VALCOURT, QC, Dec.

Authorities in Illinois said an Asian carp in the Illinois River jumped out of the water knocked a man from his jet ski.

New company president to assume position April 1. IRVINE, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. has announced that Shigehiko ("Scott") Kiyama, company president since 2006, will be succeeded in that position by Takeshi Teranishi, effective April 1, 2009.

By Bob Hood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jan. 13--As "jet skis" have become "personal watercraft," the way they are viewed has also changed.

LET'S PAINT A PICTURE of the ugly American, one a snickering Frenchman would love. Start with a beer can in one hand. Add a pot belly and a tank top. A cigarette dangling from his lips. Slap on a pair of "Terminator" shades. Then, for full effect, put him on a Jet Ski.