World No. 2 Novak Djokovic stumbled at the opening hurdle at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick cruised into the third round.

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We could have an entire “nouvelle vague” of volunteers — the also-rans of reality television.I’d say there’s even an outside chance that Robert Blake will show up this year too — although to hear him tell it, after the $10 million he spent on lawyers in his murder trial, and now a jury order that he pay his dead wife’s family $30 million, he may wind up eating the free food, not serving it.*PATT MORRISON’s e-mail is patt.morrison.. A Palestinian teenager was shot and critically wounded by Israeli naval forces while fishing off the Gaza Strip coast, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.It was not clear what weapon was used against 17-year-old Khaled abu Ryala, who was taken to a central Gaza hospital for surgery.An Israeli military source said the navy boat opened fire when the fishing vessel strayed outside waters Palestinians are allowed to fish in.Citing security concerns, Israel bars Palestinians from fishing near the Egyptian border in southern Gaza and near Israel in northern Gaza.. The first new southern oil concession was granted recently to a tiny, previously unknown firm, led by a former English cricketer with little experience in oil exploration.The controversial deal between Phil Edmonds’ White Nile Ltd. “I am not ashamed of being here, but I don’t need my colleagues to read about it.”. 11, 2001, and the only one not to reach its target.Though credible, the show is, at least in part, a speculative account of the events onboard the plane after it was seized by terrorists and flown toward Washington, D.C., before crashing in Somerset County, Pa.