Toews, Montador score twice, Blackhawks top Oilers

CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews and Steve Montador each scored twice to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Sunday night for their third straight victory.

Duncan Keith had a goal and assist for Chicago (11-4-3), which handed Edmonton its third consecutive loss. Daniel Carcillo capped the scoring with an empty-net goal.

Ryan Smyth, Jordan Eberle and Shawn Horcoff scored for the Oilers (9-6-2).

Montador, a defenseman playing his 10th NHL season, had his first two-goal game. He …

In China, Vargas Llosa criticizes authoritarianism

BEIJING (AP) — Authoritarian governments corrupt society, Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa told students in China, where state media covered his speech without mentioning his political comments.

The Peruvian writer spoke Tuesday at Shanghai International Studies University, which named him an honorary professor.

Without mentioning China directly, he said he wanted to show in his 1969 novel "Conversation in the Cathedral" ''how a dictatorial and authoritarian government corrupts all the society" and "effectively poisons the less political activities, those activities that are further from politics, corrupting and degrading them."

"Politics should not be left only in the …

On Freud's "Creative Writers and Day-dreaming,"

On Freud's "Creative Writers and Day-dreaming," edited by E. Person, P. Fonagy, and S. Figueira. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, pp. 196.

This collection of papers, based on Freud's "Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming" is most welcome, for Freud opened up a connection between child's play, phantasy, and creativity that has remained fruitful throughout the century. The contributors to the volume have taken this occasion to make summaries of their most important contributions concerning phantasy and creativity, and have presented informed reviews of essential ideas on the topic from Freud, Klein, and Bion.

Several authors debate the nature of unconscious phantasy and …

New Jersey base suspends outdoor weapons testing after shell fragment crashes into home

The Army is suspending outdoor weapons testing at a northern New Jersey base after a wayward artillery shell fragment crashed through the roof of a home miles away, fatally injuring a pet cat, the base's commanding officer said Saturday.

Picatinny Arsenal officials will investigate how a 2-pound (0.91-kilogram) piece of artillery fired from the base ended up crashing through the roof of a Jefferson Township home Friday afternoon, Brig. …

Syracuse overwhelms Vermont 79-56

Five years ago Vermont shocked Syracuse in overtime in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Catamounts never had a chance to duplicate that amazing moment.

Wes Johnson had 18 points to lead five Syracuse players in double figures, and the top-seeded Orange beat Vermont 79-56 on Friday night in the first round of NCAA tournament.

The Syracuse zone defense clamped down at the outset and allowed few openings, and the Orange rolled up a 20-2 run to take command early.

"Going to practice, that was our emphasis, to focus on the defensive end, get out and play defense like we did at the beginning of the year," Johnson said. "I think …

Country living taps world of looks

Country living doesn't always mean Early American furnishings.

It can have a sophisticated urban look, a relaxed contemporarySouthwest mood, the elegance of a French or English manor home, orthe charm of a cottage of yesteryear.

All these lifestyles and others are represented about 45 mileswest of Chicago at the 1991 Show of Homes in Sugar Grove at theWindstone Valley development tomorrow through Aug. 25.

Six furnished single family custom homes and one custom townhouse, priced from $219,500 to $349,900, are on display.

Interior designers have decorated these homes to enhancearchitectural features. For example, a soaring ceiling may bepainted a …

Western Kentucky stuns Hofstra 62-60 in P.R.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Juan Pattillo had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Steffphon Pettigrew scored 12 points and Western Kentucky beat Hofstra 62-60 Friday night in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

The Pride (1-2) blew an eight-point lead with 2:50 left in the game.

Kahlil McDonald hit consecutive 3s that pulled Western Kentucky (3-1) to 59-56. Caden Dickerson sank a 3-pointer with 35 …