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say it would lead to skyrocketing "We still have a question about require significant adaptation cost me," Sombke said. "In the last
fuel and fertilizer costs, cutting how is this going to impact increases for agriculture." two years, we've still seen energy Filed under: Deals, Walt Disney
into farmers' and ranchers' already livestock, corn, soybeans and Other farm groups share costs go up, and not just the 15 or (DIS), News Corp'B' (NWS),
unpredictable profits. Those who wheat in our state," said Johanns, Johanns' view on the legislation, 20 percent like they're predicting. Electronic Arts (ERTS), Media
support it contend any losses who was agriculture secretary as do a number of farm-state We've seen it go up 200 percent. World, Marvel Entertainment
would be more than made up for from 2005-2007 under President lawmakers in Iowa, Kansas, "We survived that; we'll survive (MVL), Lions Gate Entertainment
through a provision that would George W. Bush. "This makes no Missouri and South Dakota. this small increase." (LGF)
allow companies to meet their sense to me whatsoever. Why Leaders in Southern energy- On the other side of the debate Monday, August 31, 2009, will
pollution targets by investing in would the leadership of the House producing states, such as Virginia, is Sallie Adkins, who owns a go down as one strange trading
offset projects, such as farms that ... put a bill out when they hadn't West Virginia and Kentucky, also 15,000-acre ranch with her day. Disney(NYSE: DIS) buys
capture methane or plant trees. had analysis on the ag sector? have voiced concern that their husband near Halsey in the Marvel(NYSE: MVL).
The legislation would cap That not only impacts farmers and coal and natural gas industries Nebraska Sandhills. BloggingStocks reported the
emissions from major industrial ranchers, it impacts consumers." will be hurt. "I just think the major concern in details of the deal here.
sources, including power plants, However, the National Farmers The American Farm Bureau agriculture today is how we can As a long-time shareholder of
factories, refineries and electricity Union backs the legislation, Federation has denounced the keep our cost of production Disney, I have to ask: Does CEO
and natural gas distributors. provided the USDA administer legislation as an energy tax in affordable to stay in business and Bob Iger know what the heck he's
Emissions from agriculture would the agriculture offset program and disguise, saying energy costs still be competitive with other doing anymore? I thought the
be excluded. that those already practicing alone could spike well beyond the markets," she said. news was quite surreal. I suppose
A U.S. Department of carbon-reducing techniques be 20 percent estimated by the ___ we all knew that Marvel would be
Agriculture report concluded that rewarded for their efforts. federal government. On the Net: a takeover target someday but,
if the proposal passed, farmers "These guys that are screaming Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said National Farmers Union: honestly, I thought some other
and others in agriculture could see that it's going to drive costs the USDA report grossly http://nfu.org/ media conglomerate, like maybe
an initial 1 percent to 7.2 percent through the roof ... all of the underestimated the increases in American Farm Bureau News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS),
loss in income due to increased credible economic research that's natural gas and fertilizer costs Federation: http://www.fb.org/ would do a deal before the Mouse
costs in energy and, therefore, been done really disproves that," likely to be sparked by the climate U.S. Department of Agriculture: would.
fertilizer which requires a great said National Farmers Union legislation. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/u Continue reading Does the
deal of energy to be produced. president Roger Johnson. "This bill puts a chokehold on sdahome Disney/Marvel deal mean that
Those losses would be far He also said that energy costs the local economy," Roberts said. CEO Bob Iger is out of ideas?
Does the Disney/Marvel deal
How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World? [Data] mean that CEO Bob Iger is out of
ideas? originally appeared on
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Submitted at 9/1/2009 6:40:00 AM panels would it take to power the c o v e r e d w i t h s o l a r p a n e l s , 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see
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all sides" - Putin the conditions for the large scale fired the first shots against Poland Poles and other east Europeans
(Recasts with news conference, aggression by Nazi Germany." on Sept. 1, 1939, Polish President are keenly awaiting Putin's speech Bank of America is negotiating
changes dateline; pvs GDANSK) Russians are deeply proud of Lech Kaczynski compared Katyn on the war later in the day, though with Treasury (ie taxpayers): It
By Gabriela Baczynska and their country's victory over Hitler to the Nazi genocide against the Moscow has made clear he will wants to pay a few hundred
Denis Dyomkin in 1945, but Poles, Balts and Jews. not apologise for Stalin's actions million dollars to get out from
SOPOT, Poland, Sept 1 others say Stalin also bears direct "There's one thing linking those of 70 years ago. under the most intense
( R e u t e r s ) - R u s s i a n P r i m e responsibility for the outbreak of crimes, though their scale was German Chancellor Angela government oversight, and it
Minister Vladimir Putin rebuffed war, for carving up Poland with different. Jews perished because Merkel, the prime ministers of wants to set a new pay scheme,
criticism on Tuesday of Moscow's Hitler and also annexing the they were Jews. Polish officers Italy and France and Britain's involving something called
role just before World War Two Baltic states. perished because they were Polish foreign secretary were among the “phantom stock units”, at the
during ceremonies marking the Putin cited efforts by Britain officers," he said. guests attending Tuesday's same time. Naturally, it’s happy
7 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f N a z i and France to appease Hitler in Tusk's centre-right government commemorative events in Poland. to share with taxpayers (and its
Germany's invasion of Poland. 1938, resulting in their acceptance is keen to improve ties with Poland lost about a fifth of its own shareholders) all the details
But Putin and Polish Prime o f t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f Russia, an important trade partner population, including the vast of this scheme. Not.
Minister Donald Tusk agreed that Czechoslovakia, as well as which provides nearly all of majority of its three million A bank spokesman declined to
their countries' historians should Poland's own seizure of a strip of Poland's oil and almost half of its Jewish citizens, as well as a fifth discuss details of the pay package
work more closely to uncover Czech territory shortly before it natural gas. of its territory during World War but said “it is important to see the
darker parts of their shared past too faced German invasion. Tusk said he hoped Poland Two. After the war, it remained package in its entirety to
which still cloud relations 20 Putin and Tusk agreed to set up would agree a contract with under Soviet domination until understand the total thrust of what
years after the collapse of joint teams of historians to study Russia's Gazprom on new 1989. we are doing.”
communism in eastern Europe. the murder of Polish officers in a supplies of gas early this autumn. Some 27 million Soviet citizens This kind of arrogance is
Russia and former satellites forest at Katyn in the western He also reiterated Poland's perished in the war after Hitler endemic to big banks, and
such as Poland are at loggerheads Soviet Union in 1940 -- an event opposition to the Nord Stream reneged on his pact with Stalin unfortunately Treasury seems to
over the role of Soviet dictator which for Poles symbolises what project, which would transport and invaded the Soviet Union in have no problem with it. As ever,
Josef Stalin in 1939, when he they see as Stalin's treachery and Russian gas via the Baltic Sea to 1941. (Writing by Gareth Jones; the people who ultimately pay for
clinched a non-aggression pact cruelty. Germany. Editing by Charles Dick) these things — shareholders and
with Nazi Germany that opened APOLOGY SOUGHT On history, Tusk trod cautiously © Thomson Reuters 2009 All taxpayers — are left out in the
the way for the invasion of Poland Poland wants Russia to but firmly, stressing the need for rights reserved cold, while Important Men in
and world war. apologise for Stalin's decision to honesty in facing up the past. Suits work everything out behind
"If we are going to speak have the entire Polish officer "The truth can be painful but it closed doors. Depressing.
objectively about history we must corps shot. For decades, Moscow should not humiliate anybody... If
The rescue of Fritzl in April were allowed to live upstairs with Amstetten and were doing well than initially thought.
2008 and the subsequent therapy her father Josef Fritzl and his wife under the circumstances. The family remained under When the Hiro P BUGbase from
for her and her children provides Rosemarie as "foundlings." "The family members were Bug Labs shipped last year it did
psychiatric care at the clinic for a
hope and warnings for the future Three other children were enjoying talking to each other, the few months before they were so without 802.11, leaving this
of Jaycee Dugard and the two forced to live with their mother in family was undergoing a kind of given a new identity and moved to piece of homebrewers hardware
children she bore as a result of the basement prison and grow up bonding phase. It was an sadly disconnected from the
a villa at a secret location, which
being raped by her captor, Phillip in complete isolatation. Their only important step in the healing authorities had set up for them. groovy microwaves all around it.
Garrido. knowledge of the outside world process," he said in the days after A few months later, in July That looks set to change in the
Fritzl, now 43, and Dugard, 29, was brought to them by a TV, their relese from their dungeon. 2008, it emerged that Rosemarie very near future with the FCC
endured similar hells, largely cut which Josef Fritzl eventually "Mom (Elisabeth) and Grandma testing of the BUGwifi module,
Fritzl was ordered out of the villa
off from the rest of the world, allowed them to have. (Rosemarie) fixed breakfast for by Elisabeth, who could not cope an add-on announced way back in
living in squalid conditions, and Immediately after her rescue, the children, trying to bring some with "the issue of her mother's January then never heard from
their children growing up without Elisabeth was reunited with all of normalcy into their life and the passiveness during Elisabeth's again. There's still no word on
any schooling or contact with her children and taken into the children were making their own upbringing, when her father when we might expect this stubby
doctors. care of the neuropsychiatric clinic beds. It was truly remarkable to abused her for the first time whenopen wundermodule to start
While Dugard was confined to a in Amstetten. see them bonding and growing she was only 11 years old," hosting wireless Guitar Quake
backyard slum of sheds and tents, The family was completely together." according to Austrian media deathmetalmatches, but things
Fritzl lived in a basement, a shielded from the public and the Hospital staff reportedly had outlet Osterreich 24. usually don't take long once the
windowless dungeon that was media for their own well-being built a windowless chamber for Rosemarie now lives in a small FCC has done its deed.
without any natural light or even and security. the children, so they had a place apartment on her own, but Continue reading Bugbase WiFi
hot water. They were given their own, to retreat to when coping with module threatened by large
Elisabeth allows the three kids she
Medical experts have gone to private living quarters separate their new life became too much raised to visit her regularly. yellow antenna at FCC
enormous lengths to protect from other patients at the clinic, for them. Filed under: Misc. Gadgets,
Elisabeth Fritzl and integrate her where they were treated by a team Kepplinger also said last year Wireless
and her children back into society. of medical doctors and that "it was fascinating to see how Bugbase WiFi module
threatened by large yellow
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By John Scott Lewinski (Wired Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the known science-fiction film.
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North America to get black Wii remotes, not the black Wii - yet
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) remote to North America special Pokemon? Beat Reggie at peripherals different than the
Submitted at 9/1/2009 6:50:16 AM sometime this month. Our white Mario Kart? What is it? Because, current white ones. That’s
ones are getting kind of dingy yes, the black controllers are nice, something Sony and Microsoft
Nintendo! What are you doing? after a couple years of drunk Wii but the black system is hotness would do and you don’t wanna be
Don’t get us wrong, it’s great that bowling. But what do we have to defined. Also, don’t even think like them, right?
you’re shipping the black Wii do to get the black Wii? Do we have to unlock some about pricing the black
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Guatemala sees
landmark sentence
(BBC News | Americas | World disappearances of six people in
Edition) the Chimaltenango region
Submitted at 9/1/2009 2:47:18 AM between 1982 and 1984.
At the time, which was the
A G u a t e m a l a n c o u r t h a s height of the long-running civil
sentenced an ex-paramilitary war between government forces
officer to 150 years in prison for and left-wing guerrillas, he was a
the forced disappearance of military commissioner, a civilian
civilians in the civil war. working with the army.
Felipe Cusanero, found guilty "We weren't looking for
over the disappearance in the vengeance but for the truth and
1980s of six indigenous Maya justice," Hilarion Lopez, whose
farmers, is the first person to be 24-year-old son was taken by
jailed for such crimes. soldiers in 1984 and never seen
Human rights groups have again, told Reuters news agency.
hailed the verdict as a Rights groups believe Cusanero
breakthrough in the fight against w a s i n v o l v e d i n t h e
impunity in Guatemala. disappearances of more people
Some 250,000 people were but only six families came
killed in the 36-year conflict, forward to testify against him.
Colombian hostage videos emerge which ended in 1996. A UN-backed truth commission
The court in Chimaltenango, found that between 1960 and
about 40km (25 miles) west of 1996 some 200,000 people were
(BBC News | Americas | World In the videos, the nine men Mr Uribe insists that the rebels Guatemala City, was packed as killed and more than 45,000
Edition) greeted their families, told them must release their hostages the judges read their verdict and disappeared.
Submitted at 9/1/2009 3:23:55 AM not to worry and said that they unilaterally. sentence - 25 years for each Most of those who died were
still loved them. The latest footage follows last victim. civilians.
Colombian rebels have released All called on President Alvaro month's release of two videos Cusanero was found guilty in Print Sponsor
videos of nine kidnapped soldiers Uribe to negotiate a prisoner showing a soldier and a police connection with the
and police officers, who appeal to exchange. officer, who appealed to people
the government to negotiate their One of the hostages, Corporal not to forget them. Google Chrome Dev Channel Updates for
release. Jose Libio Martinez, made an Members of the security forces
The footage shows the men, emotional address to the son he are regarded as "high-profile" Snow Leopard [Google Chrome]
some of whom have been held for has never seen. hostages but ordinary Colombians By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
more than a decade, in the jungle The highest-ranking hostage in are also kidnapped, usually for Submitted at 8/31/2009 4:30:00 PM
or in front of a curtain. guerrilla hands, Luis Mendieta, ransom.
The videos, apparently filmed in who was promoted from police Please turn on JavaScript. If you've been keeping up with
April, were handed over to colonel to general in April, called Media requires JavaScript to play. the latest Chrome releases for OS
Senator Piedad Cordoba, who has for efforts to secure the return of The footage shows the men in X and you just upgraded from
in the past helped to arrange "the living dead". the jungle or in front of a curtain Leopard to Snow Leopard, you
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WD ships 7200RPM 2TB desktop hard drives: Caviar Black and RE4
By Darren Murph (Engadget) with a new pair of 7200RPM 2TB available 2TB Caviar Black, WD ships 7200RPM 2TB
Submitted at 9/1/2009 8:00:00 AM drives: the Caviar Black(shown while the RE4 awaits an MSRP as desktop hard drives: Caviar Black
left) and RE4 (shown right). Both it's "being qualified by OEMs." and RE4 originally appeared on
Surely you recall Western four-platter drives boast 64MB of Check the full release just past the Engadget on Tue, 01 Sep 2009
Digital's earlier 2TB effort, the cache, a dual stage actuator, break. 08:00:00 EST. Please see our
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c a s u a l s t o r a g e j u n k i e , latter also promises 1.2 million Black and RE4
performance gurus know that it hours MTBF, Active Power Save, Continue reading WD ships
left something to be desired on the a multi-axis shock sensor and a seeking long-term reliability. The 7200RPM 2TB desktop hard
speed front. Thankfully, WD is few other high-end advancements pain? Try $299 for the now- drives: Caviar Black and RE4
looking out for that crowd too designed for enterprise users Filed under: Storage
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and we’ve covered alpha, beta and sites such as Gmail or Facebook), told Dow Jones that there are no September 2, 2008--Chrome has
plans to add Chrome to Vaios around 30 million active users or Are all your Facebook friends
RC versions, so there are no huge an improved Opera Mail, auto boring? Do they only talk about
surprises here. Perhaps the biggest updating (very important for outside the U.S. around 3 percent of the global
Vaios will continue to come market. This makes it the fourth how tough work is and how they
question is: will this milestone improving the overall security of can’t wait to go home? Here’s a
change anything as far as Opera’s the browser), a personalized with Microsoft's Internet Explorer most-popular browser after
in tandem. Internet Explorer, Mozilla's chance to spice up your Facebook
worldwide reception goes? It Speed Dial feature, and resizable, profile a little: soon, you’ll be
hasn’t happened so far with thumbnail tabs. The Financial Times also FireFox, and Apple's Safari.
reported that other companies are Rupert Goodwins of ZDNet UK able to befriend a rare Ugandan
earlier versions, but perhaps the You can download versions for gorilla!
big 10 at the end accounts for Windows, Mac and Linux from in talks with Google about reported from London.
Chrome and that the browser will Updated at 6:55 a.m. PDT: Although it’s just a marketing
something. In any case, we’ll be the official Opera site. Reviews: ploy, designed to promote
monitoring Opera’s market share Chrome, Facebook, Firefox, also be promoted to Internet users Details from Dow Jones report
who download RealNetworks' added. Uganda’s tourism industry, the
closely in the following months. Gmail, Internet Explorer, Opera, idea is cute, especially if you’re
As far as features go, the biggest Safari, linux RealPlayer media-streaming Originally posted at News -
software. Google has previously Business Tech the type that devours animal
new addition is Opera Turbo, Tags: Opera 10, web browser
which makes browsing fast even said it's in discussions with Dell
when you’re on a slow internet
BREAKING: eBay to
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Skype
By Ben Parr (Mashable!) Dan and Ben return for
Submitted at 8/31/2009 10:22:51 PM
'Revenge of the Balloon
The fate of eBay-owned Skype -Headed Mexican'
has been in question for months
now. Back in April, it looked as if By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
eBay was going to spin-off the Submitted at 9/1/2009 9:30:00 AM
Gizmodo's Guide to Buying and Using Knives charts for the week, beating out
Wii Sports Resort, which seems
nothing short of miraculous from
[Kitchen] where we're sitting.
The console split was pretty
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) "You have to use the knife close to even, with 55 percent on
Submitted at 9/1/2009 5:30:00 AM correctly before you can cut Xbox and 45 on PS3, so it would
anything." seem that the Joker exclusivity
As sibling site Gizmodo's Taste While you're rethinking your thing panned out. We're so
Test winds to a close, they tackle kitchen time, check out another pleased that Arkham's performing
some of the most universally chef's take on knife holding and well that we can't find anything to
useful skills any aspiring home cutting, and our own list of five be snarky about. Imagine that!
cook should have—namely, must-have tools for any Batman: Arkham Asylum glides
selecting, using, and caring for kitchen—which includes three to top spot in UK originally
good knives. decent knives and instructions on appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01
The advice on which knives to how to sharpen them, even if Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please
get, how to keep them sharp, and Weinstein suggests you should see our terms for use of feeds.
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skills guy at New York's Institute actually using a knife is all about the handle. It'll take some Knife[Gizmodo]
of Culinary Education. Much of it relaxation. Keep your arms in a adjustment to hold the knife this
is good, if oft-told, advice, but we relaxed position and choke up on way, but Weinstein reminds us,
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constraining? These chains and don't advertise it. It's like a little
Opera 10 browser is here
many more have secret menus, or baby cup of coffee. It also comes (CNET News.com) tabs double as thumbnail images. development tools, but everyone
at least allowances for creativity, in handy when you're scrounging Submitted at 8/31/2009 11:09:00 PM Double-click the thin gray bar can benefit from the speedier
that can awesomely expand your for change and don't have enough below the tabs (indicated by dots) rendering engine that, according
cheap-eats repertoire. for a tall… not that that has ever The Opera 10 browser is now or click and drag to expand open to Opera, makes version 10 up to
Photo by cote. happened to me. ready to download for Windows, tabs into preview windows that 40 percent faster than version 9.6-
Some chains have actual secret Personally, I'm intrigued by the and Mac, and Linux, three months you can navigate by clicking -before switching on Turbo's
items for devoted customers, as "store policy" that lets you order after the beta first emerged (hands among them. compression.
the mental_floss blog proves with any combination of ingredients at -on Opera 10 beta review). Other enhancements include an Despite all the additions that
its revealing of McDonald's Chipotle—hello, tomatillo-salsa- If you've been keeping up with expanded Speed Dial (a feature Opera hopes will keep Opera 10
Neapolitan milkshake (just what it smothered enchiladas. the beta updates, the final build of that has later been adopted and competitive, there are still two
sounds like) and Taco Bell's green Have you found your own secret t h e c r o s s - p l a t f o r m b r o w s e r adapted in Google's Chrome notable omissions for this final
chile sauce. In other cases, it's just menus at chains, regional or shouldn't surprise you. Opera b r o w s e r ) t h a t s h o w s m o r e release. The first is Opera Unite,
a simple request for the staff to do national? Can you dream up your Turbo, the browser's much- commonly visited Web pages than which uses your browser as a
something creative with materials own great menu remix item? publicized compression engine for in previous Opera browsers. Web server for sharing your
they already have on hand: Make us hungry in the comments. slow-poke connections, remains a You're also able to customize it content with others. The second is
If you're at Starbucks and in 1 0 S e c r e t M e n u feature highlight. Opera claims with a background picture. You'll the Carakan JavaScript engine
need of just a little caffeine, don't Items[mental_floss] that Opera Turbo runs the browser see that spell check will be that promises to process
worry – there's a tiny option for up to eight times faster on applicable to any text field (for 51 JavaScript about 2.5 times as fast
you. It's the Short size, and they suffering connections than do languages), and that Opera's as the engine used in Opera 10
competing browsers. incorporated e-mail client takes a alpha.
The refreshed user interface is page from Google's books by Related story: Opera 10 browser
also noteworthy. Joining the new threading e-mail conversations. to emerge Tuesday
default skin (changed from Developers get access to a
version 9.6), are changes to tab n e w e r v e r s i o n o f O p e r a
bar behavior. The conventional Dragonfly, the publisher's online
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Tom Brady of New
England Patriots expects
aggression in his game, ESPN’s women’s winners. or artificial playoff can change for Teddy Ballgame. The Los
Greg Garber writes. Follow all the U.S. Open action that,” Filip Bondy writes in the Angeles Times’s Jerry Crowe has to play 'if coach lets me'
At Yahoo Sports, Martin Rogers here.* * * New York Daily News.* * * the story here.* * * By ESPN.com news services
writes that improved conditioning Heath Slocum barely qualified Cancer has changed the Last Thursday, Mike Perham, (ESPN.com)
has helped No. 5 Andy Roddick for the Barclays championship — direction of Conrad Bolston’s life. 17, of the United Kingdom Submitted at 8/31/2009 2:42:42 PM
shed 15 pounds, but it’s he was ranked 124th out of 125 He had hoped for a career in the became the youngest person to
Roddick’s mental condition that invitees — but he held off Ernie NFL but after being cut by the sail alone around the world. Now Brady Expects To Play In
may determine the American’s Els, Padraig Harrington and Tiger Green Bay Packers a year ago, a 13-year-old Dutch girl wants to
Season Opener Brady Expects To
success at the U.S. Open. Woods by one stroke Sunday to Bolston needed two surgeries to attempt the same feat. Laura Play In Season Opener
Rafael Nadal is only 23, but the win the opening weekend of the remove a tumor on his spinal Dekker has the support of her Tom Brady, who injured his
Spaniard’s aggressive play has FedEx Cup. cord. The former defensive tackle parents, but she’s been taken into
shoulder in New England's
exacted a toll on his body as he “Sunday’s victory was had to relearn motor skills and temporary custody while her case
preseason game against
tries again for his first U.S. Open inestimably bigger than anything now is working toward getting is being reviewed, Time’s Gaëlle
Washington last week, said
title, the Washington Post’s Liz he’d done in the game into law school, Josh Barr writes Faure writes.* * * Monday that he expects to play
Clarke writes. It’s the only major previously,” CBS Sports’s Steve in the Washington Post.* * * Spending a quiet day at the lake
"this week, if Coach lets me."
yet to elude Nadal. Elling writes. “His two other PGA “Football alone does not make a fishing might not be your idea of Brady took a crushing hit from
One interesting plotline on the Tour wins came in what are university great, but there are very excitement, so perhaps combat Washington Redskins defensive
women’s side is whether Serena euphemistically called ‘opposite few great universities without fishing in Alaska is more to your
lineman Albert Haynesworth and
Williams can repeat as champ and events,’ because they are staged football.” So says Roseanne liking, Kim Murphy writes in the
left the game at Washington.
claim her fourth U.S. Open title. opposite limited-field tournaments Runte, Old Dominion Los Angeles Times. Patriots coach Bill Belichick said
But perhaps Ana Ivanovic makes featuring the game’s top stars. His University’s president from 2001- – Tip of the Fix cap to reader
over the weekend that Brady had
a more intriguing story. The wins came in Tucson, Ariz., and 08. A school effort to start a Don Hartline. a sore shoulder, but was removed
Serbian zoomed to No. 1 after Mississippi — the former [event] program in the 1980s failed, but Found a good column from thefrom the game so the Patriots
winning the French Open in 2008 no longer exists.” ODU’s dream will finally be world of sports? Don’t keep it to
could evaluate their backup
but has since fallen to 13th. Many pundits aren’t sold on the realized on Saturday, Melinda yourself — write to us at quarterbacks.
Yahoo Sports’s Josh Peter writes PGA Tour’s playoff, calling it a Waldrop writes in the Newport dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll "I have bumps and bruises,"
about Ivanovic’s meteoric rise, contrived way to keep golf in the News Daily Press.* * * consider your find for inclusion in
Brady said in his weekly
her spectacular collapse and picture after the majors are Hall of Famer Ted Williams the Daily Fix. You can email appearance on Boston radio
whether recent changes can complete. So no matter how was a .344 lifetime hitter who had Garey at ris84rap@gmail.com. station WEEI. "It's a physical
resurrect her career. Woods fares, “All four Grand 7,706 at bats in the majors. Only game. Like I said, I fell a little bit
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Slam events are crammed into once, on Sept. 20, 1960, did any awkwardly, but I'm expecting to
Wertheim predicts the men’s and four months, and no prize money Boston Red Sox player pinch-hit be out there and I'm expecting to
play this week, if Coach let's me.
Venus Triumphs Over Pain, Avoids Upset We'll just see how the week
goes."
Is there a chance Brady won't
By Greg Couch (FanHouse) miracle that she got past Vera amazing seven foot faults, won
Submitted at 9/1/2009 1:10:00 AM Dushevina 6-7 (7-5), 7-5, 6-3 anyway. More Coverage: Check play?
Monday night, barely surviving a U.S. Open Scores| Rookie Blitzed "Well, I mean, there's a chance I
by Greg Couch major upset. by Federer won't make it down to the stadium
Filed under: U.S. Open, WTA Well no, that's not fair. It was Venus Triumphs Over Pain, in the next 30 minutes," Brady
NEW YORK -- This was ugly. not a miracle. It was instead Avoids Upset originally appeared told WEEI. "... There's a lot of
But it was ugly in a way that something about a champion's on Fanhouse Tennis on Tue, 01 time before that game."
showed something beautiful, too. heart. Tennis players like to Sep 2009 01:10:00 EST . Please Brady said he's relying on the
Venus Williams is limping to consider themselves warriors on see our terms for use of feeds. team's doctors and trainers, and
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I don't think she can get through and no one to pass to. or push off on it on her serve, that I train so I'm prepared for
this U.S. Open. That said, it is a Williams, with so much pain in leading to 10 double faults and an those," he said on WEEI. "Some
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of those you can't avoid, like last and rookie Brian Hoyer, a free
year deal with the CFL Winnipeg year, but it's really part, it's part of
the job description. Anybody who
plays this game needs be willing
agent from Michigan State, also
handed off and none of the
quarterbacks threw during that
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Five matches may be too few to by Brian Grummell
Submitted at 8/31/2009 12:57:13 PM conclude that Beckham and Filed under: Alabama, Virginia
Donovan have discovered a Tech, Police Blotter College
Six weeks into David Beckham’s newfound commitment to football's opening week should be
return to the Los Angeles Galaxy, defense. Only one of the five about celebration but its taken a
they’re playing better with him matches has come against an rough turn after an Alabama
than they ever had before. That offense that ranks in the top half football player was shot Monday
improvement appears to have of Major League Soccer in night. Senior defensive end
little to do with Beckham or his scoring. Still, the trend is Brandon Deaderick was shot in
star teammate — and occasional offensive units. The Galaxy c o n s i s t e n t w i t h o v e r a l l the arm in an apparent robbery
critic— Landon Donovan, and averaged 1.75 goals in those 23 improvement in team defense, outside a Tuscaloosa apartment
lots to do with a tightening of the matches, but yielded a whopping which is yielding fewer than one complex.
Galaxy’s defense. Associated 2.18 goals. This year, in the five goal per game under new coach The Tuscaloosa News says his
Press games they’ve played together, Bruce Arena, who brought in a injuries aren't life-threatening away from Saturdays for a while.
Last season, David Beckham’s Galaxy scoring is down to 1.4 new set of defensive players. which is great news but Alabama Football Player Shot
late goal probably wouldn’t have goals per match but the formerly More MLS stats: Several L.A. authorities are actively searching originally appeared on Fanhouse
been enough for the Galaxy and sieve-like defense has yielded a players — but neither Beckham for his attacker and appear to have NCAA Football Blog on Tue, 01
its then-porous defense to win. s t i n g y 0 . 6 g o a l p e r m a t c h . nor Donovan — made the Top 10 made an arrest. It was anticipated Sep 2009 02:48:00 EST . Please
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Donovan, took the field together it’s the Galaxy’s defense that has average distance run and most defense but obviously, his Blogs| Comments
during their first two years as lifted the team near the top of the touches of the ball. physical recovery could take him
teammates, the results were Western Conference standings.
explosive — for both teams’ Tip-off Timer: Mark Eaton Blocks
Starting Five: Crazy Eights for Jays' Lind 5.6 Shots a Game in '85
By Andrew Johnson runs in the ninth inning to win a By Tom Ziller (FanHouse)
(FanHouse) slugfest 18-10. Submitted at 9/1/2009 9:00:00 AM
Submitted at 9/1/2009 6:00:00 AM The main difference? Lind, who
homered twice, including a grand by Tom Ziller
by Andrew Johnson slam, and drove in eight runs Filed under: Jazz Tip-Off Timer
Filed under: Blue Jays, Braves, More Coverage: Scoreboard| counts down the days until the
Marlins, Padres, Tigers, Yankees, Standings| Statistics first game of the 2009-10 season.
Starting Five Starting Five is our Starting Five: Crazy Eights for On Tuesday, there are 56 days
wrapup of the previous day's Jays' Lind originally appeared on remaining.
baseball action with a quick nod Fanhouse MLB Blog on Tue, 01 As far as modern defensive
to what is ahead. Sep 2009 06:00:00 EST . Please monsters go, Mark Eaton has been
You Oughta Know ... see our terms for use of feeds. a bit forgotten. The Wag has
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it was Adam Lind who stood out. wild-card race, answered with 10 when you think of blocked shots, game.
The Blue Jays jumped out to an runs of their own. And Toronto you think of Deke.
11-0 lead through five innings in followed with seven insurance Tip-off Timer: Mark Eaton
But Eaton can lay claim to the Blocks 5.6 Shots a Game in '85
blocks title, in terms of seasonal
average. In 1984-85, Eaton racked
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