RSS NEWSS Search

MSN News Yahoo News Google Blog
For example, World Cup

Former Red Sox on the Hall of Fame ballot - Boston Globe


Jim Rice followed Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski into the role of star left fielder for the Red Sox. In 1975, Rice's rookie season, he and teammate Fred Lynn formed one of the great rookie tandems of all time. In 16 seasons, all ...


1 Dec 2008

'70s Redux: Steelers the gold standard for defense - Washington Post


PITTSBURGH -- Fittingly enough for a team that wears the color predominantly on its uniforms, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are the new gold standard for NFL defenses. The cast of characters has shifted from Mean Joe Greene, Jack Lambert and Mel Blount ...


1 Dec 2008

Picking up the pieces of the Canadian fireball meteor - Scientific American


Dozens of remnants of the meteor that lit up Canadian skies last month have turned up in western Canada, according to a researcher leading the hunt. Alan Hildebrand, a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Calgary, told ...


1 Dec 2008

Deer opener brings hunters to the woods - Patriot-News


CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News Tim Daub, right, Karen Leshko, David Kolva and Ashley Donton, all of Tower City, didn't catch any deer off Clarks Valley Road, but they still had hopes for an afternoon kill during the first day of rifle deer season


1 Dec 2008

Jack in the Box Inc. to Switch Stock Exchange Listing to NASDAQ ... - MSN MoneyCentral


Jack in the Box Inc. today announced that it will move its stock exchange listing from The New York Stock Exchange to The NASDAQ Stock Market, effective Dec. 15, 2008. The company will change ticker symbols that day and will begin trading under "JACK ...


1 Dec 2008

Napolitano Sketches Border Fix - ABC News


Almost a year before Barack Obama nominated her to be Secretary of Homeland Security, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano spoke with ABC News about how the next president should tackle immigration reform. President-elect Barack Obama announced on Monday ...


1 Dec 2008

Boy George: "I Had Him in the Handcuffs" (E! Online)


YAHOO - Boy George: "I Had Him in the Handcuffs" (E! Online)Oh, Boy. Jurors today were treated to a police interview with Boy George in which the "Karma Chameleon" purveyor admits that he locked up—but never threatened to...


1 Dec 2008

'70s Redux: Pittsburgh Steelers the gold standard for defence (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - PITTSBURGH - Fittingly enough for a team that wears the colour predominantly on its uniforms, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are the new gold standard for NFL defences.


1 Dec 2008

Facing USC, the numbers don't add up well for the Bruins (Los Angeles Times)


YAHOO - Facing USC, the numbers donThe fifth-ranked Trojans are a 30-point favorite. UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel's hopes for an upset may depend on keeping the score close near the end. UCLA goes into this week's crosstown rivalry game as a 30-point underdog to fifth-ranked USC. But that's just the start of the lopsided numbers.


1 Dec 2008

Crosby, Hiller, Mason named Stars of the Week (Sports Illustrated)


YAHOO - Crosby, Hiller, Mason named Stars of the Week (Sports Illustrated)Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller and St. Louis Blues goaltender Chris Mason have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 30.


1 Dec 2008

Meltdown 101: Taking the pulse of manufacturing (AP via Yahoo! Finance)


YAHOO - Meltdown 101: Taking the pulse of manufacturing (AP via Yahoo! Finance)The Institute for Supply Management's monthly manufacturing index dropped to a 26-year low Monday -- another dire read on the economy that helped send stocks sharply lower in the U.S. and Europe.


1 Dec 2008

Boy George: "I Had Him in the Handcuffs" (E! Online via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Boy George: "I Had Him in the Handcuffs" (E! Online via Yahoo! News)Oh, Boy. Jurors today were treated to a police interview with Boy George in which the "Karma Chameleon" purveyor admits that he locked up—but never threatened to kill—a male escort.


1 Dec 2008

Conservatism & The Wire - Jonah Goldberg - The Corner on National ...


I can't disagree with any of the positive points you made about The Wire, especially the acting and the directing. The theme of every season, however, is a variation on Sisyphus's rock which make the plot archs suffer under spinning ...


1 Dec 2008

The Unbearable Lightness of Kabul : CJR:


Late last week, a car bomb exploded near the American embassy in Kabul, killing at least four civilians. The bombing is part of the larger story in which terror attacks in Afghanistan’s capital have increased over the last year, ...


1 Dec 2008

Conservatism and The Wire - Jonah Goldberg - The Corner on ...


Apparently Barack Obama’s favorite show is The Wire…which makes me wonder whether he thought Tommy Carcetti was a good guy forever trying to stay one step ahead of a corrupt and dilapidated system, or a hack who had convinced himself of ...


1 Dec 2008

The war Cabinet at a glance - Jonathan Martin - Politico.com


Here's a quick introduction to the new six members of Obama-Biden's highly experienced national-security team.


1 Dec 2008

The End Of Online Anonymity - ReadWriteWeb


It seems we're approaching a new age here on the Internet. Instead being anonymous, faceless IP addresses, social computing and changing technologies have allowed the lines between the ...


1 Dec 2008

David Ambroz: The Exploitation of Children By The "Pro-Family ...


The Exploitation of Children By The "Pro-Family" Agenda In Arkansas - The Huffington Post.


1 Dec 2008