filed under arizona basketball pac10 basketball ncaa basketball coaches nba prospectsits been a lousy 12 month period for lute olson. by any definition. the health issues that kept him from coaching for the year that were called personal reasons the nasty divorce from his wife finally settled the overhauling of his coaching staff last year that blew up badly players declaring for the nba draft tho...
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the fight over mortgage bailout bill still being debated by congress has helped expose what is one of the best kept secrets in washington. despite the fact that the median home is worth 218000 speaker nancy pelosi is threatening to kill the bill unless the cap on the size of mortgages the federal government can guarantee is raised to 730000. so why is pelosi threatening to stall legislation that s...
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this post is by ewgs stellar media intern sameem. the buzz on gas prices has people rethinking the way they travel. usa today recently reported record breaking public transit ridership based on a study by the american public transportation association apta. for the months of january through march 2008 ridership increased 10 when compared to the same months in 2007. and while many riders are makin...
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new news in kansas wind development hays daily news. six very windrich kansas counties are talking about grouping together in some sort of compact to promote wind development trego wallace sherman thomas gove and logan. in part their approach will be to develop and control the infrastructure needed to get wind resources to market. imagine if during the last century farmers coops had been able to ...
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new sony patent reveals details of upcoming handheld touch screen console. maybe. the inventor is phil harrison. but if this is all it takes to file a us patent i think i will run off a few this afternoon. japanese researchers develop 42 gbyte dvd. when you consider that bluray is 25 gbyte for single layer and 50 gbyte for dual layer this is a significant advance. online delivery may well be takin...
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the cdc says now that we have 887 people infected with salmonella saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 38 states and the district of columbia. two new states alabama and south carolina report ill persons. the number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows alabama 2 persons arkansas 10 arizona 44 california 8 colorado 11 connecticut 4 florida 1 georgia 2...
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usa today reports that many states have continued selling scratchoff jackpot tickets long after the top prizes emblazoned all over the tickets have already been awarded. a law professor in virginia is filing a class action suit claiming the state sold more than 20 million worth of such tickets per year for at least three years. the states claim that the practice isnt fraudulent because smaller pri...
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it looks like the tampa tribune has finally started posting again to the polk county news blog. when it was helmed by billy townsend the blog was an important part of the local news community. whoever takes it over has big shoes to fill. just ask joe girardi what it has been like to take over for joe torre. so whos the new reporter jennifer leigh. not the poker player thats jennifer jennicide le...
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usa today reports that many states have continued selling scratchoff jackpot tickets long after the top prizes emblazoned all over the tickets have already been awarded. a law professor in virginia is filing a class action suit claiming the state sold more than 20 million worth of such tickets per year for at least three years.the states claim that the practice isnt fraudulent because smaller priz...
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filming in brooklyn has an exclusive report from yesterdays i hate valentines day shoot. check it out. omg its a dream come true the peach pit is back it may be time for an l.a. pilgrimage soon my one and only was filming at mount vernon place in baltimore yesterday. looks like revolutionary road filmed in ct wont be hitting any festivals this fall. usa today reports on location shoots are up d...
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consider all the primaryera bullshit spin we heard the first half of this year and none was more offensive to me than the notion that latinos wouldnt support obama because a he was black or b they supported clinton too heavily or c because mccain had a good relationship with that group based on his preflip flop support for comprehensive immigration reform or d because thats what the b.s. conventio...
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from usa today by jerry potter and ted bloch usa today bethesda md. k.j. choi hopes there is no better cure to a spiraling season than playing in a tournament he won just a year ago. after missing cuts in three of his last four starts chois tuesday and wednesday practice rounds at the att national brought back a sense of familiarity and confidence to the south korean who conquered the congre...
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filed under deals ever since circuit city stores nyse cc ceo philip j. schoonover sliced 3400 sales people in march 2007 to save money i have questioned the savvy of its management. thats because many of those fired sales people took their customers over to ideal buy nyse bby. as its stock lost 86 of its value i was surprised that anyone would make a bid for it. yet blockbuster nyse bbi the strugg...
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consider all the primaryera bullshit spin we heard the first half of this year and none was more offensive to me than the notion that latinos wouldnt support obama because a he was black or b they supported clinton too heavily or c because mccain had a good relationship with that group based on his preflip flop support for comprehensive immigration reform or d because thats what the b.s. conventio...
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a new report published this week by usa today implies that paedophiles are starting to use games consoles in order to target children.......
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remember back in may when john mccain called upon barack obama to visit iraq and get a firsthand look at the situation there well barack obama remembers and he has announced plans to visit the successtorn country sometime before the november election. naturally the mccain campaign is shocked and dismayed that obama would do such a thing. a thing they urged him to do. the nerve i guess the question...
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washington post obama got discount on home loan washington examiner blog yeas nays n.y. times the minimalist 101 20minute dishes for inspired picnics l.a. times warriors make offer to elton brand usa today high gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns politico cindys fortune an asset and a liability abc news canada ready to deport u.s. deserters cbs news stolen beauty ...
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the biz review reports that the albanycolonie chamber of commerce is giving fourday work weeks a shot this summer. as it turns out theyre not alone a bunch of orgs are trying this in an effort to save money on gas.......
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if you want to reduce your carbon footprint and save some money in your everdwindling fuel budget you may want to stop making those timeconsuming and wasteful left turns. this strategy has been implemented by numerous companies including ups fedex and home depot. upss routing software also used by home depot plans routes for drivers that minimize the number of left turns a driver makes. this measu...
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we all know how hot and sexy sports radio guys can be so it should come as no surprise that mike responts is reporting vegas sports radio host paul howard used to date upcoming playboy playmate monica chairez howard dated monica chairez when she was an up and coming las vegas model. now chairez is scheduled to be a centerfold in an upcoming issue of playboy up and coming las vegas model permanen...
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not sure whether you would consider this a dream come true or not depending on the hit your bank will take but utah has become the first us state to make it mandatory to take a three day weekend. their guise is for environmental friendliness but i think we can all see through that. governor jon huntsman a firstterm republican has introduced the change which will affect the majority of state emp...
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the worm has turned according to an article by george packer in the new yorker entitled obamas iraq problem. yes obamas iraq problem. a year ago it was john mccain who was supposed to have such a serious iraq problem that it would keep him from ever being nominated for president. but as mccain himself said at the time id rather lose an election than lose a war. he might still lose that election...
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in an editorial this morning the wall street journal stretches the limits of credibility and audaciously claims that sen. barack obama dil is the candidate running for george bushs third term. to support their claim the wsj editors point to obamas recent position on warrantless surveillance take the surveillance of foreign terrorists. last october while running with the democratic pack the illinoi...
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the startelegram is reporting that preliminary results of texas first massive wave of steroid testing for high school athletes has netted violators. two. out of 10407 students screened at nearly 200 schools the tests mandated by the state lesiglature last year found evidence of anabolic steroid doping in two students. that falls somewhat short of dramatic claims that have been made of widesprea...
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if i get the iphone will i be idiot too xcon......
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