co. tumbled to a new all-time low following a report that the ailing photography pioneer might be preparing to file for bankruptcy protection.

The Wall Street Journal, quoting unidentified people familiar with the matter, said Wednesday that Kodak is preparing for a bankruptcy filing "in the coming weeks" should efforts to sell a trove of …

Ticket or not, many are D.C.-bound for Obama's inauguration

The demand for tickets is sky-high, and the likelihood is slim that all who want a ticket to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration in January will receive one.

The only way to score one of the free tickets to the inauguration ceremony is from your member of Congress, who each get 198 tickets. But tickets, which have yet to be distributed, have been offered online for as much as $60,000.

Federal lawmakers have been inundated with hundreds of thousands of requests from constituents across the nation, each wanting to get their hands on one of the 240,000 tickets available to the presidential swearing-in ceremony.

That's about the same number of people who attended …

Stocks Slip on Oil Price Climb

NEW YORK - Stocks slid Friday as investors, securing positions before the second half of the year begins, sold off due to rising oil prices and lingering worries about subprime mortgage lending troubles.

The erratic day capped off a strong second quarter for Wall Street, which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 1,000 points over the last three months.

The stock market initially rose Friday, encouraged by Commerce Department data that fit well with the Federal Reserve's assessment Thursday that the economy appears to be growing moderately and that inflation, while still a concern, seems to be easing.

Friday's reports said May construction …

FC Porto coach Ferreira banned for United match

UEFA has banned FC Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira from taking charge of his team in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal against Manchester United.

UEFA said on Tuesday that Ferreira cannot contact his players before or during the match, or take his place on the touchline.

UEFA originally suspended him for two matches after he gestured toward the referee when a Porto goal was disallowed during a Champions League round of 16 match against Atletico Madrid on Feb. 24.

Porto appealed and Ferreira was allowed to perform his duties as coach in Manchester last Tuesday when Porto earned a 2-2 draw in the first leg match.

UEFA's appeals …

Nigel Kennedy branches out from classical roots

Nigel Kennedy looks out from the cover of his new recording ofthe Brahms Violin Concerto in D as if spoiling for a fight with theclassical establishment. With his scruffy beard and scarf around thehead, the violinist comes off as Nigel Rotten, out to tie irreverencerather than ribbons around the music people love.

For its part, the establishment gazes back at Kennedy with itsfists tied happily behind its back. When you sell more than amillion copies of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and send it up thecontemporary charts, as he did, and when you can play it with suchun-punkish beauty and command, you can look whatever you want to looklike. Heck, you can even play …