Drinks.

Dirty Banana Mudslide

1 1/4 oz. Island Oasis Banana

1 1/4 oz. Island Oasis Ice Cream

1 1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream

1/2 oz. coffee liqueur

1/2 oz. vodka

Add to a blender cup with ice. Blend and garnish with a banana slice.

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Portofino Tini

Created by Justin Werner, manager of Lexington, KY's Portofino.

2 1/2 oz. Courvoisier VS

3/4 oz. raspberry liqueur

splash Toad Hollow Risque Sparkling Wine

Chill cognac and raspberry liqueur in a mixer filled with ice. Strain into Martini glass and top with splash of cold sparkling wine.

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Lowell's Big Hits Rally Sox Over Yankees

BOSTON - Mike Lowell dished out the big hits - with his body and his bat. Lowell homered to start a Red Sox comeback and also flattened two Yankees in a pair of basepath collisions on Saturday as Boston beat New York 11-6. First baseman Doug Mientkiewicz was taken from the field on a cart after banging his head on Lowell's hip while trying to one-hop a bad throw from shortstop Derek Jeter.

"That was like a football game," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I think everybody leaves these games just mentally and physically exhausted. Just a lot of hard baseball."

The Yankees scored four in the sixth inning to take a 5-3 lead, but Boston tied it in the bottom half on …

"We want to connect the unconneced"

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has spent half his 54 years with finnishmobile telephony major Nokia. Since joining the company as CorporateCounsel in 1980, he has played a critical role in transforming the150-year-old one-time lumber company into a giant of the digital age.Nokia has also become the largest multinational corporation in Indiaand, according to estimates, posted revenues of Rs 15,800 crore forthe year ended December 2006. Globally, Nokia closed 2006 withrevenues of m41.1 billion (Rs 2,30,160 crore). A recent survey byGartner gave it a global market share of 36.9 per cent in the secondquarter of this calendar year during which it sold over 100 milliondevices. On his first …

PLAN AHEAD.(Capital Region)

Rotary Club ziti dinner benefits food bank

GLENVILLE -- Glenville Rotary Club's 21st annual ziti dinner will be held from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Glenville Senior Center on Worden Road.

Proceeds will benefit the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Scotia-Glenville Food Pantry and other Rotary projects. Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for children and seniors. Tickets are available at the door.

Visit http://www.glenvillerotary.org for information.

Maple Ski Ridge hosts fundraiser this weekend

SCHENECTADY -- For the sixth year, the Go Red for Women campaign and Maple Ski Ridge are teaming up to sponsor a 24-hour …

Pepper chicken is fast and good for you, too.(Life - Food)(Recipe)

Byline: SARAH FRITSCHNER - (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal

Ethnic flavors continue to enchant American taste buds, and research shows our purchases of Asian foods in the grocery store are still climbing.

Our pepper chicken recipe demonstrates some of the best attributes of Asian food. It tastes great - loads of garlic and a little soy sauce give it a distinct ethnic flavor without a bunch of special ingredients.

Make sure it tastes best by using a naturally fermented soy sauce: Kikkoman is one, but there are others.

It's fast. Although you are chopping and slicing, the technique is straightforward and non-threatening - slice the chicken …

POWELL SENTENCED FOR DEALING DRUGS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: BECHETTA JACKSON Staff writer

SCHENECTADY -- Still facing trial for the murder of his first wife, Warren Powell was sentenced Thursday to 41 to 125 years in prison for selling 0.13 of a gram of cocaine to an undercover State Police officer.

Powell, 26, of Valatie, was convicted on 11 felony drug counts after a jury trial Jan. 28. Shackled at the feet and wearing orange jail garb, he showed no emotion as ating Schenectady County Judge Richard C. Giardino imposed 8- to 25-year consecutive sentences on five convictions of felony criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Powell's blank expression melted to tears as jail guards escorted him out of …

America's Rich Getting Richer Once More, Magazine Says.

Sep. 20--The US economy is improving for the super rich. After two years of declines, the total net worth of America's richest people rose 10 percent to $955 billion this year from 2002, according to Forbes magazine. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in top spot at $46 billion, is $3 …