Barnes faces month out with broken eye socket

Bath Rugby could accelerate England loosehead David Flatman'scomeback to Guinness Premiership action and pitch him in againstNewcastle Falcons at The Rec on Saturday (1pm) after losing EnglandSaxons' front-rower David Barnes for up to a month.

Barnes had to be substituted in the first half of last Sunday's19-9 win over Bristol at Ashton Gate with an eye injury.

The 31-year-old loosehead prop's injury has since been diagnosedas a broken eye socket which could require surgery, ruling him outof any competitive rugby for up to a month.

"We'll know on Thursday whether I'll need an operation, but it'sgoing to be three to four weeks on the sidelines whatever …

TOSS Fashion meets hair

The fashion rails are filled with beautiful bright crayola collections. You'll find floral, tailored-cut skirts and pantsuits and jewel-toned beaded tops that would make any odd piece in your wardrobe look new; golden yellow and antique white, beautiful gauze dresses that are hand washable, drip-dry, and then you can go! There are also luxurious satin evening gowns and high fashion raincoats.

The address is 60 East 13th Street in the new and Ultra Chic South Loop, where Chicago's top style icon, Phillip McCain, is the axis of the universe known as Toss Hair and Fashion Salon. Phillip and his team believe in giving a client what they want, when they want it, and how they want …

MySpace ad deal lets members use copyright video

Instead of trying to take down all copyright-protected videos that its members post, MySpace will let certain clips stay _ and give the creators of the original content a cut of the revenue from advertising that will be attached to the snippets.

MySpace and online video ad technology company Auditude planned to announce a partnership Monday with Viacom Inc.-owned MTV Networks that will let ads be placed in clips of the network's shows that users upload to MySpace. These include Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" and MTV's reality show "The Hills."

MySpace generally tries to keep such clips off its social network along with other …

At mime festival in Cultural Center, seeing is believing

If silence is sadly lacking in your life, spend two quietlyentertaining hours tomorrow at the Chicago Office of Fine Arts' mimefestival.

Take the kids. They'll learn that silence truly can be golden.They'll also have a chance to become part of the show.

Three accomplished groups will perform during the program,which will be presented in the theater of the Chicago Public LibraryCultural Center, 78 E. Washington.

Appearing at 2 p.m. will be the Unicorn Mime Ensemble,featuring Robert C. Carleton. He'll be followed by Feno at 2:45 andPartners in Mime - Karen Hoyer and Elisabeth Tabler - at 3:30.

Though the show is intended for all ages, it will …

Keith Christensen

-- Born Dec. 7, 1950, in Delta

-- Married to Kristina Christensen

-- Three children, two stepchildren, two grandchildren

Education

-- B.S. in management and finance, Brigham Young University, 1975

-- J.D., University of Puget Sound, 1978

Career

-- Private law practice, specializing in real estate and natural-resources law, 1978-88

-- Partner in ranching operation, early 1980s

-- Land development in Salt Lake City and Park City, 1980s-present

-- Co-owner, Wind River Petroleum, which owns 31 Top Stopconvenience stores in Utah and Idaho, since 1988

-- Owner, Christensen Industries, an aircraft parts …

Turkish FM to travel to Syria to deliver rebuke

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister says his foreign minister will travel to Damascus to deliver a strong message against Syria's brutal crackdown on protests.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Saturday that Turkey's patience with its neighbor was running thin and his country could not remain a bystander to the violence.

Erdogan was reported by state-run Anatolia …

UN: Aid will still go to Somalia despite fraud

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s World Food Program insisted Tuesday it won't reduce emergency aid shipments to Somalia despite allegations of fraud, saying that though such complaints are frequent it doesn't believe there have been big losses.

WFP said it is bringing 5,000 tons a month of food into the Somali capital of Mogadishu to help the famine-hit nation. Tens of thousands of people each week are fleeing famine in Somalia to neighboring Ethiopia and Kenya.

An investigation on the ground by The Associated Press found that sacks of grain, peanut butter snacks and other food staples meant for starving Somalis are being stolen and sold in Somali markets, raising concerns that the …