A warning from Texas Instruments could cause retreat in stocks Tuesday from their record levels as the Federal Reserve starts a two-day meeting.Comment

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves put third baseman Chipper Jones on the 15-day disabled list Thursday night so their insurance company will pay a portion of his $13.6 million salary.

I have an old Craftsman 8-hp chipper-shredde r with a plastic gas tank. A valve screws to the bottom of the tank. From there a foot of hose leads to a transparent filter, from which another foot of hose leads to the carburetor. When I try to start for the first time in the day there may be no gas in

Atlanta Braves Chipper Jones, left, and Marcus Giles (22) celebrate after scoring against the Washington Nationals on a Brian McCann double during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

All the signs say an era is ending in Atlanta. The Braves are all but mathematically eliminated from winning the NL East, ending the team's streak of 14 straight division titles.

A COMPANY has offered to sell discount knives to pupils at a Wokingham special school in the middle of the nation-wide blade amnesty.

It's rubber and features a zipper That runs down its length; and the shipper Is caught by surprise By the movements and cries: In this body bag lies something chipper!