2 accused at NY trial of plot to blow up airport

Two Muslim militants plotted to cause more death and destruction than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by blowing up John F. Kennedy International Airport six years later, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at the men's terrorism trial.

"We will ask you to hold them accountable ... for a plan that would have taken innocent lives," Assistant U.S. Attorney Berit Berger said in opening statements in federal court in Brooklyn.

Lawyers for Russell Defreitas, a naturalized U.S. citizen, and Abdul Kadir, another Muslim defendant from Defreitas' native Guyana, countered by telling the jury that their clients were framed by a government informant.

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Continuity of career: The vocational script in counseling older workers

In this article, the authors propose that counseling can assist people who are in their late 40s and early 50s and who are about to enter retirement or are in retirement to become aware of their perceptions of their vocational roles. It can do so through encouraged reflection on, reminiscence about, and definition of the various aspects of their work roles, how those roles became formed, and how those roles played out in the context of their family and social relationships and across various contexts. Through such counseling, these older adults can develop "vocational scripts"-adaptive views of the self at work that enhance personal perceptions of productivity and agency. Selected …

Ethnic Indians shave heads in Malaysia to protest detention of leaders

A group of minority ethnic Indians shaved their heads Thursday to protest the imprisonment of five community leaders who campaigned for equal rights in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

About 100 Indians gathered at the Batu Caves temple compound outside Kuala Lumpur to pray for the release of the leaders who were arrested last week under the Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial.

Sixteen of them had their heads shaved on the banks of a nearby river and walked to the temple, carrying posters of Mohandas K. Gandhi, India's independence leader who led millions in nonviolent protests, said S. Jayathas, one of the protesters.

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HIGH SCHOOLS

BOYS BASKETBALL

WEDNESDAY'S GAMES

CATHOLIC NORTH

St. Joseph 59, Hales 42

St. Joseph (3-2, 1-0): A.J. Patty 14 pts, 13 rebs; Reggie Johnson 14 pts

METRO PREP

St. Gregory 79, St. Martin de Porres 44

St. Gregory (2-4, 1-0, Metro Prep): Antonio Amoah 29 pts

NONCONFERENCE

Christ the King 67, Johnson 42

Christ the King (3-2): Roshawn Treadwell 20 pts; Laderek Guyton 14 pts

Collins 52, Schurz 50

Grayslake Central 56, Glenbrook South 53

Kenwood 56, Prosser 45

Kenwood: Kevin Swanson 18 pts

Marian Central 60, Prairie Ridge 43

Perspectives-Calumet 56, Robeson …

CDs give Karajan edge over Solti in milestones

Both the London (British Decca) and Deutsche Grammophon labelsare owned by Polydor, the German giant of the record industry. Intheory, they are independent and, indeed, compete with each other inthe international market. Recent events prove quite clearly that thetwo companies can take such different approaches to similar events.

Last autumn, Georg Solti, who has been a British Decca artistsince he began making records as a pianist in the late 1940s, markedhis 75th birthday. London/ Decca released three Compact Disc sets toobserve the occasion, but an autumn Solti release of three new itemsis not sufficiently out of the ordinary to receive a great deal ofattention. The …

GOP Makes Conditions on Wage Increase

WASHINGTON - Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, lawmakers said Friday.

The House appeared headed for a session stretching past midnight and a close vote. But even if the plan passed the House, it seemed likely to die in the Senate, keeping the minimum wage frozen at $5.15 per hour as it has been for a decade.

Republicans saw this as their best chance to date of winning permanent cuts to the estate tax, which comes in response to a powerful lobbying campaign by farmers and small businessmen - and super-wealthy families such as the Walton …

Yahoo to build data center near Buffalo

Internet giant Yahoo Inc. plans to open a data center in western New York.

Gov. David Paterson says that the center in Lockport north of Buffalo is expected to begin operating in January 2011 and will create about 125 jobs.

The governor says construction of the center, housing computer systems and …