More than 20,000 people filled the streets of downtown Rochester Saturday night to watch some of the world’s best cyclists compete. “I always wanted to have a pro bike shop involved with a pro race,” said organizer Scott Page. “So, I put the two of them together.

More national attention in the case of a local escaped convict wanted for the shooting of a state trooper. The case of Ralph “Bucky” Phillips was featured on “America’s Most Wanted” Saturday night. He is accused of shooting Trooper Sean Brown earlier this month in Chemung County.

A car and motorcycle collided in Webster Saturday night sending two people to the hospital. It happened at the intersection of Ridge Road and Webster Commons Boulevard. Police said that the car turned into the path of the motorcycle.

Colm Donlon has just finished three months of doing what he loves most - intensive negotiation and corporate restructuring, writes Martin Baker.

The Rochester Children’s Zone Initiative is a comprehensive plan to help children succeed. The goal is to have the community support students and their families - to live healthy lives and get a good education.

If you love music and have any business sense, the music industry can be depressing. The Internet has the power to revitalize the music economy, create channels for buying hard-to-get music, and open our culture up once again to the unusual voices that revolutionized music - and society - in the sixties. The whole economic pie could become bigger by bringing underserved music markets back

Initially, the main use of iPod-like devices was to store and play hours of music. Now, however, it is becoming increasingly common for MP3 players to store and play almost any kind of audio information.

Knight’s Nike to ride World Cup deals; Page, Brin may be making payment plans; General Mills dishes earnings.

A recent volume of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences takes a closer look at how music evolved and how we respond to it. Contributors to the volume believe that animals such as birds, dolphins and whales make sounds analogous to music out of a desire to imitate each other. [click link for full article]

XYZ Computing - Often what happens when MP3 players are reviewed is that they are compared profusely with the market leader, Apple. The end result is usually something along the lines of “well, it’s not as good as an iPod, but….”