Keegan awarded damages from Newcastle over exit

Newcastle will have to pay Kevin Keegan 2 million pounds ($3.2 million) in compensation after the former manager successfully argued he was forced to resign when the club ordered him to sign a player from YouTube to please two agents.

The Premier League's independent arbitration panel ruled in its verdict released Friday that Keegan was unfairly forced out in September 2008 less than eight months into his second stint in charge at St. James' Park.

While Newcastle with have to pay 2 million pounds plus interest, the financial blow could have been greater for the club that was relegated from the Premier League in May.

Keegan claimed 8.6 million …

Savoring a Century of `the Cinema'

"As I now move, graciously, I hope, toward the door marked Exit,it occurs to me that the only thing I ever really liked to do was goto the movies. Naturally, Sex and Art always took precedence overthe cinema. Unfortunately, neither ever proved to be as dependableas the filtering of present light through that moving strip ofcelluloid which projects past images and voices onto a screen."

Gore Vidal,

Screening History We know more, much more, about Marilyn Monroe and Jack Nicholsonthan we know about Julius Caesar and Thomas Jefferson. We know whatthey looked like when they stood up and walked to a window, how theysounded when they were sad, and how they smiled when …

World Golf Glance

Site: Vilamoura, Portugal.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Oceanico Victoria Golf Course (7,231 yards, 6,612 meters, par 72).

Purse: $4.19 million. Winner's share: $699,010.

Last year: England's Westwood won for the first time since September 2007, closing with a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Italy's Francesco Molinari.

Last week: Martin Kaymer won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews to become the first European Tour player in 21 years to win three straight starts. The German star began the streak with a playoff victory in the U.S. PGA Championship and won the Dutch Open while preparing for the Ryder Cup.

Notes: European …

Texas, Texas A&M discuss Big 12 future

With the future of the Big 12 seemingly up for grabs, the presidents and athletic directors of Texas and Texas A&M met Thursday to discuss the future of their athletic programs after Colorado accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 and with Nebraska weighing a move to the Big Ten.

A person briefed about the discussions said the situation was "still fluid" and the Texas schools could stay in the Big 12. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation, said everyone was waiting for Nebraska's expected announcement Friday.

If Nebraska also leaves the Big 12, other schools could follow. The Pac-10 …

SNEED

Omigosh! . . . Sneed was dispatched a Navy Pier list ofwardrobe guidelines for vendors. It's enough to cause titters. Quoth the memo: "Undergarments should be worn at all times." Scoopsville . . . Sneed has learned that Ed Bedore, MayorDaley's most powerful consultant/aide, is resigning.

Tipsville: Word is Bedore, who advises Daley on ALL specialprojects and who was once the city's chief financial officer, wantsto retire. The buckshot: Bedore reportedly told hizzoner he wants pasture notperspiration, and Daley got a case of the glums. The upshot: Bedore has been Daley's point man on riverboats,airports and almost any top Daley program initiative you can …

Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Treated with Vardenafil

Dear Editor: The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are used to treat a wide array of psychiatric conditions (1). Patients experience fewer side effects, compared with the older antidepressants (2). However, sexual dysfunction may occur in up to 75% of patients taking antidepressants (3). I report a case in which a patient taking sertraline experienced decreased to almost nonexistent erections, with a return to his baseline functioning following treatment with vardenafil. To my knowledge, this is the first reported case of vardenafil used to treat antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction.

Mr A, aged 32 years, was diagnosed with dysthymic disorder according to DSM-IV …

9 headless bodies found in Mexican border city

The bodies of nine decapitated men were found in a vacant lot in Tijuana Sunday, part of a wave of violence that claimed at least 23 lives over the weekend in this border city plagued by warring traffickers, authorities said.

The heads were discovered in plastic bags near the bodies in a poor neighborhood of Tijuana, across from San Diego, Baja California state police said in a statement. Three police identification cards were also found at the site.

The statement gave no motive for the killings, but they came as Mexico's drug cartels wage a bloody fight for smuggling routes and against government forces, dumping beheaded bodies onto streets, carrying out …