Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke has been suspended for Thursday's exhibition against Northern Michigan for a violation of team standards.
mercredi 31 octobre 2012
Michigan star Burke suspended for exhibition
Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke has been suspended for Thursday's exhibition against Northern Michigan for a violation of team standards.
Angels trade P Santana to Royals for prospect
The Kansas City Royals have acquired pitcher Ervin Santana from the Los Angeles Angels.
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: High marks for President Obama on Hurricane Sandy response
President Obama gets sky-high marks for his response to Hurricane Sandy, which cut a brutal path along the country?s East Coast on Monday, according to the latest release of the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll.
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Reid says Vick to remain Eagles' starting QB
Michael Vick will remain the Philadelphia Eagles' starting quarterback, coach Andy Reid said Wednesday.Source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8575640/michael-vick-remain-philadelphia-eagles-starting-qb
Rising real estate prices in Germany spark fears of a bubble
BERLIN ? First, America?s real estate bubble popped. Then came Ireland?s, then Spain?s. All that escaping air may have been flowing into Germany, where economists are warning that the first signs of a property bubble may be starting to appear.
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Hey, isn?t that . . . : Kris Allen as a Ghostbuster (video)
? Kris Allen dancing in the middle of storm-drenched 15th Street NW around 1 a.m. Tuesday, wearing a Ghostbusters jumpsuit. No, you guys, really, it sounds like a dream, but it happened! The 2009 ?American Idol? winner ? who played the Hamilton in D.C. Sunday but had an Annapolis gig canceled by the weather ? was dining with bandmates and associates at the Madison (looking totally normal: hipster-chic, black-rimmed specs, etc.) when a Post reporter asked for a photo. . . which somehow prompted the guys to get their Halloween started early, putting on the costumes they had on hand and running out to see if any bars had weathered the storm. He was last seen chasing the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man down the street. Well, of course there?s video ? check it out. . .
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?The Coffee Table Book of Doom,? by Steven Appleby and Art Lester
It?s easy to divide the world into pessimists and optimists: glass half-empty, glass half-full. But ? The Coffee Table Book of Doom ? is written for a third, considerably more neurotic personality: the type who sees the half-empty glass and knows that evaporation will wipe out the rest, day-to-day wear will break the glass and destruction of the Earth will eliminate all evidence that the glass ever existed.
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Irving, Varejao lift Cavs past Wizards in opener
Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, Anderson Varejao had a career-high 23 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers opened the season with a 94-84 victory over the short-handed Washington Wizards on Tuesday night in the first game on the NBA schedule.Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400277721
mardi 30 octobre 2012
Israel reckons with unraveling Gaza policy
JERUSALEM ? When the emir of Qatar paid the first visit by a head of state to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip last week, there were two different reactions from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
In one statement, Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the ministry, accused the emir, Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, of backing a terrorist organization and having ?thrown peace under the bus.?
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Hurricane Sandy closings and cancellations for Tuesday [Updated post]
[This post has been updated]
As Hurricane Sandy drags across the region, cancellations and closings for Tuesday are starting to come in. Meanwhile, many bars and restaurants that opened for limited service Monday closing up shop for the day, while others promise to remain open through the storm. While we feel it?s our duty to keep you in the know about what?s open, we urge you to respect the forecast and stay indoors.
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Address document-handling frustrations in OS X
Occasionally in some setups, opening even standard document filetypes can result in odd and frustrating errors. [Read more]
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We all agree: Sandy is more than hot air
You think you are entitled to your own facts? Increasingly, many of us do.
We don?t trust government, or politicians, or the mainstream media or scientists with their studies about climate change. We don?t trust fact-checkers.
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Sandy knocks snark out of Twitter -- for a day
In the hours prior to the hurricane making landfall, Twitter was full of jokey tweets from people facing down the storm. But now that Sandy has hit, the mood has changed in a hurry. [Read more]
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NFL moves trade deadline back to Thursday
The NFL has moved its trade deadline back two days to Thursday because of potential complications from Hurricane Sandy.Source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8569686/nfl-moves-trade-deadline-thursday
lundi 29 octobre 2012
Romney has a lot of nerve
Mitt Romney has a lot of nerve. I am usually forgiving of politicians who embellish or exaggerate in search of victory. Presidential campaigns used to be a little like water polo; it was just assumed there would always be a lot of fouling and dirty play below the surface. But Mitt Romney is in another category. He reminds me of Madonna in his ability to reinvent himself.
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Yelp sued by Village Voice over 'best of' listings
Dispute centers around the use of two words that are claimed by Village Voice Media Holdings as a registered mark. [Read more]
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Jon Huntsman?s daughters, off the campaign trail but still on the scene
A year ago, it?s safe to assume, the breakout stars of the GOP primary didn?t envision spending one of the final 10 days of the 2012 race as VIP hostesses at a suburban boutique opening.
But if you were looking for a touch of sideline melancholy at Tysons Galleria on Saturday ? well, that?s just not how the ?Jon2012 Girls? roll.
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It's official: PayPal to cut 325 jobs despite strong quarter
The full-time jobs will be cut as PayPal merges nine product-development teams into one. The company will also shed a further 120 contractors. [Read more]
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Nexus 4 phone with Android 4.2 confirmed by Google, LG
This marks the first Nexus device by LG, which has long struggled to make a dent in the smartphone market. [Read more]
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