Life's full of heartbreaks - let's hear your worst

Love hurts. Love smarts. Love stinks.

And dating is even worse.

Oh sure, there are relationships filled with moments oftenderness and caring and passion and even commitment. But latelyall I've been hearing about is pain and heartache and dishonesty andwretched despair . . .

Jill dated Robert for about a year. He was handsome and cunningand he always smelled good. Twice he admitted to cheating on her,and there probably were more indiscretions. He also borrowed moneyfrom Jill, a total of $1,300.

And then he moved to San Diego.

Rich asked Pam to a wedding. Pam said yes.

On the morning of the wedding, Rich went to a 10-year …

Conflicting policies on flying under ash confuse

SYDNEY (AP) — If you had hoped to fly Qantas between Australia and New Zealand, you were out of luck. The national carrier grounded planes after a plume of ash from a Chilean volcano moved over the southern Pacific.

But the suspension this past week didn't leave the island nation entirely cut off: If you booked on Virgin Australia or Air New Zealand, your flight ran as scheduled for much of the week.

Stranded Qantas passengers could only watch in frustration as competitors' customers boarded planes, but it also left them wondering what was going on. Was Qantas overly cautious or were its pilots less capable? Do Virgin and Air New Zealand have a greater appetite for …

UN: Iran nuclear dispute shifting to cooperation

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday there is a "shifting of gears" in Iran's confrontation with the West to more cooperation and transparency and he announced that international inspectors would visit Tehran's newly revealed uranium enrichment site on Oct. 25.

The International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, speaking at a news conference in Tehran with Iran's top nuclear official, said his agency "has no concrete proof of an ongoing weapons program in Iran." But the IAEA has "concerns about Iran's future intentions," he said.

"I see that we are at a critical moment. I see that we are shifting gears …

PLUS NEWS

More TWA fuselage brought to shore A 15- to 20-foot chunk of fuselage from TWA Flight 800 was broughtto land by barge today, adding to wreckage that investigators say isso battered it is difficult to test for clues. "It's going to be amajor chore . . . to figure out what it all means and to take itapart," National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman RobertFrancis said Sunday, describing a recovered cockpit section as adensely mangled mass of wires, metal and gadgets. The barge thatarrived today at the Coast Guard station at Shinnecock Inletcontained a half-cylindrical section, which exposed interior metalribs and appeared to be from the plane's silver underbelly. Diverswere …

Changes in phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of fresh-cut table grape (Vitis vinifera) cultivar 'Shahaneh' as influence by fruit preparation methods and packagings

Abstract

The changes in fresh cut grape quality were evaluated over 14 days storage at 5 �C that harvested by two different methods (1-berry and 4-berries cutting), packaged in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyvinylchloride (PVC) bags. The results showed that 4- berries cutting, which packaged in PVC bags showed the lowest weight loss, decay incidence, berry shattering, with the highest acceptability as compared to the other treatments. Total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS/TA were increased during storage in all treatments. The phenolic content in 1-berry cutting increased over the storage time, but its content declined in 4-berries cutting. At almost all of treatments, the …

US, South Korean officials meet on beef trade

The chief trade envoys for the United States and South Korea have launched talks meant to resolve a crisis over the resumption of American beef shipments that has paralyzed South Korea's pro-U.S. government.

The discussions between South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon, who flew into Washington on Friday, and U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab were expected to continue over the weekend. Kim, speaking briefly to reporters after 2 1/2 hours of talks ended Friday night, said he was working to get effective measures to govern the beef trade.

Sean Spicer, spokesman for Schwab, said there was no timetable for the discussions. "We have a lot of issues to …

Pip's Perspective

Scottie Pippen spent his first 11 seasons with the Bulls, whoretired his No. 33 on Friday. Pippen widely was recognized as perhapsthe best teammate during the Bulls' dynasty. Pippen turned the tablesduring a recent interview with Lacy J. Banks and ranked his formerteammates in several categories.

Most patient: "John Paxson. Naw, change it. His temper is too bad.I'd say B.J. Armstrong."

Smartest: "Steve Kerr. He read a lot. He was extremelyintelligent, and he never tried to belittle anybody with his superiorintelligence."

Strongest: "Charles Oakley. He lived in the weight room and taughtme the value of …