Lamborghini

MAGNY COURS, France -- Nigel Mansell of Britain out-dueled Alain Prost of France over 72 laps for his first Formula One victory of the year.Mansell's Williams-Renault finished five seconds ahead of Prost's Ferrari at the finish. They were separated by only a few seconds throughout the 192-mile race.Ayrton Senna of Brazil was third in a McLaren-Honda. Senna, the defending world champion, won the first four races of the season and leads in the drivers standings with 48 points.1. Nigel Mansell, Britain, Williams-Renault, 1 hour, 38 minutes, 0.056 seconds, 117.011 mph. 2. Alain Prost, France, Ferrari, 5.003 seconds behind.

In the movies, Gotham City police required a giant spotlight to find Batman. Montgomery County police didn't have to go quite so far, finding him cruising around in a Lamborghini Wednesday in Silver Spring and pulling the unidentified man over for not having proper tags. The bizarre picture was posted to the department's official Twitter page today, followed by a note clarifying that the "Batmobile" wasn't towed.  Officer Janelle Smith, a police spokeswoman, said the driver is a Good Samaritan who dresses up as Batman and visits sick children at local hospitals.

I hear people complaining all the time that there aren't enough hours in the day. Between working, sleeping, paying e-bills, answering emails, texting, household chores, commuting, fixing the car and dealing with idiots, the 24 hours of the day whirl by and there's no time to enjoy life, no time to relax with family and friends, no time to do the things we say we should do. You know: "We should go on a picnic"; "We should take a drive to the coast";...

A Johns Hopkins University dean who discovered the life-saving potential of vitamin A was awarded a prestigious public health prize yesterday in Boston. Dr. Alfred Sommer, 60, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, received the 15th annual Alpert Foundation Prize, given to researchers who have come up with medical discoveries that have led to important advances in public health. Sommer expressed pride in the honor: "It's one of the few awards for scientific discovery that requires that the discovery actually improves the lives of people."

Love matches we'd like to see:* Tonya Harding-John McEnroe. Jeff Gillooly's gone, Tatum O'Neal took a powder. Meet the latest "power" couple, two kids with a chip on their shoulders the size of the Matterhorn.It's their first dinner date. The salmon almondine arrives. It's slightly overcooked. Mac roars "This is the pits of the world!" and overturns the table. Tonya kneecaps the waiter with a Heineken bottle.Headline in next day's New York Post: Tonya to cops: "I'm in love!"* The Taster's Choice couple.

According to criminal information filed in U.S. District Court by the U.S. attorney's office, the following were among the property bought by Rodney R. Hailey with funds from the sale of bogus fuel credits: Vehicles: 2010 Nissan Armada 2005 BMW 645 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2008 Mercedes Benz S-Class 2005 BMW 645 2007 Cadillac Escalade 2008 Mercedes Benz S550 2007 BMW 650IC 2007 BMW M6 2006 BMW...

A Johns Hopkins University dean who discovered the life-saving potential of vitamin A was awarded a prestigious public health prize yesterday in Boston. Dr. Alfred Sommer, 60, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, received the 15th annual Alpert Foundation Prize, given to researchers who have come up with medical discoveries that have led to important advances in public health. Sommer expressed pride in the honor: "It's one of the few awards for scientific discovery that requires that the discovery actually improves the lives of people."

ANNAPOLIS -- "It's sort of like the old Viewmaster, only more sophisticated," said Kevin Teixeira, a spokesman for Intel Corp., co-developer of the computer program he was about to demonstrate.But comparing Mr. Teixeira's computer program to a Viewmaster is like comparing a Model-T to a Lamborghini: Each has a steering wheel and four tires, but it's hard to see many similarities after that.Don a special helmet and, with a turn of your head, you can fly along with multicolored fish in the direction of a floating swimming pool.

I don't know why every lottery winner doesn't do this. The 82-year-old winner of the recent $144 million Powerball jackpot shunned the news conference and sent his lawyer instead. "Helium-filled balloons bobbed in the air at the Frank D. Reeves Center on U Street NW," The Washington Post reported last week. "Icing on a sheet cake exclaimed: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE D.C. LOTTERY'S $144 MILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT WINNER! Gift bags were filled with small favors, all with the lottery's logo. But the winner kept his distance.

Several hundred former Sparrows Point workers gathering late Monday afternoon for details of their steel mill's demise heard from union leaders that at least two groups had wanted to restart the plant but weren't given the chance. Joe Rosel, president of United Steelworkers Local 9477 in Sparrows Point, told the crowd that Sherman International, an iron and steel equipment supplier in Pittsburgh, wanted to operate the plant and tried to bid $150 million for it last week. "They were told they couldn't bid because the plant wasn't for sale anymore," Rosel said.