David Ward

David Ward, a renowned urban geographer and the former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been appointed president of the nation's premier higher education lobby, the American Council on Education. "He is superbly equipped to give higher education the strong, clear voice it will require in the years ahead," said Stanley O. Ikenberry, who will step down after five years as president of the council.

David Ward, a renowned urban geographer and the former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been appointed president of the nation's premier higher education lobby, the American Council on Education. "He is superbly equipped to give higher education the strong, clear voice it will require in the years ahead," said Stanley O. Ikenberry, who will step down after five years as president of the council.

"One of the biggest disappointments of my young life was when the Cleveland Indians lost the World Series to the Giants," said screenwriter David Ward, who was 9 and living in Cleveland when the Indians blew their last chance in 1954. "It taught me that things don't always happen the way you think they should," he said. "It was a real crusher to me." Ward, who won a screenwriting Oscar for "The Sting," has had his own disappointments. He wrote and directed "Cannery Row," starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger, and wrote the adaptation for Robert Redford's "The Milagro Beanfield War."

"One of the biggest disappointments of my young life was when the Cleveland Indians lost the World Series to the Giants," said screenwriter David Ward, who was 9 and living in Cleveland when the Indians blew their last chance in 1954. "It taught me that things don't always happen the way you think they should," he said. "It was a real crusher to me." Ward, who won a screenwriting Oscar for "The Sting," has had his own disappointments. He wrote and directed "Cannery Row," starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger, and wrote the adaptation for Robert Redford's "The Milagro Beanfield War."

Two men were arrested Wednesday and three more are being sought in connection with at least 10 strong-arm robberies in the county, police said. Santa Ana police arrested Robert Nevarez Castaneda, 20, of Santa Ana and Michael Angel Lira, 18, of Garden Grove about an hour after two Buena Park residents were bound and their apartment ransacked Wednesday morning, police said. Castaneda and Lira are being held in County Jail on suspicion of robbery.

ON an old studio lot outside London, a production crew began work on the movie "Sahara" in November 2003 by staging the crash of a vintage airplane. But when the film opened in theaters in April 2005, the sequence had been deleted. "In the context of the movie, it didn't work," said director Breck Eisner. The cost of the 46-second clip: more than $2 million. This kind of spending, according to accounting records, helped turn "Sahara" into one of the biggest financial flops in Hollywood history.

The president of the Orange County Hells Angels' chapter pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal drug-trafficking charges, admitting his role in an elaborate drug ring that smuggled methamphetamine in shipments of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Howard Coones, a 45-year-old Garden Grove resident, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply and distribute ephedrine--the raw material used in the production of methamphetamine.

A Yakima Indian Nation jury Wednesday acquitted five tribe members charged with violating salmon-fishing regulations, saying their right to practice ancient religious customs had been violated. The five remain in custody, however, and face federal prison sentences of one to five years for their convictions in the 1983 case. The men smiled as they were led from the courtroom after Tribal Judge David Ward read the verdicts. Defendant David Sohappy said he was pleased.

The Indians are battling for first place in the American League East as the All-Star break approaches, but fans at Cleveland Municipal Stadium will get something extra with Friday's game against the Seattle Mariners: a Hollywood film crew. The film folks will be on hand to get crowd and establishing shots for "Major League," a picture written by Cleveland native David S. Ward--who also wrote or co-wrote "The Sting" and "The Milagro Beanfield War"--and starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger.

Preparing to fight Evgeny Makarenko of Russia in the quarterfinals of the 178-pound division of the Olympic boxing tournament, Andre Ward read the biblical story of David and Goliath. Like David, Ward was dwarfed by his opponent, who at 6 feet 6 was five inches taller. And like David, Ward found a way to fell the giant, not with a slingshot but with left and right shots, mounting enough of an attack Tuesday night to win, 23-16. "I studied how Goliath had gotten all the accolades," Ward said.