MANHUNT UNCOVERS BODY OF SERB LEADER.(MAIN)

Byline: ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro -- For the family of Serbia's missing former president, an agonizing three-year wait ended with a phone call from police.

The officer on the line called Friday to say that they had found the body of Ivan Stambolic buried on Mt. Fruska Gora, 40 miles northwest of the Serbian capital. The discovery was made Thursday during the hunt for the killers of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

The news, though tragic, also offered relief, said Stambolic's son Veljko.

``I will finally be able to bury my father's body and light a candle at his grave,'' Veljko, 36, told The Associated …

NYRA EYES HIALEAH FOR DUAL PURPOSES.(Sports)

Byline: Matt Graves

The new-look New York Racing Association administration continues to surprise its critics with progressive moves unlike any seen for years.

First came the move to five weeks at Saratoga beginning this summer. Now, NYRA is attempting to acquire troubled Hialeah in Florida and there are rumors Finger Lakes is also on the NYRA hit list.

And some NYRA officials have made no secret of their desire to someday gain control of Off Track Betting. Such moves would give NYRA complete control of racing in New York.

The latest news of the attempt to get Hialeah marks the second time over the past year that NYRA execs have made …

Pope departs on 3-day trip to Cyprus

Pope Benedict XVI departed Friday on a sensitive three-day trip to Cyprus, a visit likely to be overshadowed by shock over the killing in Turkey of a bishop who had been scheduled to meet with the pontiff.

Cyprus, an island divided between ethnic Turks and Greeks, is viewed by the Vatican as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East. The pope's visit is expected to be a key test of whether the pope has found his diplomatic feet after his linking of Islam to violence during a speech in Germany led to outrage in the Muslim world _ and nearly forced the cancellation of a trip to Turkey in 2006.

Benedict left from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport at around 9:40 …

Jury visits home of man charged in 11 deaths

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home visited the property Monday before opening statements in the high-profile case.

Under a sunny blue sky, a jury motorcade of four vans under police escort left the courthouse for the fenced-off home of Anthony Sowell, 51, who passed on the chance to accompany jurors.

Sowell, who has been jailed since his arrest in 2009, has pleaded not guilty. He faces the death penalty if convicted.

It took nearly three weeks to seat the jury from a pool of about 200 prospective jurors. Those who were chosen were driven to Sowell's home to look at the neighborhood, …

Disaster Recovery: Staying Afloat in the Face Of Unspeakable Tragedy: A year after 9/11, business continuity is more than a full-time job for CIOs.(Citigroup's Bill Krivoshik)

No matter how thorough a disaster recovery plan, there's always something that's overlooked or underestimated, particularly when the calamity pushes beyond anyone's reasonable worst-case scenario. But what unfolded on the morning of September 11, 2001, was incomprehensible.

"The plan always was that something may happen where we'd lose a building, or a floor. But on September 11, we were out the six or seven buildings that we had downtown," says Bill Krivoshik, CTO, global investment management for the unit of Citigroup that handles asset management and private banking.

Krivoshik's unit, which has nearly 1,200 employees, was located in 7 World Trade Center, which collapsed several hours after the Twin Towers, which were across the street. Despite the destruction of its offices and the temporary dislocation of as many as 16,000 Citi employees in lower Manhattan, the unit and the entire institution were back in …

AEGEE-BAKU - EUROPEAN STUDENTS FORUM HOLDS SUMMER UNIVERSITY IN BAKU.

Baku, 16 August (AzerTAc) -- During the event students from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain and other countries were informed of Azerbaijan`s history, traditions, and national values. European Students Forum …

TARULLO OFFICIALLY AN ORANGEMAN.(SPORTS)

Byline: BILL ARSENAULT Staff writer

COLONIE -- Matt Tarullo made it official Monday. The Colonie High football standout signed a national letter of intent to attend Syracuse University of the Big East.

Tarullo, a 6-foot-6, 280-pound senior tackle, made his decision after visiting the Syracuse campus earlier this month.

``I really feel this is the right choice for me,'' Tarullo said at a news conference Monday. ``The people were great and the school is great. The football is great and the academics are great.''

Tarullo, named Offensive Player of the Year by the Times Union last week, had originally signed a national letter-of-intent to …