Metro BRIEFINGS

SEX LASTS: Couples over 60 may get more out of their lovemaking, astudy suggests. It says that more than 1 in 3 married couples inthat age group have sex at least once a week and 16 percent make loveseveral times a week. Moreover, the older couples talk to oneanother and play at romance more. Stories on Pages 1 and 28. SCHOOL BOARD BATTLE: Albert N. Logan, a member of the Chicago Boardof Education since 1990, criticized the School Finance Authority'sinterference with the board Tuesday and threatened to quit. "I amunwilling to be on a board that doesn't have authority to makedecisions," Logan said in a letter to Mayor Daley. Story on Page12. LONG LIFE STORY: Arthur Lang did more, …

Obama confers with leaders of Britain, France

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his British and French counterparts want Libya to comply immediately with a U.N. Security Council resolution that creates a no-fly zone to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

The White House says Obama telephoned British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday evening after …

AP Interview: IOC close to new sponsorship deals

The International Olympic Committee is close to finalizing deals with new global sponsors for the 2012 London Games.

IOC marketing commission chairman Gerhard Heiberg told The Associated Press that he hopes to wrap up the negotiations in Vancouver at next month's Winter Games.

"We are still speaking to several companies, and we will speak to them just before the games in Vancouver," Heiberg said in a telephone interview. "We are in good communication with some possible sponsors. We are still talking. We are close. We need to finalize."

The IOC currently has nine companies in its top-tier TOP sponsorship program for the …

Heart ailment sends Bradley to hospital

WASHINGTON Bill Bradley suspended his presidential campaign tripin California on Friday because of an irregular heartbeat andrevealed in the process that he has been treated for this conditionsince 1996.

After a morning appearance in Sacramento, Bradley, 56, called offa press conference at the Berkeley Marina, across the bay from SanFrancisco, to seek treatment for atrial fibrillation.

The former New Jersey senator and basketball star was taken toSequoia Hospital near Palo Alto. But his condition had returned tonormal, and he was not treated at the hospital.

"It's more inconvenience than a problem," Bradley campaignspokesman Eric Hauser said.

"I would …

IDIOTIC, ENDEARING AND UNDERCOVER: Undercover Brother

Far exceeding my lowly expectations, the idiotic, yet endearing Undercover Brother unleashes its farcical humor with a reckless abandon that is, at times, infectious and oddly rewarding. Both spoofing and endorsing the Blaxploitation films from the '70s, Undercover Brother begins with a voiceover about how Black culture went through an upswing during the late '60s and then hit a sharp downturn during the '80s and '90s--a downturn evidenced through images of people like Urkel. Combating this decline, though, is our titular hero (played by Eddie Griffin). Looking as if he comes from another era (Griffin might well have stepped out of a re-run of Soul Train with his platform shoes, huge afro …

China's CNOOC says 1H net profit up 89 pct

CNOOC Ltd., China's largest offshore oil and gas producer by capacity, said Wednesday that its net profit jumped 89 percent in January-June thanks to higher output and surging oil prices.

The Beijing-based company, the only one of China's three major state-owned oil companies that does not have a significant refining business, said net profit in the first half of the year was 27.5 billion yuan (US$4 billion), up from 14.6 billion yuan in the same period of 2007.

"Benefiting from high oil prices and effective cost control, the companys net profit for the first half of the year increased significantly," CNOOC's chairman Fu Chengyu said in a …

KANAWHA COUNTY COMMISSION: ; Attorney wants dog law to be made more specific

A local attorney is asking the Kanawha County Commission toconsider revising the language in its newly approved animalordinance, criticizing some of the existing rules for being toovague.

Christopher S. Smith, an attorney with Hoyer, Hoyer and Smith,PLLC, said he was attending Thursday's commission meeting as a doglover and pet owner. He wanted to talk to commissioners about theordinance, which passed in August, and offer suggestions on how itcould be made more effective.

The ordinance, aimed at limiting how and for how long dog ownerscan keep their animals chained outdoors, hasn't taken effect yet. Itpassed with a six-month moratorium to give the county time …