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Danica Rule doesn't weigh on Patrick
O, by the WayIn football, there's a so-called Roy Williams rule outlawing the horse-collar tackle and back in the day, the introduction of a shot clock in college basketball was largely regarded as the Dean Smith rule because of the legendary coach's slow-down four-...Tags: Basketball, Auto Racing, Danica Patrick, Sports, Football
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Audio: Ludacris in Obama rap, with insults
Spin CycleOne of yesterday's sensations, appearing by popular demand of our readers: Rapper Ludacris releases a pro-Obama song that insults everyone else. Obama rapidly condemns it. Highlights: He scorches Jesse Jackson, calls Hillary a "bitch," Bush "mentally...Tags: George W. Bush, Racism, John McCain, Folk (genre), National Government
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Obama + Ludacris = best friends 4eva
The Swampby Amanda Erickson As if Barack Obama, presumed Democratic nominee, weren't popular enough with the kids. A loyal Swamp reader points out that Illinois-born rapper Ludacris has just released a new song about Barack Obama, his favorite politician and......Tags: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Racism, White House, Music
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Disabled mostly used absentee ballots, say Nassau oficials
Spin CycleAfter spending $1.2-million to make voting more handicapped-accessible, Nassau elections officials report that only nine disabled voters used any of the 126 new ballot-marking devices that made their debut in last Tuesday???s primary. Few disabled...Tags: Referenda, Political Candidates, Voting, Elections, Politics
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Seniors say they suffer after Florida closes Internet cafes
Amanda Geter sits on her red sofa, fumbling through her purse. She thumbs through a fistful of credit cards until she locates what had proved so elusive. Phone cards from Magic 777 e-café in DeBary and Big Apple Sweepstakes in Orange City. Plastic...Tags: Problem Gambling, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rick Scott, Diabetes
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White Sox GM Ken Williams making all right moves
They don't give away Comeback Executive of the Year awards. But as the first-place White Sox start a four-game series Thursday at Yankee Stadium against the best team in baseball, consider that Adam Dunn and Jake Peavy aren't the only professionals on...
Tags: Alex Rios, Philip Humber, Dylan Axelrod, Spring Training, Jerry Reinsdorf
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: Employment, The Boston Globe, Entertainment, Employment Opportunities, Osteoporosis
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Life Out Here: Love and an iron lung
CALEXICO — One of my favorite moments on our beautiful little campus here came in the tiny bookstore at the end of the past school year. There were four students in the store, three of whom I’d had in classes and knew well. Coincidentally,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley, Polio, Students, Helen Hunt
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Rick Scott: What he says; what it means
Up in Tallahassee, Gov. Rick Scott's "State of the State" speech was all the buzz Tuesday. But I'm guessing most of you missed it, having more pressing things to do — like work, care for your kids or watch paint dry. So I'm here to help,...
Tags: Charlie Crist, Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Rick Scott
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Disability insurance entitlement explodes under Obama
Those of you paying attention have noticed that the Obama administration is actually doing what it promised: transforming America into a gigantic welfare state. And there are plenty of takers willing to cash in on it and "get mine." Numbers don't lie....
Tags: Social Security, Health Insurance, Heritage Foundation, Court Preliminary, Trials
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Both Cubs and Red Sox in struggling mode
You think Dale Sveum and the Cubs have problems? Based on the level of angst mixed with the clubhouse oxygen, as well as the urgency to wring out every possible victory while improving with both the lineup and the starting rotation, the situation...
Tags: Bryan LaHair, Terry Francona, Bobby Jenks, David DeJesus, Theo Epstein
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Tribune All-City team
Contact a Hollywood agent, quick. It's time for someone to do the miniseries "Trading Sori: Inside the Cubs' Quest for the Holy Grail.'' The conversations about the Alfonso Soriano situation that have taken place recently and will take place for who...
Tags: James Russell, Brent Morel, Starlin Castro, Jose Reyes, Houston Astros
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Jun 16, 2012
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