Johnson's 19-points propel UC Santa Barbara to 85-57 win over Cal St-Los Angeles. Orlando Johnson was a perfect 8-for-8 shooting, scoring 19 points, as UC Santa Barbara beat Cal State-Los Angeles 85-57 Saturday night. Johnson was 7-for-7 from the field and 1-for-1 from 3-point range. The only shots he missed on the night were from the free through line (4-for8).

Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed Chinese director behind "Hero" and the Olympics opening ceremony, was once an edgy filmmaker whose work was frowned upon -- and sometimes banned -- by authorities.

Pentagon: Military women account for disproportionate share of those discharged for being gay. Pentagon officials won't speculate why women in uniform are more likely to be discharged from the armed services under "don't ask, don't tell," but critics of the policy say that new figures reflect deep-seated sexism in the armed forces.

Navy will discipline former leader of dog handler unit investigated in hazing of gay sailor. The former leader of a bomb-sniffing dog unit in Bahrain will be removed from his current position and forced to retire after the Navy reviewed years-old allegations of hazing and sexual harassment against a gay sailor and others.

US Army to spend nearly $17M developing new computer research center at University of Illinois. The U.S. Army is financing a new research center at the University of Illinois to develop technology for computer networks used on battlefields and in other similarly difficult environments.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration received more research yesterday to help make its case for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces. A survey of troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan concluded that having gay or lesbian soldiers in fighting units has no significant impact on unit cohesion or readiness. The data raise new doubts about the underlying assumption of the congressional ban, namely that military discipline will fall apart if gays and lesbians are permitted to serve openly. ``Service members said the most important factors for unit cohesion and readiness were the quality of their officers, training, and equipment,'' said Laura Miller, a military sociologist at the RAND Corporation, a private research group that has long advised the Pentagon, which conducted the study along with the University of Florida. ``Serving with another service member who was gay or lesbian was not a significant factor that affected unit cohesion or readiness to fight.''

Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet. Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet:

Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet. Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet:

As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten the openness that spawned e-mail, YouTube and Twitter. Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.

As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten the openness that spawned e-mail, YouTube and Twitter. Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.

As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten the openness that spawned e-mail, YouTube and Twitter. Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.

Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet. Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet:

As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten the openness that spawned e-mail, YouTube and Twitter. Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.

SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher on Thursday said the United States should have a "good snap-back" from recession in the final months of 2009, but that future growth could be a "slow crawl."

SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher on Thursday said the United States should have a "good snap-back" from recession in the final months of 2009, but that future growth could be a "slow crawl."

Navy taking closer look at hazing of gay dog handler, other personnel, in Bahrain for Iraq war. The Navy is reviewing how it handled the case of a gay sailor abused by fellow servicemen in Bahrain for two years until he sought a discharge by coming out to his commanding officer, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

Fish dinners not so endangered: Collapse of fisheries less likely, but fight's not over yet. Crabcakes and fish sticks won't be disappearing after all. Two years after a study warned that overfishing could cause a collapse in the world's seafood stocks by 2048, an update says the tide is turning, at least in some areas.

List of top party schools released by Princeton Review. The nation's top party schools, according to Princeton Review's 2009 survey of 122,000 students.

Allies' experiences draw scrutiny as US debates letting gays serve openly in military. When it comes to dealing with gay personnel in the ranks, the contrasts are stark among some of the world's proudest, toughest militaries ? and these differing approaches are invoked by both sides as Americans renew debate over the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Allies' experiences draw scrutiny as US debates letting gays serve openly in military. When it comes to dealing with gay personnel in the ranks, the contrasts are stark among some of the world's proudest, toughest militaries ? and these differing approaches are invoked by both sides as Americans renew debate over the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.