Paes-Dlouhy crash out in second round again

March 28th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza cleared the first round in the doubles and mixed doubles pre-quarters respectively with their partners in the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson tennis event. Paes and Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy beat Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and Argentine Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-2 here Friday.

March 29th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles have been ousted from the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson Open. The third-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair went down fighting to Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 5-7, 6-10 in the first round here Saturday.

March 26th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Sania Mirza went down to France's Mathilde Johansson in an over two hour duel in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis here. Sania, who was given a wildcard, battled for two hour and 22 minutes before losing 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (8) Wednesday.

June 9th, 2009 Everyone looks forward to the D-day of their choicest preferences. And so does a geek to Apple's worldwide Conference.

January 18th, 2009 HONOLULU - Arjun Atwal signed off with an even par-70 to finish the week at two-over 282 in the $5.4 million Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club. Atwal, who was done in by bogeys on the front nine, finished tied 65th and earned $11,178.

January 15th, 2009 HONOLULU - Arjun Atwal returned to the top league with a one-under 69 that placed him in the 24th place at the end of the first round of the Sony Open, the first full field event on the US PGA Tour. Atwal, who played the Nationwide and finished in the top-25 to earn a berth back into the PGA Tour opened on the 10th tee parred the back nine before he bogeyed the first and fifth holes.

September 30th, 2009 Govt warns Toyota owners about stuck acceleratorsWASHINGTON — The government is warning owners of Toyota and Lexus vehicles about safety problems tied to removable floor mats. They say the mats could interfere with the vehicle's accelerator and cause a crash.

October 5th, 2009 Toyota formally recalls 3.8 million vehiclesWASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. is officially recalling 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas pedal to get stuck and cause a crash.

July 13th, 2009 Handful of hotels offering e-readers to guestsMIAMI — Never mind wi-fi or even iPod docking stations. The latest digital accessory to be offered by hotels is an e-reader.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - A teenage girl, who was sheltering from a storm beneath a tree, survived a devastating lightning strike after her iPod, which was round her neck, diverted the 300,000-volt surge that hit her. Sophie Frost, 14, received just minor burns and singed hair as the bolt zipped through the headphone wire hanging from her school uniform, scorching her clothes but missing all her vital organs.

January 14th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Even mighty Google is feeling the effects of the global recession. The advertising and software giant is cutting 100 recruiting jobs and plans to shutter three engineering offices in Norway, Sweden and Texas, the company announced.

June 5th, 2009 The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E3 - the world's largest convention for video games - has ended this Thursday with a total of 40,000 attendees compared to about 5,000 over the past two years. We have to wait till June 15th to 17th, 2010 for the next E3 to be held at Los Angeles Convention Center.

September 30th, 2009 Toyota Prius stays on top in mileageThere's no sunroof available in the latest Lexus IS cars. But no one is going to complain.

August 5th, 2009 Subaru Forester among few vehicles setting recordsThe Honda CR-V hasn't done it. The Ford Escape, Toyota RAV4 and Hyundai Tucson also have been unable to boost sales this year over last year's levels.

July 29th, 2009 Kia replaces Spectra with more refined ForteKia's newest car, the 2010 Forte, is a convincing alternative for small sedan shoppers who feel the Toyota Corolla has gotten too pricey and the Honda Civic is too ordinary. The four-door, five-passenger Forte is about the same size as the two best-selling small sedans.