A Friendlier Face?

Dossier: Accounting Software

TICKER: Subsidiary of The Sage Group (London: SGE.L)

EMPLOYEES: 3,000 (N. America)

RON VERNI

CEO

Hired in 1996 to be president of accounting software vendor Peachtree Software, which Sage Group acquired in 1999.

HIMANSHU PALSULE

Senior VP & GM, Accounting Solutions

Headed human-resources software for Best Software, which Sage Group bought in 2000.

PRODUCTS

Accounting software packages include Sage Accpac ERP (previously Accpac's core product line), which has general ledger, purchase order, order entry, accounts payable, payroll, human-resources and inventory features; …

Boy, 11, questioned in death of 7-year-old in Ohio

Police in Cincinnati say they have questioned and released an 11-year-old boy who they believe fatally shot a 7-year-old neighbor.

Authorities say the younger boy died Friday after being shot with a rifle in the basement playroom of his home.

No charges have been filed. Police Sgt. Gary Connor said police are investigating the death as a negligent homicide. Two other children and an adult were in the home at the …

B. W. Stevenson, 38; country-pop singer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) Country-pop singer-songwriter B. W.Stevenson, best known for his 1970s hits "My Maria" and "Shambala,"died of heart disease Thursday in Veteran's Hospital. He was 38.

The Dallas-born musician had undergone heart surgery Monday,said family friend Betsy Bass. He had been ill for two months, shesaid.

Mr. Stevenson, born Louis Charles Stevenson III, was known asB.W. which stood for Buckwheat.

He enjoyed some pop success …

Moscow police arrest 500 as ethnic tensions linger

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies say Moscow police have arrested 500 people to stop them attending rival protests over the killing of a soccer fan and the ethnic violence that erupted after the slaying.

A young Moscow man was fatally shot with rubber bullets during a fight with people from the Russia's Caucasus region at a bus stop this month.

People from the Caucasus are typically darker-skinned than northern Russians and many are Muslim. They have traditionally been victims of ethnic …

English Soccer Summaries

Summaries of Sunday's English Premier League matches (home teams listed first):

Liverpool 3, Blackburn 1

Liverpool: Steven Gerrard (60), Fernando Torres (82), Andriy Voronin (90)

Blackburn: Roque Santa Cruz …

Red-hot Fontenot credits Rudy

Mike Fontenot is proving to be one of the early success stories of new hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo.

The Cubs' second baseman leads the team in hitting with a .333 average after hitting a solid .355 in spring training -- all after making adjustments suggested by Jaramillo.

''I came to camp about a week early, and after a couple days we started working on some things,'' Fontenot said. ''I got a little taller [standing] in the box. I used to not really stride in my swing. We closed up [the stance] a little and worked on rhythm and timing. It's felt good.''

Fontenot hit only .236 last season after reaching .305 in 119 games in 2008. Getting back to hitting …

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